# "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 3)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451>\
**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:** 361

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**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 3, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7201 "2026-03-03T17:20:58Z")

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Wordle 1,718 5/6

⬜⬜⬜🟦🟦  
⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜  
⬜🟦🟧🟦⬜  
🟧🟧🟧🟧⬜  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

CRANE  
HOIST  
GENII  
LINED  
LINEN

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**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 3, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7202 "2026-03-03T18:11:31Z")

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Wordle 1,718 5/6\*

⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨  
⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩  
🟨🟨⬜🟨🟩  
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

STEAL  
FELON  
ELFIN  
LIKEN  
LINEN

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7203 "2026-03-03T19:38:08Z")

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Wordle 1718 5/6

⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜  
🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩  
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩  
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLANT  
LOGIN  
LIVEN  
LIKEN  
LINEN

Joining the LIVEN-LIKEN-LINEN club. Only the third re-used solution since CIGAR nearly a month ago: LINEN was Wordle #51.

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**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 4, 2026, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7204 "2026-03-04T01:10:44Z")

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Wordle 1,719 3/6 **WEDNESDAY**

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

AUDIO  
WHEFT  
THEFT

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**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 4, 2026, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7205 "2026-03-04T02:15:15Z")

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Wordle 1,7 **19** 5/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩  
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🙄 Ai assist 🦘

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**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 4, 2026, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7206 "2026-03-04T02:46:34Z")

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Wordle 1,718 4/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨  
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛  
⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

CRANE  
SLOTH  
DINKY  
LINEN

It could also have been LIKED, i got lucky.

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**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7207 "2026-03-04T05:45:03Z")

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Wordle 1,719 4/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜  
⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨  
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
CHUTE  
THESE  
THEFT

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**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 4, 2026, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7208 "2026-03-04T10:29:06Z")

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I forgot to post yesterday’s, so here are both. Two pars.

**Wordle 1,718 4/6 — 2026-03-03 Tue**

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨  
⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛  
⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

**STARE**  
 **DOILY**  
 **PUNCH**  
 **LINEN**

∘

**Wordle 1,719 4/6 — 2026-03-04 Wed**

⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛  
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

**STARE**  
 **DOILY**  
 **PUNCH**  
 **THEFT**

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**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 4, 2026, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7209 "2026-03-04T11:03:21Z")

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Wordle 1,719 5/6\*

\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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}  
\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}  
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}  
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\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 T}  
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\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 T}

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**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 4, 2026, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7210 "2026-03-04T12:01:21Z")

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Wordle 1,719 4/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLATE  
GRIND  
COMET  
THEFT

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7211 "2026-03-04T12:46:08Z")

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Wordle 1719 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩  
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLANT  
CHORE  
THEFT

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**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 4, 2026, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7212 "2026-03-04T12:47:49Z")

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Wordle 1,719 4/6

⬛🟨🟩⬛⬛  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛  
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

STEAM  
ROUND  
CLEFT  
THEFT

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**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:** [March 4, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7213 "2026-03-04T14:15:05Z")

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Wordle 1,719 3/6

🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩  
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

HEART  
SHEET  
THEFT

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**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 4, 2026, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7214 "2026-03-04T14:16:26Z")

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Wordle 1,7 **20** 5/6

🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨  
🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜  
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🤪 😇 no Ai 🦘

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**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 4, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7215 "2026-03-04T14:47:18Z")

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Wordle 1,719 4/6

🟧⬛⬛⬛🟦  
🟧⬛⬛🟦⬛  
🟧⬛🟧🟦🟦  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

TRACE  
TILES  
TEETH  
THEFT

I took quite a journey with this one. Don’t usually use -S plurals, but I wanted those WoFcons. Then I tried a double-double, which not only placed the E, but found a second T, leading to a fun par.

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7216 "2026-03-04T15:21:49Z")

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> **Wordle 1,719 4/6\* 3/4/2026**
>
> ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
> ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨  
> 🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜  
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> 
> LIN_E_N → Slow start, and a wasted N, but I can try A and the last three WoFcons with  
> S_T_AR_E_ → And that’s something. TE- to start, and another vowel - perhaps a Y? Start throwing consonants at it to see what I get  
> **T** _E_C_H_Y → Looks like THE- to start, THEME is out though, look through remaining consonants and don’t see much, but if I repeat the T…  
> **THEFT**  
> TEETH was what Scoredle recommends for my third guess, and I gotta say that’s a masterstroke that I wish I had come up with. Wouldn’t have changed my score, any, but a much better play. Scoredle gets it in four after only getting four colored squares with its previous three guesses - a masterpiece of elimination.

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**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 4, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7217 "2026-03-04T15:49:02Z")

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Wordle 1,719 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦  
🟦⬜⬜⬜🟧  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

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**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 4, 2026, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7218 "2026-03-04T15:56:41Z")

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Wordle 1,719 3/6\*

⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜  
🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

STEAL  
TWEET  
THEFT

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**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 4, 2026, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7219 "2026-03-04T17:30:51Z")

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Wordle 1,719 4/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

YODEL  
ANISE  
RECUT  
THEFT

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**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 5, 2026, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7220 "2026-03-05T04:44:38Z")

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Wordle 1,720 3/6 **THURSDAY**

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

AUDIO  
STEEP  
SHEEP

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