# "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:** 409
**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 5, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8161 "2026-05-05T13:59:48Z")
Wordle 1,781 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL LOATH LATCH I agree with others - a separate thread for created Wordles. ---
**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 5, 2026, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8162 "2026-05-05T14:35:59Z")
Wordle 1,781 4/6 🟦⬜🟦⬜⬜ 🟦⬜⬜⬜🟦 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST - uh-oh, I smell a trap MATCH LATCH Lucky to get it in four. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8163 "2026-05-05T15:13:58Z")
Wordle 1781 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT LATER LATCH ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8164 "2026-05-05T16:02:34Z")
> **Wordle 1,781 5/6\* 5/5/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 > ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 > ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > RISER β†’ Whiff. I’ve gotten a lot of carryover whiffs lately. Is NYT conspiring against me? Eh, probably not. Easily picked followup is > _T_ON_AL_ β†’ And where do I try for the placement? Not as easy when you have three letters, it’s harder to double (or triple) up enough to make a difference… so I’ll add one of the remaining vowels and try and find > F **A** U_LT_ β†’ Missed on the new letters, placed one old. And it’s getting late early. I don’t think I have a terminal Y, but feel like I should try it with that A placement, so > M **A** _LT_Y β†’ LAT??, by elimination, so pretty much has to be > **LATCH** > > WoFcon obsession avoids trap, fortunately - it could have gone another way if it had been a different solution word out of that trap. Scoredle liked my second and third guesses - 76/1912 and 1/24 respectively, and I missed its pick for fourth by one letter. Scoredle falls into the trap on its fourth guess, then makes a miracle 1-in-5 save for a bogey of its own, at a point where the odds favored a loss. ---
**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 5, 2026, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8165 "2026-05-05T16:03:01Z")
Wordle 1,7 **82** 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 6, 2026, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8166 "2026-05-06T03:48:32Z")
Wordle 1,782 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot sez… Skill 76/99 Luck 72/99 Adieu Story Liken ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8167 "2026-05-06T04:57:57Z")
Wordle 1,782 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHINE INCEL LINEN LIVEN LIKEN ---
**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 6, 2026, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8168 "2026-05-06T07:56:17Z")
Wordle 1,782 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[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 M}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} ---
**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 6, 2026, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8169 "2026-05-06T08:02:16Z")
**Wordle 1,782 5/6 β€” 2026-05-06 Wed** β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **LIVEN** **LIKEN** ---
**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 6, 2026, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8170 "2026-05-06T11:05:38Z")
(Found in my edit window from yesterday; I forgot to hit send.) Wordle 1,781 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 MEDAL RALLY LASSO LAUGH LATCH Gah. Not enough coffee in me. I’ll defend my use of the double L and terminal Y, but I don’t know what I was thinking with the double S out of nowhere. And today: Wordle 1,782 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PROVE LEANT LINEN LIKEN Almost pulled off the birdie. And fortunately I’d burned the V already. Not bad after a slow start, and definitely better than yesterday’s effort. ---
**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 6, 2026, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8171 "2026-05-06T11:08:49Z")
Wordle 1,782 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL LITER LIKEN ---
**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 6, 2026, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8172 "2026-05-06T11:46:21Z")
Wordle 1,782 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE CLOUD WIMPY LIVEN LIKEN ---
**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 6, 2026, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8173 "2026-05-06T12:12:06Z")
Wordle 1,782 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE FELON LIVEN LIKEN ---
**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 6, 2026, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8174 "2026-05-06T13:24:55Z")
Wordle 1,782 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PLIED LINEN LIVEN LIKEN ---
**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 6, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8175 "2026-05-06T14:27:03Z")
Wordle 1,7 **83** 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 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 6, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8176 "2026-05-06T15:37:08Z")
> **Wordle 1,782 4/6\* 5/6/2026** > > 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > **L** ATCH β†’ Was hoping for LATER, and for a second thought I had it. Well, perhaps I can avoid being a > **L** OS **E** R β†’ So the placed E is a nice pickup, and I should try an I and N with my next guess, which invokes > **LI** _N_ **E** D β†’ Move the N to the end, it’s not LINEN, so I’ll try > **LIKEN** > > Scoredle loved my followup - 1/270, but the third guess, as good as it turned out to be, was only third among valids and 5/21 overall. Still, it set up a 50-50 for par. Scoredle’s variant for its third guess leaves it with the same 50-50 as mine, and it also sinks it for par. ---
**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 6, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8177 "2026-05-06T15:39:13Z")
Wordle 1,782 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟦🟦 ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟦🟧⬜ ⬜🟧⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST MINED GIVEN LIKEN ---
**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 6, 2026, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8178 "2026-05-06T16:23:52Z")
Wordle 1,782 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL FELON LIKEN ---
**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 7, 2026, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8179 "2026-05-07T02:37:01Z")
Wordle 1,783 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot sez… Skill 95/99 Luck 48/99 Adieu Dunce Pudge (uh-oh) Fudge Budge ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8180 "2026-05-07T04:33:18Z")
Wordle 1,783 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUNES BUDGE Lucky. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=408) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=410)