# "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:** 467
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9321 "2026-07-16T04:19:13Z")
Wordle 1,853 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TUNES BUTTE ---
**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 16, 2026, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9322 "2026-07-16T06:14:21Z")
Wordle 1,853 4/6 **THURSDAY** ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO QUEER BUGLE BUTTE ---
**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 16, 2026, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9323 "2026-07-16T08:19:02Z")
\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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} ---
**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 16, 2026, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9324 "2026-07-16T09:43:31Z")
**Wordle 1,853 4/6 β€” 2026-07-16 Thu** β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **BUTTE** ---
**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:** [July 16, 2026, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9325 "2026-07-16T11:08:25Z")
Well, i failed yesterday’s, the first time I’d failed since the most recent time the NYT started keeping track. But i got today’s. Wordle 1,853 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE SLOTH QUITE BUTTE ---
**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 16, 2026, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9326 "2026-07-16T11:20:09Z")
Wordle 1,853 3/6 β€” _NYT Average 4.0_ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE ROUTE BUTTE ---
**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 16, 2026, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9327 "2026-07-16T12:27:50Z")
Wordle 1,853 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Amend Scope Butte ---
**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 16, 2026, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9328 "2026-07-16T14:11:32Z")
Wordle 1,8 **54** 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9329 "2026-07-16T14:30:53Z")
Wrong thread. ---
**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 16, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9330 "2026-07-16T14:32:04Z")
Wordle 1,853 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST ROUND QUITE BUTTE ---
**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 16, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9331 "2026-07-16T14:33:55Z")
Wordle 1,853 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟧 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜🟦🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST FLUTE BUTTE ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9332 "2026-07-16T14:45:30Z")
> **Wordle 1,853 5/6\* 7/16/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > PSHAW β†’ Whiff. I’ll try a good first word second… with two vowels, since I’ve only exercised one so far > _T_ON_E_R β†’ One consonant, one vowel, unplaced. One WoFcon left - I’ll focus on it and other consonants, not try to expand my vowels > L_E_ **T** CH β†’ Whoops, already had the H. And for what? Placed the T, not much else. E must be initial or terminal. Almost certainly not both. Thought about variations on the EXT- theme here, to no avail (EXTOL already gone, of course). Eventually settled on a German loanword > **B** I **TTE** β†’ Which made the solution a cinch > **BUTTE** > > Put a sleep between 3 & 4, which helped. Followup was 34/2984, third guess cut it down to seven possibles, so wasn’t as useless as I had thought. And then not taking a couple seconds of thought once I had settled on the fourth guess cost me - but in the end, success. Scoredle finishes in four, but with a 1-in-3 putt that comes up aces in the end. ---
**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 16, 2026, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9333 "2026-07-16T14:52:27Z")
Wordle 1,853 4/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL TRIED JETTY BUTTE ---
**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 16, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9334 "2026-07-16T15:03:18Z")
Wordle 1,853 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL URINE ABUSE BUTTE ---
**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 16, 2026, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9335 "2026-07-16T15:56:20Z")
Wordle 1,853 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SIGHT TENOR PLATE BUTTE Had it down to one word, but it took me forever to see it. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9336 "2026-07-16T16:25:30Z")
Wordle 1853 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE BUTTE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9337 "2026-07-17T04:31:56Z")
Wordle 1,854 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHALE DECAL PENAL LEGAL ---
**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 17, 2026, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9338 "2026-07-17T05:16:01Z")
Wordle 1,854 6/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 17, 2026, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9339 "2026-07-17T07:15:00Z")
Wordle 1,854 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO FRAME CHEAP VEGAN LEGAL ---
**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 17, 2026, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9340 "2026-07-17T07:45:29Z")
Wordle 1,854 3/6\* \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 M}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=466) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=468)