# "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 3)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451>\
**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:** 491

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9801 "2026-08-16T14:21:27Z")

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We’re just days away from Wordle, Part 4!

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**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 16, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9802 "2026-08-16T14:40:12Z")

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Wordle 1,884 4/6

🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛  
⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛  
🟩⬛🟨🟨⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

STARE  
NASAL  
AMISS  
ASPIC

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**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 16, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9803 "2026-08-16T14:42:10Z")

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Wordle 1,8 **85** 3/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩  
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🐦 😇 no Ai 🦘

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**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 16, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9804 "2026-08-16T14:51:11Z")

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Wordle 1,884 5/6\*

🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜  
🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜  
🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨  
🟨⬜🟨🟨🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

STEAL  
PANSY  
SCAMP  
CRAPS  
ASPIC

I played terribly today.

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9805 "2026-08-16T14:57:07Z")

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> **Wordle 1,884 4/6\* 8/16/2026**
>
> ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
> ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜  
> 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜  
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> 
> LOO_S_E → Slow start, wasted O, shall I go on? Need some vowels, too, so let’s try  
> H_AS_TY → Two WoFcons left, barring a double-S, so I’ll try and hunt the  
> _S_N_A_RK → I need some placements, here! We (U and I, yes, I’m going to that one again) are still out there, I should try at least one, and I can with  
> **ASPIC**
> 
> By Scoredle’s numbers, that was probably my worst puzzle ever - neither followup nor third were in the top 120 (out of 1882 and 273 respectively) and my fourth guess clincher was 40/42. And yet I ended with a par. Odd game, sometimes. Scoredle also pars, but in style - had it not been for the Britishism for sonar, just one letter off the solution, it would have finished with a birdie. Odd but fun puzzle.

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**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 16, 2026, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9806 "2026-08-16T14:59:25Z")

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Wordle 1,884 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

YODEL  
ASTIR  
ASPIC

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**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 16, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9807 "2026-08-16T15:32:47Z")

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Wordle 1,884 3/6

🟦⬜🟦⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟦🟦⬜  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

CRANE  
HOIST  
ASPIC

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**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9808 "2026-08-16T16:31:01Z")

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Haven’t heard that word before. Is that something akin to a butt dial?

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**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9809 "2026-08-17T04:12:21Z")

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Wordle 1,885 4/6

🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜  
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
TRICK  
TRILL  
TRIBE

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**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 17, 2026, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9810 "2026-08-17T06:07:34Z")

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Phew is right! I barely survived this.

**Wordle 1,885 6/6 — 2026-08-17 Mon**  
⬛🟨⬛🟨🟩  
⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛  
⬛🟩🟩🟨🟩  
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩  
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩  
 **STARE**  
 **DOILY**  
 **WRITE**  
 **TRIPE**  
 **TRICE**  
 **TRIBE** — _it could’ve also been trike_

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**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 17, 2026, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9811 "2026-08-17T06:36:19Z")

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It’s a meat jelly.

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**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 17, 2026, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9812 "2026-08-17T06:37:26Z")

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Wordle 1,885 4/6 **MONDAY**

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

AUDIO  
PRIME  
TRIKE  
TRIBE

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**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 17, 2026, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9813 "2026-08-17T07:39:43Z")

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Wordle 1,885 4/6\*

\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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}  
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}  
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\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 E}  
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\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 B}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}

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**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 17, 2026, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9814 "2026-08-17T11:57:22Z")

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Wordle 1,885 3/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

YODEL  
URINE  
TRIBE

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**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 17, 2026, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9815 "2026-08-17T11:59:41Z")

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Wordle 1,885 4/6

🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛  
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩  
⬛🟩🟩🟨🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RADIO  
PRIME  
WRITE  
TRIBE

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9816 "2026-08-17T12:31:26Z")

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Wordle 1885 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLANT  
CHORE  
TRIBE

Could’ve also been TRIKE; TRIPE, TRITE, BRUTE and WRITE had already been used.

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**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 17, 2026, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9817 "2026-08-17T13:31:34Z")

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Wordle 1,885 3/6 — NYT Average 3.7

⬛⬛⬛🟨🟩  
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLATE  
TRIPE  
TRIBE

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**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 17, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9818 "2026-08-17T13:35:30Z")

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Wordle 1,885 4/6

⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨  
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

HEART  
TROPE  
TRITE  
TRIBE

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**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 17, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9819 "2026-08-17T13:36:45Z")

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Wordle 1,885 3/6\*

⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜  
🟨⬜🟩⬜🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

STEAL  
EVICT  
TRIBE

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**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 17, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9820 "2026-08-17T15:32:47Z")

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Wordle 1,885 3/6

⬜🟧⬜⬜🟧  
⬜⬜🟧⬜🟦  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

CRANE  
HOIST  
TRIBE

Lucky choice.

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