# "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:** 413
**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 10, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8241 "2026-05-10T15:32:27Z")
Wordle 1,786 5/6 ⬜🟦🟦⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST MARRY LARVA PARKA ---
**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 10, 2026, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8242 "2026-05-10T20:48:14Z")
Wordle 1,786 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE RAPID HARPY PARKA ---
**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 11, 2026, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8243 "2026-05-11T04:05:52Z")
Wordle 1,787 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 First! CRANE TOILS NEWLY ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8244 "2026-05-11T04:14:29Z")
Wordle 1,787 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUNES BLEND NEWLY ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8245 "2026-05-11T07:07:59Z")
Wordle 1,787 4/6 MONDAY ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO DERRY NETTY NEWLY ---
**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 11, 2026, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8246 "2026-05-11T07:35:36Z")
**Wordle 1,787 4/6 β€” 2026-05-11 Mon** β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **NEWLY** ---
**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 11, 2026, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8247 "2026-05-11T07:58:06Z")
I don’t think I posted yesterday’s. **Wordle 1,786 4/6 β€” 2026-05-10 Sun** β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **PARKA** ---
**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 11, 2026, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8248 "2026-05-11T08:13:13Z")
Wordle 1,787 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[silver,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 B}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[yellow,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\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 11, 2026, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8249 "2026-05-11T10:35:26Z")
Wordle 1787 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT LOGIN NEWLY ---
**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 11, 2026, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8250 "2026-05-11T11:35:01Z")
I forgot to play yesterday. Tried the time zone trick on my phone and it worked! I was able to play yesterday’s game with 20 minutes to spare in Samoa. However, I still lost my streak. Oh well. Wordle 1,786 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SKATE PANKO PARKA A very lucky second word nets me two uncommon consonants - _placed!_ - and subsequently the birdie. Wordle 1,787 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 TERMS PENAL FELON NEWLY I didn’t realize it at the time, but all I had left after two were FELON and NEWLY. I lost a coin toss I didn’t know I was making. Still not a bad par in my book. ---
**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 11, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8251 "2026-05-11T11:55:30Z")
Wordle 1,787 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY POINT NEWLY ---
**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 11, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8252 "2026-05-11T12:24:00Z")
Wordle 1,787 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL EARLY NEWLY ---
**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 11, 2026, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8253 "2026-05-11T12:41:33Z")
How did you lose your streak? ---
**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 11, 2026, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8254 "2026-05-11T13:09:11Z")
Wordle 1,787 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART NEIGH NEWLY ---
**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 11, 2026, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8255 "2026-05-11T13:56:38Z")
Wordle 1,787 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE YODEL REPLY JELLY NEWLY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8256 "2026-05-11T14:25:35Z")
> **Wordle 1,787 5/6\* 5/11/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 > 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > PARKA β†’ Whiff. Not entirely unexpected. Makes the followup an easy choice > STO_NE_ β†’ That’s not bad. Add the last WoFcon, an I, and… maybe another consonant, maybe another N, maybe another vowel? In the event, I chose another consonant > _L_I_NE_D β†’ So the L is a help. I had a tough time finding another word, so I decided it was time to locate at least one letter and tried > **NE** L **LY** β†’ which was so close to the solution > **NEWLY** > > I got pretty lucky on the third guess (6/101), which is odd because it seemed like such an evolutionary change to what I had from the first two. Then, guess #4 was a 50-50, and my urge to place caused me to make the wrong guess, ending with a tap-in bogey. Scoredle’s third guess is a masterpiece - it doesn’t find the repeat letter it seemed to be looking for, but places the other letter which leaves but one slot left for the repeat, and that leaves six answers left of which five are firmly bogus. ---
**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 11, 2026, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8257 "2026-05-11T14:35:49Z")
Wordle 1,7 **88** 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ₯΄ πŸ˜‡ no Ai πŸ™„ 🦘 ---
**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 11, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8258 "2026-05-11T15:26:04Z")
Wordle 1,787 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟦🟦 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟦 🟧🟧⬜⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST QUEEN NEEDY NEWLY Well, that was ugly. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8259 "2026-05-11T15:48:44Z")
Same question as @puzzlegal - you’re showing a 3 for yesterday and a 4 for today, and I even went back and checked Saturday, when you got a 4. So when and how did you lose your streak? Glad the time zone trick worked for you, regardless. ---
**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 11, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8260 "2026-05-11T17:05:30Z")
Wordle 1,787 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL FELON. Scordle says only word available is… NEWLY [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=412) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=414)