# "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:** 481
**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:** [August 3, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9601 "2026-08-03T13:36:15Z")
Wordle 1,871 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL FELON REPLY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9602 "2026-08-03T14:04:19Z")
> **Wordle 1,871 3/6\* 8/3/2026** > > 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 > 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _P_ **E** NA_L_ β†’ Hmmm. A shot at a two? LEAPS kinda jumps out at me here, but the β€œregular plurals” rule would mean trying something else if I did want to try for a two. I could make it irregular past tense with > _L_ **E** A_P_T β†’ Oh, duh, the A was out of play. I should have waited till I was awake. Some new letter (don’t think it can be E) for the initial, last 3 letters must be LP?, L?P, PL?, ?LP and that’s it. Probably the mystery last letter must be a vowel. DELPY? I mean, good actress, but… oh, wait, > **REPLY** > LEPER and (possibly) KELPY and LETUP were all that were left after the carryover, so if I had been thinking more clearly, a two was definitely possible. Scoredle’s algorithm fails it though; it picks a bogus word for its followup, then the wrong valid word third, leaving it with a tap-in par for the answer. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9603 "2026-08-03T14:41:34Z")
Wordle 1,8 **72** 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🐦 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**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:** [August 3, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9604 "2026-08-03T15:42:40Z")
Wordle 1,871 5/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟦 ⬜🟧🟦⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST QUEER MERRY REPLY Well, that was ugly. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2026, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9605 "2026-08-03T15:45:28Z")
Wordle 1,871 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 smite Greed Reach Reply ---
**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:** [August 3, 2026, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9606 "2026-08-03T16:03:43Z")
Wordle 1,871 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 GIANT LOSER CLERK MERLE REPLY I felt like my first two words throughout most of this. The RE\_LY combination did occur to me, but when I plugged in P there, I kept pronouncing it REP-ly in my head. And of course that’s not a word. Dummy. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2026, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9607 "2026-08-04T04:26:35Z")
Wordle 1,872 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO OPTIC MOTIF ---
**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:** [August 4, 2026, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9608 "2026-08-04T06:40:20Z")
Wordle 1,872 3/6 TUESDAY ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO TOPIC MOTIF ---
**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:** [August 4, 2026, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9609 "2026-08-04T07:02:22Z")
Wordle 1,872 3/6\* \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[silver,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} ---
**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 4, 2026, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9610 "2026-08-04T09:12:54Z")
**Wordle 1,872 5/6 β€” 2026-08-04 Tue** β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **VOMIT** **MOTIF** ---
**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:** [August 4, 2026, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9611 "2026-08-04T09:53:46Z")
Wordle 1,872 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL ROAST MOTIF ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2026, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9612 "2026-08-04T11:15:28Z")
Wordle 1872 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE MOTIF It helped that practically all the good possibilities had been used\*, leaving the solution with competition such as DOTTY and OUTGO. Easy choice. \*Given that there can only be about 500 unused words from Wardle’s original solutions list, this is getting more true all the time. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2026, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9613 "2026-08-04T11:49:07Z")
Wordle 1,872 4/6 β€” NYT Average 3.9 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE DROIT TONIC MOTIF ---
**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:** [August 4, 2026, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9614 "2026-08-04T11:51:36Z")
Wordle 1,872 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DAISY TIMER MOTIF ---
**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:** [August 4, 2026, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9615 "2026-08-04T13:17:16Z")
Wordle 1,872 3/6\* πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Finer Whiff Motif ---
**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:** [August 4, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9616 "2026-08-04T14:49:53Z")
Wordle 1,872 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟦⬜🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST MOTIF ---
**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:** [August 4, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9617 "2026-08-04T14:54:34Z")
Wordle 1,8 **73** 3/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🐦 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**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:** [August 4, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9618 "2026-08-04T14:54:53Z")
Wordle 1,872 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART STINK BITTY OPTIC MOTIF ---
**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:** [August 4, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9619 "2026-08-04T15:46:55Z")
Wordle 1,872 3/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ORBIT TONIC MOTIF I got off to a good start for a change, and didn’t screw it up for a change. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9620 "2026-08-04T16:13:31Z")
Wordle 1,872 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL BIGOT OPTIC MOTIF [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=480) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=482)