# "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:** 449
**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 22, 2026, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8961 "2026-06-22T02:41:56Z")
Wordle 1,829 5/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟩🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8962 "2026-06-22T04:32:30Z")
Wordle 1,829 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE SLOTH OVATE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8963 "2026-06-22T06:02:58Z")
Wordle 1,829 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LOATH OVATE ---
**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 22, 2026, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8964 "2026-06-22T08:03:44Z")
Wordle 1,829 4/6\* \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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} ---
**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 22, 2026, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8965 "2026-06-22T08:07:25Z")
**Wordle 1,829 4/6 β€” 2026-06-22 Mon** β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **GLYPH** **ABATE** **OVATE** ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8966 "2026-06-22T11:14:35Z")
Wordle 1829 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT ORATE OVATE I’ll take β€˜words I had no idea existed’ for $400, Alex! I was lucky that I went with ORATE rather than PRATE at 2, because without the initial O, I’d have been lost. As it was, I tried every available letter in the 2-spot. When I finally settled on OVATE, I figured it was the verb form of β€˜ovation’ rather than a word meaning β€˜egg-shaped’ as it turned out to be when I looked it up. (I guess there’s some subtle distinction between β€˜ovate’ and β€˜ovoid’ which I was already aware of.) ---
**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 22, 2026, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8967 "2026-06-22T11:41:23Z")
Wordle 1,829 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL XENON SWORE OVATE ---
**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 22, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8968 "2026-06-22T11:55:42Z")
Wordle 1,829 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HOUSE DRONE OLIVE OVATE ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8969 "2026-06-22T12:58:44Z")
Scoredle 3/6\* 14,855 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ARISE (184) ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 PLATE (4) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OVATE Totally bogus word, even though I knew what it means, it’s a bit against the spirit of Wordle IMHO. ---
**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 22, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8970 "2026-06-22T13:15:19Z")
Wordle 1,829 3/6 β€” _NYT Average 4.1_ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE ORATE OVATE I was between GRATE, CRATE, IRATE, and ORATE. I went with a word with an opening vowel, as it felt more Wordle-y to me, and got lucky going with the O. ---
**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 22, 2026, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8971 "2026-06-22T13:19:07Z")
Wordle 1,829 6/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PLATE SPATE AGATE SKATE OVATE ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8972 "2026-06-22T13:30:39Z")
This was another case where, as the last possible guess, I put in a sequence of letters that looked something like it could be a word, and was surprised that it was. ---
**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 22, 2026, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8973 "2026-06-22T14:13:43Z")
Wordle 1,829 3/6\* ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL MEATY OVATE ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8974 "2026-06-22T14:32:54Z")
> **Wordle 1,829 4/6\* 6/22/2026** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 > ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _A_LIBI β†’ Slow start, wasted I, I’ll continue with a word I used recently as well > S_T_ **A** N **E** β†’ Oh, dear, here we go again - but at least we have one letter to work with, and two spots to put it, so we’ll try it fourth > GR **ATE** β†’ Here I stalled for a while, ran out of any possibles off the top of my head, so started to look for plausible words, and decided to try > **OVATE** > > A bit of luck at the end. There were two other words, both bogus, but my third guess cut it down from seven valid and 12 bogus words, so that was a solid choice (and it was rated 2/19, so that worked well). Scoredle also finishes in four, via what seems to be to be a circuitous route to the answer, but it got there. ---
**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 22, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8975 "2026-06-22T15:47:20Z")
Wordle 1,829 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SHINE CRATE PLATE ABATE OVATE Getting the -ATE early was a curse, not a blessing. The smart move would have been abandoning hard mode at that point, but I (correctly) figured I wouldn’t run out of guesses. I just wasn’t particularly lucky. ---
**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 22, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8976 "2026-06-22T15:52:16Z")
Wordle 1,829 5/6 ⬜⬜🟧⬜🟧 ⬜⬜🟧⬜🟧 ⬜⬜🟧⬜🟧 ⬜⬜🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE - Oh, hell no. Not again. SPADE BLAME AWAKE OVATE ---
**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 22, 2026, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8977 "2026-06-22T20:51:58Z")
Wordle 1,8 **30** 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 22, 2026, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8978 "2026-06-22T20:55:16Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I’ll take β€˜words I had no idea existed’ for $400, Alex! You can say that again! ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8979 "2026-06-23T04:12:19Z")
Wordle 1,830 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO NURSE CURRY ---
**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 23, 2026, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8980 "2026-06-23T05:34:39Z")
Wordle 1,830 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SWORD QUIRK FURRY PURRY CURRY [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=448) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=450)