# "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:** 371
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2026, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7401 "2026-03-16T16:45:40Z")
> **Wordle 1,731 5/6\* 3/16/2026** > > ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > G **RA** _D_E β†’ Have I hit another trap? Perhaps the D is at the end > B **RA** N_D_ β†’ Nope. DRA??. I can check a WoFcon with > **DRA** FT β†’ Nope. I can check another one with > **DRA** WL β†’ Also nope. And I’m running out of consonants. And other vowels don’t plug in there, so I’m stumped… until I think about repeats > **DRAMA** > > This one was deceptively dangerous, though it might have been easier if my second guess didn’t score 19/21 from Scoredle’s possibles. At three, there were only three nonbogus words left, but ten bogus ones - so the likelihood of picking a bogus word or two was fairly high, especially if I started assembling and trying words from random letters like I often do when I’m stuck. Fortunately I stuck with the valid guesses, even if I got them in the wrong order. Scoredle makes a tap-in par thanks to its much better followup guess. ---
**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 17, 2026, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7402 "2026-03-17T02:31:47Z")
Wordle 1,7 **32** 4/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ impatient ☹ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 17, 2026, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7403 "2026-03-17T04:19:06Z")
Wordle 1,732 5/6 **TUESDAY** 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO FRAME GHAST CLASS CLASP ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7404 "2026-03-17T04:59:24Z")
Wordle 1,732 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHALE CLASS CLASP ---
**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 17, 2026, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7405 "2026-03-17T07:34:52Z")
**Wordle 1,732 4/6 β€” 2026-03-17 Tue** πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **CLASP** ---
**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 17, 2026, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7406 "2026-03-17T09:02:06Z")
Wordle 1,732 4/6\* \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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \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 A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \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 A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7407 "2026-03-17T10:35:29Z")
Wordle 1732 2/6 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CLASP CLASH, CLASS, FLASH, FLASK, and GLASS had already been used, and I’m still going with unused words first. ---
**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 17, 2026, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7408 "2026-03-17T11:41:56Z")
Wordle 1,732 3/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SAINT ROGUE CLASP Lucky guess for another 3! ---
**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 17, 2026, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7409 "2026-03-17T12:18:26Z")
Wordle 1,732 3/6 πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Got the 50/50 on my last guess. CRANE CLASH CLASP ---
**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 17, 2026, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7410 "2026-03-17T13:08:30Z")
Wordle 1,732 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART FLAKY PLAIN CLASP ---
**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 17, 2026, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7411 "2026-03-17T13:19:03Z")
Wordle 1,732 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL SLAIN CLASP ---
**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 17, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7412 "2026-03-17T14:27:45Z")
Wordle 1,732 2/6\* 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL CLASP ---
**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 17, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7413 "2026-03-17T15:09:05Z")
Wordle 1,732 3/6 🟧⬜🟧⬜⬜ 🟧⬜🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE CHAMP CLASP ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7414 "2026-03-17T15:40:13Z")
> **Wordle 1,732 6/6\* 3/17/2026** > > ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟨 > 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > DR **A** MA β†’ One and only one A, so the second one’s not wasted. Started hunting around for high-WoFcon words here and settled on one that was less than optimal (O instead of E, and an easy substitution) > _L_O **A** N_S_ β†’ So that went well, now I tried to cover that elusive T (and had a shot at another E, why didn’t I take it here?) > _S_T **A** _L_K β†’ New letters went nowhere, but I’m getting closer by elimination. So I started to get this rather apathetic attitude about it, which led me to > B **LAS** E β†’ So I finally covered the E, to no effect, and now I’m looking for consonants that can fill in those end spots > **CLAS** H β†’ Got one. With one guess left, I think there’s one possible word left > **CLASP** > > Horrid misplays all along the board. I even missed trying the ultimate good first guess second, I guess I was a bit tired last night. Turns out I was safe after my third guess, though going the distance was still a pain. Scoredle goes for that UGFGS, ending up with a par and even converting the 50-50 putt it’s confronted with after three. ---
**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 17, 2026, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7415 "2026-03-17T16:03:52Z")
Wordle 1,732 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 DOUBT RENAL SALLY CLASH CLASP I thought I had saved par there for a second. CLASS would have pushed me all the way to six, so I guess I shouldn’t complain. ---
**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 17, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7416 "2026-03-17T17:58:11Z")
Wordle 1,7 **33** 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 18, 2026, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7417 "2026-03-18T04:54:09Z")
Wordle 1,733 4/6 **WEDNESDAY** 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO ALERT APPLY AMPLY ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2026, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7418 "2026-03-18T05:12:01Z")
Wordle 1,733 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHALE AMPLY ---
**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 18, 2026, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7419 "2026-03-18T08:56:21Z")
Wordle 1,733 4/6\* \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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \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 P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} ---
**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 18, 2026, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7420 "2026-03-18T11:09:04Z")
**Wordle 1,733 3/6 β€” 2026-03-18 Wed** β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **AMPLY** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=370) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=372)