# "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:** 40
**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:** [January 17, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/781 "2025-01-17T16:31:01Z")
Wordle 1,308 5/6 ⬜🟧⬜⬜🟧 🟧🟧⬜⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE PRIZE PROBE PROVE PROSE Me and Elvis again. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/782 "2025-01-17T16:33:38Z")
Wordle 1,308 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Probably xxxSE. Try some more vowels.) DOUSE (Picked up an O. If it’s not xxOSE, then OBESE guarantees a par. Try with a WoFcon.) PROSE (Nice!) ---
**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:** [January 17, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/783 "2025-01-17T23:26:55Z")
Wordle 1,308 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CAUSE WORSE PROSE Quick and easy today! ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/784 "2025-01-18T05:18:59Z")
Wordle 1,309 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SLICE SILKY SILLY ---
**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:** [January 18, 2025, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/785 "2025-01-18T12:03:03Z")
Wordle 1,309 4/6\* \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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \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 Y} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/786 "2025-01-18T12:03:25Z")
Wordle 1309 2/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 121 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT SILLY This one was just plain luck. There were a baker’s dozen of legit, unused possibilities after my starting word, and the one I chose because it would best help me sort through the possibilities I saw (I overlooked as many as I saw, too) and make sure I got a 3, turned out to be the winner. A good day for me to buy a lottery ticket! ---
**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:** [January 18, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/787 "2025-01-18T14:18:51Z")
Wordle 1,309 3/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Orbit Singe Silly ---
**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:** [January 18, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/788 "2025-01-18T14:54:47Z")
Wordle 1,309 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩⬜🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL SWILL SILLY ---
**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:** [January 18, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/789 "2025-01-18T15:37:13Z")
**Wordle 1,309 4/6 β€” 2025-01-18** πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **BOUND** **CRISP** β€” _It could be shill silky silly skill slimy swill; and previous Wordles have been skill swill_ **SILLY** ---
**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:** [January 18, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/790 "2025-01-18T15:48:36Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > I’m all good. > > That means I’m safe for now, but the next time my phone restarts for any reason I think I’m screwed. We’re glad you’re good. Thanks for your update, but having to get a new phone sucks like the 49ers’ 2024 season. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/791 "2025-01-18T15:49:12Z")
> **Wordle 1,309 4/6\* 1/18/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > PRO_S_E β†’ A certain dearth of vowels. Two more WoFcons, plus A & I next > **S** TA_I_N β†’ L is still out there. Can’t see to get a U in there. Is there something with an L? Yes. Now, one or two? > **SIL** K **Y** β†’ Ah, it was two. > **SILLY** > > I missed a lot of third-guess possibles, so let’s chalk this one up to luck. Scoredle gets a bogey with a more methodical approach. Heck I even missed seeing SUSHI on that third guess, so the U was in play. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/792 "2025-01-18T15:50:29Z")
Wordle 1,309 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Looks promising. Let me check out some vowels.) SOUPY (That narrows the field significantly.) SILLY (Pretty much the only choice left.) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/793 "2025-01-18T17:19:28Z")
Glad all is well with you, other than the phone! Having to deal with that truly sucks, though. Best of luck to you! Since our starting words differ by only one letter, I pay more attention to how you play things from there than I do to most of the others. I was particularly looking forward to seeing how you played Thursday’s and Friday’s Wordles - with yesterday, I figured you probably had a standard second word you’d use if you got that green P but nothing else, as you would have yesterday. And I was thinking, PROSE would be about as perfect a second word as there could possibly be for that situation, so I was wondering if you were going to get a 2 yesterday. That’s when I realized you hadn’t played in a few days. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/794 "2025-01-18T17:20:00Z")
Wordle 1,309 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟦🟦⬜ 🟧⬜⬜🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE - ouch HOIST SQUID SILKY - I have chosen. . .poorly. SILLY ---
**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:** [January 18, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/795 "2025-01-18T17:53:06Z")
Wordle 1,309 3/6\* 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST SLIMY SILLY ---
**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:** [January 19, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/796 "2025-01-19T00:59:23Z")
Wordle 1,309 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 TONER CLAIM SILLY The opening whiff actually did a good job of eliminating possibilities. I still didn’t expect a birdie! ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/797 "2025-01-19T04:45:45Z")
Wordle 1,309 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE DOILY SILLY ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/798 "2025-01-19T06:51:24Z")
Wordle 1,310 3/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO ROGUE ROWER ---
**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:** [January 19, 2025, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/799 "2025-01-19T10:28:26Z")
**Wordle 1,310 6/6 β€” 2025-01-19** β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **BOUND** **CRISP** β€” _It could be forge foyer gofer gorge homer hover joker mover mower roger rover rower vower wooer; and previous Wordles have been forge foyer gorge homer joker rover wooer; that leaves words gofer hover mover mower roger rower vower; and letters to eliminate are F V M W_ **HOVER** β€” _it could be gofer mower roger rower; and letters to eliminate are G M W_ **GAMER** β€” _it has to be rower!_ **ROWER** β€” _ **phew!** _ ---
**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:** [January 19, 2025, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/800 "2025-01-19T11:40:17Z")
Wordle 1,310 X/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \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 R} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \end{aligned} Bastard. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=39) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=41)