# "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:** 382
**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 31, 2026, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7621 "2026-03-31T11:36:20Z")
Wordle 1,746 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RADIO STYLE CHUMP SWAMP ---
**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 31, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7622 "2026-03-31T13:48:08Z")
Wordle 1,746 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PLAIN SCAMP SWAMP H ---
**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 31, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7623 "2026-03-31T14:17:35Z")
Wordle 1,7 **47** 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ™„ Ai assist 🦘 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7624 "2026-03-31T14:54:56Z")
> **Wordle 1,746 4/6\* 3/31/2026** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CO_M_ET β†’ Nice (if lonely) pickup. Need to try A & I and a couple WoFcons > _MA_IN_S_ β†’ Got a vowel, at least. Only one? If so, it’s in the middle… and I can check another WoFcon (doubled, actually) with > **S** _M_ **A** LL β†’ Here I stopped making progress for a while, until I started looking for nonWoFcons to fill in… fortunately I didn’t see SWARM before I saw > **SWAMP** > > My followup guess was a pretty respectable 34/495, but my third was 6/7 valids, 9/19 overall so I definitely could have done better. The par putt was a lucky 1-in-3 of valids. Scoredle has a 1-in-3/6 shot at a birdie, but misses, settling for a par of its own. ---
**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 31, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7625 "2026-03-31T15:18:07Z")
Wordle 1,746 4/6 ⬜⬜🟧⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟦⬜ 🟧🟦🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST SPADE SWAMP ---
**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 31, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7626 "2026-03-31T16:08:40Z")
Wordle 1,746 3/6\* 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL SHARK SWAMP ---
**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 31, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7627 "2026-03-31T18:37:53Z")
Wordle 1,746 4/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ADMIT MARCH FLAME SWAMP I knew that MARCH wasn’t the smartest follow-up, but here on the final day of MARCH, I had to try it! 😁 I believe it neither hurt nor helped me much on my MARCH toward a par. ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7628 "2026-03-31T23:37:15Z")
Wordle 1,747 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 β€œSea of Greens” Leant Scour Pigmy Dizzy Fizzy ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7629 "2026-04-01T04:54:19Z")
Wordle 1,747 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHINE FILMY FIZZY Lucky third guess. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2026, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7630 "2026-04-01T05:30:59Z")
Wordle 1,747 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO PRIME CIVIL doh! WITCH FIZZY ---
**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:** [April 1, 2026, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7631 "2026-04-01T07:58:49Z")
Wordle 1,747 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[yellow,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 D}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z}\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:** [April 1, 2026, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7632 "2026-04-01T08:56:16Z")
And my streak barely stays alive. **Wordle 1,747 6/6 β€” 2026-04-01 Wed** ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **BIVVY** β€” _possibles now include figgy fizzy jiffy jiggy jimmy miffy mizzy wiggy; and, previous Wordles have included jiffy; remaining, leaves figgy fizzy jiggy jimmy miffy mizzy wiggy; letters to eliminate are F G Z J M W; can try sleuth word(s) jugum_ **JUGUM** β€” _sleuth word; fortunately only one possible word remains_ **FIZZY** β€” _WHEW!_ Since repeat words were allowed beginning on 02 Feb 2026… was CIGAR (Wordle 1,689) the only repeat or have there been any others? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7633 "2026-04-01T10:05:23Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Since repeat words were allowed beginning on 02 Feb 2026… was CIGAR (Wordle 1,689) the only repeat or have there been any others? There have been a few: CIGAR (Wordle 1689, originally Wordle 0) SQUAD (Wordle 1704, originally Wordle 296) AWAKE (Wordle 1708, originally Wordle 4) LINEN (Wordle 1718, originally Wordle 51) GRADE (Wordle 1730, originally Wordle 15) IVORY (Wordle 1742, originally Wordle 59) COMET (Wordle 1745, originally Wordle 122) That’s all so far. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7634 "2026-04-01T10:09:54Z")
Wordle 1747 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY FIZZY Happy to get a 4, given how I started. I went through more than half the alphabet before getting a hit! Been getting a fair number of β€˜sea of greens’ lately for no apparent reason. This one was more of a sea of grays, and then a coastline of greens. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2026, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7635 "2026-04-01T10:43:28Z")
Wordle 1,747 6/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL SATYR JUICY NINNY WIMPY FIZZY ---
**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:** [April 1, 2026, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7636 "2026-04-01T10:55:35Z")
Wordle 1,747 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIOUS GREAT DINKY FILMY FIZZY ---
**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:** [April 1, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7637 "2026-04-01T12:23:22Z")
Wordle 1,747 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL WINKY FIZZY ---
**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:** [April 1, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7638 "2026-04-01T13:35:40Z")
Wordle 1,747 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE HOIST LUMPY FIGGY FIZZY I usually use a wordle solving tool, but i entered my third word wrong and failed to notice. I probably would have picked a different fourth word if i had done it right, but i got lucky. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7639 "2026-04-01T14:31:13Z")
Wordle 1,747 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL CRONY BUMPY FIZZY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7640 "2026-04-01T15:20:41Z")
> **Wordle 1,747 5/6\* 4/1/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SWAMP β†’ Whiff. Three WoFcons plus E & O for my followup means > TENOR β†’ uh, double-whiff. L is still out there, but I really feel like I need to try all the remaining vowels, so > JU_I_C **Y** β†’ So this is looking like ?IxxY, and I can fill the x-spots with Ls, so > **FI** LL **Y** β†’ Two guesses left, what’s the most likely double letter in here? > **FIZZY** > FIGGY was another option, and in the Christmas season I might have tried it. Looks like there were about eight valid possibles after three, so I could have easily gone down to defeat today - the lucky fourth guess assured survival. Scoredle goes the distance, ending up with the same 50-50 as I had and converting it for a six. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=381) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=383)