# "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:** 49
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/961 "2025-01-31T12:20:29Z")
Wordle 1322 2/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 15 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT TOAST BEAST, BOAST, COAST, and FEAST had already been used, leaving ROAST, TOAST, YEAST, and possibly AVAST. Pick one of those first two and go from there; picked the right one. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/962 "2025-01-31T16:23:54Z")
Wordle 1,322 2/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Lessee, AVAST, BLAST, ROAST, TOAST. Welp, better get started) TOAST (BAM!) ---
**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:** [January 31, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/963 "2025-01-31T16:29:31Z")
Wordle 1,322 4/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ANISE ROAST COAST TOAST Good choice at two! BOAST COAST TOAST… Stay in hard mode or guarantee a four with a sleuth word? I took my chances and got the four anyway. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/964 "2025-01-31T16:40:07Z")
Wordle 1,322 4/6 ⬜🟦⬜🟦⬜ ⬜🟧🟧⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PAEON ROACH BOAST - My first inclination was β€˜toast’, but n-o-o-o-o. TOAST ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/965 "2025-01-31T16:40:44Z")
> **Wordle 1,322 5/6\* 1/31/2025** > > ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > F_A_L **S** E -\>That’s a pretty good start, and it sets up a good first guess second. So > R **OAST** β†’ Oh, great. I’m sure we’ve had one or two fills of this trap already, and yet I refuse to go with a used words list. Well, try 'em one by one > C **OAST** β†’ Nope. > B **OAST** β†’ Not that either. What am I missing? Oh, right duplicate letter… > **TOAST** > > One of the fastest and most frustrating fives I’ve registered in this game. Scoredle has a word with an H in there as well - seems pretty darn bogus to me. Scoredle also finishes in five, KOing the worst of the trap before it is sprung. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/966 "2025-01-31T17:39:54Z")
Wordle 1,322 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST ROAST TOAST ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/967 "2025-02-01T06:51:35Z")
Wordle 1,323 2/6 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO RIVET ---
**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:** [February 1, 2025, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/968 "2025-02-01T08:11:38Z")
Wow @psychobunny ! β€’ **Wordle 1,323 4/6 β€” 2025-02-01** β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **BOUND** **CRIMP** **RIVET** ---
**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:** [February 1, 2025, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/969 "2025-02-01T10:11:00Z")
Wordle 1,323 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\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 S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned} 😲 Thought of RIVER first but decided to try RIVET for letter elimination purposes in case both were wrong… usually when i don’t go with my first choice i regret it ! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/970 "2025-02-01T11:08:36Z")
Wordle 1323 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 182 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 20 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE RIVET After 2, I came up with a list of a half-dozen possible solutions. The first five I checked had all been used, fortunately the sixth one hadn’t. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/971 "2025-02-01T13:12:23Z")
Wordle 1,323 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ATONE CHEST QUIET RIVET ---
**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:** [February 1, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/972 "2025-02-01T13:12:57Z")
Wordle 1,323 3/6\* πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Trial Inter Rivet ---
**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:** [February 1, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/973 "2025-02-01T15:56:41Z")
Wordle 1,323 4/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PAEON - not much help SLIDE - still not much help RIVER - lucky guess RIVET ---
**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:** [February 1, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/974 "2025-02-01T15:59:50Z")
Wordle 1,323 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (??E?T maybe.) INERT (I like the amount of letters available.) RIVET (That works.) ---
**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:** [February 1, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/975 "2025-02-01T17:34:45Z")
Wordle 1,323 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CANOE RESET RIVET Only choice left for a quick birdie! ---
**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:** [February 1, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/976 "2025-02-01T18:02:13Z")
Wordle 1,323 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST EIGHT RIVET ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/977 "2025-02-01T18:21:19Z")
> **Wordle 1,323 3/6\* 2/1/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟨⬜🟨🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > TOAS **T** β†’ Thought for a second I had whiffed. E & I and two WoFcons on the way… can’t think of one with an N, so I’ll go with > **R** _E_L_I_ **T** β†’ RIE?T goes nowhere, ditto R?IET, so RI?ET it is, so > **RIVET** > > Scoredle also finishes in three, though with a different middle word. My word was a layup - only one possible on the third guess - but Scoredle had to get a little lucky, with three nonbogus possibles left after the second guess. Which I suppose means I got really lucky with _my_ second guess! ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/978 "2025-02-02T05:48:56Z")
Wordle 1,324 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO ROUSE CHORE I just now see that I messed up on the second guess. Was trying to hunt for vowels. ---
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/979 "2025-02-02T08:35:34Z")
Wordle 1,324 2/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slant Chore RTFirefly…I thought of you with this one. πŸ™‚ ---
**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:** [February 2, 2025, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/980 "2025-02-02T09:20:47Z")
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