# "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:** 351
**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 19, 2026, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7001 "2026-02-19T10:26:28Z")
I see this sitting in my Reply buffer. Perhaps I forget to Send. Wordle 1,705 4/6 WEDNESDAY ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE DOILY COLON MOGUL ---
**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 19, 2026, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7002 "2026-02-19T10:32:14Z")
Wordle 1,706 4/6 THURSDAY 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE JOIST MOIST HOIST Had the same Y–Y- start 3 days ago and Birdied with Joist then. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7003 "2026-02-19T11:42:03Z")
Wordle 1706 2/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT HOIST ---
**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:** [February 19, 2026, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7004 "2026-02-19T11:47:15Z")
Wordle 1,706 2/6 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 19, 2026, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7005 "2026-02-19T13:08:00Z")
Wordle 1,706 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST MINOR HOIST ---
**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:** [February 19, 2026, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7006 "2026-02-19T13:30:37Z")
SHORT HOIST ---
**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 19, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7007 "2026-02-19T14:21:19Z")
Wordle 1,706 3/6\* 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL MISTY HOIST I bet @pjd is happy today! ---
**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 19, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7008 "2026-02-19T14:54:38Z")
Wordle 1,706 2/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART HOIST A deuce to lift up my heart ---
**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 19, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7009 "2026-02-19T15:10:29Z")
**Wordle 1,706 4/6 β€” 2026-02-19 Thu** πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **JOIST** **HOIST** ---
**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 19, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7010 "2026-02-19T15:18:05Z")
Wordle 1,7 **07** 5/6 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7011 "2026-02-19T16:05:53Z")
> **Wordle 1,706 4/6\* 2/19/2026** > > ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > M **O** GUL β†’ Not a bad start. E and three of the remaining WoFcons combine into a word that is too funny not to try > N **O** _S_ER β†’ At least I got the S. A & T and… do I try B or C? Or a second T? > C **O** A **ST** β†’ Turns out it was neither. With an I… by my own petard… > **HOIST** > > A methodical par, each guess made things a little bit better. Per Scoredle, looks like I was safe at the end, though a six was still possible. The algorithm didn’t rate my guesses highly, I was out of the top 120 for both my second and third, though the 184 possibilities of the latter were boosted by Scoredle’s love for the terminal S. Scoredle’s final guess for par was a 1-of-5 shot among valid options, so a little luckier than mine. ---
**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 19, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7012 "2026-02-19T16:12:15Z")
Wordle 1,706 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER PIANO HOIST ---
**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 19, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7013 "2026-02-19T16:41:04Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > Damn. Now I’m going to have to think of _another_ start word !! I almost started with this (it’s always my second word), as my usual starting word has yielded little help of late, but n-o-o-o-o-o. Wordle 1,706 2/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST I’ll take it. ---
**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 19, 2026, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7014 "2026-02-19T17:18:53Z")
Wordle 1,706 4/6 πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 STORE COAST BUMFS HOIST In retrospect, I wasn’t in danger of failing (MOIST, FOIST, HOIST, JOIST - and JOUST, the only non β€˜OI’ choice), so I could have plowed ahead in hard mode. But I failed to notice that BOOST was contraindicated by my previous O placement, making things more complicated than necessary. The sleuth word did what I needed it to, though; not mad at the par. ---
**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 19, 2026, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7015 "2026-02-19T23:01:00Z")
Another One! That’s Rare! Wordle 1,706 3/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Omega Snout Hoist ---
**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 20, 2026, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7016 "2026-02-20T05:25:59Z")
Wordle 1,707 5/6 **FRIDAY** 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO FRAME CLASP SHANK STANK ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7017 "2026-02-20T05:26:20Z")
Wordle 1,707 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SLATE SHANK SPANK STANK Well that was stupid of me. ---
**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 20, 2026, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7018 "2026-02-20T09:03:03Z")
Wordle 1,707 5/6\* \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\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 N}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\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 N}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\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 N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} ETA: Just checked .. my new word has already been used - I know they’re now going to repeat them, but I think I’ll pick one that hasn’t. ---
**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 20, 2026, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7019 "2026-02-20T11:47:12Z")
**Wordle 1,707 4/6 β€” 2026-02-20 Fri** πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **STANK** ---
**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 20, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7020 "2026-02-20T12:19:04Z")
Wordle 1,707 4/6 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE PRINT STAND STANK [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=350) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=352)