# "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:** 489
**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 14, 2026, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9761 "2026-08-14T04:44:07Z")
Wordle 1,882 3/6 **FRIDAY** ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO DOWSE GEODE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9762 "2026-08-14T04:53:14Z")
Wordle 1,882 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHONE CLOVE GEODE It took me about ten minutes of trying every possible combination to find the final answer. ---
**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 14, 2026, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9763 "2026-08-14T08:11:21Z")
Wordle 1,882 5/6\* \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,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 G}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\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 E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} ---
**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 14, 2026, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9764 "2026-08-14T12:38:37Z")
Wordle 1,882 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PEONY MEOWS GEOID GEODE ---
**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 14, 2026, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9765 "2026-08-14T13:12:25Z")
Wordle 1,882 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRAIN CLOUD GEODE ---
**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 14, 2026, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9766 "2026-08-14T13:16:00Z")
Wordle 1,882 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 World Audio Geode ---
**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 14, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9767 "2026-08-14T13:44:49Z")
Wordle 1,882 4/6 β€” NYT Average 4.2 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE PRONE EVOKE GEODE ---
**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 14, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9768 "2026-08-14T14:19:20Z")
Wordle 1,8 **83** 3/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🐦 πŸ˜‡ 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 14, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9769 "2026-08-14T14:42:21Z")
Wordle 1,882 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL DEIGN GEODE ---
**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 14, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9770 "2026-08-14T14:56:19Z")
Wordle 1,882 2/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL GEODE ---
**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:** [August 14, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9771 "2026-08-14T15:15:19Z")
Wordle 1,882 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS EVOKE GEODE Today i tied the bot, making most of the same guesses it would. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9772 "2026-08-14T15:20:05Z")
> **Wordle 1,882 5/6\* 8/14/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 > 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩🟨🟨🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CRASH β†’ Whiff. I’ve had a lot of these lately… I really want to get a lot vowels out there, along at least one WoFcon, and I can do that with > YI_E_L_D_ β†’ And the D is an unexpected surprise. Let me double up on the found vowel with a word that also gets the last two WoFcons > _D_ **E** NT **E** β†’ Huh. Found 'em both. A solution without WoFcons. Try the D in the middle, then it could be > W **E** _DG_ **E** β†’ But it’s not. D in fourth. ?EGDE\* goes nowhere, so GE?DE, looks like > **GEODE** > There was a massive -DGE trap that I didn’t see until it was too late; fortunately it did not contain the solution. My crucial third guess was 15/60, but it KOed most of the trap, leaving me with a virtual 50-50 shot at par (which I then missed). Scoredle takes a very different path; it guesses the third and last letters with its second guess, places them with its third, then differentiates between four widely varied valid words with its penultimate guess, leaving it with a tap-in bogey. An elegant use of elimination by the algorithm. ---
**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 14, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9773 "2026-08-14T15:55:26Z")
Wordle 1,882 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟧 ⬜🟦⬜⬜⬜ 🟦⬜🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST ELOPE GEODE ---
**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 14, 2026, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9774 "2026-08-14T23:38:31Z")
Wordle 1,882 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 World Audio Geode ---
**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 15, 2026, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9775 "2026-08-15T00:08:31Z")
Wordle 1,882 5/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OPERA STOLE CHOKE GNOME GEODE Consonants were elusive today, then I had to double up on an already-placed vowel. Tough one. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9776 "2026-08-15T04:42:50Z")
Wordle 1,883 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHONE CLOSE LOOSE ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9777 "2026-08-15T06:31:53Z")
Wordle 1,883 X/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 15, 2026, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9778 "2026-08-15T07:43:41Z")
Wordle 1,883 4/6\* \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,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 S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\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:** [August 15, 2026, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9779 "2026-08-15T09:45:34Z")
**Wordle 1,883 3/6 β€” 2026-08-15 Sat** πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **LOOSE** ---
**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 15, 2026, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9780 "2026-08-15T11:25:13Z")
Wordle 1,883 4/6 SATURDAY ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO POESY GORSE LOOSE [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=488) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=490)