# "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 3)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451>\
**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")\
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**Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9401 "2026-07-21T07:47:00Z")

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**Wordle 1,858 3/6 — 2026-07-21 Tue**

🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛  
⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

**STARE**  
 **DOILY** — _the Wordle could be shill skill spill swill; of these, previous Wordles have not been shill_  
 **SHILL**

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**Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9402 "2026-07-21T07:52:38Z")

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Wordle 1,858 6/6\*

\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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}  
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}  
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}  
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}  
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}

🙄

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9403 "2026-07-21T10:59:38Z")

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Yesterday:

Wordle 1857 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLANT  
CHORE  
DIVEY  
DIVER

The situation I was in after 2 pops up often enough to be aggravating - there are too many damned words that end in ER that don’t have any of those other eight letters, including more than 20 that haven’t been used yet. My sleuth word at 3 is the best I’ve been able to come up with for this situation, and obviously it worked out well yesterday. But I always breathe a sigh of relief if I manage a 4.

Today:

Wordle 1858 2/6

🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLANT  
SHILL

There were about a half-dozen unused possibilities after 1, and I got lucky.

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**Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9404 "2026-07-21T12:21:32Z")

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Wordle 1,858 3/6\*

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛  
⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Ingot  
Crimp  
Shill

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**Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9405 "2026-07-21T12:43:50Z")

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Wordle 1,858 2/6\*

🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

STEAL  
SHILL

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**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 21, 2026, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9406 "2026-07-21T12:56:52Z")

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Wordle 1,858 6/6 — _NYT Average 4.5_

🟩🟨⬛⬛⬛  
🟩⬛🟨🟨⬛  
🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩  
🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩  
🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLATE  
SOLID  
SPILL  
SKILL  
SWILL  
SHILL

I got em all!

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**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 21, 2026, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9407 "2026-07-21T13:52:31Z")

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Wordle 1,858 3/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

HEART  
SHINY  
SHILL

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**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 21, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9408 "2026-07-21T14:12:51Z")

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Wordle 1,858 4/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛  
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟨  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

CRANE  
TOILS  
PAWKY  
SHILL

that third one isn’t much of a word, but it’s in the dictionary and it eliminated all but one of the possibilities.

The wordlebot choice was whisk, which works as well as pawky and is a real word. It gave me full marks for my choice, though.

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**Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9409 "2026-07-21T14:19:11Z")

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Wordle 1,8 **59** 3/6

⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜  
⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🐦 🥴 Ai birdie!!!🦘

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**Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9410 "2026-07-21T14:55:30Z")

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Wordle 1,858 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟦⬜🟧🟦⬜  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

CRANE  
HOIST  
SHILL

Second word saved me from the trap.

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**Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9411 "2026-07-21T14:55:55Z")

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> **Wordle 1,858 6/6\* 7/21/2026**
>
> ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
> 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩  
> 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩  
> 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩  
> 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩  
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> 
> D_I_VER → Slow start, let’s go with A and three WoFcons  
> **S** NA_I_ **L** → So I’s in the middle, might have a double-L, this looks ike a trap in the making  
> **S** P **ILL** → Sure enough. H, K, T… W, so I’m not safe. Nothing to do but try 'em and see  
> **S** T **ILL** → Nope  
> **S** K **ILL** → 50-50  
> **SHILL**
> 
> Went from 1-in-4 chance of loss to 1-in-2, but pulled it out. Second six in a row, despite 46/1014 followup because it landed me directly in the trap. Scoredle also went the distance, but a better guess for its followup took out one trap word, and it was safe despite taking a double bogey.

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**Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9412 "2026-07-21T15:03:44Z")

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Wordle 1,858 4/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛  
⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
GUIDE  
SHINY  
SHILL

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**Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9413 "2026-07-21T15:45:05Z")

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Wordle 1,858 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

YODEL  
KNURL  
FATAL  
SHILL

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**Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9414 "2026-07-21T15:53:57Z")

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Wordle 1,858 4/6

🟧🟧⬛⬛⬛  
🟧🟧⬛⬛⬛  
🟧🟧🟧⬛⬛  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

SHOUT  
SHARE  
SHINY  
SHILL

The SH right at the start was a stroke of luck and kept me out of the S\_ILL trap. Nevertheless, there were too many options for an easy birdie. I feel good about the par in this case.

Sea of Greens (Oranges) #100!

[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55409364388_461da1f855_b.jpg "IMG\_1063") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/195486993@N02/55409364388/)

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**Post date:** [July 22, 2026, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9415 "2026-07-22T04:34:24Z")

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Wordle 1,859 4/6

⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜  
⬜🟨🟨🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

HEART  
SPURN  
GLORY  
LORRY

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**Post date:** [July 22, 2026, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9416 "2026-07-22T07:32:20Z")

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Wordle 1,859 4/6 WEDNESDAY

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩  
🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

AUDIO  
POESY  
ROCKY  
LORRY - this was just a feeler word for the position of the R. Lucky!

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**Post date:** [July 22, 2026, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9417 "2026-07-22T07:37:57Z")

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**Wordle 1,859 3/6 — 2026-07-22 Wed**  
⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛  
⬛🟩⬛🟨🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩  
 **STARE**  
 **DOILY**  
 **LORRY**

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**Post date:** [July 22, 2026, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9418 "2026-07-22T07:44:19Z")

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Wordle 1,859 X/6\*

\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[yellow,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}  
\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}  
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}  
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y}  
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y}  
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y}

Bugger.

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**Post date:** [July 22, 2026, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9419 "2026-07-22T10:16:31Z")

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Wordle 1859 3/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLANT  
CHORE  
LORRY

🎶 _Old man sittin’ by the side of the road with the lorries rollin’ by…_ 🎶

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**Post date:** [July 22, 2026, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9420 "2026-07-22T11:30:37Z")

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Wordle 1,859 3/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
SHORE  
LORRY

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