# "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:** 35
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2025, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/681 "2025-01-10T11:59:24Z")
Wordle 1301 3/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 65 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CRIME CRAWL ---
**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 10, 2025, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/682 "2025-01-10T12:23:34Z")
Wordle 1,301 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BRAID CRANK CRAWL ---
**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 10, 2025, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/683 "2025-01-10T13:08:09Z")
**Wordle 1,301 4/6 β€” 2025-01-10** πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST BOUND CRISP CRAWL ---
**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 10, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/684 "2025-01-10T14:47:38Z")
Wordle 1,301 4/6 🟧🟧🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE - Heart flutter after three letters CRASH CRAMP CRAWL - This was what came to mind after the opener, but I didn’t go with it. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/685 "2025-01-10T15:06:02Z")
> **Wordle 1,301 4/6\* 1/10/2025** > > 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _WA_FE_R_ β†’ That’s a disturbingly good start. I can see a followup with two WoFcons, so I’ll take it > T **RAWL** β†’ And that’s a solid followup! Small trap now, of course, but it looks like just B|C|D to choose from, anywhare from birdie to bogey. Why not alphabetical order? > B **RAWL** β†’ Nope. > **CRAWL** > > Once again, a holdover letter from yesterday’s solution helps immensely. My second guess was pretty lucky; Scoredle shows 11 nonbogus possibles for it. Scoredle itself finishes in three; it hits the trap with T instead of D as its third possible, and makes the 1-in-3 putt for birdie. ---
**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 10, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/686 "2025-01-10T15:55:48Z")
Wordle 1,301 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Well, at least I can look for all the vowels.) MIAOU (Now that that’s out of the way, I can wrack my brains looking for four consonants.) WRACK (That worked out pretty well.) CRAWL (Only word left.) ---
**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 10, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/687 "2025-01-10T16:41:50Z")
Wordle 1,301 4/6\* 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST PLAIN DRAWL CRAWL ---
**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 11, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/688 "2025-01-11T02:29:48Z")
Wordle 1,301 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OUNCE BASIC CHART CRAWL CRAZY and CRAMP were still left, so this could have gone pretty badly. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/689 "2025-01-11T05:34:30Z")
Wordle 1,302 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHINE DINGY ---
**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 11, 2025, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/690 "2025-01-11T07:07:48Z")
Wordle 1,302 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ATONE GRIND DINGY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/691 "2025-01-11T07:29:09Z")
> **Wordle 1,302 6/6\* 1/11/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 > 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CRAWL β†’ Whiff. Feels pretty bad after the last two days of lucky carryovers. But, I can check the last three WoFcons and the next two vowels with one word, so I got that going for me > STO_N_E β†’ That was… less productive than I hoped. I’d like to try all three remaining vowels with one guess… and I saw a word that could do that, which made my day > U_NI_F **Y** β†’ At least the Y is placed. Move N & I over and try… a double letter? Eh, why not > _N_ **I** PP **Y** β†’ That’s why not. At least I’ve found the N by process of elimination. Let’s see, two guesses left, and DINKY, DINGY, HINKY (slangy)… any more? Hope not. I feel like it’s DINGY, but DINKY is the safe play, so > **DIN** K **Y** β†’ Ha, my feeling was correct. But I’m glad I played it safe. > **DINGY** > > Scoredle finishes in five from my start, ironically with all greens (in contrast to me chasing letters all over the word). Despite the score, I felt like this was a pretty much puzzle all around. ---
**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 11, 2025, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/692 "2025-01-11T08:03:24Z")
**Wordle 1,302 4/6 β€” 2025-01-11** ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST BOUND CRISP DINGY ---
**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 11, 2025, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/693 "2025-01-11T10:45:08Z")
Wordle 1,302 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\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 A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \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 L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/694 "2025-01-11T13:32:50Z")
Wordle 1,302 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SNORE MUNCH DINGY ---
**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 11, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/695 "2025-01-11T14:01:02Z")
Wordle 1,302 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL BINGE (aware there is no E, just fishing for letters) DINGY ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/696 "2025-01-11T15:18:43Z")
Wordle 1302 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 584 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 67 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY DINGY Was hoping it wasn’t DINKY. 😁 ---
**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 11, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/697 "2025-01-11T15:38:58Z")
Wordle 1,302 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟦⬜ ⬜⬜🟦🟦⬜ ⬜🟧🟧⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE POINT MINUS ZINGY DINGY ---
**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 11, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/698 "2025-01-11T16:09:52Z")
Wordle 1,302 6/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Probably xxxxY. Look for vowels.) JUICY (Probably no O. Grab a WoFcon.) IMPLY (No help. Another WoFcon?) KINKY (Got one! Either NINNY or DINGY, I think.) NINNY (Nope. And I’m still not feeling DINGY. Well, needs must.) DINGY (Phew!) ---
**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 11, 2025, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/699 "2025-01-11T22:10:34Z")
Wordle 1,302 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST BOUND DINGY ---
**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 12, 2025, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/700 "2025-01-12T00:05:34Z")
Wordle 1,302 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AROSE TULIP WINCH DINGY Wordlebot praised all my choices, but luck was not with me today. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=36)