# "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:** 430
**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 29, 2026, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8581 "2026-05-29T18:18:27Z")
Wordle 1,8 **06** 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 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 30, 2026, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8582 "2026-05-30T02:37:00Z")
Wordle 1,806 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟨🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot sez… Skill 86/99 Luck 44/99 Adieu Story Swipe Slime Smile ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8583 "2026-05-30T04:40:52Z")
Wordle 1,806 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHINE SMILE ---
**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 30, 2026, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8584 "2026-05-30T08:01:42Z")
Wordle 1,806 3/6\* \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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\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 30, 2026, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8585 "2026-05-30T09:45:59Z")
Wordle 1,806 3/6 SAT ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO PRIME SMILE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8586 "2026-05-30T10:31:41Z")
Wordle 1806 3/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT SHILL SMILE Had to think about this one a minute. On the one hand, SMILE was the obvious answer after 2: the only alternative would have been SOILY, which seems kinda iffy to even be on the solutions list. But OTOH, SMILE was not only a previous solution, but it was the solution to Wordle #830, and since the recycling era was inaugurated with Wordle #0, CIGAR, on Groundhog Day, there had been just 10 reused solutions, and they’d been the solutions to Wordles 4,15,51,57,59,70,122,160,164, and 296. And 830 was quite the outlier to that sequence. Hell, even 296 had seemed like an outlier. But on yet another hand (hi Zaphod!), ten data points isn’t much to go on. And since both SMILE and SOILY seemed to be gambles, I went with SMILE. ---
**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 30, 2026, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8587 "2026-05-30T11:04:06Z")
Wordle 1,806 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POISE SLICE SMILE ---
**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 30, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8588 "2026-05-30T14:00:20Z")
Wordle 1,806 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pudgy Clast Swell Smile ---
**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 30, 2026, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8589 "2026-05-30T14:44:07Z")
Wordle 1,806 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL UTILE _been a minute since I’ve used a sleuth word_ MIGHT SMILE , Plausible words were WHILE, SMILE, GUILE, EXILE, and AGILE. All previous solutions. ---
**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 30, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8590 "2026-05-30T14:51:13Z")
Wordle 1,806 3/6 β€” _NYT Average 3.4_ πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE SOLVE SMILE ---
**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 30, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8591 "2026-05-30T14:53:53Z")
Wordle 1,806 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART CLONE WHILE SMILE ---
**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 30, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8592 "2026-05-30T14:58:03Z")
Wordle 1,806 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟧 ⬜⬜🟧🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST SMILE Very lucky, as there were five other possible words. ---
**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 30, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8593 "2026-05-30T15:14:17Z")
Wordle 1,806 3/6\* 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL SLIDE SMILE ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8594 "2026-05-30T15:41:39Z")
> **Wordle 1,806 4/6\* 5/30/2026** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ > 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > C_L_ANG β†’ Carryover gets very little. Followup is one of my favored first guesses second > _L_O_SE_R β†’ Three yellows, one vowel (and two out). I’m guessing there’s one more vowel out there, so let’s try the I, and there’s one more WoFcon as well. which gives me a try of > **S** T **ILE** β†’ Oh, so close. > **SMILE** > > Followup was oddly good at 67/1105, third guess less preferred at 85/100 (though it did leave just 3 possibles, two bogus). So, not a bad par. Scoredle makes a well-played birdie, doubling up on the known letter in its followup and making the 1-in-4 putt - so a nice day for the algorithm. ---
**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 30, 2026, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8595 "2026-05-30T17:49:17Z")
Wordle 1,8 **07** 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 30, 2026, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8596 "2026-05-30T21:36:49Z")
Wordle 1,806 3/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 IRONY STILE SMILE Finally! My first birdie in 19 days. That made me SMILE. ---
**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 31, 2026, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8597 "2026-05-31T02:16:48Z")
Wordle 1,807 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot sez… Skill 84/99 Luck 87/99 Adieu Stony Etude ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2026, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8598 "2026-05-31T05:03:51Z")
Wordle 1,807 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CHUTE ETUDE ---
**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 31, 2026, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8599 "2026-05-31T05:54:27Z")
Wordle 1,807 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE SLOTH QUITE ETUDE The third guess was dumb, because i knew the T couldn’t go there. But i didn’t think ETUDE would be a valid wordle answer, and got distracted. ---
**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 31, 2026, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8600 "2026-05-31T07:38:46Z")
Wordle 1,807 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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=429) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=431)