# "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:** 460
**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 6, 2026, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9181 "2026-07-06T12:54:37Z")
Wordle 1,843 6/6 β€” _NYT Average 4.1_ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE TROMP TOUCH TOXIN TOFFY TODDY Not sure why Wordle accepts words it deems β€œinvalid” or β€œuncommon”. Either it’s a word or it isn’t. Why sting me for it? ---
**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 6, 2026, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9182 "2026-07-06T13:08:43Z")
Wordle 1,843 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART STOOL YOUTH TOFFY TODDY ---
**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:** [July 6, 2026, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9183 "2026-07-06T13:11:27Z")
Wordle 1,843 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot Skill 88/99 Luck 75/99 ---
**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 6, 2026, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9184 "2026-07-06T14:16:23Z")
Wordle 1,8 **44** 5/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ™„ Ai assisted 🀷 🦘 ---
**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 6, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9185 "2026-07-06T15:03:25Z")
Wordle 1,843 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL DIRTY TODDY ---
**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 6, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9186 "2026-07-06T15:26:08Z")
Wordle 1,843 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧⬜⬜🟦 ⬜🟧🟦⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST POTTY TODDY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9187 "2026-07-06T15:32:20Z")
> **Wordle 1,843 4/6\* 7/6/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SWAMI β†’ Whiff, giving us an O+E+WoFcons followup, in this case an invalid one but it checks all the boxes > **T** R_O_NE β†’ Placed D, good, added O, good. U and Y remain of the vowels, it’d be nice to try both but TOULY isn’t a word… I guess I’ll give U a shot first > **TO** UGH β†’ No luck. If there’s a terminal Y, what should I try in the middle - perhaps a hot > **TODDY** > > My third guess was 9/11 (with 3 valid guesses), but I prefer it to Scoredle’s proposal because it locked in a par. Scoredle’s followup uses three vowels, so it places two letters from the outset; after one more largely eliminational guess, it sinks a 50-50 putt for a par. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9188 "2026-07-06T16:46:44Z")
I got today’s Wordle in four guesses. My fourth guess was the only word I could think of that fit the pattern, but I had doubts that it was right because it struck me as a very obscure word. I knew what it meant because my father used to make me one whenever I had a cold: whiskey, lemon juice, honey, and boiling hot water; you were supposed to drink it fast before the alcohol had time to evaporate. It’s not the sort of word I see or hear often at all. Gemini tells me it is a rarer word than **myrrh** which I seem to recall a lot of people complained about for being too obscure (but maybe not in this thread). In that case, I suppose it was the obscurity of the spelling rather than the word itself that bothered people. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9189 "2026-07-07T04:27:57Z")
Wordle 1,844 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHINE SLING ---
**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 7, 2026, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9190 "2026-07-07T05:42:21Z")
Wordle 1,844 4/6 TUESDAY ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO PRIME SKILL SLING ---
**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 7, 2026, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9191 "2026-07-07T07:36:02Z")
Wordle 1,844 6/6\* \bbox[yellow,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \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 I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9192 "2026-07-07T10:14:37Z")
Yesterday: Wordle 1843 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE MOTIF TODDY POUTY had been used; GOUTY seemed unlikely. Today: Wordle 1844 2/6 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT SLING After 1, there was just the SLING - SLUNG - SLINK - SLUNK quadrilateral. Whichever one I went with, the worst case was a 3. SLUNG was the only one that had been used, and early enough that a re-use wasn’t out of the question. So I chose one, and got lucky. ---
**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 7, 2026, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9193 "2026-07-07T12:11:28Z")
**Wordle 1,844 3/6 β€” 2026-07-07 Tue** πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **SLING** β€” _slice slick slime smile spill swill had all been used before_ ---
**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 7, 2026, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9194 "2026-07-07T13:32:02Z")
Wordle 1,844 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL SMILY SLING ---
**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:** [July 7, 2026, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9195 "2026-07-07T13:45:20Z")
Wordle 1,844 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot Skill 85/99 Luck 36/99 ---
**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 7, 2026, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9196 "2026-07-07T14:05:09Z")
Wordle 1,844 2/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 REIGN SLING A great start! Still about 20 legit words left, though, so I got some luck for the eagle. It’s been a while! ---
**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 7, 2026, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9197 "2026-07-07T14:07:45Z")
Wordle 1,8 **45** 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🐦 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 7, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9198 "2026-07-07T14:33:12Z")
Wordle 1,844 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL SLAIN SLING ---
**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 7, 2026, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9199 "2026-07-07T14:50:35Z")
Wordle 1,844 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟧⬜ ⬜⬜🟧🟦⬜ 🟧⬜🟧🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST SPINY SLING ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9200 "2026-07-07T15:04:03Z")
> **Wordle 1,844 3/6\* 7/7/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > TODDY β†’ Whiff, and a wasted D. I’ll go with a well-loved followup > RE_N_A_L_ β†’ All this and no vowels. I can’t see a word that exercises both of us (U and I) so I’ll try one, along with S and the two known WoFcons, mix together and add another consonant for… > **SLING** > > I was pretty surprised when the letters kept coming up green - I hadn’t thought a solve likely. The answer was a good exploratory guess, at 2/31, but with something like 15-19 valids at that point, it took some luck to get the right one. Scoredle has some bad luck, guessing the order wrong on the remaining vowels at 3, then missing a 1-in-3 par putt that fortunately leaves a tap-in bogey. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=459) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=461)