# "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:** 478
**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 30, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9541 "2026-07-30T14:14:10Z")
Wordle 1,8 **68** 2/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ¦… πŸ˜‡ no Ai πŸ’« 🦘 ---
**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 30, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9542 "2026-07-30T14:46:48Z")
Wordle 1,867 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL FELON FLIER FLUKE FLUME ---
**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 30, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9543 "2026-07-30T14:51:01Z")
Wordle 1,867 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL LITRE SABLE PLUME FLUME ---
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Wordle 1,867 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟧 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST - not much to go on, but they’re likely a β€˜u’ in there EXUDE FLUME - lucky guess ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9545 "2026-07-31T04:36:44Z")
Wordle 1,868 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CRUEL NURSE PURSE ---
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Wordle 1,868 4/6 FRIDAY ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO QUERY RUCHE PURSE ---
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Wordle 1,868 3/6\* \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[yellow,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\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 31, 2026, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9548 "2026-07-31T08:40:30Z")
I won the coin toss. **Wordle 1,868 2/6 β€” 2026-07-31 Fri** πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** β€” _the Wordle could be curse horse nurse prose purse reuse rinse rouse verse worse; of these, previous Wordles have not been purse rinse_ **PURSE** ---
**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 31, 2026, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9549 "2026-07-31T11:52:57Z")
Wordle 1,868 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE CURSE PURSE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9550 "2026-07-31T11:55:53Z")
Wordle 1868 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE PURSE VERSE and REUSE had already been used. The latter was the solution to Wordle #1449, so it probably won’t be REUSEd anytime soon. πŸ˜‰ ---
**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 31, 2026, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9551 "2026-07-31T13:04:48Z")
Wordle 1,868 3/6 β€” _NYT Average 3.5_ πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE HORSE PURSE ---
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Wordle 1,868 2/6\* 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL PURSE Sweet! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9553 "2026-07-31T14:33:59Z")
Forgot to post yesterday’s. > **Wordle 1,867 5/6\* 7/30/2026** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 > ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > VA_L_V **E** β†’ Wasted V. Move L, two WoFcons and and vowel, and for some reason I see I before O in a place where both could go > STI_L_ **E** β†’ Not much help there. R and N still out there, I can check one of them with > C **L** ON **E** β†’ Pretty much has to be a U in there. Looking a little traplike, only one place for the R, but I don’t see a word with it, so > K **LU** G **E** β†’ Time to chase some consonants > **FLUME** > > 58/197, 2/50, then back to 10/16 and a 1-in-3-valid for the final putt, another possible which eluded my notice until I saw it on Scoredle. The algorithm finishes in 4, with a 1-in-2 shot at the final that was not a fluke. > **Wordle 1,868 4/6\* 7/31/2026** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > FL_U_M **E** β†’ Not a bad start. I’m a little consonant-poor, so when I see a word that covers three WoFcons I jump on it > N **URSE** β†’ Looking at the possibles, P or C? > C **URSE** β†’ Guessed wrong. > **PURSE** > > Also a possible with B, but that is likely bogus. Scoredle gets the 1-in-3 correct on its first try, thus ending with a birdie. ---
**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 31, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9554 "2026-07-31T14:40:01Z")
Wordle 1,868 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART LONER CRUDE SURGE PURSE ---
**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 31, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9555 "2026-07-31T14:54:48Z")
Wordle 1,868 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL URINE PURSE ---
**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 31, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9556 "2026-07-31T15:02:44Z")
Wordle 1,8 **69** 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ No Ai 🍏 🦘 ---
**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 31, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9557 "2026-07-31T15:32:44Z")
Wordle 1,867 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AGILE FLUTE FLUME I typed AGILE over my morning coffee yesterday. Didn’t immediately think of a good follow-up, so I set it aside for a bit. Lying in bed at about 11:30 pm, I realized I hadn’t finished, so I grabbed my phone. 20 seconds or so later I had this birdie in the bag. Funny how that works sometimes. Wordle 1,868 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 LARGE NURSE PURSE Another sea of whatever color you like, and a winning coin toss! ---
**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 31, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9558 "2026-07-31T15:50:49Z")
Wordle 1,868 3/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟧 ⬜⬜⬜🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST PURSE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2026, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9559 "2026-08-01T05:06:14Z")
Wordle 1,869 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUNES SKULL SLUMP SLUSH ---
**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:** [August 1, 2026, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9560 "2026-08-01T06:29:18Z")
I won yet another coin toss. **Wordle 1,869 3/6 β€” 2026-08-01 Sat** πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** β€” _the Wordle could be scull skulk skull sluff slump slung slunk slush; of these, previous Wordles have not been scull skulk sluff slunk slush; of these the most likely Wordles include skulk slush_ **SLUSH** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=477) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=479)