# "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:** 385
**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:** [April 4, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7681 "2026-04-04T14:17:54Z")
Wordle 1,7 **51** 6/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😫 no Ai 🦘 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7682 "2026-04-04T14:59:07Z")
> **Wordle 1,750 3/6\* 4/4/2026** > > 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > **S** I **N** GE β†’ That’s a promising start. With I and E out, A and O are my next priority, which I can check (along with a WoFcon) via > **S** O **N** _A_R β†’ SAN??, Wordle doesn’t take SANTA, prefer to try terminal Y over U so > **SANDY** > > A nice birdie, but then it’s good to start with a pair of greens, no? Scoredle’s followup, however, gets the answer, so an eagle is pretty impressive. And i would be remiss if I didn’t mention that my user name was a valid followup play, though Scoredle rated it 22/22 on its list of possibles, so I’m lucky I didn’t get too narcissistic while playing - would have cost me the birdie. ---
**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 4, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7683 "2026-04-04T15:00:12Z")
Wordle 1,750 6/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL RANDY BUNCH DANDY GANDY SANDY ---
**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 4, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7684 "2026-04-04T15:23:27Z")
Wordle 1,750 5/6\* 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL SCARY SAVOY SAPPY SANDY ---
**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:** [April 4, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7685 "2026-04-04T15:30:03Z")
Wordle 1,750 4/6 ⬜⬜🟦🟦⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟦⬜ 🟧🟦⬜🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST SNEAK - another dumb move SANDY ---
**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 4, 2026, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7686 "2026-04-04T18:40:47Z")
Wordle 1,750 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE HOIST SANDY I believe the only two possible words after my first two guesses were sandy and nasal. I won the 50/50. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2026, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7687 "2026-04-04T19:52:58Z")
Wordle 1,750 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 GRAND DANCE PANDA BANDY SANDY A poorly-played bogie. No idea why I went for BANDY when HANDY and SANDY were both right there… ---
**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 5, 2026, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7688 "2026-04-05T04:17:37Z")
Wordle 1,751 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE SPLIT DUMBO WOVEN ENVOY Wordlebot says my play was okay, i was just unlucky. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7689 "2026-04-05T05:08:26Z")
Wordle 1,751 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHONE COVEN ENVOY Very lucky third guess. ---
**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 5, 2026, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7690 "2026-04-05T07:40:16Z")
**Wordle 1,751 4/6 β€” 2026-04-05 Sun** β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **ENVOY** ---
**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 5, 2026, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7691 "2026-04-05T07:58:50Z")
Wordle 1,751 3/6 SUNDAY ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO POESY ENVOY ---
**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 5, 2026, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7692 "2026-04-05T08:01:44Z")
Wordle 1,751 5/6\* \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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} ---
**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 5, 2026, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7693 "2026-04-05T12:31:36Z")
Wordle 1,751 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE POUND ENJOY ENVOY ---
**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 5, 2026, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7694 "2026-04-05T12:44:08Z")
Wordle 1,751 4/6 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL PEONY ENJOY ENVOY ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7695 "2026-04-05T13:15:11Z")
Wordle 1751 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DEMON ENVOY Could’ve also been ENJOY (Wordle #478) but so far, no solutions more recent than Wordle #296 have been recycled. ---
**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 5, 2026, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7696 "2026-04-05T13:56:11Z")
Wordle 1,751 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL DEMON ENVOY ---
**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:** [April 5, 2026, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7697 "2026-04-05T14:04:41Z")
Wordle 1,7 **52** 2/6 🟩🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ¦… πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**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:** [April 5, 2026, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7698 "2026-04-05T14:05:04Z")
Wordle 1,751 2/6\* πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Epoxy Envoy ---
**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 5, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7699 "2026-04-05T14:15:52Z")
Wordle 1,751 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SNIPE UNFED ENJOY ENVOY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7700 "2026-04-05T14:53:57Z")
> **Wordle 1,751 3/6\* Easter Sunday 2026** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 > 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SA_N_D **Y** β†’ Terminal-Y carryover, nice! Plus the N. So I know it’s not a double-N-Y sequence, also nice. So try an initial N, an E, and whatever WoFcons I can fill with, NERDY is out due to duplicated D but I can try a similar word with > _NE_R_V_ **Y** β†’ Unplaced V is nice to save. Am I close to a solve? N must go second or fourth. If fourth - ?VENY goes nowhere, likewise E?VNY, In second, ?NVEY is nada, but ENV?Y points to > **ENVOY** > > I think my followup was more lucky than nervy, but either way it was the perfect setup for the birdie putt. My compulsion for following the normal sequence of vowels helped me here - the followup was 27/63, mediocre because most possible second guesses had vowels that were lower in the sequence - so I got lucky with both the new vowel and the new nonWoFcon. Still, I’ll take the birdie. Scoredle ends with a bogey; it doesn’t guess the first initial until the fourth guess, then misses the 50-50 β€œtrap” that I avoided due to that lucky second guess. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=384) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=386)