# "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:** 431
**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 31, 2026, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8601 "2026-05-31T07:41:04Z")
Wordle 1,807 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO DRUPE ELUDE ETUDE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2026, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8602 "2026-05-31T09:16:26Z")
Wordle 1807 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE BUTTE ETUDE ---
**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 31, 2026, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8603 "2026-05-31T10:50:32Z")
**Wordle 1,807 4/6 β€” 2026-05-31 Sun** β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **ETUDE** ---
**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 31, 2026, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8604 "2026-05-31T12:21:52Z")
Wordle 1,807 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE GHOUL ETUDE ---
**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 31, 2026, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8605 "2026-05-31T13:33:55Z")
Wordle 1,807 5/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Arose Chime Elude Exude Etude ---
**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 31, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8606 "2026-05-31T13:42:30Z")
Wordle 1,807 2/6\* ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL ETUDE ---
**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 31, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8607 "2026-05-31T14:06:50Z")
Wordle 1,8 **08** 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😬 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 31, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8608 "2026-05-31T14:18:34Z")
Wordle 1,807 3/6 β€” _NYT Average 3.8_ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE TRIPE ETUDE This one had me thinking for a while, as I wasn’t even sure if ETUDE was a word. Even looking it up, I was unsure if it was the right move. Whew. ---
**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 31, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8609 "2026-05-31T15:06:13Z")
Well, I would have posted my result today, but for some reason the wife (who is on the same NYT account) decided to try the Wordle. Now, she tried it a long time ago and didn’t like it because she didn’t understand how it worked. Well, she still doesn’t understand how it works, nor what the goal of it is. But she did manage to fuck up my 80 day run, so I’ll be starting over (again) tomorrow. ::head smack:: ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8610 "2026-05-31T15:14:27Z")
> **Wordle 1,807 4/6\* 5/31/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 > 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SMIL **E** β†’ Placed E, not bad, and some good eliminations. Couldn’t find a three-WoFcons-and-a-vowel word, so went with two and two vowels, which was probably better anyway > ORA_T_ **E** β†’ Though it didn’t really turn out that way. I looked for Ns here but couldn’t find a good word, so eventually figured there might be a second E, and tried to place it > _TE_PE **E** β†’ No placement, but there is one at least. I tried lots of bogus words with an E in the middle before I put it at the start, once I followed it with the T the excellent crossword word came to me > **ETUDE** > > My followup wasn’t in the top 120 out of 580, but Scoredle gave me a 1/22 for the third guess, which left me with but one valid word left. Scoredle plays an elimination game, getting down to just two possibles with the original green and one other yellow letter on the board before it makes its 50-50 putt to cinch par. ---
**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 31, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8611 "2026-05-31T15:23:56Z")
Wordle 1,807 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL TREAD DEIST ETUDE ---
**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 31, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8612 "2026-05-31T20:13:41Z")
Wordle 1,807 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 STRAW UTILE ETUDE Two birdies in a row! Woohoo! ---
**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:** [June 1, 2026, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8613 "2026-06-01T02:00:19Z")
Wordle 1,808 6/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot sez… Skill 77/99 Luck 26/99 Adieu Story Flick Climb (duh) Child Chili ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2026, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8614 "2026-06-01T04:23:08Z")
Wordle 1,808 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO DUNES CHIMP CHILL CHILi Automatically entered my second word for higher level puzzles (quordle , octordle) without thinking. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2026, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8615 "2026-06-01T04:50:00Z")
Wordle 1,808 4/6 MONDAY ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO PRIME CHILL CHILI Could so easily have been a 3, it was a toss-up. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2026, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8616 "2026-06-01T07:46:38Z")
**Wordle 1,808 3/6 β€” 2026-06-01 Mon** ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** β€” _possible Wordles include chili chill quill; of these, prior Wordles do not include chili_ **CHILI** ---
**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:** [June 1, 2026, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8617 "2026-06-01T07:53:10Z")
Wordle 1,808 6/6\* \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[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\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 I} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2026, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8618 "2026-06-01T09:33:02Z")
Wordle 1808 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE CHILI CHILL and CHILD have been used. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2026, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8619 "2026-06-01T11:50:33Z")
Wordle 1,808 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE POUND MILKY CHILL CHILI I thought about playing chill at 3 but decided to go with a word that also had a Y, which didn’t help. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2026, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8620 "2026-06-01T12:27:53Z")
Wordle 1,808 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL ULNAR LICIT CHILI [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=430) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=432)