# "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:** 419
**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 17, 2026, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8361 "2026-05-17T12:44:26Z")
Wordle 1,793 3/6\* β€” _NYT Average 4.2_ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE LABOR BYLAW ---
**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 17, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8362 "2026-05-17T14:00:02Z")
Wordle 1,793 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SALON ALLAY BYLAW ---
**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 17, 2026, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8363 "2026-05-17T14:01:08Z")
Wordle 1,793 5/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Lucid Realm Allot Balky Bylaw ---
**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 17, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8364 "2026-05-17T14:26:09Z")
Wordle 1,7 **94** 3/6 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🐦 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 17, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8365 "2026-05-17T14:34:35Z")
Wordle 1,793 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL LANAI BYLAW ---
**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 17, 2026, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8366 "2026-05-17T15:35:20Z")
Wordle 1,793 5/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜🟦🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8367 "2026-05-17T15:47:39Z")
> **Wordle 1,793 4/6\* 5/17/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ > 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > MOVER β†’ Whiff. (Lotta carryover whiffs lately.) With O and E gone, I should try A & I, along with 3 of the 4 WoFcons left > S_LA_IN β†’ Feels like we need another vowel. I, Y, or a second A? I’ll try Y, and the first thing I see is > _LA_CK_Y_ β†’ but I really should have tried TALLY. Ah well. And now I hit a wall. So where should the Y go? I come up with lots of nonwords, but eventually I try the Y in second and I see > **BYLAW** > > Scoredle agreed with my second thought about my third guess. I think it would have made the eventual answer easier to find, and Scoredle agrees - only two words left after that third guess rather than five (four bogus) after my guess. Scoredle ends up with a tap-in bogey, it’s a little less lucky with its followup than I was. ---
**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 17, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8368 "2026-05-17T19:17:24Z")
Wordle 1,793 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 GLIDE TONAL MYLAR BYLAW My experience was similar to @RTFirefly’s (though I didn’t work it out on paper). This was a tough word, but not an especially tricky solve, if that makes sense. Good progress on each guess and a satisfying light bulb moment. ---
**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 18, 2026, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8369 "2026-05-18T01:31:52Z")
Wordle 1,793 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL WANLY BYLAW ---
**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 18, 2026, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8370 "2026-05-18T01:34:47Z")
YODEL ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8371 "2026-05-18T04:36:48Z")
Wordle 1,794 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO COAST LOATH ---
**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 18, 2026, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8372 "2026-05-18T06:09:54Z")
Wordle 1,794 5/6 MONDAY 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO BACON ORATE GOATY LOATH ---
**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 18, 2026, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8373 "2026-05-18T06:35:40Z")
Wordle 1,794 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Usually, i use tools to help me solve these. I’m not very good at anagraming, and the part i enjoy is the β€œrestricted mastermind”, not the β€œthinking of possible words”. But today i looked at the information after my first two guesses and thought, β€œthat’s a word, i bet it’s the only one.” (Then i wondered if I’d jumped to conclusions and just gotten lucky. But wordlebot ages that was the only answer.) Oh CRANE TOILS LOATH ---
**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 18, 2026, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8374 "2026-05-18T08:16:53Z")
Wordle 1,794 4/6\* \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[yellow,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\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 H} ---
**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 18, 2026, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8375 "2026-05-18T10:12:39Z")
**Wordle 1,794 3/6 β€” 2026-05-18 Mon** β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **LOATH** ---
**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 18, 2026, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8376 "2026-05-18T10:16:00Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > But today i looked at the information after my first two guesses and thought, β€œthat’s a word, i bet it’s the only one.” You’re better than I. After 2 it looks like we had the same letters but I did not (or, could not) draw the same conclusion as you. ---
**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 18, 2026, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8377 "2026-05-18T10:18:29Z")
I thought the L wouldn’t be at the end, so it had to be at the start. And after that there aren’t a lot of options. ---
**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 18, 2026, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8378 "2026-05-18T10:22:46Z")
Like I said you’re better than I. I didn’t even try to figure that out. I used a tool and that led me home with a 3. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8379 "2026-05-18T10:33:29Z")
Wordle 1794 2/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT LOATH Once I wrote down the legal placements of the L and T, the solution jumped out at me quickly, even before TRAIL (already used, #1339) did. It could have also been TRAWL which I didn’t see, but as Wordle #38, it was a candidate for reuse, so I got lucky there. ---
**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 18, 2026, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8380 "2026-05-18T10:59:46Z")
Wordle 1,794 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot sez… Skill 74/99 Luck 43/99 Adieu Story Bloat Total (not the best word, but I wanted to see where that T was. Once I got it, it was easy…) Loath [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=418) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=420)