# "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:** 438
**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:** [June 8, 2026, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8741 "2026-06-08T13:09:25Z")
[quote=“RTFirefly, post:8736, topic:1010451”] MAFIA started life as a proper noun but is most often used these days as a common noun, but I wasn’t sure if that was enough to make it eligible. [/quote] That was my reasoning too, and why I went with what I did in my 4th guess. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8742 "2026-06-08T14:17:13Z")
Wordle 1,815 4/6\* ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Chirp Inbox Dilly Mafia 🤌 fugazi ---
**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 8, 2026, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8743 "2026-06-08T14:22:10Z")
Wordle 1,815 6/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8744 "2026-06-08T14:23:35Z")
> **Wordle 1,815 6/6\* 6/8/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > THU_M_B → Slow start. Try the known letter in first, add A & E and two WoFcons and try > **MA** TES → Darn it, should have been MARES rather than replaying the T - or MALES, or MANES. Make sure I get it right this time, and with an O > **MA** NOR → That’s better. Is there an I in there? > **MA** L **I** C → There is. Getting low on letters, do I have a repeat? > **MA** X **I** M → Not of the M. One guess left, the only one I see has a different repeated letter, but let’s try it > **MAFIA** > > After my followup fumble (the three variants on what I tried were 1, 3, and 5/979, respectively) my guesses were pretty acceptable by Scoredle standards - 6/77, 8/31, 1/3 and then the only valid answer for the double bogey - but I think that followup lost me a full guess. Scoredle gets it in four, with a tap-in on the clincher. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8745 "2026-06-08T14:41:06Z")
Wordle 1,8 **16** 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🐦 😇 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:** [June 8, 2026, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8746 "2026-06-08T15:35:16Z")
Wordle 1,815 5/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ ⬜🟧⬜🟧⬜ ⬜🟧⬜🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST BASIL VAPID MAFIA - I didn’t try this earlier because I thought it was a proper noun Hey, it’s the Eiffel Tower! ---
**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:** [June 8, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8747 "2026-06-08T16:11:37Z")
Wordle 1,815 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL DAIRY CABIN MAFIA I almost put MAFIA before CABIN, but I thought it might not be a proper Wordle answer. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8748 "2026-06-08T20:11:20Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > I almost put MAFIA before CABIN, but I thought it might not be a proper Wordle answer. Join the crowd - cmyk, Chefguy, and I all found ourselves making other guesses before the solution for that reason. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8749 "2026-06-08T20:19:51Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Join the crowd - cmyk, Chefguy, and I all found ourselves making other guesses before the solution for that reason. Apparently, it’s only a proper noun when it refers to the specific organization that started in Italy. But as a general noun referring to any general criminal syndicate, it’s not. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2026, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8750 "2026-06-08T22:30:12Z")
Wordle 1,815 5/6 🟧⬛⬛🟦⬛ 🟧🟧⬛⬛⬛ 🟧🟧⬛⬛⬛ 🟧🟧⬛🟦⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 MORAL MANSE MATCH MADAM MAFIA Word 4 was an unforced error (I’d already eliminated A in the fourth position), but at the same time it told me there was a second A and not a second M, which was useful information. A par wasn’t going to be in the cards anyway. ---
**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 9, 2026, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8751 "2026-06-09T05:12:05Z")
Wordle 1,816 4/6 TUESDAY 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO FRAME DWARF stupid… WHARF ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8752 "2026-06-09T06:23:18Z")
Wordle 1,816 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SNARL CHARM WHARF ---
**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 9, 2026, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8753 "2026-06-09T07:52:59Z")
Wordle 1,816 4/6\* \bbox[silver,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} ---
**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 9, 2026, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8754 "2026-06-09T08:30:31Z")
Wordle 1,816 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot Skill 87/99 Luck 58/99 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8755 "2026-06-09T09:32:48Z")
Wordle 1816 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE WHARF Nice green pyramid. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8756 "2026-06-09T09:43:55Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Apparently, it’s only a proper noun when it refers to the specific organization that started in Italy. But as a general noun referring to any general criminal syndicate, it’s not. For sure! The question was really whether Josh Wardle might’ve excluded it on account of its having been a proper noun. It’s not always clear where the lines are within the universe of this game, at least for those of us who don’t choose to access Wardle’s original list of solutions. ---
**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 9, 2026, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8757 "2026-06-09T10:01:36Z")
Wordle 1,816 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL ASTIR BURQA WHARF ---
**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 9, 2026, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8758 "2026-06-09T10:07:48Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > > [@RTFirefly](#): > > > > Join the crowd - cmyk, Chefguy, and I all found ourselves making other guesses before the solution for that reason. > > Apparently, it’s only a proper noun when it refers to the specific organization that started in Italy. But as a general noun referring to any general criminal syndicate, it’s not. Pretty sure that if it was exclusively a proper noun, WWF wouldn’t allow it, and angramming apps wouldn’t list it. ---
**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 9, 2026, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8759 "2026-06-09T11:12:30Z")
**Wordle 1,816 4/6 — 2026-06-09 Tue** ⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **WHARF** ---
**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:** [June 9, 2026, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8760 "2026-06-09T11:21:29Z")
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