# "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:** 380
**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 28, 2026, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7581 "2026-03-28T20:12:21Z")
Wordle 1,7 **44** 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😇 no Ai 🦘 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2026, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7582 "2026-03-29T05:33:08Z")
Wordle 1,744 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUNES CHUMP ---
**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 29, 2026, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7583 "2026-03-29T07:52:35Z")
Wordle 1,744 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 29, 2026, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7584 "2026-03-29T07:52:57Z")
STAMP CHIMP CHUMP ---
**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 29, 2026, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7585 "2026-03-29T08:47:11Z")
Wordle 1,744 3/6\* \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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} ! ---
**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 29, 2026, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7586 "2026-03-29T12:02:35Z")
Wordle 1,744 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RADIO STYLE CHUMP Two whiffs, then nailed it! ---
**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 29, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7587 "2026-03-29T14:06:22Z")
Wordle 1,744 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART WHOOP CHIMP CHUMP ---
**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 29, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7588 "2026-03-29T14:41:36Z")
Wordle 1,744 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL DROWN JUICY CHUMP ---
**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 29, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7589 "2026-03-29T14:42:34Z")
Wordle 1,744 3/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Relay Doubt Chump ---
**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 29, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7590 "2026-03-29T14:46:28Z")
Wordle 1,744 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL SATIN CHUMP I almost went with GRUMP, because it had a WoFcon. ---
**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 29, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7591 "2026-03-29T14:49:37Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Wordle 1,744 3/6 > > ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ > ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > RADIO > STYLE > CHUMP > Two whiffs, then nailed it! Same! Felt pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7592 "2026-03-29T15:30:45Z")
Wordle 1744 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE CHICK CHUMP Interesting situation after 2: had CHICK, CHIMP, CHUCK, and CHUMP as possibilities. Whichever one I went with on 3, I was guaranteed a 4 if I missed: matching the I or U would give me one answer, matching the last two letters would give me another, and matching neither would give me the third. So CHICK had no additional hits on 3, so it wasn’t CHIMP or CHUCK, so it had to be CHUMP. ---
**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 29, 2026, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7593 "2026-03-29T15:31:51Z")
Wordle 1,744 3/6 🟧⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟦⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST CHUMP ---
**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 29, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7594 "2026-03-29T16:24:09Z")
Wordle 1,744 4/6 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE SHOUT FRUMP CHUMP I thought i had chuck, chump, and chuff as possibilities, so i decided to go for a certain four, rather than gambling on 3-5. Maybe chuff isn’t a wordle word? ---
**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 29, 2026, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7595 "2026-03-29T17:36:12Z")
Wordle 1,744 5/6 ⬛⬛🟧⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟧⬛⬛ 🟧🟧🟧⬛⬛ 🟧🟧🟧⬛⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ADULT ROUSE CHUNK CHUFF CHUMP Grrr. CHUFF and CHUMP were the only possible words after three. I wish I could say it was a coin flip, but it wasn’t. Had I seen CHUMP, I would have parred. ---
**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 29, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7596 "2026-03-29T17:56:55Z")
According to the wordlebot (which is a NYT feature, so probably authoritative), “CHUFF” isn’t a valid answer. ---
**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 29, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7597 "2026-03-29T18:37:08Z")
Wordle 1,7 **45** 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😇 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 29, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7598 "2026-03-29T19:05:02Z")
> **Wordle 1,744 4/6\* 3/29/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > AFOOT → Whiff. Two vowels, three WoFcons and a brief moment of mourning for the wasted second O… > RILES → Double whiff! N is still out there among the WoFcons. I’d like to try both U and Y, the latter terminal of course (since I’ve already excluded SYRUP) so add in a couple more consonants and try > _PU_NKY → Brewster comes through! Probably a single U in the middle surrounded by consonants, CH- looks like a good one to try and I can pair the P with M to get > **CHUMP** > HUNKY would have been a better third guess, per Scoredle (2/103 vs. 23/103 for my guess) but either way it would have left a tap-in. It made for a interesting save of par after that bad start. Scoredle takes a bogey on it; it uses a double letter word for its third guess, so doesn’t eliminate enough letters for the par putt, leaving six valid possibles. ---
**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 29, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7599 "2026-03-29T21:15:27Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > According to the wordlebot (which is a NYT feature, so probably authoritative), “CHUFF” isn’t a valid answer. It’s definitely a valid _guess_, and IMO not quite obscure enough to discount as a possible answer. I have mixed feelings about the NYT making known which words are on their list of solutions and which aren’t. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7600 "2026-03-30T04:45:33Z")
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