# "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:** 340
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6781 "2026-02-05T15:27:57Z")
> **Wordle 1,692 4/6\* 2/5/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CHIDE → Whiff. Good first guess second time. > R_O_A_S_T → U and Y left among the vowels, L & N for WoFcons. But I’d really like to place the O, and if you throw in an N I can do it with > **SWOO** N → Good guess! Looks like it’s > **SWOOP** > > The second guess analysis is swamped by the number of terminal-S words, but I did have an anagram of Scoredle’s preferred word, which left ten valid possibles. My third guess made it a tap-in for par. Scoredle’s third guess figures out the last letter indirectly (GyGG-) but then misses a 50-50 putt to end in a bogey. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6782 "2026-02-05T16:28:49Z")
Wow, lots of fives and sixes today. Wordle 1,692 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟦⬜🟦⬜ 🟧🟦🟧🟧⬜ 🟧⬜🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST SPOOF - Okay, it’s a coin toss. . . SLOOP - Went for the noun instead of. . . SWOOP ---
**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:** [February 5, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6783 "2026-02-05T16:46:10Z")
Wordle 1,692 4/6 ⬛🟦⬛⬛⬛ 🟧⬛🟧⬛⬛ 🟧🟦🟧⬛⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 TOUCH SNORE SPOIL SWOOP Nothing remarkable about this par, but I enjoyed playing this one quite a bit. Good progress on each word; made me work a little bit, but not in a frustrating way. Exactly what I want from my Wordle! ---
**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:** [February 5, 2026, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6784 "2026-02-05T17:21:29Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Wow, lots of fives and sixes today. NYT average today was 4.4, which is high. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6785 "2026-02-05T18:44:53Z")
Wordle 1692 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE SPOOK SWOOP After 2, the possibilities were SMOKY, SPOOF\*, SPOOK, and SWOOP. Any of the OO words at 3 would have guaranteed a 4. \*Previous solution, not that that matters anymore. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2026, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6786 "2026-02-05T23:35:35Z")
BUYER AMINO STOOL SHOOK SCOFF SWOOP ---
**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:** [February 6, 2026, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6787 "2026-02-06T04:39:22Z")
Wordle 1,693 5/6 FRIDAY 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO FRAME CHEAP TAKEN GAVEL ---
**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:** [February 6, 2026, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6788 "2026-02-06T08:14:57Z")
**Wordle 1,693 5/6 — 2026-02-06 Fri** ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** — _possibles include babel bagel bleak gavel glean label legal lemma; letters to eliminate are B G K V N M; can try sleuth word(s) venom?_ **VENOM** — _actually was not the best of sleuth words to try, because, N_ **GAVEL** ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6789 "2026-02-06T08:27:19Z")
Wordle 1,693 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LANES BAGEL GAVEL ---
**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:** [February 6, 2026, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6790 "2026-02-06T10:04:46Z")
Wordle 1,693 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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,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 M}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} ---
**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:** [February 6, 2026, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6791 "2026-02-06T13:03:00Z")
Wordle 1,693 6/6 ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RADIO SAUTE CAMEL PANEL LABEL GAVEL ---
**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:** [February 6, 2026, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6792 "2026-02-06T13:10:02Z")
Wordle 1,693 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE HALTS BAGEL GAVEL ---
**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:** [February 6, 2026, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6793 "2026-02-06T14:01:26Z")
Wordle 1,693 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE GRIND GAVEL ---
**Author:** ![MJH](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mjh/32/20703_2.png) [@MJH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MJH)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6794 "2026-02-06T14:11:26Z")
Did not get it today. \*sigh My five word solution doesn’t work all the time. Still tweaking. Wordle 1,693 X/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟩🟨🟨⬛ ---
**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:** [February 6, 2026, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6795 "2026-02-06T14:24:25Z")
Wordle 1,693 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART GLEAM GALES GAVEL ---
**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:** [February 6, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6796 "2026-02-06T14:40:13Z")
Wordle 1,6 **94** 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😇 no Ai 🦘 ---
**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:** [February 6, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6797 "2026-02-06T15:07:53Z")
Wordle 1,693 3/6\* This text will be blurred ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟨⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL ANGEL GAVEL ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6798 "2026-02-06T16:42:34Z")
@MJH I feel your pain. > **Wordle 1,693 X/6\* 2/6/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 > 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 > > SWOOP → Whiff. I’d like to try three vowels here, so… > R **A** IN_E_ → is an acceptable word, though bogus I’m sure. So I noodled around with L & T and tried > _L_ **A** T **E** D → (why not DELTA? Augh) which looks awfully trappish, but I’m pretty much committed, so > C **A** M **EL** → Nope. > H **A** Z **EL** → Uh uh. One guess left, and I’m hungry, so > B **A** _G_ **EL** > If only I had committee meeting yesterday. I should learn to think more carefully about traps when I see them developing, which would have given me this one in five at the most, because two of the trap words shared a letter, and would have meant safety even in case it was one of the other words. Scoredle finishes in four, and at worst would have gone the distance in a less favorable scenario. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2026, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6799 "2026-02-06T16:45:48Z")
Wordle 1,693 6/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟦 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟦🟦🟦⬜ 🟦🟦⬜🟧⬜ ⬜🟧⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST BLEAK ALLEY LAPEL GAVEL Lucky not to tank it completely. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6800 "2026-02-06T16:54:04Z")
Wordle 1,693 5/6 ⬛🟦🟦🟦⬛ ⬛⬛🟦🟦🟦 🟦🟧🟦🟧⬛ ⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PLEAD SCALE VALET NAVEL GAVEL Tough bogey, but some of you had it worse today, so I’m not complaining. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=339) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=341)