# "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:** 450
**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 23, 2026, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8981 "2026-06-23T07:15:13Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > > [@RTFirefly](#): > > > > I’ll take ‘words I had no idea existed’ for $400, Alex! > > You can say that again! I can hear Billy Crystal’s voice in _The Princess Bride_: O! VATE a minute! Sea of Greens x81 **Wordle 1,830 4/6 — 2026-06-23 Tue** ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** — _possible Wordles include curry furry hurry; of these, prior Wordles do not include curry furry_ **FURRY** **CURRY** ---
**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 23, 2026, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8982 "2026-06-23T07:47:26Z")
Wordle 1,830 5/6\* \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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} ---
**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 23, 2026, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8983 "2026-06-23T10:20:30Z")
Wordle 1,830 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL ANTSY JUICY CURRY ---
**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 23, 2026, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8984 "2026-06-23T11:49:52Z")
Wordle 1,830 4/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE FLOUR HURRY CURRY ---
**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 23, 2026, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8985 "2026-06-23T12:32:57Z")
Wordle 1,830 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL DROWN CURVY CURRY ---
**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 23, 2026, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8986 "2026-06-23T13:06:12Z")
Wordle 1,830 3/6\* ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Outer Mural Curry ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8987 "2026-06-23T13:57:53Z")
Wordle 1830 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE CURRY I think ‘sea of greens’ is a silly badge, but it’s their game and they can give badges for what they want to. You know what would be a cool thing to get a badge for, though? Getting a 3 or less after being blanked on your starting word. ---
**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 23, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8988 "2026-06-23T14:00:24Z")
Wordle 1,830 6/6 — _NYT Average 4.1_ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE PROUD QUIRK FURRY HURRY CURRY Fell headlong into the trap, but at least I got it. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8989 "2026-06-23T14:25:03Z")
> **Wordle 1,830 5/6\* 6/23/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 > 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > OVATE → Whiff. And three vowels expended, so I got that going for me.I can cover two more (and two WoFcons) with > SLIM **Y** → For a second I was thinking double-whiff. So there should be a U there, and I can cover the last two WoFcons with > _R_ **U** NN **Y** → Double-R, I guess? Let’s see, H, F, C, what else? If I’m right and that’s all of it, I’m safe. If not; we’ll see.. > F **URRY** → Not that. > **CURRY** > > Followup was a pretty good 42/1393, third a bit more mediocre at 38/91. After that, as long as I didn’t guess one of the bogus words in the trap, I was safe. Scoredle also finishes in five, with the same set of valid words - but it KOed one of the bogus trap word letters, so it only had three ways to goof, not four like me. ---
**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 23, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8990 "2026-06-23T14:49:31Z")
Wordle 1,830 3/6 🟧🟦⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST CURRY A bit of luck today. ---
**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 23, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8991 "2026-06-23T15:11:10Z")
Wordle 1,830 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 23, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8992 "2026-06-23T15:22:43Z")
Wordle 1,8 **31** 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🙄 Ai assist 🦘 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2026, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8993 "2026-06-24T04:17:23Z")
Wordle 1,831 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO NURSE QUERY QUEER ---
**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 24, 2026, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8994 "2026-06-24T07:05:20Z")
**Wordle 1,831 4/6 — 2026-06-24 Wed** ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **QUEER** ---
**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 24, 2026, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8995 "2026-06-24T07:41:32Z")
Wordle 1,831 3/6\* \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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} ---
**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 24, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8996 "2026-06-24T11:55:32Z")
Wordle 1,831 2/6\* 🟨⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Under Queer ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8997 "2026-06-24T11:55:33Z")
Wordle 1832 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DIVEY UMBER PURER QUEER Shoulda at least seen it after 4. So many xxxER words! ---
**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 24, 2026, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8998 "2026-06-24T13:17:35Z")
Wordle 1,831 5/6 — _NYT Average 4.4_ ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE BEING EPOCH DRYER QUEER This one kicked my ass today. On my 3rd guess, the Wordle Bot said **DOPER** would have been a more efficient guess. I feel seen. 👀 ---
**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 24, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/8999 "2026-06-24T13:55:33Z")
Wordle 1,831 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL ENEMY CREEP QUEER ---
**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 24, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9000 "2026-06-24T14:32:07Z")
Wordle 1,831 4/6​⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART LONER CIDER QUEER almost tried that for #3. Dang. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=449) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=451)