# "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:** 422
**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 20, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8421 "2026-05-20T15:33:34Z")
Wordle 1,796 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL ENEMY WRECK ---
**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 20, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8422 "2026-05-20T16:08:08Z")
Wordle 1,7 **97** 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🐦 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 20, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8423 "2026-05-20T16:24:25Z")
Wordle 1,796 4/6 🟦🟧⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST - a dumb choice ERECT WRECK Should have been a three at most. ---
**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 20, 2026, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8424 "2026-05-20T20:35:08Z")
Wordle 1,796 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 STUDY LINER OPERA WRECK Weirdly, the word generator gave me an anagram of yesterday’s answer. Aaaand, a whiff! Saved par after the slow start, so I’m OK with it. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8425 "2026-05-21T04:45:01Z")
Wordle 1,797 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHARE ARGUE AGREE ---
**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 21, 2026, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8426 "2026-05-21T06:00:34Z")
Wordle 1,797 3/6 **THURSDAY** 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO ASTER AGREE ---
**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 21, 2026, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8427 "2026-05-21T07:41:43Z")
Wordle 1,797 3/6\* \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[yellow,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\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 E} ---
**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 21, 2026, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8428 "2026-05-21T10:11:58Z")
**Wordle 1,797 4/6 β€” 2026-05-21 Thu** β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** β€” _can be agree barge_ **AGREE** ---
**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 21, 2026, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8429 "2026-05-21T11:43:14Z")
Wordle 1,797 4/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RADIO QUART CLEAR AGREE ---
**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 21, 2026, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8430 "2026-05-21T12:15:11Z")
Wordle 1,797 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE that’s a lot of information. I attempted to rule out more common consonants, and maybe place the A. DAMPS Wordlebot says i should have tried i place the R, too, and recommend LAIRS, or maybe BARGE. AFIRE This is one of the possible words, and will single out all the others. AGREE wordlebot gives me an 87/47, because it doesn’t like my second word. Today’s average is 3.8. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8431 "2026-05-21T12:28:53Z")
Wordle 1797 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE AFIRE AGREE Third guess was a brain fart: I kept on coming up with ideas after 2 that had an A in the middle spot, and I wound up focusing on that so much that I forgot to keep the R out of the fourth spot. Still, it placed the A, giving me a coin toss between AGREE (Wordle #70) and ARGUE (Wordle #73), with BARGE (Wordle #754) already eliminated. And I won the coin toss to save the 4. ---
**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 21, 2026, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8432 "2026-05-21T13:33:21Z")
Wordle 1,797 4/6 β€” _NYT Average 3.8_ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE ADORE ARGUE AGREE ---
**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 21, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8433 "2026-05-21T13:59:44Z")
Wordle 1,797 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL AIRED AGREE ---
**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 21, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8434 "2026-05-21T14:29:24Z")
Wordle 1,797 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART RACER AGREE ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8435 "2026-05-21T15:25:10Z")
> **Wordle 1,797 4/6\* 5/21/2026** > > ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 > 🟩🟨⬜🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > W_RE_CK β†’ Another -ER ending? Oh, say it ain’t so > S_A_N **E** _R_ β†’ It ain’t so. I’m guessing I’m done with vowels, so… finish up WoFcons? > **A** _R_T **E** L β†’ Why did I try the R there again? Because of my WoFcon obsession, that’s why. Well, at least with the A placed, I know it’s not at the start, so must be middle, A?RE? looks like > **AGREE** > AIRED was the other valid possible at the end. So a bit of a fumble, but I did have some good luck to make it a par. Scoredle has a tough time of it - places the consonant from the carryover, but wastes two other to make that placement, then takes a two-guess side quest through the Land of Bogus Words to finish with a bogey. ---
**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 21, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8436 "2026-05-21T15:34:14Z")
Wordle 1,797 3/6 ⬜🟦🟦⬜🟧 ⬜🟦🟧🟦🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE BARGE - I normally use β€˜hoist’ as a second word, but with two vowels solved. . . AGREE ---
**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 21, 2026, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8437 "2026-05-21T15:35:38Z")
Wordle 1,797 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL ASTER AGREE Got my streak to 300! ---
**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 21, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8438 "2026-05-21T15:40:11Z")
Thought I posted earlier, but apparently not… Wordle 1,797 5/6 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot sez… Skill 55/99 Luck 60/99 Adieu Stony Appel (a mis-type which was actually a word) Archer Agree ---
**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 21, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8439 "2026-05-21T15:47:06Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Archer Ummm… I’m not sure that’s a valid 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 21, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8440 "2026-05-21T15:48:03Z")
Duh, you’re right. The first β€˜r’ is not in my guess. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=421) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=423)