# "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:** 334
**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 30, 2026, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6661 "2026-01-30T12:44:23Z")
Wordle 1,686 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RADIO PESTO MUCHO JUMBO ---
**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 30, 2026, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6662 "2026-01-30T12:52:04Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I dare you to make it your first guess tomorrow. Well, let’s do it: YRNEH in hard mode. Scoredle 4/6\* 14,855 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 2,774 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 18 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YRNEH ABOUT BOUND JUMBO ---
**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 30, 2026, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6663 "2026-01-30T14:11:16Z")
Wordle 1,686 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL BOUND UNBOX (realizing no N, trying to place other letters) GUMBO JUMBO ---
**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 30, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6664 "2026-01-30T14:49:07Z")
Wordle 1,686 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL DROWN COUCH JUMBO ---
**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 30, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6665 "2026-01-30T15:55:24Z")
Wordle 1,686 2/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER JUMBO ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6666 "2026-01-30T16:44:14Z")
> **Wordle 1,686 6/6\* 1/30/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > FLAKY β†’ Whiff to start. E, O and three WoFcons up to bat > TEN_O_R β†’ Oof, not much. Two vowels still out there, but I’m getting nervous about the consonants, so > CH_O_PS β†’ No help there. Not a WoFcon in sight. Seems a bizarre day, so I’ll try a bizarre word with some bizarre spelling (and an I, which is the real purpose of this one) > Z_O_ **MB** I β†’ I’ve chased the O through the middle positions, and it turns out it’s at the end. Throw in a U and…did we do this one recently? > G **UMBO** β†’ Augh, I think we did. Almost went with DUMBO here on my last guess, which would have been… bad. > **JUMBO** > > Just eked it out. I was starting to panic there until my fourth guess, then I almost panicked on the final putt. Scoredle has the same idea as me for the second guess, except it uses a different set of WoFcons, and then tries a vowel on the third guess, which leaves it with an easy par putt with but a single valid possible. ---
**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 30, 2026, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6667 "2026-01-30T17:06:48Z")
Wordle 1,686 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟦⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST SPOOL - well, that narrows it down for the β€˜o’ JUMBO Sheesh. ---
**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 30, 2026, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6668 "2026-01-30T18:42:42Z")
Wordle 1,6 **87** 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 30, 2026, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6669 "2026-01-30T21:17:48Z")
Wordle 1,686 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE SLOTH BODGY JUMBO Wordlebot gave me a skill score of 99 today! I don’t think that’s ever happened before. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6670 "2026-01-31T05:19:13Z")
Wordle 1,687 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO FLOAT ALLOT ---
**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 31, 2026, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6671 "2026-01-31T06:59:53Z")
Wordle 1,687 3/6 SATURDAY 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO ANOLE ALLOT (Made me chuckle because it reminded me of [the "the Alot: comic](https://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html)) ---
**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 31, 2026, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6672 "2026-01-31T08:11:21Z")
**Wordle 1,687 3/6 β€” 2026-01-31 Sat** β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAL** **BOUND** β€” _possibles include allot aloft; aloft has already been used, and they’re not yet allowing repeats β€” that starts Monday!_ **ALLOT** β€” _bingo!_ ---
**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 31, 2026, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6673 "2026-01-31T09:33:09Z")
Wordle 1,687 5/6\* \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[yellow,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} ---
**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 31, 2026, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6674 "2026-01-31T09:50:40Z")
Wordle 1,687 3/6 SATURDAY ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE BLOAT ALLOT First time for -Gyy- on Slate. Good news! The repetition with Slate was getting so boring that I was thinking of switching to a 2nd-best start word! πŸ™‚ Altar, Ultra, Float, Gloat and Aloft were already-used so only two words were possible. I guessed wrong. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6675 "2026-01-31T10:48:09Z")
Wordle 1,687 3/6 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6676 "2026-01-31T10:48:34Z")
ATONE ABOUT ALLOT ---
**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 31, 2026, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6677 "2026-01-31T12:33:04Z")
Wordle 1,687 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RADIO POACH FLOAT ALLOT ---
**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 31, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6678 "2026-01-31T13:02:59Z")
Wordle 1,687 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE HOIST BLOAT ALLOT ---
**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 31, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6679 "2026-01-31T15:08:50Z")
Wordle 1,687 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER AMINO ALLOT ---
**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 31, 2026, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6680 "2026-01-31T16:16:00Z")
Wordle 1,687 4/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟧 ⬜🟧🟦🟦🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST FLOAT ALLOT [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=333) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=335)