# "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:** 44
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/861 "2025-01-24T08:18:43Z")
Wordle 1,315 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE CREPE Have loanwords always been allowed in Wordle? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/862 "2025-01-24T10:08:14Z")
Wordle 1315 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,713 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩 10 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE CRUDE CREPE After 2, I had CRUDE, CURVE, CREPE, and possibly CREME (CRIME had already been used) to choose from. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/863 "2025-01-24T10:15:12Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Have loanwords always been allowed in Wordle? Every word in English is a loanword, it’s just a question of how recently or how long ago. My \>40 year old American Heritage dictionary treats β€˜crepe’ like any other word; OTOH, it has the accent over the first e in β€˜crΓ¨me.’ We did things with crepe paper in elementary school \>60 years ago. It’s been an English word long enough for me. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/864 "2025-01-24T10:32:37Z")
Wordle 1,315 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \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 R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \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 R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/865 "2025-01-24T11:02:18Z")
Wordle 1,315 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST LOUIE CREPE ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/866 "2025-01-24T11:36:41Z")
Wordle 1,315 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Melee Spree Crepe ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/867 "2025-01-24T12:06:04Z")
Wordle 1,315 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART LONER CREED CREPE ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/868 "2025-01-24T16:15:32Z")
Oh good, a trap. πŸ™„ CRANE CRIME CRUDE CREME - Stupid CREPE ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/869 "2025-01-24T16:48:33Z")
Wordle 1,315 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST DUNCE EMCEE \<–I took a chance on the triple vowel… CREPE ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/870 "2025-01-24T16:54:26Z")
For those of you who play Wordle on your phone, has the dropdown for spoiler tags disappeared? I keep trying to pick the little arrow next to details, but that doesn’t do anything but put detail tags on my highlighted text. Frustrating to have to type in spoiler tags. I just figured it out, pull the bar down on the right. Its difficult. Mods, can you change the order of the dropdown selections? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/871 "2025-01-24T17:10:02Z")
> **Wordle 1,315 5/6\* 1/24/2025** > > ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 > 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > U_P_P_ER_ β†’ One and only one P. That’s cool. Along with E & R. Do I have a shot at under par? Throw in S & A and get > _P_A_R_S **E** β†’ not much, other than the placed E. There is a nice word with T & O now, though, so > T **R** O **PE** β†’ Starting to feel like a trap. I between the consonants, which leads us a first letter of G, so > G **R** I **PE** β†’ I really will be griping if I miss this. Don’t see anything with a U or Y in that middle spot… but another E? > **CREPE** > > Per Scoredle, I had seven possibles after the second guess, two of which were bogus, and yet it took me three guesses to find which of the five good words was the solution. Ah, well, luck can go both ways. Scoredle also ends in five, though, after going through all the vowels to fill that trap, so maybe I should call myself β€œmethodical” rather than β€œunlucky.” ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/872 "2025-01-24T18:37:13Z")
Wordle 1,315 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ORATE BRINE CRUDE CREPE Not bad given the potential trap (plus the fact that I just plowed forward with little to no analysisβ€‹πŸ˜). > [@chela](#): > > Melee > Spree > Crepe Bold strategy, Cotton, starting off with three E’s. It paid off for you today! ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/873 "2025-01-24T19:06:06Z")
It did too! I use a different start word every day. Wordlebot tells me it was a bold choice, not one they would’ve picked but they admire my creativity. πŸ˜‚ ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/874 "2025-01-24T21:03:12Z")
Not much of a trap. CREME at 2 would have gotten you a 3 at worst. Get a green first E, it’s CREPE; get a green M, it’s CRIME; get neither, it’s CRUDE; get both and you’ve solved it in 2. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/875 "2025-01-24T22:28:08Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Not much of a trap. Nobody likes a smarty pants. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/876 "2025-01-25T05:04:58Z")
Wordle 1,316 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROAST NURSE CRISP ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/877 "2025-01-25T05:05:33Z")
Thats an odd sentence ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/878 "2025-01-25T05:27:52Z")
Wordle 1,316 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHIRE CRISP ---
**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:** [January 25, 2025, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/879 "2025-01-25T10:50:02Z")
Like @ **Wheelz** yesterday I only got greens, no yellows. β€’ **Wordle 1,316 4/6 β€” 2025-01-25** β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **BOUND** **CRIMP** **CRISP** ---
**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:** [January 25, 2025, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/880 "2025-01-25T10:56:53Z")
Wordle 1,316 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \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 P} \\ \end{aligned} [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=43) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=45)