# "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:** 456
**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:** [July 1, 2026, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9101 "2026-07-01T12:08:17Z")
Wordle 1,838 5/6 — _NYT Average 4.1_ ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟨⬛🟩🟨 🟨🟩🟨🟩⬛ 🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE PROUD REDUX DEBUR DEMUR I just can’t seem to get a grasp on the words Wordle deems as unlikely (like my 4th guess). I feel like demur is just as unlikely a valid word as debur. Oh well. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9102 "2026-07-01T13:44:52Z")
**Wordle 1,838 4/6 — 2026-07-01 Wed** ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **DEMUR** ---
**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:** [July 1, 2026, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9103 "2026-07-01T14:03:12Z")
Wordle 1,838 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART RECUR FEMUR LEMUR DEMUR ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9104 "2026-07-01T14:42:47Z")
> **Wordle 1,838 5/6\* 7/1/2026** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ > 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ > 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > P_U_PPY → Slow start, _two_ wasted letters. Let me try… three WoFcons and an E for the followup > T_RUE_S → That’s not bad. But my next guess was, because I wasted another letter > _U_T_ER_O → and missed on the O, as well. So now I’m thinking a second E, so I tried > _R_ **E** V **U** E → and, after trying the R in both spots and looking my way through more consonants, decided to try > **DEMUR** > > Low skill, high luck today. Scoredle’s followup would have left me with one less letter, but my third guess was just awful and I had a 1-in-3 chance of a loss in the endgame (though I think one of the alternates was a recent solution?) On its own, Scoredle makes a remarkable birdie, selecting the solution out of 58 possibles. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9105 "2026-07-01T14:42:55Z")
Wordle 1,838 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL DEMON DEMUR ---
**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:** [July 1, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9106 "2026-07-01T15:41:23Z")
Wordle 1,838 6/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟦🟧🟦⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST MERRY LEMUR FEMUR DEMUR Yeesh. At least I’ve got lots of company. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9107 "2026-07-01T16:28:11Z")
Wordle 1,838 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL DEIST DEMUR ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9108 "2026-07-01T16:42:00Z")
Wordle 1,838 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADIEU CRUDE REDUX DEBUR DEMUR WTF is DEMUR!? Come on that’s not real. Never heard that word in my life. After DEBUR I was literally just plugging in every letter that was left and M was the very last one! I was actually thinking there was some kind of error and there wasn’t a word! ---
**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:** [July 1, 2026, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9109 "2026-07-01T21:41:41Z")
Wordle 1,838 4/6 ⬛🟦🟦⬛⬛ ⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧 ⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 QUEST LEMUR FEMUR DEMUR A very lucky second guess - which I was certain would score me a birdie. Grrr. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2026, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9110 "2026-07-01T23:30:20Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > WTF is DEMUR? It’s a verb, which essentially means to disagree with a statement. ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9111 "2026-07-02T00:28:40Z")
Thursday: Failed on hard Wordle 1,839 X/6\* ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEANT SNEAK CANED RAVEN HAVEN PAVENSomeone complained about Demur (which I do know) but have never heard of today’s correct answer, MAVEN ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9112 "2026-07-02T04:18:20Z")
Wordle 1,839 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LANCE WAXEN HAVEN MAVEN There were actually fewer options than I expected. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2026, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9113 "2026-07-02T07:49:04Z")
Wordle 1,839 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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} ! ---
**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:** [July 2, 2026, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9114 "2026-07-02T10:02:28Z")
Nicely done @pjd ! **Wordle 1,839 5/6 — 2026-07-02 Thu** ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** — _possible Wordles include began maven waken_ **BEGAN** **MAVEN** ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9115 "2026-07-02T10:49:12Z")
Wordle 1839 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT ADORN VEGAN MAVEN HAVEN had already been used. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2026, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9116 "2026-07-02T10:49:19Z")
Wordle 1,839 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL INSET RAVEN MAVEN ---
**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:** [July 2, 2026, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9117 "2026-07-02T11:53:21Z")
Wordle 1,839 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨 ⬛🟩🟨🟩⬛ 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE PANEL MIDST MAVEN ---
**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:** [July 2, 2026, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9118 "2026-07-02T13:01:07Z")
Wordle 1,839 4/6 — _NYT Average 4.3_ ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 ⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE PARED CAGEY MAVEN Still had 5 valid guesses that could’ve gone in the 4th guess. Got kinda lucky for once. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2026, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9119 "2026-07-02T13:28:29Z")
Wordle 1,839 4/6\* ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Imbue Medal Maker Maven ---
**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:** [July 2, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9120 "2026-07-02T14:26:35Z")
Wordle 1,839 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL RAVEN HAVEN MAVEN [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=455) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=457)