# "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:** 411
**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 8, 2026, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8201 "2026-05-08T11:22:39Z")
Wordle 1,784 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› 🟦🟦🟦🟦🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 STAIN EARLY RUMBA UMBRA Definitely didn’t expect what happened at three. Scordle ranked RUMBA at 37 of 51 possible guesses. But sometimes a guy gets lucky. ---
**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 8, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8202 "2026-05-08T11:55:53Z")
Wordle 1,784 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PATIO GUESS UNARY UMBRA ---
**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 8, 2026, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8203 "2026-05-08T12:56:30Z")
Wordle 1,784 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I got funky with my second guess, so I really didn’t expect the third guess to nail it. It was pretty surprising when it lit up all green. SLATE BANJO UMBRA ---
**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 8, 2026, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8204 "2026-05-08T13:03:01Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > It turned out that the solution was the only remaining possibility, and it took some doing to find it. > > I would quibble that it’s not a common word - seriously, when’s the last time you saw it used in a sentence? It’s the root of a number of more common words, like _umbrella_ and _penumbra_, but I’d take _umbrage_ at the notion that the solution itself is a common word. Yeh. It actually came to me pretty fast, but that’s unusual. I’m only familiar with the word because I love astronomy and deal daily with creating realistic shadows in the CGI work I do, which helps if you understand how shadows are cast. But I agree that it’s not in most people’s daily vocab, and was surprised to see it was the solution today. ---
**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 8, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8205 "2026-05-08T13:23:08Z")
Wordle 1,784 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE HILTS DUMPY UMBRA No extra greens. ---
**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 8, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8206 "2026-05-08T13:35:43Z")
Wordle 1,784 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART DAIRY UMBRA ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8207 "2026-05-08T14:42:17Z")
> **Wordle 1,784 4/6\* 5/8/2026** > > 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜🟩🟨🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _BU_DGE β†’ That’s an an usual pair for the carryover. I’d like to try an A and a couple of WoFcons, since the carryover didn’t elminate _any_ of them, but I can try > _ABU_TS β†’ So I did pick up the A, but missed on the WoFcons. I’m not getting anywhere with the vowels together, but if I separate them, U must be first, so let’s try > **U** N **B** _AR_ β†’ Should have tried URBAN. But either way, that A must go on the end… so I’m seeing > **UMBRA** > URBIA was also cited as a possible for the final guess, but that’s IMHO bogus - although, given my second and third guesses, I’m one to talk. Scoredle makes a great followup - the eliminations it gets leave the same pair of possibles as I have after three, and it converts the birdie put smartly. Though if I had made the same followup as Scoredle, I probably would have been casting around for the solution for a long time before I figured it out, so that may be for the best. ---
**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 8, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8208 "2026-05-08T14:53:18Z")
Wordle 1,784 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL SATIN UMBRA WoFcons and vowels FTW! ---
**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 8, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8209 "2026-05-08T14:56:41Z")
Wordle 1,784 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL FRAUD RUMBA UMBRA I have a pretty big vocabulary, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard of this word. ---
**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 8, 2026, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8210 "2026-05-08T15:01:34Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I would quibble that it’s not a common word - seriously, when’s the last time you saw it used in a sentence? It’s the root of a number of more common words, like _umbrella_ and _penumbra_, but I’d take _umbrage_ at the notion that the solution itself is a common word. Do they promise us common words? Real question. ---
**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 8, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8211 "2026-05-08T15:36:24Z")
Wordle 1,784 4/6 ⬜🟦🟦⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟦🟦⬜🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST MARRY UMBRA ---
**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 8, 2026, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8212 "2026-05-08T16:01:19Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Do they promise us common words? > > Real question. What does β€œpromise” mean? Yes, wordle was designed to use words most people know, and i routinely use that fact in playing it. I know today’s weird, but wondered if it was common enough to be a wordle solution. There are a lot of obscure words you are allowed to guess but that can’t be the answer. Sometimes, wordlebot says to me, β€œThat word was a good choice, but I’m not allowed to use it, because it’s uncommon.” ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8213 "2026-05-09T04:13:22Z")
Wordle 1,785 3/6 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO MANIC SATIN Watch me make a mindbogglingly stupid move and throw away a chance for 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 9, 2026, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8214 "2026-05-09T04:16:49Z")
Wordle 1,785 3/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot sez… Skill 94/99 Luck 69/99 Adieu Plain Satin ---
**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 9, 2026, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8215 "2026-05-09T07:21:01Z")
**Wordle 1,785 4/6 β€” 2026-05-09 Sat** πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **SATIN** ---
**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 9, 2026, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8216 "2026-05-09T07:53:03Z")
Wordle 1,785 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8217 "2026-05-09T10:29:31Z")
Wordle 1785 2/6 🟩⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT nghts in white… SATIN Since β€˜Santa’ and β€˜Satan’ are both proper nouns, the solution was the only possibility after 1. ---
**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 9, 2026, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8218 "2026-05-09T11:38:22Z")
Wordle 1,785 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 FAIRY PANIC BASIN SATIN I’m off my game lately. This totally should have been a two. I figured the I probably went in the fourth spot, and was looking for WoFcons to fill in the rest. LATIN was disallowed. NATIL? TANIS? SANIT? SALIT? Dang, there’s nothing. Idiot. ---
**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 9, 2026, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8219 "2026-05-09T12:02:31Z")
Wordle 1,785 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE BASIC LAPIS SATIN ---
**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:** [May 9, 2026, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8220 "2026-05-09T12:05:40Z")
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