# "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:** 404
**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 29, 2026, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8061 "2026-04-29T12:02:15Z")
Wordle 1,775 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS MURAL RURAL i had actually typed in RURAL, and decided that MURAL was a nicer word, and would give me the same information. Oh well. ---
**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 29, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8062 "2026-04-29T12:29:55Z")
Wordle 1,775 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART RAZOR RURAL ---
**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 29, 2026, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8063 "2026-04-29T14:16:05Z")
Wordle 1,7 **76** 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ₯΄ Ai assist 🦘 ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8064 "2026-04-29T14:17:32Z")
Wordle 1,775 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE VALOR MURAL RURAL So, I went 98 days, geeked to get my 100 Day Streak badge, then completely forgot to play on the 99th day, and now I’m back to 0 days. I kinda wanted to give up on life over a Wordle badge. But, I picked myself up off the floor, threw away all the empty vodka bottles, and here I am… A brave new day dawns. 1 day streak and counting… ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8065 "2026-04-29T14:26:27Z")
> **Wordle 1,775 3/6\* 4/29/2026** > > ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ > 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > Q **U** _A_CK β†’ Wow. That’s a much better start than I anticipated. With two vowels out, I need to exercise the WoFcons > _L_ **U** N **A** _R_ β†’ Needed to double up on one of them, as it turns out > **RURAL** > MURAL and AURAL were the two other valid possibles, so make it a 1-in-3 putt for birdie (and the same odds for a bogey). My followup was 4/185, so I’m not unhappy about my play (there were at least a dozen valids after the carryover). Scoredle also makes a 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:** [April 29, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8066 "2026-04-29T14:28:51Z")
Wordle 1,775 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL CANAL RURAL ---
**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 29, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8067 "2026-04-29T15:19:26Z")
Wordle 1,775 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL QUAIL AURAL RURAL ---
**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 29, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8068 "2026-04-29T15:41:57Z")
Wordle 1,775 4/6 ⬜🟦🟦⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST MURAL RURAL ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8069 "2026-04-29T17:21:37Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > So, I went 98 days, geeked to get my 100 Day Streak badge, then completely forgot to play on the 99th day, and now I’m back to 0 days. A little late for it now, but for future reference, if you remember in time, if before you open Wordle on your phone, you change the time zone on your phone to somewhere west of you, Wordle will use that as the time zone governing which day it is for you. I actually did this once during my current streak: I woke up at 1am EST, decided to play the new day’s game, realized I hadn’t played yesterday’s game, reset my phone to Pacific standard time, opened Wordle, and it let me play the previous day’s game, since my phone now said it was 10pm the previous day. Kept the streak alive, went back to bed, changed my phone back to Eastern time the next morning, and played that day’s game, continuing my streak. Obviously, how much extra time you can get to play depends on how many time zones are to your west between you and the International Date Line. But no reason not to use this trick if you need to. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2026, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8070 "2026-04-29T17:26:25Z")
Wordle 1,775 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 DREAM SITAR CORAL RURAL Word two didn’t do much for me, but steady progress after that. A par’s a par. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8071 "2026-04-29T21:24:38Z")
Pro tip. And that would’ve worked too, because I missed the deadline by only an hour or two, myself. Thanks, I’ll keep it in mind for next time. ---
**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 30, 2026, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8072 "2026-04-30T04:05:41Z")
Wordle 1,776 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Adieu Story Prong Broom Crock ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8073 "2026-04-30T04:24:45Z")
Wordle 1,776 6/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHORE GROWL CROON MUCKY CROCK After four I could only see CROUP and CROCK but I was afraid of missing something so tried a sleuth word. ---
**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 30, 2026, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8074 "2026-04-30T04:35:19Z")
Wordle 1,776 4/6 πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS SPOOK CROCK after the first two words, it has to be CROOK, CROCK, CROWD, or CROUP. SPOOK will distinguish among those and give me the answer in 4. If I’d wanted to gamble on 3, 4, or 5, i could have guessed crock or crook. ---
**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 30, 2026, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8075 "2026-04-30T07:50:00Z")
Wordle 1,776 4/6\* \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,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 P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\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 F}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} ---
**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 30, 2026, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8076 "2026-04-30T10:46:48Z")
**Wordle 1,776 4/6 β€” 2026-04-29 Wed** β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **CROCK** ---
**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 30, 2026, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8077 "2026-04-30T11:48:48Z")
Wordle 1,776 5/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RADIO STYLE MOURN PROOF CROCK ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8078 "2026-04-30T11:58:17Z")
Wordle 1,776 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE PROUD FROWN BROOK CROCK ---
**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 30, 2026, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8079 "2026-04-30T12:05:34Z")
Wordle 1,776 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BROIL CROWD CRONY CROCK ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8080 "2026-04-30T12:24:25Z")
Wordle 1776 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE CROCK Could’ve also been CROUP; CROOK and CROWD have been used. β€œDo I hear seventy-six? Do I hear seventeen seventy-six? That’s the spirit, seventeen seventy-six.” - Prof. Quincy Adams Wagstaff [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=403) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=405)