# "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:** 488
**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 12, 2026, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9741 "2026-08-12T13:12:03Z")
Wordle 1,880 5/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Aloud Fiery Hissy Zippy Wimpy ---
**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 12, 2026, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9742 "2026-08-12T13:41:39Z")
Wordle 1,880 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL PINKY DIPPY WIMPY ---
**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 12, 2026, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9743 "2026-08-12T14:57:50Z")
Wordle 1,880 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL AUNTY RISKY WIMPY ---
**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 12, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9744 "2026-08-12T15:22:41Z")
Wordle 1,8 **81** 2/6 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🦅 💫 no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 12, 2026, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9745 "2026-08-12T15:38:29Z")
Wordle 1,880 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL DROWN WIMPY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9746 "2026-08-12T15:39:03Z")
> **Wordle 1,880 5/6\* 8/12/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > FENCE → Whiff. Sets up a good first guess second… > ROAST → Double whiff!! So here, I tried to construct words that hall all of L, U, I, Y and one other constant - and failed utterly. So I threw out U on the basis that it would be easy to look at U words if I know that I and Y were out, and settled on > _IMP_L **Y** → which might be one of my best transitional guesses ever - from double whiff to four letters, one placed. But since my knee has been a little sore lately, I naturally went for > G **IMPY** → before I tried > **WIMPY** > > Despite my followup being an anagram of Scoredle’s recommendation, it is nowhere in the algorithm’s top 120. Then, my guesses went 43/169 and 2/4 (so close!) before the clincher. Scoredle uses the vowel I rejected for its third guess; it misses, but elimination and placing the last three letters gives it a sweet par. ---
**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 12, 2026, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9747 "2026-08-12T16:16:45Z")
Wordle 1,880 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ ⬜🟧⬜⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST FIZZY WIMPY ---
**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 13, 2026, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9748 "2026-08-13T04:21:06Z")
Wordle 1,881 5/6 **THURSDAY** 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO FRAME CRACK CRAZY CRASH ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9749 "2026-08-13T04:22:58Z")
Wordle 1,881 3/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHARE CRASH ---
**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 13, 2026, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9750 "2026-08-13T07:43:24Z")
Wordle 1,881 3/6\* \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9751 "2026-08-13T08:41:44Z")
Yesterday: Wordle 1880 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY WIMPY Today: Wordle 1881 2/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CRASH Lots of possibilities after 1, but all but ABASH and CRASH had been used, and of the used possibilities, only ABASE and CRASS were in what I call the ‘ripe to reuse’ zone (Wordles 1-199). I still prefer unused over reused, and barring reuse of a later solution, worst case with CRASH would be a 3. Got the best case instead. 🙂 ---
**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 13, 2026, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9752 "2026-08-13T09:48:12Z")
**Wordle 1,881 4/6 — 2026-08-13 Thu** 🟨⬛🟩🟨⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **CRASH** ---
**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 13, 2026, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9753 "2026-08-13T11:57:29Z")
Wordle 1,881 3/6 ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PASTE CLOUD CRASH ---
**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 13, 2026, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9754 "2026-08-13T12:37:06Z")
Wordle 1,881 3/6 — NYT Average 3.4 🟨⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟨🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHASM CRASH ---
**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 13, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9755 "2026-08-13T14:29:12Z")
Wordle 1,8 **82** 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😇 no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 13, 2026, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9756 "2026-08-13T14:36:28Z")
Wordle 1,881 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL ASTIR SWARM CRASH ---
**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 13, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9757 "2026-08-13T14:41:42Z")
Wordle 1,881 3/6 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART ROACH CRASH ---
**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 13, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9758 "2026-08-13T15:19:00Z")
Wordle 1,881 4/6 🟧🟧🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE - oh good, a trap right out of the hole CRAFT - as it turns out, if I’d used my usual “hoist”, I’d have gotten in three CRAWL CRASH ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9759 "2026-08-13T16:17:42Z")
> **Wordle 1,881 6/6\* 8/13/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > WIMPY → A not unexpected whiff, providing a classic followup > _S_L **A** TE → If it’s not ASADA, that S is probably in fourth. I’ll check this (and a remaining WoFcon) with > GN **ASH** → Oh good! Oh no! Paging Admiral Ackbar! There’s one word with a vowel I have to try now or it may haunt me in the endgame > QU **ASH** → Probably a bad move, percentagewise, but it makes me feel better. One WoFcon left, let’s try it > B **RASH** → Sure enough. Last word. I don’t see any other possibles, so let’s try > **CRASH** > > Scoredle recommended a third guess for me (placing the yellow) that would have been much better, giving me the three middle greens and thus eliminating my nervous fourth guess. Even with that, I had little hope for the par other than sheer luck after the carryover whiffed. Scoredle gets that par, but has to win the cointoss for it; the algorithm’s luck was my “Phew”. ---
**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 13, 2026, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9760 "2026-08-13T16:20:05Z")
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