# "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:** 420
**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 18, 2026, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8381 "2026-05-18T11:33:54Z")
Wordle 1,794 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE CLOUD TOTAL LOATH ---
**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, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8382 "2026-05-18T12:55:12Z")
Wordle 1,794 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL LOTUS LOATH ---
**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 18, 2026, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8383 "2026-05-18T13:17:49Z")
Wordle 1,794 2/6\* β€” _NYT Average 3.2_ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 My 12th β€˜Got it in Two’ guess. SLATE LOATH ---
**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 18, 2026, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8384 "2026-05-18T13:39:25Z")
Wordle 1,794 4/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART THANK SWATH LOATH ---
**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 18, 2026, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8385 "2026-05-18T14:01:31Z")
Wordle 1,794 3/6 ⬜⬜🟧⬜⬜ 🟦🟧⬜⬜🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST LOATH Been awhile. ---
**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 18, 2026, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8386 "2026-05-18T14:11:58Z")
Wordle 1,7 **95** 6/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ₯΄ Ai assist 🀷 🦘 ---
**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 18, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8387 "2026-05-18T14:23:41Z")
Wordle 1,794 2/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL LOATH ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8388 "2026-05-18T14:39:32Z")
> **Wordle 1,794 3/6\* 5/18/2026** > > ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ > 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > BY_LA_W β†’ Here, I almost go with SLATE, but I instead decided that would be cliche and decide to go with one of its three remaining anagrams, in this case > **L** E **A** S_T_ β†’ Can’t be LLAMA, so a vowel in second, U and I go nowhere there so it’s an O, move the T over and add a letter - looks like an H > **LOATH** > > This one went remarkably fast. The followup was 24/600; the two anagrams in the top 120 were 2/600 and 5/600 respectively, but I think I lucked into the best one for this puzzle. Scoredle gets a par largely by elimination; it places one of the carryover letters via the followup and third guesses, but gets no other letters until the tap-in par guess. ---
**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, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8389 "2026-05-18T15:18:15Z")
Wordle 1,794 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot sez… Skill 74/99 Luck 43/99 Didn’t do as well as most of y’all. Adieu Story Bloat Total Loathe ---
**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 18, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8390 "2026-05-18T17:27:35Z")
Wordle 1,794 3/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 18, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8391 "2026-05-18T17:27:57Z")
My 2 starting words gave it to me. ---
**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 18, 2026, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8392 "2026-05-18T23:35:27Z")
Wordle 1,794 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SPOIL LONER LOWLY LOTTO LOATH Almost tried a sleuth word at three, but I was convinced I could safely stay in hard mode. It was a slow grind, but I was right. ---
**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 19, 2026, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8393 "2026-05-19T02:52:41Z")
Wordle 1,795 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot sez… Skill 92/99 Luck 82/99 Adieu Story Dusty ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8394 "2026-05-19T05:00:49Z")
Wordle 1,795 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CHUTE LUSTY DUSTY I had three options left after I found the trap (DUSTY GUSTY and MUSTY so I decided to risk hard mode.) ---
**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 19, 2026, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8395 "2026-05-19T05:05:38Z")
Wordle 1,795 5/6 TUESDAY ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO DUPED DUMMY DUCKY DUSTY ---
**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 19, 2026, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8396 "2026-05-19T07:12:13Z")
Wordle 1,795 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART STUCK BUSTY GUSTY MUSTY DUSTY ---
**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 19, 2026, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8397 "2026-05-19T07:55:53Z")
Wordle 1,795 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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} ---
**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 19, 2026, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8398 "2026-05-19T08:07:28Z")
Okay, this felt weird Wordle 1,795 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS DUMPY DUSTY ---
**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 19, 2026, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8399 "2026-05-19T10:12:48Z")
Wordle 1,795 3/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL BANDY DUSTY ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8400 "2026-05-19T11:03:11Z")
Wordle 1795 2/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT DUSTY Most of the possibilities had been used, so (assuming no repeat) the trap was down to just DUSTY/MISTY/TESTY with GUTSY and TORUS also possible. (I doubt the NYT will use BUSTY.) So I had a 1/5 chance at the 2, and got lucky. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=419) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=421)