# "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 19, 2024, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451 "2024-11-19T10:57:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 326
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6501 "2026-01-20T16:09:58Z")
Wordle 1,676 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL SLUNG SULKY SULLY ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6502 "2026-01-20T16:55:26Z")
Wordle 1,676 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟦⬛ 🟧🟦⬛⬛⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 THOSE SLAIN SULLY Six nonbogus words remained after two. Three of them had double L’s and three ended in Y. SULLY was the only one with both, so it made sense as the next guess. And whattaya know, I didn’t need a fourth guess! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6503 "2026-01-20T17:14:04Z")
> **Wordle 1,676 3/6\* 1/20/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > WAXEN → Whiff. O & I to feature in my good first word second > ROI_S_T → Not much. U & Y left, and I need to try L, perhaps by using > **SULLY** > SULKY is what I’d have gone for if I had thought about it a little longer, so here’s to going with your first instinct. Scoredle says I had 164 possibles after two, and my two first choices barely made the top 45 - but many of those 164 had the terminal S, indeed it only shows terminal-Y on six of the first 120. Scoredle’s words are very similar in letter makeup to mine, and its third guess is better, but not as lucky - and finishes with a tap-in par. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6504 "2026-01-20T18:00:23Z")
Wordle 1,676 3/6\* 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL SLIMY SULLY ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6505 "2026-01-21T04:21:43Z")
Wordle 1,677 3/6 **WEDNESDAY** ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO FUSIL CUBIC ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6506 "2026-01-21T05:28:11Z")
Wordle 1,677 4/6 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE HOIST CIVIC CUBIC (Fixed typo in third word) ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6507 "2026-01-21T07:34:29Z")
Wordle 1,677 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO MUSIC CUBIC ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6508 "2026-01-21T08:04:33Z")
**Wordle 1,677 4/6 — 2026-01-21 Wed** ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAL** **BOUND** **PRIVY** **CUBIC** ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6509 "2026-01-21T09:07:15Z")
Wordle 1,677 4/6\* $ \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \ \end{aligned} $ ? What’s up with MathJax ? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6510 "2026-01-21T10:28:24Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > ? What’s up with MathJax ? Yeah, really! ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Gordon\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_G)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6511 "2026-01-21T10:41:28Z")
Wordle 1,677 4/6 WEDNESDAY ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CRONY CHUCK CUBIC Most of the possible C\_\_\_\_ words have an H, so Chore or Churn for #2 would have led to a Birdie! ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6512 "2026-01-21T12:47:50Z")
Wordle 1,677 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RADIO PULSE CUBIC ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6513 "2026-01-21T14:52:51Z")
Wordle 1,6 **78** 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😇 no Ai 🦘 Two in a row with wiffs to start ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6514 "2026-01-21T15:14:31Z")
Wordle 1,677 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL CUMIN CUBIC A rare no-yellow win ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6515 "2026-01-21T15:19:24Z")
Wordle 1,677 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL DROWN JUICY CUBIC ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6516 "2026-01-21T15:59:46Z")
> **Wordle 1,677 5/6\* 1/21/2026** > > ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > S **U** LLY → That’s… interesting. Wasted an L. I can try two more vowels and one WoFcon with > O **U** N_C_E → And I hit on the “extra” letter. A stroke of luck? I really need to finish off the WoFcons here, so I thrown the C at the start and see what odd combination of letters Wordle accepts > **CU** RAT → That one. And no help here. I is still out there, and then I’m flying blind for consonants - but there can’t be too many words left, can there? > **CU** P **I** D → Ah, not that one. The I is nice though > **CUBIC** > > Rough bogey, especially since Scoredle finds the answer (and sticks with it) from the possibles starting with my third guess. So if I had the power of the machine, I coulda hadda birdie. Scoredle pars the puzzle, largely on the power of elimination - its final guess is 1 out of 9, but (depending on how you feel about ancient Middle Eastern measurement units) it gets the only valid possible out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6517 "2026-01-21T16:06:48Z")
Wordle 1,677 4/6 🟧⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ 🟧🟧⬜🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST CUPID CUBIC ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6518 "2026-01-21T16:38:56Z")
Wordle 1,677 3/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER CUBIT CUBIC (Thought I had an eagle for a second) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6519 "2026-01-21T16:44:53Z")
Your third word was CIVIC,surely? (Sorry for calling you Shirley.) ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6520 "2026-01-21T16:47:13Z")
Wordle 1,677 3/6 🟦⬛⬛🟧⬛ ⬛⬛🟧🟧⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 BEGIN HABIT CUBIC Nice to snag that B in the BEGINning. At two, I saw CUBIT, RABID, and HABIT. There were also TIBIA and ORBIT, which I didn’t see. But HABIT did a fine job of eliminating _all_ the others, leaving only the double C. A fun birdie today that I actually needed to think about. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=325) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=327)