# "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:** 41
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/801 "2025-01-19T12:44:40Z")
Wordle 1310 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,713 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 77 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 29 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY BOWER ROWER Happy to escape with a 5. After 2, this was probably (but far from certainly) a xOxER word, but there are a fair number of those, even after having eliminated the consonants C,H,L,N,S,T. Lots of words with D,M,P in what remained, so I went with DUMPY on 3, figuring that would narrow things down. It did that well enough to get me the 5, so I can’t complain. ---
**Author:** ![emulsified](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emulsified/32/2915_2.png) [@emulsified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emulsified)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/802 "2025-01-19T13:53:32Z")
Wordle 1,310 6/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Wordle Bot failed to solve it… I don’t remember seeing that before. ---
**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 19, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/803 "2025-01-19T13:54:53Z")
Wordle 1,309 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩⬜🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART LONER COWER ROWER ---
**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 19, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/804 "2025-01-19T14:22:32Z")
Wordle 1,310 X/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦 ⬜🟧⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧⬜🟧🟧 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 That’s what happens when you haven’t had your coffee. ---
**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 19, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/805 "2025-01-19T14:23:31Z")
Wordle 1,310 5/6\* ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Twang Whisk Crowd Power Rower ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/806 "2025-01-19T14:59:03Z")
Bad day for Wordle players. Not only are nearly 40% of players not getting it in 6, I believe this is the 2nd time I’ve seen Wordlebot not get it in 6. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/807 "2025-01-19T15:42:18Z")
> **Wordle 1,310 5/6\* 1/19/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SILLY → Whiff. With two WoFcons gone, I think I’ll focus on vowels next. Two more WoFcons and three vowels looks like > AT_O_N_E_ → Let’s see, I need to try R, move the letters over one and… that looks like a trap in the making. Unused letters are consonant-rich due to that LL in the first guess, so which ones to try first? DOPER and POKER are both in play, so P should be one. HOMER and MOPER, too - I’ll try the latter and see what I get > M **O** P **ER** → Trap it is, and my shot in the dark goes nowhere. Three guesses left, six consonants, and I’d better get one in the next two guesses to have any shot at a “Phew!” Roll the dice > C **OWER** → Got that shot, but oy vey. BOWER? L, T, S all gone. P as well. DOWER? A little archaic, but maybe. VOWER? Maybe, but probably not. Oh wait, a second R! OK, 50-50 chance, but I’ll prefer R & B (heh) over the others. > **ROWER** > > I think today will be a bloodbath. Scoredle shows 163 possibles after my first two guesses - though it then hones right in on my fourth guess for its third! So my analysis for my third guess was wasted. But get this: Scoredle fails from its own start, but wins _on the third guess_ from my start! 106 possibles and it gets the right one! Plus, from its own start, its last two failed guesses are MOWER and POWER, so I feel that somewhat validates my third guess. ---
**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, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/808 "2025-01-19T16:13:04Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Wordle 1,309 4/6 > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 > 🟩⬜🟨🟩🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > HEART > LONER > COWER > ROWER The colors and your word guesses do not match, @BobLibDem …? ---
**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, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/809 "2025-01-19T17:59:44Z")
Wordle 1,310 6/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦 ⬛🟧⬛🟧🟧 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟧⬛🟧🟧 ⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 STILE GONER CAMPY DOZER BOWER ROWER The old \_O\_ER trap yet again. With the extra added annoyance of a repeat letter. I did something I very rarely do and consulted the used words list. That may have saved me from a fail, maybe not. ---
**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 19, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/810 "2025-01-19T18:28:24Z")
Wordle 1,310 6/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST DRONE HOVER POKER ROGER ROWER Got luckier than some! ---
**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 19, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/811 "2025-01-19T18:33:07Z")
Well that’s odd: Shoulda been this: Wordle 1,310 4/6 Thanks for letting me know- I’ll be more careful in future. ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/812 "2025-01-19T21:19:43Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > believe this is the 2nd time I’ve seen Wordlebot not get it in 6. I think you’re right about that. Scoredle also muffed it today, but Scoredle does that somewhat more often than Wordlebot. > [@Chefguy](#): > > That’s what happens when you haven’t had your coffee. Looks like plenty of people who’d had their coffee didn’t do any better! ETA: I wonder if anyone’s kept track of which Wordles had the most losses. I remember PARER of course, it was infamous. I was one of the many that took an L that day. ---
**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, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/813 "2025-01-19T21:29:24Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Scoredle also muffed it today Interestingly, from its own opening word - which yields a single unplaced E - Scordle takes a fail. But from _my_ opening word - which yields a single unplaced E - it solves in five. Perhaps this illustrates that the letters you eliminate are at least as important as the letters you find. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/814 "2025-01-20T07:10:42Z")
Wordle 1,311 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHEIk SQUID Had a terrible time finding a possible word after two. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/815 "2025-01-20T08:47:24Z")
Wordle 1,311 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LATER SONIC SQUID ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/816 "2025-01-20T10:10:45Z")
Wordle 1311 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 446 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 39 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY SQUID ---
**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 20, 2025, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/817 "2025-01-20T12:21:46Z")
Wordle 1,311 3/6\* \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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 20, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/818 "2025-01-20T13:12:18Z")
Wordle 1,311 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL SQUID ---
**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 20, 2025, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/819 "2025-01-20T13:30:10Z")
I’m joining the 3 Club for today. **Wordle 1,311 3/6 — 2025-01-20** ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **BOUND** — _the only word it can be is squid_ **SQUID** ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/820 "2025-01-20T14:07:08Z")
> **Wordle 1,311 3/6\* 1/20/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > ROWER → Whiff. With O & E gone, my next guess should try A & I and three of the remaining four WoFcons > **S** LA **I** N → Weird. SCHI? goes nowhere. SU?I? and SI?I?ditto. But if there’s a Q… > **SQUID** > SQUIB was also possible, and Scoredle seems to favor it for some reason (from its own start, my start, and for my third guess). I don’t think Scoredle has “trust the B” as part of its algorithm, but that is an odd degree of favoritism. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=40) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=42)