# "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:** 393
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7841 "2026-04-14T16:50:24Z")
> **Wordle 1,760 5/6\* 4/14/2026** > > 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 > 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _EL_FIN β†’ I can work with that, but I can’t use SLATE since the L is not second, so I’ll have to anagram it to > ST_E_A_L_ β†’ Maybe I should have tried STALE. Oh, well, would like to try last WoFcon R and next vowel O, and that could be > _L_OP_E_R β†’ Y is still out there, and I can both try it and locate the L with > J_E_L **L** _Y_ β†’ Terminal E, should have tried it sooner. Nonterminal Y… I see one word, but with only two guesses left do I dare a repeat consonant? It seems I must > **CYCLE** > > Another puzzle that went nowhere for a long time and then just fell into place. The followup I did was pretty lousy - not in the top 120, and so bad that Scoredle’s recommendation for the third guess was the same as its followup recommendation. At least my fourth guess was 3/26 and left me with a valid tap-in. If I had followed my anagram with the followup, it might have gone even worse for me - the remaining valid words are practically miles apart lexically. Scoredle also bogeys the puzzle, making no progress save for eliminations with its par attempt but leaving only a tap-in 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:** [April 14, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7842 "2026-04-14T16:59:42Z")
Wordle 1,760 3/6 🟧⬜⬜⬜🟧 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST - which only leaves. . . CYCLE ---
**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 14, 2026, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7843 "2026-04-14T20:24:46Z")
I often try things that have the letters i want that look like words. They are usually accepted. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7844 "2026-04-15T04:18:50Z")
Wordle 1,761 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUNES UNFED BEGUN Stupid error on three. ---
**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 15, 2026, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7845 "2026-04-15T04:48:17Z")
Wordle 1,761 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE SHOUT BEGUN ---
**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 15, 2026, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7846 "2026-04-15T05:19:50Z")
Wordle 1,761 3/6 **WEDNESDAY** ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO PRUNE BEGUN ---
**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 15, 2026, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7847 "2026-04-15T07:55:23Z")
Wordle 1,761 3/6\* \bbox[yellow,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} ---
**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 15, 2026, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7848 "2026-04-15T08:55:36Z")
Wordle 1,761 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Dumb error on row 4, but it helped me get to 5, so… Adieu Story Plume Fugue Begun ---
**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 15, 2026, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7849 "2026-04-15T11:38:09Z")
Wordle 1,761 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DANCE SPOIL GREEN BEGUN ---
**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 15, 2026, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7850 "2026-04-15T11:39:55Z")
**Wordle 1,761 4/6 β€” 2026-04-15 Wed** β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **BEGUN** ---
**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 15, 2026, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7851 "2026-04-15T11:58:19Z")
From yesterday: > [@JohnT](#): > > Adieu > Omens > Reply > **Chyle** > Cycle > [@JohnT](#): > > I had no idea my fourth word was even a word, lol. Never even heard of that word. Looking it up, Chyle: **Chyle** is a milky-white bodily fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats (chylomicrons) formed in the small intestine during digestion. It transports dietary fats and fat-soluble vitamins from the intestines to the blood system via the lymphatic system. It is distinct from **chyme** , which is the semi-fluid food mass leaving the stomach. Sounds nasty. I’m not a doctor, so no wonder I’d never heard of chyle. Or chyme. β™« β™ͺ ♬ β™© _Are you going to Scarborough Fair?_ β™« β™ͺ ♬ β™© _Parsley, sage, rosemary and chyme…_ ---
**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 15, 2026, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7852 "2026-04-15T13:57:51Z")
Wordle 1,761 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL URINE ← I thought I was kind of clever here. Two vowels and two WoFcons, gave me: BEGUN ---
**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 15, 2026, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7853 "2026-04-15T14:03:45Z")
Wordle 1,761 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PEONY DENSE FELON BEGUN ---
**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 15, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7854 "2026-04-15T14:46:12Z")
Wordle 1,761 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL ANISE HERTZ (Stupid!) BEGUN ---
**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 15, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7855 "2026-04-15T14:51:29Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > WoFcons What’s a WoFcon? ---
**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 15, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7856 "2026-04-15T15:04:52Z")
Wordle 1,7 **62** 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🐦 πŸ˜‡ 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 15, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7857 "2026-04-15T15:11:09Z")
> **Wordle 1,761 5/6\* 4/15/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CYCL_E_ β†’ Expected very little from this carryover, and thus was not disappointed. Three WoFcons and an A gives us > _N_ **E** ARS β†’ a bogus word, and SNEER might have done better to place the E (though not in the event), but now I have just T left of the WoFcons and A eliminated, so I’ll try T & O and another random consonant for > **BE** _N_TO β†’ Placed said random consonant, nice. So I am feeling existential, so I move the N over and try > **BE** I_NG_ β†’ which points us straight to > **BEGUN** > > There were three words, all valid, left after my third guess, and I had a 1-in-3 shot at the par, but it was not to be. That third guess, though a mediocre 16/53 per Scoredle, ended up darn near ideal in the event - and more productive than my followup, which was not in the top 120 amid a flood of bogus words with a terminal S. Scoredle uses its elimination powers of its followup and third guess to make par on a 50-50 putt with a different vowel in question. @JohnT - an abbreviation of β€œWheel of Fortune consonant”, the RSTLN sequence that the show gives you on the final puzzle (plus an E) that are high on the frequency-sorted list of letters in English. ---
**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 15, 2026, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7858 "2026-04-15T16:10:46Z")
Wordle 1,761 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟦🟦 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟦⬜⬜ 🟦🟧⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST PENNY - the bot said there was one word left, but. . . NEWEL - . . .wasn’t it, but apparently I have a β€˜great vocabulary’ BEGUN - well, that took forever to see ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7859 "2026-04-15T17:17:22Z")
Wordle 1761 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY BEGUN Good thing ENNUI, the only other possibility after 3, had already been used, because I totally didn’t see that until I Scoredle’d afterwards. (Wordle #716, got a 4, damned if I know how.) ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2026, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/7860 "2026-04-16T04:35:41Z")
Wordle 1,762 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TULIP CUBIT Went against every sensible rule. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=392) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=394)