# "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:** 405
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8081 "2026-04-30T13:59:52Z")
> **Wordle 1,776 6/6\* 4/30/2026** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _R_URAL β†’ Slow start, but at least that’s the only R. Followup should use O and E and two of the three WoFcons left > ST **O** _R_E β†’ Lucky O placement. I’ll assume for the present it’s the only vowel, and try the last WoFcon > F **RO** WN β†’ Nope. Double O? > B **RO** OM β†’ Nope. Could there be a Y? > P **RO** XY β†’ Nope. What’s left? I like that -CK ending still, but didn’t want to double up on the C with so many consonants remaining - but that doesn’t matter when I’m down to my last guess, so > **CROCK** > DROID was also out there and of course would have sunk me. Scoredle gets a systematic bogey, all greens after the followup. Well, there’s alway tomorrow. ---
**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 30, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8082 "2026-04-30T14:23:01Z")
Wordle 1,7 **77** 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🐦 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 30, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8083 "2026-04-30T15:03:37Z")
Wordle 1,776 4/6 🟧🟧⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE CRUSH CRIMP CROCK I feel good about this, looking at above guesses. ---
**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 30, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8084 "2026-04-30T15:06:25Z")
Wordle 1,776 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL NITRO OSCAR CROUP CROCK ---
**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 30, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8085 "2026-04-30T15:40:05Z")
Wordle 1,776 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL MINOR CROCK ---
**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 30, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8086 "2026-04-30T20:17:36Z")
Wordle 1,776 6/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SOUTH DRONE BROIL CROAK CROOK CROCK BROIL was a poor choice; it did not eliminate nearly enough possibilities. Still, even with a little bad luck I had no chance of a fail by the end. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8087 "2026-05-01T02:32:16Z")
Wordle 1,777 5/6 (Friday’s) ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot sez… Skill 62/99 Luck 42/99 Adieu Stony Ruler Welch (duh) Plume ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8088 "2026-05-01T04:26:14Z")
Wordle 1,777 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUNES ELUDE PLUME ---
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8089 "2026-05-01T07:19:59Z")
**Wordle 1,777 4/6 β€” 2026-05-01 Fri** β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **PLUME** ---
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8090 "2026-05-01T07:50:18Z")
Wordle 1,777 3/6\* \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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} ! ---
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8091 "2026-05-01T11:37:48Z")
Wordle 1,777 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROUSE PAINT PLUME ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8092 "2026-05-01T12:23:23Z")
Wordle 1777 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CLIME PLUME Could’ve also been Wordle #68, FLUME. > [@JohnT](#): > > WordleBot sez… > > Skill 62/99 > Luck 42/99 Looks like WordleBot had a bit of a problem with math this morning. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8093 "2026-05-01T12:36:10Z")
Wordle 1,777 2/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE PLUME Got pretty lucky. The 2nd guess immediately popped into my head when I saw the 2 green letters, and it happened to be correct. This is my 11th 2nd-guess-win out of 358 played games. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8094 "2026-05-01T12:48:01Z")
Wordle 1,777 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BONER FIELD ELUDE PLUME ---
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8095 "2026-05-01T14:25:19Z")
Wordle 1,7 **78** 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:** [May 1, 2026, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8096 "2026-05-01T14:44:41Z")
> **Wordle 1,777 5/6\* 5/1/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CROCK β†’ Whiff, not unexpected, and a wasted second C. What can I do to make this better? The quintessential first guess second > S **L** AT **E** β†’ Well that’s something. Now what does Scoredle do in a spot like this? I’d like to try I… and N… and maybe a second E… but two outta three ain’t bad > E **L** ID **E** β†’ No help on both. N is still out there, but I’m not seeing much from ?LUNE, but it does evoke > F **LUME** β†’ Which is almost > **PLUME** > > Not a bad recovery after that start. My guesses were very close to Scoredle’s along that same sequence - either identical, off-by-one-letter or anagrams. Although Scoredle’s own sequence diverges significantly with its third guess, we end up with the same 50-50 for par, miss for bogey. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8097 "2026-05-01T15:32:25Z")
Wordle 1,777 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL FELON BIBLE PLUME ---
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8098 "2026-05-01T15:46:06Z")
Wordle 1,777 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL UTILE PULSE PLUME ---
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8099 "2026-05-01T15:59:31Z")
Wordle 1,777 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ABUSE FLUTE PLUME Placing two vowels on the opener was a huge stroke of luck. I thought about a sleuth word (remembering yesterday’s slog to a six) but didn’t really need one; the long drive up the center of the fairway made for a fairly easy birdie. ---
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Wordle 1,777 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟧 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧⬜⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST - yeesh PLEBE PLUME [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=404) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=406)