# "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:** 442
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8821 "2026-06-13T10:30:17Z")
Wordle 1820 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY QUELL ---
**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 13, 2026, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8822 "2026-06-13T11:42:30Z")
Wordle 1,820 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SAINT COUPE RULER QUELL ---
**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 13, 2026, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8823 "2026-06-13T12:03:38Z")
Wordle 1,820 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Awful Skull Quill Quell ---
**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 13, 2026, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8824 "2026-06-13T13:38:28Z")
Wordle 1,820 5/6 β€” _NYT Average 4.0_ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE FELON EXCEL DWELL QUELL I find QU words boring and lazy. Gets me every time. ---
**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 13, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8825 "2026-06-13T13:48:03Z")
Wordle 1,820 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot sez… Skill 90/99 Luck 31/99 Adeiu Story Begun Plume Quell ---
**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 13, 2026, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8826 "2026-06-13T14:09:08Z")
Wordle 1,8 **20** 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 13, 2026, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8827 "2026-06-13T14:10:26Z")
Wordle 1,8 **21** 3/6 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🐦 πŸ˜‡ 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 13, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8828 "2026-06-13T14:38:14Z")
Wordle 1,820 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟦🟦🟧⬜ ⬜⬜🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST - uh-oh BELLY DWELL QUELL ---
**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 13, 2026, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8829 "2026-06-13T14:39:37Z")
Wordle 1,820 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART NOISE GLUED FUELS QUELL ---
**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 13, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8830 "2026-06-13T14:51:43Z")
Wordle 1,820 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL STEAL QUELL ---
**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 13, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8831 "2026-06-13T15:09:19Z")
Wordle 1,820 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL KNEEL QUELL ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8832 "2026-06-13T15:17:34Z")
> **Wordle 1,820 5/6\* 6/13/2026** > > ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > BR **E** AK β†’ OK, not bad. I’d favor three WoFcons and one new vowel here, and I can get that with > ST **E** NO β†’ Hmmm. Try an L for that last WoFcon… U, I, Y or a second E? With how that E is positioned, I wonder if a second E isn’t most likely… so I can try > B_L_ **E** ED β†’ and why did I repeat a B that I know isn’t there? Sigh. OK, need a lot of consonants here, I’m halfway through with only two letters known, one placed! I see one that’s a bit archaic, but what the heck > WH **EL** M β†’ Placed the L. Two guesses left. Not much I can put in front of the E as a consonant pair… but that U gives me ideas. Can I afford to try a double-L? > **QUELL** > > As bad as my third guess was - and it was bad - it at least left me with only four words left, two likely bogus - and after the fourth guess, only the solution remained. Recovering to save bogey isn’t exactly the ideal situation, but I’ll take it. It’s a tough puzzle for the Scoredle algorithm as well; despite doing a lot with eliminations and getting it down to 12 possibles after the followup, it also stumbles to a bogey. ---
**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 13, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8833 "2026-06-13T16:29:55Z")
Wordle 1,820 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SWEAR KNELT QUELL FIELD and YIELD were also possible; each would confirm or eliminate the other, making either a better choice than mine. But I didn’t consider the IE pairing, and got a bit lucky. ---
**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 14, 2026, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8834 "2026-06-14T04:23:21Z")
Wordle 1,821 4/6 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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:** [June 14, 2026, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8835 "2026-06-14T05:47:51Z")
Wordle 1,821 3/6 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2026, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8836 "2026-06-14T07:24:22Z")
Wordle 1,821 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CHAIN AFFIX SEPIA For a second I forgot that there were other vowels. ---
**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 14, 2026, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8837 "2026-06-14T08:11:09Z")
Wordle 1,821 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[yellow,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\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 I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2026, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8838 "2026-06-14T09:13:20Z")
Wordle 1821 4/6 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT SABER SHEAF SEPIA Lost the coin toss at 3 (SPEAK had already been used). ---
**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 14, 2026, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8839 "2026-06-14T12:10:11Z")
Wordle 1,821 3/6\* 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL SAUCE SEPIA ---
**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 14, 2026, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8840 "2026-06-14T12:33:41Z")
Wordle 1,821 4/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIANO APHID LAPIS SEPIA [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=441) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=443)