# "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:** 454
**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 28, 2026, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9061 "2026-06-28T14:52:28Z")
Wordle 1,835 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART OLIVE EXUDE EMCEE ---
**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 28, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9062 "2026-06-28T15:03:51Z")
Wordle 1,8 **36** 2/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ¦… πŸ˜‡ no Ai πŸ’« 🦘 ---
**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 28, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9063 "2026-06-28T15:44:07Z")
Wordle 1,835 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL INSET PUREE EMCEE ---
**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 28, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9064 "2026-06-28T16:11:36Z")
Wordle 1,835 4/6 🟦⬜⬜⬜🟧 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟧⬜⬜🟦🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST EDUCE EMCEE ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2026, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9065 "2026-06-28T16:37:48Z")
> **Wordle 1,835 5/6\* 6/28/2026** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 > ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 > ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > S_C_OOP β†’ Slow start, wasted O, try A & E and two WoFcons along with the C to get > TRA_C_ **E** β†’ Placed E is nice, cuts down on the spots for the C. I can try U and the last two WoFcons with > UN **C** L **E** β†’ Placed the C and not much else. Probably no Y. I? Let’s try > FI **C** H **E** β†’ Probably a second E. Before the E? Or after? Or, I can try both with > **EMCEE** > > Followup: 41/788, then 11/24 and 2/4, so after a pretty good followup, my guesses were thorougly mediocre - although each ranks higher than the solution. Scoredle’s third guess is the same as mine, though we got to that point via different routes; it then tries an elimination between two bogus words, completely ignoring the one valid solution in the set, and ends up with the same bogey as me. ---
**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 28, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9066 "2026-06-28T19:56:07Z")
Wordle 1,835 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS DEUCE EMCEE ---
**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 28, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9067 "2026-06-28T21:04:05Z")
Wordle 1,835 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 WORLD SAINT MUCKY EMCEE A double whiff! I’ll happily take the par after that. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9068 "2026-06-29T04:14:39Z")
Wordle 1,836 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CRUEL CRUDE ---
**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 29, 2026, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9069 "2026-06-29T07:51:07Z")
**Wordle 1,836 3/6 β€” 2026-06-29 Mon** β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **CRUDE** ---
**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 29, 2026, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9070 "2026-06-29T08:00:51Z")
Wordle 1,836 3/6\* \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[lime,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 P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\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 U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9071 "2026-06-29T09:39:50Z")
Wordle 1836 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE CRUDE Could’ve also been creme or curie (the unit of radioactivity); crepe, crime, and curve had been used. ---
**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 29, 2026, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9072 "2026-06-29T10:12:30Z")
Wordle 1,836 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Ficus Crumb Cruel Crude ---
**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 29, 2026, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9073 "2026-06-29T12:00:03Z")
Wordle 1,836 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL TREAD CRUDE ---
**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 29, 2026, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9074 "2026-06-29T12:36:30Z")
Wordle 1,836 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART LONER CREPE CRIME CRUDE ---
**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 29, 2026, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9075 "2026-06-29T12:40:06Z")
Wordle 1,836 3/6 πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE CRIME CRUDE Another Sea of Greens. ---
**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 29, 2026, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9076 "2026-06-29T13:21:15Z")
Wordle 1,836 3/6 πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE IMPED CRUDE the bot doesn’t like my second word, because it couldn’t be the answer. But i thought CRIPE might be possible, and wanted to hit it, too. ---
**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 29, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9077 "2026-06-29T13:26:03Z")
Wordle 1,836 4/6 β€” _NYT Average 3.5_ β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE PRONE GRIME CRUDE My 48th Sea of Green. ---
**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 29, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9078 "2026-06-29T14:34:05Z")
Wordle 1,8 **37** 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9079 "2026-06-29T14:54:34Z")
> **Wordle 1,836 5/6\* 6/29/2026** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 > 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > EM_C_E **E** β†’ Only one wasted E, so that’s a positive. I hope I don’t have an -ACE ending, but there’s only one way to find out > T **R** A_C_ **E** β†’ Nope, a two-letter trap instead. One vowel, one consonant, so that’s working for me. Try with an O (and a WoFcon) for > **CR** ON **E** β†’ Nope. Is it an I? > **CR** IM **E** β†’ Well, it certainly wasn’t that, since I already had the M down. A mostly wasted guess. So then it’s off to U with > **CRUDE** > Middle I for my fourth guess had two possible words, both bogus, so I should have gone right to the next vowel, which would have gotten me par. So, a misplay costs me a stroke. Or two strokes - Scoredle sinks the third try, with the only valid word out of seven at that point. Good day for the algorithm. ---
**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 29, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9080 "2026-06-29T15:52:57Z")
Wordle 1,836 2/6 🟧🟧⬜⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE CRUDE Woot! Extremely lucky guess, and I think the first β€˜two’ of the day here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=453) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=455)