# "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:** 346
**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 12, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6901 "2026-02-12T16:15:59Z")
Wordle 1,699 3/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟧 ⬜⬜⬜🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST SURGE ---
**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 12, 2026, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6902 "2026-02-12T16:37:43Z")
Wordle 1,699 4/6\* 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL SCORE SPREE SURGE ---
**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 12, 2026, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6903 "2026-02-12T18:03:30Z")
Wordle **1,700** 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 13, 2026, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6904 "2026-02-13T04:46:19Z")
Wordle 1,700 3/6 **FRIDAY** ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO POESY MOOCH What an utterly lucky third word. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6905 "2026-02-13T08:02:51Z")
Wordle 1,700 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHONE POOCH MOOCH ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6906 "2026-02-13T08:17:03Z")
Wordle 1700 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE MOOCH Could’ve also possibly been POOCH or (more dubiously) HOOCH. Still no repeats since CIGAR. ---
**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 13, 2026, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6907 "2026-02-13T09:04:08Z")
Wordle 1,700 6/6\* \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[lime,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 V}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} Phew. ---
**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 13, 2026, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6908 "2026-02-13T11:01:59Z")
Wordle 1,700 4/6 FRIDAY ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CRONY POOCH MOOCH ---
**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:** [February 13, 2026, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6909 "2026-02-13T11:14:53Z")
Wordle 1,700 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Upset Doily Coach Mooch ---
**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 13, 2026, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6910 "2026-02-13T11:46:57Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > My streak is now at … 1024 Outstanding! Mine is only 0b100010010, which is 274 base 10. **Wordle 1,700 4/6 β€” 2026-02-13 Fri** ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **MOOCH** ---
**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 13, 2026, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6911 "2026-02-13T12:50:00Z")
Wordle 1,700 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHAPE MOUTH MOOCH ---
**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 13, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6912 "2026-02-13T14:23:31Z")
Wordle 1,700 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SHINY MUCHO MOOCH ---
**Author:** ![lilybug0309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lilybug0309/32/20349_2.png) [@lilybug0309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilybug0309)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6913 "2026-02-13T14:44:36Z")
Wordle 1,700 X/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© Didn’t get this one, close with: > **Summary** > > about > drove > flock > pooch > cooch ---
**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 13, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6914 "2026-02-13T15:42:14Z")
Wordle 1,700 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL DROWN MOOCH ---
**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 13, 2026, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6915 "2026-02-13T16:10:18Z")
Wordle 1,7 **01** 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🐦 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 13, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6916 "2026-02-13T16:54:02Z")
Wordle 1,700 5/6 🟦⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟦🟧⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧⬜🟧🟧 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST COUCH - which leaves two possibilities POOCH - bah! MOOCH ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6917 "2026-02-13T17:08:10Z")
> **Wordle 1,700 4/6\* 2/13/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SURGE β†’ Whiff. A & O and those last three WoFcons give us > TAL_O_N β†’ I’d like to place that O, so > W **OO** DY β†’ haha-haha, haha-haha! But I’m running out of consonants, and I don’t think an I would fit at the end, so.. CH? And hence > **MOOCH** > > There were four possibles with the same ending on my last guess; I think two of them were probably a little much for the NYT, so call it a converted 50-50 for par. Scoredle also pars, with an impressive third guess that leaves a tap-in. ---
**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 13, 2026, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6918 "2026-02-13T17:12:27Z")
Wordle 1,700 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PRICE BLOCK MOOCH I had a hard time coming up with _any_ words for a while. H was the most likely candidate for the last letter, of course, but I tend to have a blind spot for double letters, so I wasn’t seeing it. I tried putting a vowel at the end, which went nowhere. Finally I said, β€œduh, two O’s!” HOOCH and COOCH both seemed unlikely, so I sank the hard-fought birdie putt! ---
**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 13, 2026, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6919 "2026-02-13T20:26:17Z")
Wordle 1,700 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER AVOID STOOL POOCH MOOCH ---
**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 13, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6920 "2026-02-13T21:06:43Z")
Wordle 1,700 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE HOIST POUCH MOOCH Pouch eliminated all but one of the other options if it’s wrong. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=345) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=347)