# "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:** 36
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2025, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/701 "2025-01-12T04:06:50Z")
Wordle 1,302 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE GROIN DINGY ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2025, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/702 "2025-01-12T05:11:52Z")
**Sunday, January 12th** Wordle 1,303 3/6 ⬛🟨🟨⬛🟨 🟨🟨🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT LATER TOTAL I saw vital and then natal first, but the previous answers list to the rescue eliminated both. Took a minute to see total, hiding behind the double letter. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2025, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/703 "2025-01-12T05:43:13Z")
Wordle 1,303 2/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TOTAL ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2025, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/704 "2025-01-12T08:02:35Z")
> **Wordle 1,303 4/6\* 1/12/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > DINGY → Whiff. Time for a good first word second. > _L_E_A_S_T_ → Maybe I should have gone with STALE or STEAL or SLATE. Ah, well. Would like to try an O, and an R for that final WoFcon. Rearrange letters and try a word that seems a bit bogus… but Wordle is taking it… > R **OTAL** → Dang it. Should have gone with STEAL for my second guess. Ah, well, par it is > **TOTAL** > STEAL would have almost guaranteed a birdie, as I would have tried to double up to place the second letter and also tried the next vowel. By itself, Scoredle ends up with a par, same as me, as it’s second word wasn’t quite so amendable to the birdie try, though it does get the birdie from my second guess. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2025, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/705 "2025-01-12T08:14:56Z")
**Wordle 1,302 4/6 — 2025-01-11** ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST BOUND CRISP DINGY ---
**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:** [January 12, 2025, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/706 "2025-01-12T08:59:08Z")
Wordle 1,303 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \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 R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[yellow,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \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 L} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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:** [January 12, 2025, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/707 "2025-01-12T11:21:01Z")
Wordle 1,303 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STONE MOUTH TOTAL ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2025, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/708 "2025-01-12T12:42:37Z")
Wordle 1303 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 80 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ 8 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT LATER TOTAL After my starting word turned up 3 yellows, I played around and came up with a list of possible solutions, some of which were knocked off when I checked them against my previous solutions spreadsheet. I was most concerned with a quartet of unused words beginning with LAT: LATCH, LATER, LATEX, LATHE. LATER at 2 would distinguish among those (or eliminate them altogether) and also distinguish between PETAL, TOTAL and TUBAL. (Didn’t see OCTAL, I guess I’m not enough of a computer geek. Glad it wasn’t the solution.) Anyhow, it did the job. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/709 "2025-01-12T15:02:49Z")
Wordle 1,303 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART TASTY TOTAL ---
**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:** [January 12, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/710 "2025-01-12T15:14:30Z")
I pasted the wrong result above. Here is mine from today. **Wordle 1,303 4/6 — 2025-11-12** 🟨⬛🟨⬛🟨 ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST BOUND CRISP TOTAL ---
**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:** [January 12, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/711 "2025-01-12T15:17:40Z")
Wordle 1,303 5/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ ⬜🟧⬜⬜🟦 🟧🟧⬜🟧⬜ 🟧🟧⬜🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST TOPAZ TODAY TOTAL Sheesh. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/712 "2025-01-12T15:43:50Z")
Wordle 1,303 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Not bad, but I want more vowels.) QUOTA (That’ll do. Now for some WoFcons.) TONAL (Satisfactory. Only one word left.) TOTAL (Splendid. I “guessed” the only remaining possibility. Fuck you, Wordlebot.) ---
**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:** [January 12, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/713 "2025-01-12T15:44:43Z")
LEAST TRIAL TOTAL I couldn’t get the copy tool to work to show the puzzle today. Hmm. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2025, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/714 "2025-01-13T01:41:06Z")
Wordle 1,303 4/6 🟦🟦⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟧⬛🟧🟧 ⬛🟧⬛🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALIVE LOCAL MORAL TOTAL My usual play at two would be TONAL, which would have led to a birdie. For some reason today I decided to double up on the L. Wrong move, but it didn’t totally screw me. After two, I figured TONAL, ZONAL, and NODAL were not likely solutions, leaving ROYAL, TOTAL, MORAL, and MODAL. I chose the word that, if wrong, eliminated all but one of the rest. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/715 "2025-01-13T04:59:38Z")
Wordle 1,303 3/6\* ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE TRIAL TOTAL ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/716 "2025-01-13T05:15:24Z")
**Monday, January 13th** Wordle 1,304 3/6 ⬛🟩🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT CLEAR CLOAK That’ll work. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/717 "2025-01-13T05:32:55Z")
Wordle 1,304 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHOAL CLOAK ---
**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:** [January 13, 2025, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/718 "2025-01-13T07:28:06Z")
Wordle 1,304 2/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ATONE CLOAK ---
**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:** [January 13, 2025, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/719 "2025-01-13T10:37:56Z")
**Wordle 1,304 4/6 — 2025-01-13** 🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST BOUND CRISP CLOAK ---
**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:** [January 13, 2025, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/720 "2025-01-13T10:58:15Z")
Wordle 1,304 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \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 R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \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 I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ \end{aligned} [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=35) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=37)