# "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:** 493
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9841 "2026-08-19T04:41:13Z")
Wordle 1,887 4/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHIRE CLING GRILL Stupid mistake on 3 forgetting the R. ---
**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 19, 2026, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9842 "2026-08-19T05:42:15Z")
Wordle 1,887 4/6 **WEDNESDAY** ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO PRIME WRING GRILL ---
**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 19, 2026, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9843 "2026-08-19T06:41:03Z")
**Wordle 1,887 5/6 β€” 2026-08-19 Wed** β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **FRILL** **KRILL** **GRILL** This was almost a trap: also DRILL TRILL… ---
**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 19, 2026, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9844 "2026-08-19T07:37:38Z")
Wordle 1,887 3/6\* \bbox[lime,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 G}\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 P}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\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 L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} ---
**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 19, 2026, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9845 "2026-08-19T08:31:32Z")
Wordle 1,887 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 19, 2026, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9846 "2026-08-19T12:45:41Z")
Wordle 1,887 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART ROSIN DRILL FRILL GRILL ---
**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 19, 2026, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9847 "2026-08-19T13:16:28Z")
Wordle 1,887 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AISLE DRILL Could be frill, grill, krill, trill GRIFT GRILL ---
**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 19, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9848 "2026-08-19T13:23:39Z")
Wordle 1,887 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Elate Guild Grill ---
**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 19, 2026, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9849 "2026-08-19T13:39:28Z")
Wordle 1,887 3/6 β€” NYT Average 3.9 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE GHOUL GRILL ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9850 "2026-08-19T15:15:09Z")
> **Wordle 1,887 3/6\* 8/19/2026** > > ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ > 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > ST_RI_P β†’ Not a bad carryover. L & N are left of the WoFcons, I can try them with an E with > _LI_NE_R_ β†’ Is I in the middle? I’d like to place one of the vowels, and it could be a double L, so let’s try > **GRILL** > > Got lucky with my choice of other consonant - could have easily fallen into a trap. Followup was a solid 6/309, third guess was 3/17 with six valids, so pretty lucky guessing. Scoredle also gets a birdie with a 1-in-24 putt (1-in-12 valids), so the algorithm had a lucky day too. ---
**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 19, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9851 "2026-08-19T15:16:18Z")
Wordle 1,887 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL VIGIL GRILL ---
**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 19, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9852 "2026-08-19T15:52:00Z")
Wordle 1,8 **88** 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’« Ai assisted ☠ 🦘 ---
**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 19, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9853 "2026-08-19T16:04:47Z")
Wordle 1,887 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL KNURL BRAWL GRILL ---
**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 19, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9854 "2026-08-19T16:05:21Z")
Wordle 1,887 5/6 ⬜🟧⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟧⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST FRILL DRILL GRILL ---
**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 19, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9855 "2026-08-19T16:51:47Z")
Wordle 1,887 2/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 LARGE GRILL My second deuce in three days! All credit goes to the random word generator today. The only other possible follow-ups were GROWL and GLORY. Any of the three, if wrong, would eliminate one of the others, so I was destined for no worse than a birdie. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9856 "2026-08-19T23:22:34Z")
Wordle 1887 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE WRYLY GRILL DRILL, FRILL, and KRILL had already been used. ---
**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 20, 2026, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9857 "2026-08-20T05:39:44Z")
Wordle 1,888 3/6 **THURSDAY** ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO MUSER MURKY ---
**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 20, 2026, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9858 "2026-08-20T06:35:07Z")
**Wordle 1,888 5/6 β€” 2026-08-20 Thu** ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STAGE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** β€” _the Wordle could be bubby buffy buzzy furry fuzzy mummy murky rummy yukky yummy; of these, previous Wordles have not been bubby buzzy furry murky rummy yukky yummy; of these the most likely Wordle(s) include buzzy furry murky rummy yummy; letters to eliminate are B Z F R M K; can try sleuth word(s) frame braze?_ **FRAME** **MURKY** ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2026, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9859 "2026-08-20T06:47:43Z")
Wordle 1,888 6/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO PRUNE CURVY SURLY HURRY MURKY Could have been more systematic but the outcome would have been the same. ---
**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 20, 2026, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9860 "2026-08-20T07:54:16Z")
Wordle 1,888 5/6\* \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\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 L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=492) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=494)