# "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:** 465
**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 13, 2026, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9281 "2026-07-13T13:56:27Z")
Wordle 1,850 6/6 β€” _NYT Average 4.1_ πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE STORM STOCK STONY STOOP STOUT Another white-knuckler for me. Yikes. ---
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Wordle 1,850 4/6\* 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL STRIP STUNK STOUT ---
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Wordle 1,850 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Ghoul Scour Stout ---
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Wordle 1,850 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE SOUTH could be scout, snout, spout, stout PANIC not scout snout spout STOUT ---
**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 13, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9285 "2026-07-13T15:27:53Z")
Wordle 1,850 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟦⬜🟦🟧 🟧⬜🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE - hate it when that happens HOIST SPOUT STOUT ---
**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 13, 2026, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9286 "2026-07-13T17:49:41Z")
Wordle 1,850 6/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 READY UNTIL SCOUT SPOUT SHOUT STOUT Grrrr. Wasn’t thinking about a doubled letter, as usual. ---
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Wordle 1,8 **51** 5/6 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 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:** [July 13, 2026, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9288 "2026-07-13T22:23:38Z")
> **Wordle 1,850 3/6\* 7/13/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CLACK β†’ Whiff, and a wasted C, and if I combine O and E with three WoFcons, I can get > _T_R **O** NE β†’ Kinda glad I didn’t anagram TONER here - I ended up with the O placed. OK, let’s try the last WoFcon, try to place that T by doubling it up, and throw in another vowel for good measure > **STOUT** > > A very lucky birdie, though I would note that the guess that clinched it was 4/56, so somewhat skillful too. Scoredle also gets a birdie; after its followup, the first four words are the trap that vexed so many today, so also skillful in avoiding a possible loss by jumping into that trap suffficiently early. ---
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Wordle 1,851 5/6 **TUESDAY** 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO FRAME CHEAP STEAL STEAK ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9290 "2026-07-14T07:05:38Z")
Wordle 1,851 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO STALE STEAM STEAK ---
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I won the coin toss. **Wordle 1,851 2/6 β€” 2026-07-14 Tue** πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **STEAK** ---
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Wordle 1,851 5/6\* \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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} ---
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Wordle 1,851 4/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9294 "2026-07-14T09:55:12Z")
Yesterday: Wordle 1850 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT WHORE SCOOT STOUT After 2, the possibilities were down to SCOUT, SPOUT, STOUT, and SCOOT. The first three had already been used, but it felt like about time for another recycled solution, and STOUT (Wordle #65) was well within the β€˜zone of reusability.’ I went with SCOOT anyway at 3, and settled for the 4. Today: Wordle 1851 2/6 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT STEAK There were several other possibilities, but all but STEAK and SATYR had been used. As noted above, my hunches are unreliable, and in this case I overrode my gut telling me to go with SATYR and went with the more common choice. One of Scoredle’s alternatives was β€˜strag’ which I found amusing because it is the shorthand for β€˜nonhitchhiker’ in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, mentioned in its entry on the subject of towels. ---
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Wordle 1,851 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL URINE STEAK ---
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Wordle 1,851 2/6\* 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I thought I had it in one! STEAL STEAK ---
**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 14, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9297 "2026-07-14T13:23:35Z")
Wordle 1,851 4/6 β€” _NYT Average 3.7_ πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE MOVER SWEAT STEAK I probably could’ve handled this better, and getting so many letters on your first hit can sometimes seem like a gift, but in this case, I could think of a thousand words those letters could make. So I went sleuthing a little with my 2nd guess, but probably could’ve chosen a better word for that. Anyhow, I got there without too much trouble. ---
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Wordle 1,851 6/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PARTY NOISE STEAL STEAM STEAD STEAK Ugh. That’s what I get for doing Wordle before coffee. ---
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Wordle 1,851 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART STEAM STEAL STEAK ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9300 "2026-07-14T14:54:22Z")
> **Wordle 1,851 4/6\* 7/14/2026** > > 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > **ST** OUT β†’ OK, not bad, I definitely want to exercise E and A, so > **STEA** M β†’ Not that. L? > **STEA** L β†’ Nope. Mmmm, hungry > **STEAK** > STEAD was also possible, along with a couple of bogus options, so I was substantially safe. Scoredle wins a 50-50 for bogey (the alternate being my second guess) so I suppose things could have gone worse. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=464) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=466)