# "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:** 459
**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 5, 2026, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9161 "2026-07-05T12:56:08Z")
Wordle 1,842 4/6 β€” _NYT Average 4.1_ πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE SHARP SMACK SWAMI ---
**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 5, 2026, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9162 "2026-07-05T13:46:22Z")
Wordle 1,842 3/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Admit Miasm Swami ---
**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:** [July 5, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9163 "2026-07-05T14:21:53Z")
Wordle 1,8 **43** 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ€ͺ Ai assisted 🦘 ---
**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 5, 2026, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9164 "2026-07-05T14:24:50Z")
Yesterday: β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› CHIEF TRAIN MISAL Then I wracked my brain for a while trying to find _any_ word that fit, decided to set it aside and come back later, went to a baseball game and then a bar, and eventually to bed having forgotten all about Wordle. For what it’s worth, PIZZA was the only legit word left. Oh well. Today: Wordle 1,842 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 RIFLE SAINT SWAMI Muck quicker and easier this morning! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9165 "2026-07-05T14:58:58Z")
> **Wordle 1,842 4/6\* 7/5/2026** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ > 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > P_I_ZZ_A_ β†’ Well, that’s not bad, though very vowel-heavy. I can try three WoFcons along with those vowels via > TR **A** _I_N β†’ A placed - and well-placed; it takes a spot where the I could have otherwise gone - but not a lot of help. I thought a lot about words that fit in here, and (the next morning) decided to try the I in first > _IM_ **A** GE β†’ Betcha that M goes in fourth, and so then I took a look at the S and it came to me > **SWAMI** > > Third guess was 4/17; final one was a tap-in, so I was pretty lucky with my guesses, especially since the letter I picked up with that third guess was so important to finishing with a par. Scoredle also pars, with all yellows before the finish - evidence that an elimination strategy works well, especially when you have the word list! ---
**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 5, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9166 "2026-07-05T15:14:59Z")
Wordle 1,842 4/6 πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL SOAPY SWARM SWAMI ---
**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 5, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9167 "2026-07-05T15:23:05Z")
Wordle 1,842 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL ASTIR SIGMA SWAMI ---
**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 5, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9168 "2026-07-05T15:26:39Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > > [@pjd](#): > > > > Strange… that should be rendered into the colored blocks by discourse/your browser…it is for everyone else ! > > I’d never had a problem with your posts in this thread before, but going back, all your old posts are messed up for me as well. I wonder if it was caused by Firefox’s latest update. I just had it update earlier this morning. It’s not a Firefox thing. I had the same thing happen on Safari. ---
**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 5, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9169 "2026-07-05T15:48:37Z")
Wordle 1,842 4/6 ⬜⬜🟧⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟦🟦⬜ ⬜⬜🟧🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST PLAID SWAMI Would have been a three except for an attack of the dumb-ass. ---
**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 5, 2026, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9170 "2026-07-05T17:01:54Z")
Wordle 1,842 4/6\* 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL SHARK SPAWN SWAMI ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2026, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9171 "2026-07-05T19:35:41Z")
Wordle 1842 4/6 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CAMPY SWARM SWAMI ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9172 "2026-07-05T20:22:04Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > It’s not a Firefox thing. I had the same thing happen on Safari. Everything’s fine now with pjd’s posts for me on Firefox. Are you still having problems with them on Safari? ---
**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 6, 2026, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9173 "2026-07-06T04:03:53Z")
Nope. It seems to have been resolved. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9174 "2026-07-06T04:14:57Z")
Wordle 1,843 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO STOLE TOUCH TODDY ---
**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:** [July 6, 2026, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9175 "2026-07-06T04:46:40Z")
Wordle 1,843 2/6 Monday ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO TODDY Ha! That was an awesome guess… that’s my third two-fer, makes up for having my streak broken by my holiday. ---
**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 6, 2026, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9176 "2026-07-06T07:57:27Z")
Wordle 1,843 5/6\* \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[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 P}\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 N}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\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 O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \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 D}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} ---
**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 6, 2026, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9177 "2026-07-06T08:56:44Z")
**Wordle 1,843 4/6 β€” 2026-07-06 Mon** β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **PUNCH** **DOILY** **TODDY** ---
**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 6, 2026, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9178 "2026-07-06T11:25:07Z")
Wordle 1,843 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Relic Pouty Toady Toddy ---
**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 6, 2026, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9179 "2026-07-06T11:58:29Z")
Wordle 1,843 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PARSE OUGHT DITTO TODDY ---
**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 6, 2026, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9180 "2026-07-06T12:53:11Z")
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