# "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:** 4
**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:** [November 23, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/61 "2024-11-23T16:37:57Z")
Wordle 1,253 2/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (A placed E and a Y that’s probably on the end.) JELLY (BINGO!) ---
**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:** [November 23, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/62 "2024-11-23T18:47:33Z")
Wordle 1,253 2/6\* 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST JELLY What??? Two 2s in a row. That was just a wild guess! ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/63 "2024-11-24T04:14:06Z")
Wordle 1,253 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT ROLES BULGE JELLY Happy to escape with a 4. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/64 "2024-11-24T05:09:05Z")
Wordle 1,254 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHORE STINK TWIST ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/65 "2024-11-24T07:33:08Z")
Wordle 1,254 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SPILT HEIST TWIST ---
**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:** [November 24, 2024, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/66 "2024-11-24T08:52:49Z")
Wordle 1,254 5/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt J} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/67 "2024-11-24T13:07:59Z")
Wordle 1254 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 90 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 10 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 4 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE VISIT TWIST Had the devil of a time coming up with _any_ words after 2. Saw MIDST first, but that had already been used. Then gave up and used Scoredle with MIDST as my bogus solution to find my last two guesses. Since those were the only two legit words still out there, a 4 was my max score regardless (so I don’t really feel like I cheated even by my own personal standards, which exclude online aids), but it saved me from a lot of wracking my brains today on the way to that 4. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/68 "2024-11-24T14:53:24Z")
> **Wordle 1,254 4/6\* 11/24/2024** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 > 🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > JELLY β†’ Whiff. Time for a good first guess second > ROA **ST** β†’ Hmm. And only U & I to go for vowels. I can’t think of many ??UST that are still out there (TRUST & JOUST are gone) but I can see one archaic word that I could use > _W_H **IST** β†’ Aw, darn, should have doubled up > **TWIST** > MUIST is Scoredle’s recommendation for my third guess, a word I’m not sure I’ve ever heard before. Despite being an anagram of my second guess, Scoredle’s second guess allows it to finish with a birdie, since it places the first letter. Still, I feel better about this than about going the distance with JELLY yesterday. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/69 "2024-11-24T14:59:25Z")
Wordle 1,254 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART FLINT MOIST TWIST ---
**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:** [November 24, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/70 "2024-11-24T15:30:14Z")
Wordle 1,254 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE - Ugh HOIST - A really lucky guess for vowel elimination, and leaves only. . . TWIST ---
**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:** [November 24, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/71 "2024-11-24T15:58:46Z")
Wordle 1,254 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (No vowels. xxxST. shouldn’t be too hard.) HOIST (xxIST. WRIST is gone. Doesn’t leave a lot.) TWIST (A birdie is good.) ---
**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:** [November 24, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/72 "2024-11-24T16:35:53Z")
Wordle 1,254 4/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE DOILY PUNCH TWIST ---
**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:** [November 24, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/73 "2024-11-24T20:28:58Z")
Catching up on my posting: Wordle 1,252 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 STAIR LEARN PEARL One of the easiest birdies I can remember! Wordle 1,253 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SNAIL LUCRE BELLY JELLY I thought of JELLY first. Shoulda gone with my gut! Wordle 1,254 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ROAST CHEST TWIST This one took way more brain power than it should have. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/74 "2024-11-24T20:37:34Z")
What do you mean by birdie? ---
**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:** [November 24, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/75 "2024-11-24T21:28:54Z")
Wordle 1,254 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST BURST GHOST TWIST ---
**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:** [November 24, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/76 "2024-11-24T21:30:20Z")
Par is 4, birdie is 3. It’s a golf term adapted for here, I believe. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/77 "2024-11-24T21:33:15Z")
My preference would be to avoid golf terms. What’s wrong with with just _saying_, β€œI solved it in two/three/four/five guesses”? ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/78 "2024-11-24T23:50:39Z")
Wordle 1,254 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT ROSET SWIFT TWIST Lost the coin toss between swift and twist. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/79 "2024-11-25T05:33:49Z")
Wordle 1,255 6/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHORE FLOUR CROWD GROWN BROWN ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/80 "2024-11-25T06:04:33Z")
Wordle 1,255 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLEAR SNORT GROWN BROWN [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=5)