# "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:** 425
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8481 "2026-05-24T07:27:35Z")
Wordle 1,800 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHINE NIECE Lucky feeling. ---
**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 24, 2026, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8482 "2026-05-24T08:24:35Z")
Wordle 1,800 4/6\* \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[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 M}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\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 E} ---
**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 24, 2026, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8483 "2026-05-24T09:54:32Z")
Wordle 1,800 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO PRIME NICHE NIECE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8484 "2026-05-24T09:57:50Z")
Wordle 1800 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE FENCE NIECE After 2, I saw all the -NCE words: FENCE, PENCE, MINCE, WINCE, and even DUNCE. The two -INCE words had already been used, so I went with FENCE. It wasn’t the solution, of course, but it narrowed it down to NIECE which I hadn’t seen earlier. ---
**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 24, 2026, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8485 "2026-05-24T10:13:26Z")
Wordle 1,800 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL RINSE NIECE ---
**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 24, 2026, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8486 "2026-05-24T12:06:12Z")
Wordle 1,800 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST POUND MINER NIECE ---
**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 24, 2026, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8487 "2026-05-24T12:33:41Z")
Wordle 1,800 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE OUNCE NIECE Wordlebot doesn’t love my second word. I got lucky. ---
**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 24, 2026, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8488 "2026-05-24T13:19:14Z")
Wordle 1,800 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART CLONE MINCE NIECE ---
**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 24, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8489 "2026-05-24T13:59:58Z")
Wordle 1,800 4/6\* πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Inert Skein Fiend Niece Wordlebot wisdom And it was extraordinarily lucky today. You’ve eliminated all but three of the words in my dictionary: NIECE FIEND or SKEIN ---
**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 24, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8490 "2026-05-24T14:38:45Z")
If you’d picked niece or fiend first, it would have given you the placement of the ie (or ei) and your max would have been 4, not 5. ---
**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 24, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8491 "2026-05-24T14:45:06Z")
Wordle 1,8 **01** 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 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 24, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8492 "2026-05-24T15:08:01Z")
Wordle 1,800 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL CHEMO NIECE ---
**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 24, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8493 "2026-05-24T15:20:52Z")
Wordle 1,800 4/6 β€” _NYT Average 3.9_ β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE PRONE NICHE NIECE ---
**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 24, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8494 "2026-05-24T15:42:56Z")
Wordle 1,800 2/6 🟦⬜⬜🟦🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE NIECE Yay! Can’t remember the last time! ---
**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 24, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8495 "2026-05-24T16:48:50Z")
Wordle 1,800 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 WORTH SNAIL MINCE NIECE Another par. I thought about NIECE at three, but didn’t want to double an unused letter. You just never know in this game. ---
**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 25, 2026, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8496 "2026-05-25T03:41:40Z")
Wordle 1,801 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot sez… Skill 46/99 Luck 72/99 Adieu Story Clits Tings Visit Legit stunned they accepted that third word. I thought this was a family game! πŸ˜† ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2026, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8497 "2026-05-25T04:26:34Z")
Wordle 1,801 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO ETHIC TIMID VISIT ---
**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 25, 2026, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8498 "2026-05-25T04:55:19Z")
Wordle 1,801 3/6 MONDAY ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO SCRIP VISIT ---
**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 25, 2026, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8499 "2026-05-25T07:49:34Z")
Wordle 1,801 4/6\* \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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} ---
**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 25, 2026, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8500 "2026-05-25T08:19:44Z")
**Wordle 1,801 4/6 β€” 2026-05-25 Mon** πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **VISIT** β€” _was the only remaining possibility_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=424) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=426)