# "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:** 359
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7161 "2026-03-01T05:32:24Z")
Wordle 1,716 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUNES PLUME FLUKE ---
**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:** [March 1, 2026, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7162 "2026-03-01T06:12:18Z")
Wordle 1,716 4/6 SUNDAY ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO PRUNE FLUME FLUKE ---
**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:** [March 1, 2026, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7163 "2026-03-01T08:05:44Z")
**Wordle 1,716 4/6 — 2026-03-01 Sun** ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PLUMB** **FLUKE** ---
**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:** [March 1, 2026, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7164 "2026-03-01T09:24:20Z")
Wordle 1,716 3/6\* \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 U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K}\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:** [March 1, 2026, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7165 "2026-03-01T10:23:48Z")
Wordle 1,716 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE FUNGI FLUKE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7166 "2026-03-01T11:32:50Z")
Wordle 1716 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CLIME FLUKE BLOKE, ELOPE, ELUDE, GLOBE, and GLOVE had already been used. Could’ve also possibly been PLEBE or GLEBE. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2026, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7167 "2026-03-01T12:59:33Z")
Wordle 1,716 4/6 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CLONE PLUME FLUKE ---
**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:** [March 1, 2026, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7168 "2026-03-01T13:17:29Z")
Wordle 1,716 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL SLATE FLUME FLUKE ---
**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:** [March 1, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7169 "2026-03-01T14:02:39Z")
Wordle 1,716 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Did he STEAL the election? He is a FELON, after all. I think it wasn’t a FLUKE. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2026, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7170 "2026-03-01T14:07:45Z")
Wordle 1,7 **17** 3/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🐦 😇 no Ai 🦘 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7171 "2026-03-01T15:03:42Z")
> **Wordle 1,716 5/6\* 3/1/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ > 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 > 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > HYDRA → Whiff. E, O and three WoFcons gets (probably should have gone with STOLE here, but I fixated on the N) > NO_LE_S → One vowel, now; but I can try the other two remaining ones (and try the T this time) with > _U_TI_L_ **E** → Finally a placement! But now it looks like I need to find two more consonants. Since Wardle was a computer programmer, I figured I’d try the variant > _K_ **LU** G **E** → Which was lucky, and made the last one easy > **FLUKE** > > My first guess, skewed by Scoredle’s algorithm, was 8/3169; the second was 7/73, and the third 7/8, so I was proportionally getting worse each time. Still a fun puzzle, though. Scoredle also bogeys, but has to sink a 50-50 putt to secure it, so my roundabout sequence actually turned out a tad better than Scoredle’s. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7172 "2026-03-01T15:50:32Z")
Wordle 1,716 3/6\* ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Grump Scuba Fluke ---
**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:** [March 1, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7173 "2026-03-01T16:49:42Z")
Wordle 1,716 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟧 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟧 ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST ELUDE PLUME FLUKE Not a bad finish to a poor start. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2026, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7174 "2026-03-01T17:52:45Z")
Wordle 1,716 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟧 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SHAPE TRONE FLUKE This birdie was indeed a FLUKE. At least 25 legit words remained. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2026, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7175 "2026-03-02T02:21:56Z")
Wordle 1,716 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE HOIST LUGED FLUME FLUKE ---
**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:** [March 2, 2026, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7176 "2026-03-02T04:25:42Z")
Wordle 1,717 4/6 **MONDAY** ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO PRIME CHIME SLIME ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7177 "2026-03-02T06:24:27Z")
Wordle 1,717 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHINE SLICE SLIME ---
**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:** [March 2, 2026, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7178 "2026-03-02T08:27:24Z")
**Wordle 1,717 3/6 — 2026-03-02 Mon** 🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **SLIME** ---
**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:** [March 2, 2026, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7179 "2026-03-02T09:29:03Z")
Wordle 1,717 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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\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:** [March 2, 2026, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7180 "2026-03-02T09:39:32Z")
Wordle 1,717 3/6 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE SLICE SLIME Assuming the obvious four words were the only possibilities I had the choice of “sleuthing” for a guaranteed 3, or getting one of (2,3,3,4). I lucked out by not trying Slide. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=358) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=360)