# "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 3)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451>\
**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\
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**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 20, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7461 "2026-03-20T17:07:36Z")

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Wordle 1,735 4/6\*

🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜  
⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜  
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

STEAL  
PANSY  
BASIC  
OASIS

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**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 20, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7462 "2026-03-20T21:18:08Z")

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Wordle 1,735 4/6

⬛⬛🟦⬛⬛  
⬛🟦🟦🟦⬛  
⬛🟦🟧🟦⬛  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

QUOTE  
NOISY  
VISOR  
OASIS

Wow, lots of twos today!  
I’ll take the four, given that I started with a Q. And I made a nice symmetrical design!

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**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 21, 2026, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7463 "2026-03-21T04:07:39Z")

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Wordle 1,736 3/6

🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜  
🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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**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 21, 2026, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7464 "2026-03-21T04:08:01Z")

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STEIN  
SHIRK  
SLICK

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**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7465 "2026-03-21T04:48:06Z")

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Wordle 1,736 5/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜  
🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜  
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
SHINE  
SPILL  
SLIMY  
SLICK

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**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 21, 2026, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7466 "2026-03-21T06:20:57Z")

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Wordle 1,736 6/6 **SATURDAY**

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜  
🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜  
🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜  
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

AUDIO  
PRIME  
SHIFT  
SWILL  
SLING  
SLICK

“Phew” indeed.

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**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 21, 2026, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7467 "2026-03-21T07:03:38Z")

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**Wordle 1,736 4/6 — 2026-03-21 Sat**

🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛  
⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛  
⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

**STARE**  
 **DOILY**  
 **PUNCH**  
 **SLICK**

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**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 21, 2026, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7468 "2026-03-21T09:02:58Z")

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Wordle 1,736 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}  
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K}  
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K}

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**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 21, 2026, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7469 "2026-03-21T12:02:19Z")

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Wordle 1,736 3/6

🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛  
🟩⬛⬛🟨🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

LEAST  
SPOIL  
SLICK

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**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 21, 2026, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7470 "2026-03-21T12:44:42Z")

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Wordle 1,736 5/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨  
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

HEART  
SPOIL  
SLIMY  
SLINK  
SLICK

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**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 21, 2026, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7471 "2026-03-21T13:45:53Z")

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Wordle 1,736 4/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛  
⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛  
🟩⬛🟩🟩⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

CRANE  
HOIST  
SPICY  
SLICK

I lost the 50/50. But I’ve been lucky recently, so i suppose it balances out.

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**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 21, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7472 "2026-03-21T14:26:35Z")

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Wordle 1,736 4/6\*

🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨  
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

STEAL  
SLIMY  
SLINK  
SLICK

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**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 21, 2026, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7473 "2026-03-21T14:50:26Z")

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Wordle 1,7 **37** 4/6

🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😇 no Ai 🦘

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**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 21, 2026, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7474 "2026-03-21T14:57:36Z")

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Wordle 1,736 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

YODEL  
SLANT  
SLUSH  
SLICK

I was tired of getting birdies anyway.

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**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 21, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7475 "2026-03-21T15:20:55Z")

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Wordle 1,736 3/6

🟦⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟧🟦⬜  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

CRANE  
HOIST  
SLICK

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7476 "2026-03-21T15:28:02Z")

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> **Wordle 1,736 4/6\* 3/21/2026**
>
> ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜  
> 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜  
> 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩  
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> 
> OA_SI_S → Not a second S, so that’s good, and the rarest of the three vowels. I do want to try E and a couple more WoFcons to go with those  
> **S** T **I** _L_E → Placed the carryover letters and found an L, so I’ll call that a win and start trying consonants, with an N to try first  
> **SLI** N **K** → Gotta be  
> **SLICK**  
> GRACE would make for an interesting lead-in to today’s solution, would it not? I see why my followup guess was downrated; there’s a nasty trap that Scordle played into that might have bitten me badly had one of its words been the solution. In the event, Scoredle’s followup leads it directly to my third and fourth guesses, so I do feel pretty good about how I played today.

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**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 21, 2026, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7477 "2026-03-21T15:31:31Z")

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Wordle 1,736 4/6\*

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛  
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩  
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Kaput  
Chick  
Flick  
Slick

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7478 "2026-03-21T15:59:08Z")

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Wordle 1736 3/6

🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLANT  
PRIME  
SLICK

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7479 "2026-03-21T16:38:38Z")

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> [@kaylasdad99](#):
>
> I was tired of getting birdies anyway.

Getting tired of all that winning? 😉

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**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 21, 2026, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7480 "2026-03-21T21:49:07Z")

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Wordle 1,736 3/6

⬛⬛⬛🟦⬛  
🟦⬛⬛🟦⬛  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

WORLD  
LEAST  
SLICK

7, maybe 8 valid words left.  
I will accept the good luck. 🍀

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