# "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:** 421
**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 19, 2026, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8401 "2026-05-19T11:29:26Z")
Back to back 3s, today and yesterday (forgot to post). **Wordle 1,795 3/6 β€” 2026-05-18 Tue** πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **DUSTY** **Wordle 1,794 3/6 β€” 2026-05-17 Mon** β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **LOATH** ---
**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 19, 2026, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8402 "2026-05-19T12:09:37Z")
Wordle 1,795 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE POSIT DUSTY According to wordlebot I had a 1 in 6 chance on my third guess and I managed to nail it for once. ---
**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 19, 2026, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8403 "2026-05-19T13:34:16Z")
Wordle 1,795 4/6 β€” _NYT Average 3.9_ πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE MUSTY BRIDE DUSTY I almost rolled the dice with DUSTY as my 3rd guess (which would’ve paid off), but there were just way too many decoy words, like BUSTY, RUSTY, GUSTY that I felt was too likely to screw me. So I went with BRIDE as a sleuthing word. ---
**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 19, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8404 "2026-05-19T14:49:25Z")
Wordle 1,795 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST STUMP LUSTY DUSTY Lucky choice on the fifth word. ---
**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 19, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8405 "2026-05-19T14:54:06Z")
Wordle 1,7 **96** 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🐦 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8406 "2026-05-19T15:31:15Z")
> **Wordle 1,795 5/6\* 5/19/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ > 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > LOA **T** H β†’ One bit of carryover. Feel like I need to exercise the vowels, here, so I’ll load up with I and E and see what I can fill in around the edges > _S_MI **T** E β†’ Got S, but neither vowel. Should try both U and Y, with Y at the end S must be in middle and U before it > G **USTY** β†’ A trap! I _think_ I’m safe, as long as BUSTY is not a possible solution. Try R > R **USTY** β†’ Next, D > **DUSTY** > > I don’t know if it was a solution or not; if so, I had a 1-in-4 shot at a loss, there, so some luck involved. Scoredle also hits the trap, but having eliminated fewer possibles when it does, it would have lost 2/5th of the time - so it has a bit more luck to finish with a double-bogey. ---
**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 19, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8407 "2026-05-19T15:48:47Z")
Wordle 1,795 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CHEAP LORIS STUNG DUSTY This had all the makings of a frustrating slog, until it suddenly fell together. Scordle says it could also have been MUSTY, FUSTY, BUSTY, or TUSKY… but really it was just a coin flip between MUSTY and DUSTY. ---
**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 19, 2026, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8408 "2026-05-19T17:31:30Z")
Wordle 1,795 3/6\* 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL JOIST DUSTY ---
**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 20, 2026, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8409 "2026-05-20T02:35:28Z")
Wordle 1,796 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot sez… Skill 92/99 Luck 36/99 Adieu Stony Breech Wreck Not a bad comeback after a rather disastrous first two words. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8410 "2026-05-20T04:59:01Z")
Wordle 1,796 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO PRUNE FRESH CREED WRECK ---
**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 20, 2026, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8411 "2026-05-20T05:40:31Z")
Wordle 1,796 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO FERRY CHEEK (stupid!) WRECK ---
**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 20, 2026, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8412 "2026-05-20T07:44:16Z")
**Wordle 1,796 4/6 β€” 2026-05-20 Wed** _(apologies that my dates have often been wrong)_ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **WRECK** ---
**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 20, 2026, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8413 "2026-05-20T07:55:35Z")
Wordle 1,796 4/6\* \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[lime,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 P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} ---
**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 20, 2026, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8414 "2026-05-20T11:56:18Z")
Wordle 1,796 4/6 β€” _NYT Average 3.6_ β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE BEING DRECK WRECK Not sure how I saw DRECK before I saw WRECK, but ahh well. ---
**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 20, 2026, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8415 "2026-05-20T12:00:32Z")
Wordle 1,796 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHARE POUTY LIVER WRECK ---
**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 20, 2026, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8416 "2026-05-20T12:40:20Z")
Wordle 1,796 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART LOVER CURSE WRECK ---
**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 20, 2026, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8417 "2026-05-20T12:59:52Z")
Wordle 1,796 2/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE WRECK I think it could also have been dreck, erect, and eruct. But those all felt like less likely words. Especially eruct. (Which wordlebot confirms isn’t on the list.) And I’d wreck is wrong, it will tell me whether the answer is dreck or erect or eruct. So nothing lost by trying for a two. And i got lucky. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8418 "2026-05-20T14:32:26Z")
> **Wordle 1,796 5/6\* 5/20/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 > 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > DUSTY β†’ Carryover whiff. With three WoFcons left, though, the followup just about writes itself > L_E_A_R_N β†’ Well that’s something. Do we have another of those dreaded -ER endings? > PO_KER_ β†’ No. Vowels seems to call for either I or a second E, I’ll try the latter > _C_ **RE** E **K** β†’ Except that I already knew there wasn’t an E there. Pretty much a tap-in now > **WRECK** > > Sure enough, I had a valid-tap-in-for-par if I hadn’t messed up that fourth guess. Scoredle’s followup is a rather odd word, but it tries three vowels, which pays off in a 50-50 shot at a par a couple guesses later (which it sinks). ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8419 "2026-05-20T15:11:10Z")
Wordle 1796 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DICER WRECK There were a number of possibilities after 2, such as DRECK, RECUR, ICIER (MERCY had already been used), and while I thought WRECK was the most likely solution, I’d be positioning myself for a 5 if I was wrong. So my choice at 3 was to avoid that. Yet one more blank on the starting word. I’m on a roll there. ---
**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 20, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8420 "2026-05-20T15:18:02Z")
Wordle 1,796 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL RINSE TWERP WREAK WRECK [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=420) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=422)