# "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:** 42
**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 20, 2025, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/821 "2025-01-20T14:13:19Z")
Wordle 1,311 3/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Early Dough Squid ---
**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:** [January 20, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/822 "2025-01-20T14:58:30Z")
I got skunked yesterday. Busted a 97-day streak. Wordle 1,311 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST LOUIS SQUIB SQUID ---
**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 20, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/823 "2025-01-20T16:12:07Z")
Wordle 1,311 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST BONUS HUSKY SQUID ---
**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 20, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/824 "2025-01-20T16:29:09Z")
Wordle 1,311 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟦🟦⬜ 🟧🟦⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST SISSY SQUID It took me just short of forever to see the ‘squ’ combination. ---
**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 20, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/825 "2025-01-20T21:27:27Z")
Wordle 1,311 3/6 🟧⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟧⬛⬛🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 STERN SOLID SQUID Wracked my brains for something with an A for a few minutes. I came up empty and moved on to U; that’s when the _a-ha_ moment came. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/826 "2025-01-21T06:16:19Z")
Wordle 1,312 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHINE CLING ICING ---
**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 21, 2025, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/827 "2025-01-21T06:24:21Z")
Wordle 1,312 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CAROL NIGHT ICING ---
**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 21, 2025, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/828 "2025-01-21T08:04:09Z")
**Wordle 1,312 4/6 — 2025-01-21** ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟨⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **BOUND** **CRIMP** **ICING** ---
**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:** [January 21, 2025, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/829 "2025-01-21T10:02:59Z")
Wordle 1,312 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST CURIO WINCH ICING ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/830 "2025-01-21T10:48:53Z")
Wordle 1312 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 210 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 9 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT GRODY ICING ---
**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 21, 2025, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/831 "2025-01-21T11:45:17Z")
Wordle 1,312 4/6\* \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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \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 G} \\ \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 21, 2025, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/832 "2025-01-21T12:15:41Z")
Wordle 1,312 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL DICEY ICING ---
**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 21, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/833 "2025-01-21T15:36:42Z")
Wordle 1,312 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST DROWN PUNCH ICING ---
**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 21, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/834 "2025-01-21T15:50:33Z")
Wordle 1,312 3/6 🟦⬜⬜🟧⬜ ⬜⬜🟧🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE POINT ICING - This should have been a two, as it was the only word possible given my first guess. I just couldn’t see it, even after of mentally manipulating the ‘c’ and the ‘n’ with the remaining vowels. ‘Point’ gave me a vowel, but I still couldn’t see it for like ten minutes. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/835 "2025-01-21T16:44:37Z")
> **Wordle 1,312 4/6\* 1/21/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SQU_I_D → Add an E and 3 WoFcons, shake up and sort out. I like an IN- prefix here, so > **I** _N_LET → Good guess. R is still live, and A would be the next vowel to check - IRANI probably doesn’t work, but it does lead to the almost-as-good near-rhyme > **I** RO **N** Y → And here I sat and thought for a while. Couldn’t see anything. Kept trying to put a K on the end, to no avail Put it aside and worked a crossword, and one of the clues led me right to the answer > **ICING** > > I was hoping for GAMES today, but no luck. Scoredle wins in three from its usual start, but takes a loss from my start - falls into the trap ??ING with its third guess and can’t get out of it. Makes me feel a lot more relived that I found the initial letter rather than the one in the middle… ---
**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 22, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/836 "2025-01-22T01:32:20Z")
Wordle 1,312 5/6 ⬛🟦⬛🟦⬛ ⬛⬛🟧🟧⬛ ⬛⬛🟧🟧🟧 ⬛⬛🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SNAIL POINT BRING EYING ICING I thought I played this one rather poorly, and maybe I did, but Scordle fails from my start word as well. So I must have done _some_thing right. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/837 "2025-01-22T05:11:37Z")
Wordle 1,313 2/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO REACH ---
**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 22, 2025, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/838 "2025-01-22T05:43:55Z")
Wordle 1,313 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNAIL TRACE REACH ---
**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 22, 2025, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/839 "2025-01-22T08:09:08Z")
**Wordle 1,313 4/6 — 2025-01-22** ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **BOUND** — _It could be heave heavy peace peach peaky reach rearm weary weave; and previous Wordles have been heave heavy peace peach weary; that leaves words peaky reach rearm weave; and thus the letters to eliminate are P K Y R C H M W V_ **CRIMP** — _my usual 3rd guess works nicely here_ **REACH** ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/840 "2025-01-22T08:49:40Z")
Wordle 1313 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 256 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CRIMP REACH Could’ve also been ROACH. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=41) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=43)