# "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:** 357
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7121 "2026-02-26T12:48:55Z")
Wordle 1713 2/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT LANCE As always, a bit of luck involved in this 2, I had maybe 10 unused possibilities and another dozen or so used ones, and LANCE would guarantee a 3 if the solution hadn’t previously been used (which is still the way to bet these days, as since CIGAR and before today, there had only been 2 re-used solutions) and would give me a good shot if it had. ---
**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 26, 2026, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7122 "2026-02-26T13:01:51Z")
Wordle 1,713 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RADIO STYLE LANCE ---
**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 26, 2026, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7123 "2026-02-26T13:05:12Z")
I think he’s hitting the reply button on the last post in the thread instead of the reply at the bottom of the thread. So it looks like he’s replying to you but he’s really not. It’s happened to me a couple of times recently too. ---
**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 26, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7124 "2026-02-26T14:06:10Z")
Wordle 1,713 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 So close to an eagle. There were two valid words after my first guess, and I guessed wrong CRANE DANCE LANCE ---
**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 26, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7125 "2026-02-26T14:28:38Z")
Wordle 1,713 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL VALUE TABLE LARGE LANCE ---
**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 26, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7126 "2026-02-26T14:32:20Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > 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. **sank** Sorry, those things make my eyeballs itch. ---
**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 26, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7127 "2026-02-26T14:56:31Z")
Wordle 1,7 **14** 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 26, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7128 "2026-02-26T15:29:31Z")
Wordle 1,713 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL ANKLE LANCE ---
**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 26, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7129 "2026-02-26T16:42:36Z")
Wordle 1,713 4/6 🟦⬜🟦🟦🟧 🟦🟧🟦⬜🟧 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE NACRE - stupidity strikes again DANCE LANCE ---
**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 26, 2026, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7130 "2026-02-26T17:01:24Z")
Wordle 1,713 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 TOWER SMILE LUNGE LANCE A fairly unremarkable par. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7131 "2026-02-26T17:51:23Z")
> **Wordle 1,713 4/6\* 2/26/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SHR_E_D β†’ I’d like to place that E, and that means a double-up. Bonus - I can get two WoFcons and a extra vowel out of it with > T_E_E_N_Y β†’ So now I figure terminal E, and that N goes in there somewhere, and I’d like to try an L, but for some reason I get hung up on using O instead of an A and try > **L** O **N** G **E** β†’ Which is just absurd, because when I see this I wonder why I missed the birdie > **LANCE** > > Pretty bad play on that third guess - 27/81 per Scoredle, but there were three better words above it, all valid, that would have been better guesses and fulfilled the criteria I (should have?) sought. Scoredle also gets a par, with similar though better, on the whole, plays than I made. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7132 "2026-02-26T17:52:36Z")
My bad. I would have used conditional perfect tense correctly, but an incomplete edit sank me. ---
**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 27, 2026, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7133 "2026-02-27T04:15:28Z")
Wordle 1,714 5/6 FRIDAY ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO DRIVE DITCH DINGY DIZZY ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7134 "2026-02-27T05:23:15Z")
Wordle 1,714 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SLIDE DICKY DIPPY VIZIR DIZZY Poorly played. I didn’t really think it through and had to use an anagram finder on five to rule out my most likely two choices and leave room for me missing something. ---
**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 27, 2026, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7135 "2026-02-27T08:55:31Z")
Wordle 1,714 6/6\* \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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\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 Z}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} ---
**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 27, 2026, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7136 "2026-02-27T08:56:00Z")
**Wordle 1,714 3/6 β€” 2026-02-27 Fri** ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **DIZZY** My second starting word is a lucky choice. ---
**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 27, 2026, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7137 "2026-02-27T11:39:35Z")
Wordle 1,714 4/6 FRIDAY ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CRONY DUMPY DIZZY ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7138 "2026-02-27T12:16:04Z")
Wordle 1714 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY DIZZY Could’ve been DIVVY, I suppose, but I figured it might or might not be on the solutions list. Used to be a fairly common bit of slang, but I haven’t heard it in quite a while. It’s in a mid-1990s song, β€œ[Banditos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfZbFh7qlCQ)” by The Refreshments, and that’s the last instance I can remember it showing up. ---
**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 27, 2026, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7139 "2026-02-27T12:50:49Z")
Wordle 1,714 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPARE MOUTH WINDY DIZZY ---
**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 27, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7140 "2026-02-27T14:08:15Z")
Wordle 1,714 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL MINIM DICKY DIZZY [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=356) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=358)