# "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:** 370
**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 15, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7381 "2026-03-15T15:37:24Z")
Wordle 1,730 6/6 ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟧 ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟧 ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE - uh-oh BRAVE FRAME GRATE GRAPE GRADE Worst trap ever. ---
**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 15, 2026, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7382 "2026-03-15T15:45:53Z")
Wordle 1,730 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL RAVEN GRAZE GRAPE GRADE ---
**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 15, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7383 "2026-03-15T16:48:38Z")
Wordle 1,7 **31** 6/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😫 Ai assist 🦘 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7384 "2026-03-15T21:52:28Z")
Wordle 1730 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE GRAZE GRAPE GRADE So: BRAKE, BRAVE, DRAPE, FRAME, GRADE, and GRAVE had already been used, and DRAKE, GRAPE, and GRAZE hadn’t. In the 40 Wordles between CIGAR and today, only 3 have been reruns. If this was another non-rerun, then going with GRAPE or GRAZE would give me a 1/3 chance at a 3, and a 2/3 chance of a 4. If it was a rerun…well, less than a 1/10 chance of that, so I’d just deal with it if that’s the way it went. So I went with GRAZE on 3, then GRAPE on 4, after which it had to be a rerun. Of the three previous post-CIGAR reruns, all three were from early on - Wordles 4, 51, and 296. (Small sample to infer anything from, I know. But you work with what you’ve got.) So being faced with a seeming coin toss between GRADE (Wordle 15) and GRAVE (Wordle 1615), I went with GRADE. The pattern holds - so far. ---
**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, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7385 "2026-03-15T22:41:45Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > It’s nice to be able to change your post over 6h later! That’s the biggest perk of being a mod. But fwiw, if you make a confusing typo, I’m allowed to fix that, too, if you ask me too. I’ll indicate that i fixed it somewhere. ---
**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 16, 2026, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7386 "2026-03-16T04:31:48Z")
Wordle 1,731 2/6 MONDAY 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO DRAMA Woot! ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2026, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7387 "2026-03-16T06:00:50Z")
Wordle 1,731 5/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHARE WRACK FRAUD DRAMA ---
**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 16, 2026, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7388 "2026-03-16T07:05:21Z")
**Wordle 1,731 3/6 β€” 2026-03-16 Mon** β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **DRAMA** ---
**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 16, 2026, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7389 "2026-03-16T08:45:31Z")
Wordle 1,731 3/6\* \bbox[silver,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\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 M}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2026, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7390 "2026-03-16T11:28:16Z")
Wordle 1731 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY DRAMA ---
**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 16, 2026, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7391 "2026-03-16T11:36:56Z")
Wordle 1,731 3/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RADIO DREAM DRAMA ---
**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 16, 2026, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7392 "2026-03-16T11:40:43Z")
Wordle 1,731 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE DIGIT DRAMA My start was surprisingly similar to yesterday’s start. ---
**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 16, 2026, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7393 "2026-03-16T12:39:23Z")
Wordle 1,731 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL DINAR DRAMA ---
**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:** [March 16, 2026, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7394 "2026-03-16T13:09:48Z")
Wordle 1,731 2/6 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 16, 2026, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7395 "2026-03-16T13:22:28Z")
Quite a lot of 3s today. Without a lot of drama, and that’s a good thing! πŸ™‚ And then along comes … > [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Wordle 1,731 2/6 > > 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Today I’ll call @SuntanLotion the Curve Wrecker! πŸ™‚ ---
**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 16, 2026, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7396 "2026-03-16T13:33:38Z")
Wordle 1,731 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BRAID DRAWN DRAMA ---
**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:** [March 16, 2026, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7397 "2026-03-16T13:34:01Z")
I thought you were gonna reprimand me for not posting the blurred words but I figured it was obvious. ---
**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 16, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7398 "2026-03-16T14:27:08Z")
Wordle 1,731 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL DRAWN DRAMA That fits my ongoing Orange Man theme. 🍊 ---
**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 16, 2026, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7399 "2026-03-16T15:38:59Z")
Wordle 1,731 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 FIGHT LASER ADORN DRAMA Decent par despite the opening whiff. I played late yesterday and forgot to post; stayed out of the trap somehow, but I still bogeyed. Don’t recall all the words. ---
**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 16, 2026, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7400 "2026-03-16T15:57:24Z")
Wordle 1,731 5/6 ⬜🟧🟧⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST GRAVY FRAUD DRAMA [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=369) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=371)