# "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:** 407
**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 3, 2026, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8121 "2026-05-03T07:54:50Z")
Wordle 1,779 5/6\* \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[yellow,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt J}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8122 "2026-05-03T10:48:16Z")
Wordle 1779 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY PUFFY Went from drawing blanks at 1 and 2 to narrowing it to a single possibility after 3. Not bad! ---
**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:** [May 3, 2026, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8123 "2026-05-03T12:22:36Z")
Same. With 9 out of 10 of the same first letters. Wordle 1,779 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS DUMPY PUFFY ---
**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 3, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8124 "2026-05-03T12:26:26Z")
Wordle 1,779 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 🟨🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROUTE DAISY FUNKY PUFFY ---
**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 3, 2026, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8125 "2026-05-03T14:10:11Z")
Wordle 1,779 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL PUNKY PUPPY PUDGY PUFFY ---
**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 3, 2026, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8126 "2026-05-03T14:16:36Z")
Wordle 1,7 **80** 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🐦😇 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 3, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8127 "2026-05-03T14:31:00Z")
> **Wordle 1,779 5/6\* 5/3/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > BRING → Whiff. Followup is the classic first word second. > SLATE → Double whiff! And all WoFcons gone. I’d better try a word with -OU- (though the infamous -OUND trap is out) and look for a terminal Y next if it seems appropriate > **P** O_U_CH → Finally some luck. But with U not in the middle… I’d better try that terminal Y, it seems like good day for a triple letter > **PU** PP **Y** → Ah, nope. Two guesses left. Perhaps a double letter… > **PUFFY** > > I was safer than I felt; after my third guess, there were but four words left, two of them bogus. Scoredle rated that guess as 29/143, a bit pedestrian but it turned out to seal the deal. Scoredle’s second and third guesses were a better sequence than mine, but it ended up in the same place - bogey, with the same two-guess sequence at the end. ---
**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 3, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8128 "2026-05-03T15:11:14Z")
Wordle 1,779 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL ANTSY JUICY MURKY PUFFY ---
**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 3, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8129 "2026-05-03T15:14:12Z")
Wordle 1,779 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL DROWN JUICY PUPPY PUFFY ---
**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:** [May 3, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8130 "2026-05-03T15:50:47Z")
Today’s average is 4.4, which i think is on the high side. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8131 "2026-05-03T16:31:43Z")
Wordle 1,779 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧⬜⬜🟧 ⬜🟧⬜⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST - Yeesh. Okay, so likely a double consonant and ending in ‘y’ BUNNY - ugh DUMMY - ditto PUFFY I feel lucky to have gotten it in five. ---
**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 3, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8132 "2026-05-03T16:32:15Z")
Wordle 1,779 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE, PROUD, PUNCH, PUPPY, PUFFY Damn. Had two to choose from at the end, and chose the wrong one. Such is life. ---
**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 3, 2026, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8133 "2026-05-03T21:40:42Z")
Wordle 1,779 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟧 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟧 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟧 ⬛🟧⬛🟦🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 DECAY LINTY SHOWY JUMPY PUFFY I felt like I was flailing in the dark here, but every eliminated letter got me closer to the solve. A tough one for a lot of us! ---
**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 4, 2026, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8134 "2026-05-04T03:40:52Z")
Wordle 1,780 6/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot sez… Skill 72/99 Luck 52/99 Adieu Stony Likes Miser Wiser Riser ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8135 "2026-05-04T04:14:11Z")
Wordle 1,780 3/6 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO RISEN RISER I really thought I was going to get a two. ---
**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 4, 2026, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8136 "2026-05-04T05:58:09Z")
What’s the consensus on sharing our own created Worldle’s? Here’s mine, and if it’s verboten, I’ll never do it again… You’re invited to play a puzzle created by Johnt. > **[Create Your Wordle Puzzle](https://www.nytimes.com/games/create/wordle/pW3OoTpoE6c4gihzKKOsjEkh2ZwFwlzZnS9adzydI1SfQpiU6yX3G8ycnIYuBacC9MwKFGxs)** > > Choose a word for friends to guess, then share your own puzzle. ---
**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 4, 2026, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8137 "2026-05-04T07:13:37Z")
**Wordle 1,780 4/6 — 2026-05-04 Mon** 🟨⬛⬛🟨🟨 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** — _possible Wordles include miser riser wiser; of these the previous Wordles were miser wiser; remaining possible Wordles include riser_ **RISER** ---
**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 4, 2026, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8138 "2026-05-04T08:09:20Z")
Wordle 1,780 X/6\* \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,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 F}\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 C}\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 I}\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} – uh oh, here we go… \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\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 M}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\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 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 E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} Bastards. ---
**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 4, 2026, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8139 "2026-05-04T08:14:34Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > You’re invited to play a puzzle created by Johnt. With a lucky first guess and some insider knowledge, I got a 2 !! Wordle puzzle created by Johnt 2/6\* 🟨🟨🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPREAD DOPERS ---
**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:** [May 4, 2026, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8140 "2026-05-04T11:30:44Z")
Wordle 1,780 5/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE HILTS MISER WISER RISER Sure > [@JohnT](#): > > WordleBot sez… Skill 95, Luck 42. So it thinks i just had an unlucky day. Today’s average is 4.3, fyi. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=406) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=408)