# "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:** 445
**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 16, 2026, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8881 "2026-06-16T23:58:33Z")
Wordle 1,823 4/6 β€” NYT Average 4.5 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE FRAME IMAGE AMAZE ---
**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 17, 2026, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8882 "2026-06-17T06:30:29Z")
Wordle 1,824 4/6 **WEDNESDAY** ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO POESY COMET TOKEN ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8883 "2026-06-17T07:10:02Z")
Wordle 1,824 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SOUTH COMET TOKEN ---
**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 17, 2026, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8884 "2026-06-17T07:44:08Z")
Wordle 1,824 6/6\* \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} Stupid. ---
**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 17, 2026, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8885 "2026-06-17T10:06:04Z")
Wordle 1,824 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot sez… Skill 58/99 Luck 55/99 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8886 "2026-06-17T10:27:01Z")
Wordle 1824 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT TUNER TOKEN Could’ve also been TWEEN, maybe. ---
**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 17, 2026, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8887 "2026-06-17T10:33:28Z")
**Wordle 1,824 4/6 β€” 2026-06-17 Wed** β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **TOKEN** ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8888 "2026-06-17T11:02:06Z")
> [@whitetho](#): > > I’m not a very good speller, so sometimes I’m surprised at what it accepts as a valid guess. For example, today it accepted β€œMARLE” as a valid word. I’ve long since ceased being surprised by that. One thing you get from Scoredle is a list of all the alternative guesses available after each step, from Josh Wardle’s original list of 14,855 allowable guesses. From decades as a bookworm, I think I’ve got a pretty good vocabulary, but most of those words are words I’ve never ever heard of before. So seeing some weird and totally unfamiliar 5-letter combination accepted as a legit guess is just something that happens. FWIW, β€˜marl’ is a kind of fertilizer. It’s a pretty uncommon word IME, but I had heard of it before, somewhere along the way. And the Web tells me that β€˜marle’ is apparently an alternate spelling of β€˜marl,’ principally used in the UK. ---
**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 17, 2026, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8889 "2026-06-17T12:27:00Z")
Wordle 1,824 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE OUTER TOKEN ---
**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 17, 2026, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8890 "2026-06-17T12:40:26Z")
Wordle 1,824 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Anole Toner Token ---
**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 17, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8891 "2026-06-17T13:48:27Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > FWIW, β€˜marl’ is a kind of fertilizer. Not so much fertilizer as a soil conditioner to neutralize acidic soils. Marl it is a type of sediment, a mix of carbonate minerals clay and silt. It’s in our lake. When hardened it’s called marlstone. ---
**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 17, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8892 "2026-06-17T13:55:49Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > FWIW, β€˜marl’ is a kind of fertilizer. It’s a pretty uncommon word IME, but I had heard of it before, somewhere along the way. And the Web tells me that β€˜marle’ is apparently an alternate spelling of β€˜marl,’ principally used in the UK. Interesting. That got me wondering about the name Marlboro (cigarettes) and Marlborough (places). Also, marl makes up the lower part of the cliffs of Dover. ➜ [Marl - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marl) β–  /hijack ---
**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 17, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8893 "2026-06-17T14:17:33Z")
Wordle 1,824 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟨⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART EMOTE STEIN OFTEN TOKEN ---
**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 17, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8894 "2026-06-17T14:45:29Z")
Wordle 1,824 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL TONER TOKEN Getting xOxEx right off the bat looked trappy to me. I figured there wouldn’t be any more vowels, so I filled in the blanks with WoFcons. And it paid off! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8895 "2026-06-17T14:47:18Z")
> **Wordle 1,824 4/6\* 6/17/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > AMAZ_E_ β†’ Well, that’s a start. Add an O and three WoFcons to get > R **O** L **E** S β†’ Need some consonants - probably done with vowels. N & T left among WoFcons, I’ll try them with a D > **TO** _N_ **E** D β†’ Good thing I didn’t go with NOTED. OK, one letter left, and looking at all the possibles leaves us with > **TOKEN** > > The third guess was 13/111, but left me with a tap-in. Scoredle goes the distance, being less obsessive about WoFcons than I am, but also finishes its double-bogey with a tap-in. ---
**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 17, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8896 "2026-06-17T15:44:11Z")
Wordle 1,824 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟦🟦 ⬜🟧⬜⬜🟦 🟦🟧🟦🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST NOTED - past tense is not normally an answer, but. . . TOKEN ---
**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 17, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8897 "2026-06-17T15:49:31Z")
Wordle 1,824 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 VALUE TONER TOKEN Virtually nothing on the opener to a tap-in birdie. ---
**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 17, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8898 "2026-06-17T18:21:52Z")
Wordle 1,824 4/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL ENTRY TENET TOKEN ---
**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 18, 2026, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8899 "2026-06-18T05:26:13Z")
Wordle 1,825 4/6 THURSDAY ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO SLEEP BERRY ENTRY ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8900 "2026-06-18T05:42:50Z")
Wordle 1,825 2/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO ENTRY Not much left after the first guess. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=444) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=446)