# "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:** 423
**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, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8441 "2026-05-21T15:48:41Z")
Wordle 1,797 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 BRICK TONER RULES AGREE Flailed my way to another par. ---
**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 21, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8442 "2026-05-21T18:48:02Z")
Wordle 1,7 **98** 3/6 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🐦 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 22, 2026, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8443 "2026-05-22T02:21:47Z")
Wordle 1,798 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot sez… Skill 85/99 Luck 36/99 Adieu Story Poach Vocal ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8444 "2026-05-22T04:54:30Z")
Wordle 1,798 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHOAL FOCAL LOCAL VOCAL Stupid trap! ---
**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 22, 2026, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8445 "2026-05-22T05:34:46Z")
Wordle 1,798 4/6 **FRIDAY** 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO SOAPY LOCAL VOCAL ---
**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 22, 2026, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8446 "2026-05-22T08:19:34Z")
Wordle 1,798 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\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 V}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} ---
**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 22, 2026, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8447 "2026-05-22T10:30:54Z")
Wordle 1,798 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS LOVAT VOCAL I decided to go for the certain four, rather than try for a possible three. ---
**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 22, 2026, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8448 "2026-05-22T12:27:37Z")
Wordle 1,798 6/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STAIN ROUGE POLKA MODAL LOYAL VOCAL Had a 50-50 chance at #6, but managed to get it right. Yeesh! ---
**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 22, 2026, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8449 "2026-05-22T12:48:33Z")
Wordle 1,798 4/6 β€” _NYT Average 4.3_ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE LANKY MURAL VOCAL I was up between FOCAL and VOCAL, but went with VOCAL cuz it had a V in there, and Wordle seems to like tricksy letters. I guessed right. ---
**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 22, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8450 "2026-05-22T13:44:01Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > _NYT Average 4.3_ Not today, not for me. I needed 5 today. **Wordle 1,798 5/6 β€” 2026-05-22 Fri** β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **BUNCH** β€” _can be focal local vocal, eliminate F L V, try sleuth word favel_ **FAVEL** **VOCAL** ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8451 "2026-05-22T13:58:59Z")
Wordle 1798 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CAVIL - new 2nd word after yellow LA VOCAL It may seem odd to have a V in my followup word in this situation, but there are a surprising number of words with V in them among words that have that yellow LA and nothing else in my starting word. Also I was looking for a word (unused, preferably) with the A and L in the 2nd and 5th slots, respectively, because among the \>80 words I was able to come up with, that’s where the A and L are most often found, by a good margin. And that narrowed down the choices considerably. ---
**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 22, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8452 "2026-05-22T14:08:16Z")
Nicely played, @RTFirefly , nicely done. ---
**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 22, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8453 "2026-05-22T14:19:35Z")
Wordle 1,798 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART GROAN LOYAL VOCAL ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8454 "2026-05-22T14:39:18Z")
> **Wordle 1,798 6/6\* 5/22/2026** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _A_GREE β†’ Slow start. Wasted E. What else? Next word! > S_LO_ **A** N β†’ Placed A. Added O. Doin’ good. Try T? > T **O** T **AL** β†’ Wasted one. Half done. Two fills. Now trappish? > F **OCAL** β†’ C good. Second L? Must be… > L **OCAL** β†’ Missed V. Any other? Hope not > **VOCAL** > > There were two other valids after the third guess, but I’m pretty sure I was safe - and I was fully after that fourth guess, although I didn’t comprehend the full scope of the trap. Scoredle’s second and third guesses diverge from mine, but we end up in the exact same place before the fourth guess - and Scoredle also ends with that double-bogey β€œPhew”. ---
**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 22, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8455 "2026-05-22T15:22:33Z")
Wordle 1,798 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL TONAL VOCAL ---
**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 22, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8456 "2026-05-22T15:36:27Z")
Wordle 1,798 2/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL VOCAL Scoredle says there were 108 words to choose from after using STEAL. I’d say I got extremely lucky! Wordlebot sez: Skill 88, Luck 97. ---
**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 22, 2026, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8457 "2026-05-22T15:54:05Z")
Wordle 1,798 4/6 🟦⬜🟦⬜⬜ ⬜🟧⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST LOCAL VOCAL ---
**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 22, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8458 "2026-05-22T17:39:01Z")
Wordle 1,798 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slump Lover Vocal ---
**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 22, 2026, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8459 "2026-05-22T21:26:25Z")
Wordle 1,799 **4/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 22, 2026, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8460 "2026-05-22T21:31:02Z")
Wordle 1,798 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 FRAUD LATEN SPLAY GLOAM VOCAL I kind of made a mess of this one. LATEN was not among Scordle’s top 120 guesses of 2270 possibilities. SPLAY was 64 of 119. GLOAM was 13 of 14. Still, I made incremental progress, and by the end there was only the solution and two wildly obscure words, so a fail was not in the cards today. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=422) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=424)