# "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:** 354
**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 22, 2026, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7061 "2026-02-22T15:45:00Z")
Wordle 1,709 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER QUOIT SUMAC GUAVA ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2026, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7062 "2026-02-22T16:19:27Z")
> **Wordle 1,709 3/6\* 2/22/2026** > > 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _A_W **A** KE β†’ Oh my. ??A?A, gotta be. What words go on that pattern? PLAYA… but that’s an uncommon loanword, so > PL **A** Z **A** β†’ Hmmm… keep thinking… Huh, didn’t think there’d be a word with another vowel, but I can try > **GUAVA** > DRAMA, TIARA and LLAMA were also valid possibles after the initial guess. The sheer volume of bogus possible guesses on this one were extraordinary - 68 after the first guess, 26 after the second. All those bogus words make it hard for Scoredle, which finishes with a bogey (which, to be fair, could have easily happened to me even if I had stuck only to the valid words). ---
**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 22, 2026, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7063 "2026-02-22T16:37:55Z")
Wordle 1,709 5/6 ⬜⬜🟧⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟧🟦⬜ ⬜🟧🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST PLAUD QUAFF - I figured this was a long shot, but didn’t see. . . GUAVA ---
**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 22, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7064 "2026-02-22T18:24:52Z")
Wordle 1,709 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 No yellow! CRANE HOIST LLAMA GUAVA ---
**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 23, 2026, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7065 "2026-02-23T04:33:31Z")
Wordle 1,710 3/6 MONDAY 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO ANTIC ATTIC ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7066 "2026-02-23T05:28:59Z")
Wordle 1,710 3/6 ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO ANTIC ATTIC Could not think of an answer after two. I went through all the remaining letters twice and I thought I looked for duplicates. ---
**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 23, 2026, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7067 "2026-02-23T09:03:56Z")
Wordle 1,710 4/6\* \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \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 E}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\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 T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} Stupid 3rd guess. πŸ™„ If wordle hard mode can tell me I must use a letter where it has to be, why can’t it tell me I mustn’t use a letter where it can’t be ? Bastard. ---
**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 23, 2026, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7068 "2026-02-23T10:34:33Z")
Wordle 1,710 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER PIANO WAIST ATTIC ---
**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 23, 2026, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7069 "2026-02-23T11:07:45Z")
Wordle 1,710 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE TAINT ATTIC ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7070 "2026-02-23T12:26:36Z")
Wordle 1710 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT RATCH ATTIC ---
**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 23, 2026, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7071 "2026-02-23T12:51:26Z")
**Wordle 1,710 4/6 β€” 2026-02-23 Mon** β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **ATTIC** ---
**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 23, 2026, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7072 "2026-02-23T12:55:03Z")
Wordle 1,710 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART TASTY ATTIC ---
**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 23, 2026, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7073 "2026-02-23T12:55:40Z")
Wordle 1,710 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PARSE MOUTH TITAN ATTIC ---
**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 23, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7074 "2026-02-23T14:21:54Z")
Wordle 1,7 **11** 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😡 Ai needed 🦘 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7075 "2026-02-23T15:26:09Z")
> **Wordle 1,710 4/6\* 2/23/2026** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > GU_A_VA β†’ So, kinda cool - one and only one A, and only three spaces left where it could go - one of which is covered in a really good first guess second > S **T** E_A_L β†’ and now there’s only one place the A could go. So I think of things with other letters, and I try something vowel-heavy > **AT** OMY β†’ Where did that come from? Well, I started trying combinations of R, N and O first, then just went for whatever came to find. Ridding myself of two vowels isn’t that bad, though, because I decide to abandon WoFcons, try an I, and then see what was up > **ATTIC** > > Well, I could have had a birdie, if I hadn’t gotten so darn desperate on my third guess, because the solution is the only valid possible left after two. Oddly enough, though, my guess for the third was Scoredle’s favorite for that situation, so it β€œlooks” like the right play there according to the algorithm. Scoredle has it rough on this puzzle, though, finishing with a bogey after a 50-50 miss. ---
**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 23, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7076 "2026-02-23T16:29:33Z")
Wordle 1,710 4/6 🟦⬜🟦⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟧🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST TACIT ATTIC After all this time, I apparently still don’t understand the rules. Why was my third guess not a possible solution? ---
**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 23, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7077 "2026-02-23T18:51:06Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Why was my third guess not a possible solution? Because you’d already used the T in the fifth position. ---
**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 23, 2026, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7078 "2026-02-23T20:32:01Z")
Wordle 1,710 2/6\* ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 It was either ATTIC or ATRIA. I chose correctly. ---
**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 23, 2026, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7079 "2026-02-23T23:31:14Z")
Wordle 1,710 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE SHOUT ATTIC > [@Chefguy](#): > > After all this time, I apparently still don’t understand the rules. Why was my third guess not a possible solution? Because you knew T wasn’t the final letter. I was in nearly the same place you were, but was deciding between attic and tacky, and got lucky. ---
**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 24, 2026, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7080 "2026-02-24T02:54:04Z")
Wordle 1,710 4/6\* πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Anime Avail Audio Attic [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=353) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=355)