# "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:** 373
**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 19, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7441 "2026-03-19T14:06:38Z")
Wordle 1,7 **35** 2/6 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŽ‡ 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 19, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7442 "2026-03-19T14:12:54Z")
> **Wordle 1,734 5/6\* 3/19/2026** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 > ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _A_MPLY β†’ The carryover nets us one vowel. With the L gone, I can’t use the quintessential first word second, but I can try the A with E and three more WoFcons, like so > SN_ARE_ β†’ I hope to avoid a trap, normally, but this word was just too good to pass up. T is still out there; I can try it with the three known letters with > T_RE_ **A** D β†’ Placed one, need to start working on other consonants. Two places left for the R, I can place it for sure with > **RE** _B_ **A** R β†’ With the bonus B, it can only be > **REHAB** > > Scoredle liked my fourth guess, which put par in the rear-view mirror, but would have suggested a move to place the R with the third guess instead. On its own, it makes a couple of good cut-down plays but then misses the 50-50 par putt (mine was also 50-50 valids, but with more bogus possibles) to score a bogey of its own. ---
**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 19, 2026, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7443 "2026-03-19T14:57:35Z")
Wordle 1,734 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL ANISE REHAB ---
**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 19, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7444 "2026-03-19T15:22:49Z")
Wordle 1,734 3/6 ⬜🟦🟦⬜🟦 ⬜🟧🟦🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE TEARY REHAB Very lucky guess. ---
**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 19, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7445 "2026-03-19T15:53:41Z")
Wordle 1,734 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 LASER TREAD REPAY REHAB At three, I saw RECAP, REPAY, and REHAB. So either of the ones with a P was the right play. The only sort-of non-bogus word I missed was RERAN, which would have gotten me a bogey (and probably taken me a while to see). ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7446 "2026-03-19T16:46:50Z")
Wordle 1733 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY AMPLY Took awhile to see this one. Wanted the β€˜A’ to break up those consonants. Wordle 1734 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE HAREM REHAB β€œno, no, no” πŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7447 "2026-03-20T04:42:26Z")
Wordle 1,735 2/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO OASIS Well that was easy. ---
**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 20, 2026, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7448 "2026-03-20T05:36:41Z")
Wordle 1,735 2/6 FRIDAY 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO OASIS Yep, pretty darn easy ---
**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 20, 2026, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7449 "2026-03-20T07:30:36Z")
Nicely done @MrDibble , especially since the answer could have also been aboil, amnio, folia, patio, or ratio ! **Wordle 1,735 4/6 β€” 2026-03-20 Fri** πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **OASIS** ---
**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 20, 2026, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7450 "2026-03-20T09:24:39Z")
Wordle 1,735 4/6\* \bbox[silver,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[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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\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 S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\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 I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} ---
**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 20, 2026, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7451 "2026-03-20T11:31:55Z")
Wordle 1,735 2/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RADIO OASIS ---
**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 20, 2026, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7452 "2026-03-20T13:22:06Z")
Wordle 1,735 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART DAISY LAPIS at this point just trying random letters not yet used CAMIS after this, it finally dawns on me OASIS ---
**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 20, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7453 "2026-03-20T14:54:10Z")
Wordle 1,735 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I’m getting better at this game, but i wonder if I’m working too hard at it, and maybe it’s less fun? Oh CRANE TOILS OASIS ---
**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 20, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7454 "2026-03-20T14:56:03Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Nicely done @MrDibble , especially since the answer could have also been aboil, amnio, folia, patio, or ratio ! I don’t believe they would use aboil or folia. And I’d guess something else before amnio. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7455 "2026-03-20T14:56:51Z")
> **Wordle 1,735 5/6\* 3/20/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 > ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > REH_A_B β†’ One lonely A. If I add an O, and three of the remaining WoFcons, I can generate a word that is probably bogus > _S_ **A** NT_O_ β†’ Here, I couldn’t think of any ?ASO? words, so I went with a regular plural just to shake things up > M **A** K_O_ **S** β†’ What!?! Terminal S? And either OA? or ?AO for the first three letters? I wasn’t thinking well here, and dismissed the former out of hand, fixating on Wordle’s British origins and thus trying > G **A** _O_L **S** β†’ But a couple seconds did it here > **OASIS** > > Should have gone to bed after the second guess, and I might have gotten it in three if my mind was a little fresher. Scoredle shows nineteen possibles after two, all having the same terminal letter, and only one was nonbogus, so it was there for the taking. But, I somehow did much better than Scoredle, which picks all bogus words after the carryover and misses a 50-50 guess on the sixth to end up in the loss column for today. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7456 "2026-03-20T15:07:10Z")
Wordle 1,735 2/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Sprig Oasis ---
**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 20, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7457 "2026-03-20T15:33:48Z")
Wordle 1,735 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL ARSON OASIS ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7458 "2026-03-20T15:37:50Z")
Wordle 1735 3/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE OASIS ---
**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 20, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7459 "2026-03-20T15:49:00Z")
Wordle 1,735 3/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ ⬜🟦🟦🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST OASIS ---
**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 20, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7460 "2026-03-20T16:15:36Z")
Wordle 1,7 **36** 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=372) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=374)