# "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:** 391
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7801 "2026-04-12T10:18:23Z")
Wordle 1758 2/6 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT ALLEY There were at least 7 good unused possibilities (ALDER, ALGAE, ALLAY, ALLOY, ALIBI, ALOHA, plus the solution), plus whatever factor one wants to assign to the possibility of a recycled solution. So a good bit of luck! ---
**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 12, 2026, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7802 "2026-04-12T11:52:02Z")
Wordle 1,758 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RADIO STYLE ALLEY ---
**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 12, 2026, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7803 "2026-04-12T13:06:57Z")
Wordle 1,758 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PLEAD ALIEN ALLEY ---
**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 12, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7804 "2026-04-12T14:34:34Z")
Wordle 1,758 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL SLYER ALLEY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7805 "2026-04-12T14:35:15Z")
> **Wordle 1,758 4/6\* 4/12/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > PRUD_E_ β†’ Thought it was going to be a whiff until that last yellow. SLATE would be a good followup, save for the E placement, so I can anagram it to > _LEA_ST β†’ (or STEAL.) N remains of the WoFcons, if I move the three known letters over one and try again, I can use N at the end with > G **L** _EA_N β†’ E is 4th or start; if start, A must be at end, EL??A looks fruitless. So with E 4th, A at start or end - ?L?EA goes nowhere, so AL?E? and that’s right up my > **ALLEY** > > The third guess was effective (tap-in par, only valid word among four shown by Scoredle) but a bit lucky (12/44, only 10/13 or 14 valids). Scoredle does great, though; the followup attempts to place the known letter, does so and gets another letter along with it and then has 15 possibles to choose from, but the ony valid one is first on its list - so a birdie. ---
**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 12, 2026, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7806 "2026-04-12T15:21:38Z")
Wordle 1,7 **59** 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🐦 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 12, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7807 "2026-04-12T15:39:24Z")
Wordle 1,758 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL GABLE ALLEY ---
**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 12, 2026, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7808 "2026-04-12T16:23:12Z")
Wordle 1,758 3/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟦 ⬜🟧🟦🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE BLEAT ALLEY ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7809 "2026-04-13T04:43:28Z")
Wordle 1,759 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO FLUID ELFIN ---
**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 13, 2026, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7810 "2026-04-13T04:45:50Z")
Wordle 1,759 2/6 MONDAY ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO ELFIN ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7811 "2026-04-13T06:42:46Z")
Wordle 1,759 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Sometimes when I have three or more letters known by round two, I’ll throw a word which uses none of the known ones to increase my chances of getting the two unknowns. Didn’t work here, obviously, but with half the alphabet gone by round 3, it was a pretty simple guess with what was left. Adieu Begin Prost Elfin ---
**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 13, 2026, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7812 "2026-04-13T07:11:00Z")
**Wordle 1,759 5/6 β€” 2026-04-13 Mon** β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **LIKEN** **ELFIN** ---
**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 13, 2026, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7813 "2026-04-13T07:46:54Z")
Wordle 1,759 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[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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\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 N} ---
**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 13, 2026, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7814 "2026-04-13T11:34:12Z")
Wordle 1,759 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL RELIT ELFIN ---
**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 13, 2026, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7815 "2026-04-13T11:37:26Z")
Fat fingered Reply ---
**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 13, 2026, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7816 "2026-04-13T11:54:40Z")
Wordle 1,759 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE TILED ELFIN ---
**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 13, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7817 "2026-04-13T12:26:58Z")
Wordle 1,759 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE HOIST GIBED ENNUI ELFIN > [@JohnT](#): > > Sometimes when I have three or more letters known by round two, I’ll throw a word which uses none of the known ones to increase my chances of getting the two unknowns. I’ll often do that. This time i choose to attempt to place some of my known letters, with some new ones. It worked okay, but i was left with two words and guessed wrong. ---
**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 13, 2026, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7818 "2026-04-13T13:06:50Z")
Wordle 1,759 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPIEL FIELD ELFIN ---
**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 13, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7819 "2026-04-13T14:18:23Z")
Wordle 1,759 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL LONER ELFIN ---
**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 13, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7820 "2026-04-13T15:33:06Z")
Wordle 1,7 **60** 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ₯΄ Ai assist 🦘 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=390) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=392)