# "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:** 418
**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 16, 2026, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8341 "2026-05-16T12:49:08Z")
Wordle 1,792 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE BORED CLOVE MOVER ---
**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 16, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8342 "2026-05-16T14:06:17Z")
Wordle 1,792 6/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SHARE LITER FUNKY POWER COVER MOVER Yet another damn -ER word. _And_ I played it badly. Should have gone with a second sleuth word at four, but there were at least 3 possible solutions I’d missed, including the eventual answer. Failure, in the form of ROVER, was still on the table, so this one was a true β€œPhew!” ---
**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 16, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8343 "2026-05-16T14:29:04Z")
Wordle 1,792 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART LONER BOXER CODER MOVER ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8344 "2026-05-16T14:43:55Z")
> **Wordle 1,792 X/6\* 5/16/2026** > > ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > C_R_E **E** D β†’ Ah, the duplicate E is not wasted! Feels like an -ER ending, let’s add an A and two WoFcons for > TAS **ER** β†’ I’m feeling a little nervous here… next step would be an O and the last two WoFcons > L **O** N **ER** β†’ Ohh, the trap is here. What should I try? > B **O** X **ER** β†’ Not that. > P **O** K **ER** β†’ Not that either. What do I have left? HOMER, HOVER, MOWER, MOVER, FOYER, anything else? Can’t think of it, so it’s a 1-in-5 to eke out a win. I should have thought about this earlier, MOVER would have been the obvious thing to try - but no point now with one guess left. I’ll try > H **OVER** > HOMER, ROWER, MOWER, FOYER along with the answer, the word I tried, and the word **Wheelz** thought of at the end - so 1-in-7 odds on my last shot at a win. That’s brutal. Especially when I was thinking of the answer as β€œa word I should have tried earlier but now there’s no point”. Perhaps I need to preanalyze the ?v?ER trap (where V is a vowel) so that I don’t do as hideously on it again as in the past. Scoredle does a little bit better - it also loses, but with only 1-in-6 odds on its last shot. ---
**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 16, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8345 "2026-05-16T14:45:36Z")
Wordle 1,792 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL DEMON EMOJI Just tried this for s and g’s. Not real helpful for getting more WofCons. MOVER ETA: Looking at everyone’s posts, I’m truly lucky i didn’t fall into the -ER trap! The M was a lucky early find. ---
**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 16, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8346 "2026-05-16T15:16:19Z")
Wordle 1,792 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL TOKEN SOBER MOVER ---
**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 16, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8347 "2026-05-16T15:18:58Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > At least you pulled it out! That’s what she said! ---
**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 16, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8348 "2026-05-16T15:20:56Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Luck 33/99 How 'bout luck 0//99? I’m really sorry about the loss of your streak. ---
**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 16, 2026, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8349 "2026-05-16T16:57:07Z")
Wordle 1,792 5/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦 ⬜🟧⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟦🟧⬜ 🟧🟧⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST MOREL MOWER MOVER ---
**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 16, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8350 "2026-05-16T17:00:42Z")
Wordle 1,792 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I struggled with this one CRANE TOILS BAWDY MIKVA MOVER ---
**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:** [May 16, 2026, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8351 "2026-05-16T17:43:19Z")
Wordle 1,792 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Impel Modem Mover ---
**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 16, 2026, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8352 "2026-05-16T23:04:48Z")
Wordle 1,793 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Right went better, with a par score CRANE TOILS DUMPY BYLAW ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8353 "2026-05-17T00:25:11Z")
Wordle 1792 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE MOWED MOVER Today after 2 I had the BOWER/DOWER/MOWER triple to choose among, as well as DOPER, VIREO, and the solution, so I went with a sleuth word on 3 which did the job. I mentioned yesterday that I’d had a lot of blanks lately on my starting word. Today’s was the seventh instance of this in the past 20 games, with my starting word blanking on EERIE, CROCK, PUFFY, BUDGE, DOWDY, and yesterday’s and today’s solutions. ---
**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 17, 2026, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8354 "2026-05-17T04:21:23Z")
Wordle 1,793 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot sez… Skill 86/99 Luck 46/99 Adieu Story Phyla Bylaw ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8355 "2026-05-17T05:17:43Z")
Wordle 1,793 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHALE ALLAY BYLAW Tried a different tactic trying to place the letters. ---
**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 17, 2026, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8356 "2026-05-17T08:05:59Z")
Wordle 1,793 6/6\* \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[yellow,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\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 A}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} ---
**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 17, 2026, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8357 "2026-05-17T09:12:56Z")
**Wordle 1,793 4/6 β€” 2026-05-17 Sun** β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **BYLAW** ---
**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 17, 2026, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8358 "2026-05-17T10:20:28Z")
Wordle 1,793 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO FRAME PATCH BYLAW ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8359 "2026-05-17T11:02:30Z")
Wordle 1793 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY BYLAW After 3, at first I had no bleepin’ clue what the solution might be, and was thinking I was probably looking at a 5 or 6. One thing I did was check to see what past solutions would have matched the yellows and grays I had. I didn’t find any, which was my first clue: I could only find one, LAYER, that satisfied the yellows, but it had two letters that had been eliminated by all those grays. So I figured if I could find _any_ word that worked, it was probably the solution. So I got out my notepad, arranged the three yellows in all 32 legal combinations, and started plugging in my handful of remaining consonants into the blanks. Fortunately I stumbled over the answer fairly quickly, and it was indeed the only remaining possibility. But I was very glad to have escaped with a 4. ---
**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 17, 2026, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8360 "2026-05-17T11:49:55Z")
Wordle 1,793 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE DOILY LAYUP BYLAW [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=417) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=419)