# "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:** 356
**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 25, 2026, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7101 "2026-02-25T09:01:41Z")
Wordle 1,712 3/6\* \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} ! ---
**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 25, 2026, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7102 "2026-02-25T11:02:06Z")
Wordle 1,712 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7103 "2026-02-25T11:07:57Z")
Wordle 1712 3/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE SHRED Could’ve also been SHEER or SHREW, which I saw, or SHYER/SHIER, which I didn’t. ---
**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 25, 2026, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7104 "2026-02-25T11:33:13Z")
Wordle 1,712 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Trump Crazy Loser Shred ---
**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 25, 2026, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7105 "2026-02-25T13:07:03Z")
Wordle 1,712 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE HOIST SHRED I got really lucky, this could have been lots of other words. The wordle bot lists: SHEER SHYER i was looking at shier SHRED USHER SHREW I also thought they might include sherd ---
**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 25, 2026, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7106 "2026-02-25T13:46:37Z")
Wordle 1,712 3/6 πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE SCREW SHRED ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7107 "2026-02-25T14:04:28Z")
Yeah, my green S and H kept it from being USHER, but other than that we had the same list. ---
**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 25, 2026, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7108 "2026-02-25T14:05:19Z")
Wordle 1,712 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL AIMED CURED SHRED ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7109 "2026-02-25T14:55:16Z")
> **Wordle 1,712 4/6\* 2/25/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 > 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟨 > 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > BUY **E** _R_ β†’ That’s something to start. If I throw together two more WoFcons and an A, I can try the thoroughly bogus > _R_AN **E** _S_ β†’ which at least makes some progress. If R in second, S must be either first or middle - but SR- doesn’t work and I don’t think ARSED is going to be OK, so push R to third and throw a WoFcon T in second, which looks like > **S** T **RE** P β†’ Can’t be SIREN, SURE?, SYRE?, SORE?, and I’ve just watched some snowboarding like I do every four years so let’s try > **SHRED** > > The outcome was good, but the play was less than skillful - my third guess was dead last, 16/16 on Scoredle’s list of possibles, leaving me with a 1-in-4 putt for par, which I was lucky enough to make. After yesterday, I’ll take it. Scoredle’s outcome was worse - bogey - but it sunk a tap-in, after having five valids after its third guess, and eliminating them very methodically. ---
**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 25, 2026, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7110 "2026-02-25T16:37:51Z")
Wordle 1,712 2/6\* 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL SHRED Wowie! Wordle Bot said I had 58 words to choose from. Very lucky indeed. ---
**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 25, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7111 "2026-02-25T16:44:01Z")
Wordle 1,712 4/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦 🟦⬜⬜🟦⬜ ⬜🟦🟦🟧🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST USHER SHRED ---
**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 25, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7112 "2026-02-25T16:56:33Z")
Wordle 1,7 **13** 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😡 Ai assist πŸ€ͺ 🦘 ---
**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 25, 2026, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7113 "2026-02-25T16:57:45Z")
Can I ask why you often refer to one of my prior posts in this thread? ---
**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 25, 2026, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7114 "2026-02-25T19:31:46Z")
Wordle 1,712 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CLEAN STORE SUPER SHRED I felt quite lucky to land a par, as it seemed I was just flailing at this one. But Scordle seemed to approve of my choices (based on its ranked order of available words), so I’ll take some credit I guess. ---
**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 26, 2026, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7115 "2026-02-26T04:31:12Z")
Wordle 1,713 4/6 **THURSDAY** 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO FRAME CACHE LANCE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7116 "2026-02-26T05:29:49Z")
Wordle 1,713 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO NASAL MANLY LANCE ---
**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 26, 2026, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7117 "2026-02-26T08:52:14Z")
Wordle 1,713 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} ---
**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 26, 2026, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7118 "2026-02-26T10:19:52Z")
Wordle 1,713 3/6 THURSDAY ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE ANGLE LANCE ---
**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 26, 2026, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7119 "2026-02-26T10:58:21Z")
**Wordle 1,713 4/6 β€” 2026-02-26 Thu** β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **LANCE** ---
**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 26, 2026, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7120 "2026-02-26T12:48:29Z")
Wordle 1,713 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPEAK AMBLE LANCE Forgot to play yesterday, streak back to 1. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=355) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=357)