# "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:** 369
**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 14, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7361 "2026-03-14T13:59:40Z")
Wordle 1,729 2/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL _(swollen)_ ANKLEs Sorry, I cant help myself! ---
**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 14, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7362 "2026-03-14T15:19:31Z")
Wordle 1,729 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL TESLA ANKLE ---
**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 14, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7363 "2026-03-14T15:36:07Z")
Wordle 1,729 4/6 ⬜⬜🟦🟦🟧 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟦🟦⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST MANGE ANKLE Well, that’s weird; Wordle reset my win streak to one. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7364 "2026-03-14T15:40:12Z")
Wordle 1729 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT PENAL ANKLE Could’ve also been LADEN; ANGLE had been used. 1729 is informally known among math geeks as Ramanujan’s Number. The story is that when Ramanujan was in the hospital and fellow mathematician G.H. Hardy visited him, Ramanujan asked Hardy if he’d seen any interesting numbers lately. Hardy said the number of his taxicab was 1729, but that’s not interesting. Ramanujan replied something along the lines of β€œthat’s a fascinating number! It’s the smallest number that’s the sum of two cubes, two different ways.” 1729 = 1000 + 729 (10 cubed + 9 cubed) 1729 = 1728 + 1 (12 cubed + 1 cubed) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7365 "2026-03-14T15:41:11Z")
> **Wordle 1,729 4/6\* Pi Day 2026** > > 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 > 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ > 🟨🟩🟨🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _EA_TE_N_ β†’ OK, that’s a pretty good start. Rotate everyone right one space and try again, with two other WoFcons this time > _NEA_RS β†’ That didn’t go very far. What happens if I try it _again_? Only without the WoFcons, there’s only one left after all > _K_ **N** _EA_D β†’ Hey, K was a nice pickup. E must go on the end, A at the start, AN?KE or ANK?E, the latter suggests a word with the last WoFcon > **ANKLE** > > Tap-in par. My second guess was 55/111, almost dead on the median, although one of the worst-rated guesses with that terminal letter. If I had waited around to look for a word with a WoFcon on my third guess, the solution was 7/29, so I could have done better. Scoredle almost gets the birdie, but misses on a 1-in-3-valids guess to finish with par. ---
**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 14, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7366 "2026-03-14T15:47:21Z")
Wordle 1,729 5/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 LUNCH TALON ALINE ANGLE ANKLE ALINE was not likely to be the solution, but it did a good job of narrowing the list down. Lost the coin toss for par though. ---
**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 14, 2026, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7367 "2026-03-14T16:57:06Z")
Wordle 1,7 **30** 6/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ€ͺ πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 15, 2026, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7368 "2026-03-15T04:02:21Z")
Wordle 1,729 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE ANODE ANKLE ---
**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 15, 2026, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7369 "2026-03-15T04:26:10Z")
Wordle 1,730 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE DIGIT GRADE Ooh, wordlebot gave me a 99 for skill. That’s pretty good for midnight. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7370 "2026-03-15T04:35:13Z")
Wordle 1,730 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHARE CRAVE GRADE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7371 "2026-03-15T04:44:09Z")
How did you come up with a completely different solution that makes no sense with your guesses? ---
**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 15, 2026, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7372 "2026-03-15T07:36:46Z")
Wordle 1,730 3/6 **SUNDAY** 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO DRAPE GRADE ---
**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 15, 2026, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7373 "2026-03-15T07:48:01Z")
**Wordle 1,730 3/6 β€” 2026-03-15 Sun** β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **GRADE** ---
**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 15, 2026, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7374 "2026-03-15T09:04:54Z")
Wordle 1,730 3/6\* \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} ---
**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 15, 2026, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7375 "2026-03-15T11:43:05Z")
By typing in the wrong word here in the middle of the night. I just fixed that. That (BADGE) was my initial choice for a second guess, then i decided on digit, because the β€œD” was in one of the places a β€œD” could be, so it would help be distinguish the four β€œD” words. I was looking for words with a D and a G, and at least one of B and T. Is there a way to copy and paste words from wordle? I always type them. This is not the first time I’ve messed up, although last time it was a typo, not a brain fart. ---
**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 15, 2026, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7376 "2026-03-15T11:53:47Z")
I’ve done that before, late at night, and I typed in the wrong word. Brain fart coupled with near-sleep. No, I do not think there’s a way to C & P from Wordle. It’s nice to be able to change your post over 6h later! ---
**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 15, 2026, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7377 "2026-03-15T11:59:07Z")
Wordle 1,730 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST CHAFE DRAPE GRADE ---
**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 15, 2026, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7378 "2026-03-15T13:40:44Z")
Wordle 1,730 4/6 ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BRACE DRAPE GRADE ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7379 "2026-03-15T15:13:34Z")
> **Wordle 1,730 X/6\* 3/15/2026** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 > > _A_NKL **E** β†’ That’s a good start… if it doesn’t turn into a trap. And I can try a good first guess second > SL **A** T **E** β†’ But that wasn’t it! STARE, but my fingers disobeyed me. I hope that duplicate letter doesn’t come back to haunt me. Anyway, this is trap territory. Let’s try one with an R this time > F **RA** M **E** β†’ Not sure it cost me much at this point. Let’s keep looking for consonants > B **RA** C **E** β†’ No help there. > **GRA** P **E** β†’ Well, that’s something. One guess left… and two words to fill it. Mental coin flip comes up tails, so > **GRA** V **E** > Didn’t make the grade. Scoredle finishes with a par, hitting the 1-in-4 putt in the trap first time. It turns out, when faced with this trap, you should try the leading consonant that I left for last with the first guess and left the leading consonant that I tried first for the last. Not sure I’ll remember that next time, but I try to learn a little something from every Wordle. ---
**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 15, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7380 "2026-03-15T15:29:57Z")
They changed their font. I don’t care for it, but I suppose I’ll get used to it. Wordle 1,729 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL CRUDE GRADE [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=368) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=370)