# "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\
**Page:** 390

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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:** [April 11, 2026, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7781 "2026-04-11T00:58:00Z")

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Wordle 1,756 4/6\*

🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛  
🟨🟨⬛🟨⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Aloud  
Ocean  
Carob  
Carom

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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:** [April 11, 2026, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7782 "2026-04-11T04:12:59Z")

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Wordle 1,757 3/6

⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

CRANE  
BIGOT  
PRUDE

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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:** [April 11, 2026, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7783 "2026-04-11T04:38:35Z")

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Wordle 1,757 3/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
NURSE  
PRUDE

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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:** [April 11, 2026, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7784 "2026-04-11T07:03:30Z")

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\*\* Wordle 1,757 4/6 — 2026-04-11 Sat\*\*

⬛⬛⬛🟨🟩  
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛  
🟩🟨⬛⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

**STARE**  
 **DOILY**  
 **PUNCH**  
 **PRUDE**

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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:** [April 11, 2026, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7785 "2026-04-11T07:36:39Z")

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Wordle 1,757 4/6\*

\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[lime,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 C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}  
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}  
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}

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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:** [April 11, 2026, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7786 "2026-04-11T07:56:02Z")

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Wordle 1,757 3/6 **SATURDAY**

⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜  
🟨🟩🟩🟨🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

AUDIO  
DRUPE  
PRUDE

Trying to recall when last I got all the right letters in the wrong order like that.

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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:** [April 11, 2026, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7787 "2026-04-11T11:46:24Z")

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Wordle 1,757 3/6

🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛  
🟩⬛🟨⬛🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

POINT  
PLEAD  
PRUDE

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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:** [April 11, 2026, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7788 "2026-04-11T13:31:37Z")

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Wordle 1,757 5/6

⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨  
⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨  
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

HEART  
BONER  
GREED  
PRIDE  
PRUDE

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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:** [April 11, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7789 "2026-04-11T14:19:48Z")

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Wordle 1,757 5/6\*

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜  
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨  
🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

STEAL  
RECON  
MIXER  
DERBY \<–Oops. The E couldnt go there!  
PRUDE

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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:** [April 11, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7790 "2026-04-11T14:30:57Z")

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Wordle 1,757 3/6

⬜🟧⬜⬜🟧  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

CRANE  
HOIST  
PRUDE

I think I got very lucky with this one.

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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:** [April 11, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7791 "2026-04-11T14:41:30Z")

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Wordle 1,7 **58** 4/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨  
⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜  
🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🙄 Ai assist 🦘

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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:** [April 11, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7792 "2026-04-11T14:45:12Z")

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Wordle 1,757 4/6\*

⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨  
🟨🟨⬛🟨⬛  
🟨🟨⬛🟨🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Amend  
Debug  
Udder  
Prude

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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:** [April 11, 2026, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7793 "2026-04-11T14:57:19Z")

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Wordle 1,757 3/6

⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜  
🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

YODEL  
DRESS  
PRUDE

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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:** [April 11, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7794 "2026-04-11T19:05:56Z")

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Wordle 1757 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLANT  
CHORE  
PRUDE

I was a bit lucky here. After 2, I came up with a list of 19 words that could fit, and discarded two as being too obscure. Of the remaining 17, 15 had already been used! Down to EYRIE and the solution (or so I thought), I went with the solution for the 3.

But putting it through Scoredle after having solved it, I (unsurprisingly) saw three possibilities I’d missed in my search. The surprise was that two out of the three I’d overlooked hadn’t been used - EERIE and PUREE, two perfectly legit solutions. So I really hit on about a 1 in 4 chance, rather than taking the easily better of two possibilities.

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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:** [April 11, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7795 "2026-04-11T20:05:30Z")

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> **Wordle 1,757 5/6\* 4/11/2026**
>
> ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜  
> 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜  
> ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩  
> 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩  
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> 
> CA_R_OM → Slow start, but a good setup for one of my favorite first words second  
> _RE_IST → And, that’s something, I guess. Do we have a second E, perhaps with an -RE ending?  
> WHE_R_ **E** → No to both, so I need to be thinking about U words. I’m seeing one that uses one of my so-far-unguessed WoFcons, so  
> **PRU** N **E** → Ah, so close  
> **PRUDE**
> 
> My followup was less than impressive - it still kept 88 possibles with upwards of 30 of them being valid, by my count - but moving to double up on the letter I did with guess 3 was less than useful - I should have tried the final common vowel as well. Thus, the bogey. With a couple of good guesses (including one to do the same double-up move I tried), Scoredle manages to eliminate every valid possible other than the answer, which it finds with tap-in par. Good day by the algorithm.

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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:** [April 12, 2026, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7796 "2026-04-12T04:42:38Z")

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Wordle 1,758 4/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨  
⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
SHALE  
CLEAN  
ALLEY

Had a hard time figuring out that final word.

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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:** [April 12, 2026, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7797 "2026-04-12T05:48:25Z")

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Wordle 1,758 4/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨  
⬛🟨🟩⬛⬛  
⬛🟨🟩🟨🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

CRANE  
HALTS  
DELAY  
ALLEY

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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:** [April 12, 2026, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7798 "2026-04-12T07:08:40Z")

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Wordle 1,758 4/6 **SUNDAY**

🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨  
🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

AUDIO  
AMPLE  
ALERT  
ALLEY

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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:** [April 12, 2026, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7799 "2026-04-12T08:00:43Z")

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**Wordle 1,758 4/6 — 2026-04-12 Sun**

⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨  
⬛⬛⬛🟨🟩  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

**STARE**  
 **DOILY**  
 **PUNCH**  
 **ALLEY**

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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:** [April 12, 2026, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7800 "2026-04-12T08:41:55Z")

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Wordle 1,758 5/6\*

\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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\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 B}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K}  
\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}  
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y}

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