# "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:** 332
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6621 "2026-01-28T05:21:01Z")
Wordle 1,684 2/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CRUEL As usual, I cannot take credit for the luck involved in a two. ---
**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 28, 2026, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6622 "2026-01-28T05:27:35Z")
Wordle 1,684 3/6 πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE SPEED CRUEL ---
**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 28, 2026, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6623 "2026-01-28T09:46:47Z")
Wordle 1,684 3/6 WEDNESDAY ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE GRIND CRUEL ---
**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 28, 2026, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6624 "2026-01-28T09:58:30Z")
@psychobunny β€” nice 2! But I’ll take credit for my 2. I won the coin toss. **Wordle 1,684 2/6 β€” 2026-01-28 Wed** β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** β€” _possibles include **bevel bezel bowel cruel devil dowel excel exfil expel gruel impel jewel level libel model novel peril pixel rebel repel vowel yodel** ; but previous Wordles have included **bevel devil dowel excel expel gruel impel jewel level libel model novel peril pixel rebel repel vowel** ; so the remaining possibles include **bezel bowel cruel exfil yodel** ; of these the most likely include **cruel yodel** _ **CRUEL** β€” _bingo! Woo-hoo!_ ---
**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 28, 2026, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6625 "2026-01-28T10:47:35Z")
Wordle 1,684 4/6\* \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,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 D}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} 🧐 ---
**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 28, 2026, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6626 "2026-01-28T11:03:28Z")
Dangit, I did it again! Corrected: **Wordle 1,684 2/6 β€” 2026-01-28 Wed** β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAL** β€” _possibles include **bevel bezel bowel cruel devil dowel excel exfil expel gruel impel jewel level libel model novel peril pixel rebel repel vowel yodel** ; but previous Wordles have included **bevel devil dowel excel expel gruel impel jewel level libel model novel peril pixel rebel repel vowel** ; so the remaining possibles include **bezel bowel cruel exfil yodel** ; of these the most likely include **cruel yodel** _ **CRUEL** β€” _bingo! Woo-hoo!_ ---
**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 28, 2026, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6627 "2026-01-28T11:12:48Z")
Wordle 1,684 2/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER CRUEL ---
**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 28, 2026, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6628 "2026-01-28T11:20:28Z")
I don’t know how this reply got submitted, but as long as I’m here I’ll edit it to announce that this was my 50th eagle. (Didn’t have much use for golf until this handy set of terms presented itself.) ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6629 "2026-01-28T12:00:53Z")
Wordle 1,684 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Drown Arise Erupt Cruel ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6630 "2026-01-28T12:15:36Z")
Scoredle 4/6\* 14,855 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 83 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 15 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 3 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ARISE GREET ORDER CRUEL β€œThere were 3 possibilities for your last guess: cruel urbex yrneh” _yrneh_? _urbex_? What the heck is _yrneh_? That looks like β€œHenry” spelled backwards. But Scoredle seems to think that’s a Wordle word. ---
**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 28, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6631 "2026-01-28T13:02:56Z")
Wordle 1,684 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL JEWEL MODEL CRUEL ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6632 "2026-01-28T13:30:25Z")
Wordle 1684 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE CRUEL Could’ve possibly been CREEL, which is a basket that anglers put their caught fish in. (Had to look that up, but I knew it had something to do with fishing.) > [@minor7flat5](#): > > What the heck is _yrneh_? That looks like β€œHenry” spelled backwards. But Scoredle seems to think that’s a Wordle word It surely is a Wordle word, not as a possible solution, but as one of the words on Josh Wardle’s original list of 14,855 legit guesses. ---
**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 28, 2026, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6633 "2026-01-28T15:05:31Z")
Wordle 1,684 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BONER FRIED CRUEL ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6634 "2026-01-28T15:43:10Z")
> **Wordle 1,684 4/6\* 1/28/2026** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜🟩🟨🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > D_U_SKY β†’ Interesting. I tried to think of words with a vowel and three WoFcons, didn’t see any such, then tried two WoFcons and a G (in case of LAUGH or COUGH) > GA **U** NT β†’ Came up empty, but at least placed that U. So then I tried to throw together two vowels and the last two WoFcons, both of which could have been very important in case of a lone U > _R_O **U** _LE_ β†’ So the E’s gotta go 4th, and it seems rather > **CRUEL** > BLUER was also possible, and seems a valid word, so a 50-50 par. My third guess was 12/70, so not too bad, but I wish I had seen Scoredle’s second guess, which might have meant a birdie. On Scoredle’s turn, it makes that great second guess, then blows a 50-50 birdie putt to also make par. ---
**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 28, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6635 "2026-01-28T16:17:07Z")
Wordle 1,684 2/6 🟧🟧⬜⬜🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE CRUEL Woot! Been a long time since a two. Wordlebot was a bit huffy about it. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6636 "2026-01-28T16:20:29Z")
Some information from the New Times Games Newsletter. > **[Gameplay: This week’s puzzle stats](https://static.nytimes.com/email-content/GP_sample.html)** Hey, Wordlers! We have some exciting news to share. Starting on Monday, we will begin adding previously run words back into play. There are still many first-time answers to debut, but also more chances for Wordle in ones and those magical, serendipitous moments when Wordle overlaps with real life. Happy solving! ---
**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 28, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6637 "2026-01-28T16:41:43Z")
Wordle 1,684 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 MAYBE LINER CRUEL Lots of twos today! I’m happy with my three from a tough start word. > [@Author\_Balk](#): > > Starting on Monday, we will begin adding previously run words back into play. This is pretty big news! But I kind of wish they’d just done it quietly without fanfare. I mean, they’ve never officially said that they _won’t_ repeat words until now. Reactions would have been entertaining. ---
**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 28, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6638 "2026-01-28T17:05:35Z")
Wordle 1,684 2/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL CRUEL Most of the time I lean towards words that describe this administration. CRUEL popped right up! ---
**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 28, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6639 "2026-01-28T17:56:47Z")
Wordle 1,6 **85** 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🐦 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
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Wordle 1,685 5/6 **THURSDAY** 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO FRAME FLASH FLANK FLAKY [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=331) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=333)