# "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:** 363
**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 6, 2026, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7241 "2026-03-06T12:01:40Z")
Wordle 1,721 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Oh wow! I had more than a dozen possibilities. I just choose that because it has a lot of good letters and a vowel and a consonant in good places. CRANE HOIST GUNKY Edited to add: wordlebot says i only had 4 words that could have been wordle answers. Huh, i would have thought more. This is a funny word-space for it, i think. And also, it would have chosen the elimination word, β€œPROOF” to guarantee a win in 5. ---
**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 6, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7242 "2026-03-06T12:25:42Z")
Wordle 1,721 X/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© SLATE ROUND UNZIP CHUNK - stupid stupid guess, UN can’t go there JUNKY FUNKY Bust!!! Probably could have got it if I’d been paying attention. ---
**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 6, 2026, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7243 "2026-03-06T13:27:53Z")
Wordle 1,721 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL DUMMY FUNNY play that GUNKY music ---
**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 6, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7244 "2026-03-06T14:25:57Z")
Wordle 1,7 **22** 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ 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 6, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7245 "2026-03-06T14:32:47Z")
I join the bloodbath. > **Wordle 1,721 X/6\* 3/6/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SHEEP β†’ Whiff. It’s not really a good first word, but I decided to try a different combination and here’s what Wordle accepted > ALOI_N_ β†’ Not far from a double-whiff. So there’s U and Y left of the vowels, and three WoFcons, but I only engaged two with > R **UN** N **Y** β†’ and I could have tried RUNTY and gotten them all, so seeing that I wanted to try a T and went for > B **UN** T **Y** β†’ and as a white boy, I want to play some music really > F **UNKY** β†’ and I’m really close, but I can see two possiblities here, and G looks a little slangy so > J **UNKY** > > A 50-50 right at the end there, according to Scoredle. Scoredle itself wins in five, and doesn’t even touch two of the WoFcons to get a largely elimination-based win. ---
**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 6, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7246 "2026-03-06T15:07:07Z")
Wordle 1,721 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL DROWN PUNCH JUNKY GUNKY WordleBot didn’t solve it! It said, β€œI doff my cap to you!” ---
**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 6, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7247 "2026-03-06T16:15:03Z")
Wordle 1,721 6/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL JUICY RUNNY AUNTY FUNKY GUNKY ---
**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 6, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7248 "2026-03-06T16:24:49Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > WordleBot didn’t solve it! It said, β€œI doff my cap to you!” That’s odd. with me, it solved it in four. ---
**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 6, 2026, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7249 "2026-03-06T16:39:54Z")
[Hoping this works.](https://www.instagram.com/p/DVjMsvPEVKL/?img_index=1&igsh=YWZpbnRzZGh6cTE2) Can you see this, @kaylasdad99 ? ---
**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 6, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7250 "2026-03-06T16:48:19Z")
Wordle 1,721 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟦⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST - well, at least it eliminated a lot of words FUNNY - a placement word, and eliminated the F, so. . . GUNKY Looks like lots of trouble for most folks today. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7251 "2026-03-06T17:59:37Z")
Wordle 1721 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY FUNKY JUNKY GUNKY Seeing today’s carnage, I’m glad I at least kept it in bounds. After 3, I saw FUNKY, GUNKY, and JUNKY, but I discounted the latter two enough that I went with FUNKY even knowing it had previously been used. Then I lost the mental coin toss between the other two. Such is life. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2026, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7252 "2026-03-07T05:20:26Z")
Wordle 1,722 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHONE LODGE VOGUE ---
**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 7, 2026, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7253 "2026-03-07T08:02:31Z")
Wordle 1,722 4/6 **SATURDAY** ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO POUCH MOGUL VOGUE ---
**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 7, 2026, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7254 "2026-03-07T09:30:56Z")
Wordle 1,722 4/6\* \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,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 O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} Was sure i was going to get a 2. 😠 ---
**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 7, 2026, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7255 "2026-03-07T11:09:36Z")
**Wordle 1,722 4/6 β€” 2026-03-07 Sat** β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **COUPE** **VOGUE** ---
**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 7, 2026, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7256 "2026-03-07T12:05:07Z")
A pair of bogeys; Wordle 1,721 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 TREAD LOINS FUNKY GLYPH GUNKY H, G, J, or P (I thought B might be in the mix too, but not according to Scordle). I didn’t want to risk it, and did what turned out to be the right thing. Sorry to those of you who went down yesterday. Wordle 1,722 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟦🟦🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 BRAKE STONE LODGE VOUGE VOGUE This is what happens when I Wordle before coffee. I had the par in the bag, then brain-farted. While I take full responsibility for my idiocy, I’m surprised the misspelling was accepted. Mirriam-Webster doesn’t recognize it. ---
**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 7, 2026, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7257 "2026-03-07T12:34:02Z")
Wordle 1,722 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE SLOTH VOGUE this is the second day in a row when i hit a birdie when just trying to split the field. I thought there were 13 plausible words that would fit after the first two guesses, of which 6 were almost certainly on wordle’s list. (The wordle bot says 7 words, the 6 i liked most plus one of the others i was looking at, bogie.) I liked Vogue because it would place the o, and test whether v, g, and u were in the word. This looked like the most useful word to place of the 13, in terms of differentiating the others. And… BINGO! ---
**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 7, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7258 "2026-03-07T13:02:12Z")
Wordle 1,722 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SAINT ROUGE VOGUE After yesterday’s debacle, and an ominous whiff on my first guess, starting a new streak with a 3! ---
**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 7, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7259 "2026-03-07T14:18:03Z")
Wordle 1,7 **23** 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🐦 πŸ˜‡ 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 7, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7260 "2026-03-07T15:30:21Z")
> **Wordle 1,722 3/6\* 3/7/2026** > > 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟨🟨🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _GU_NKY β†’ Not what I would have expected, but very useful. Jumping out at me are VOGUE/VAGUE/ROGUE and > R **O** _UG_ **E** β†’ So, _if_ that was all the valid words, it must be > **VOGUE** > Words ending in H was the category I missed seeing for the second guess, so I got rather lucky in general terms but it was a skillful play otherwise - my second guess was second on Scoredle’s list of 88 possibles. It could have gone south for the second day in a row, though, if I hadn’t cottoned to my earlier oversight and hit a very rough trap. Scoredle also hits a birdie; with three valids left after its second guess, it dives into a trap to try to save a win, and hits the one valid word in that trap. If the solution was one of the other words, a five was possible. Nice bounceback after yesterday! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=362) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=364)