# "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:** 495
**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 21, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9881 "2026-08-21T14:14:10Z")
Wordle 1,889 3/6\* ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL MEATY TRACE ---
**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 21, 2026, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9882 "2026-08-21T14:22:28Z")
Wordle 1,889 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL URINE GRAZE CLIMB TRACE ---
**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 21, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9883 "2026-08-21T14:25:31Z")
Wordle 1,889 3/6 ⬜🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART TRADE TRACE ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9884 "2026-08-21T14:29:15Z")
> **Wordle 1,889 4/6\* 8/21/2026** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟨🟩🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > MU_R_KY β†’ Slow start, though not unexpected with that carryover. Good followup has A, E and two more WoFcons, and that means > **T** _E_ **A** _R_S β†’ Good choice. AE is a rare combo, so try E at tend, R second, I see two possibles, a blockbuster > **TRA** D **E** β†’ or perhaps without a > **TRACE** > > Followup was 36/1822, which left four possibles, two valid, and I missed that 50-50 for par. Scoredle’s followup isn’t quite as definitive, it leaves 25 possibles, more than half valid, but its next guess cuts it down to a true tap-in for 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 21, 2026, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9885 "2026-08-21T14:57:15Z")
Wordle 1,889 2/6 🟦🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE TRACE - could have been β€œbrace” ---
**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 21, 2026, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9886 "2026-08-21T15:54:20Z")
Wordle 1,8 **90** 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’« Ai assisted 😲 🦘 ---
**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 21, 2026, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9887 "2026-08-21T16:20:04Z")
Wordle 1,889 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STAIR APART TRADE TRACE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2026, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9888 "2026-08-22T04:48:10Z")
Wordle 1,890 5/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHARE CRAZY BRAWL PRAWN ---
**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 22, 2026, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9889 "2026-08-22T06:10:27Z")
Wordle 1,890 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART GRAIL DRANK BRAIN PRAWN ---
**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 22, 2026, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9890 "2026-08-22T06:52:19Z")
Wordle 1,890 6/6 Saturday 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Whew! AUDIO FRAME CRAZY TRASH PRANK PRAWN ---
**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 22, 2026, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9891 "2026-08-22T07:41:36Z")
Wordle 1,890 5/6\* \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[silver,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\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 W}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2026, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9892 "2026-08-22T09:23:02Z")
Wordle 1890 2/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT PRAWN After my starting word, there was really only one unused possibility, PRAWN. There were also two possibilities in the Zone of Reusability (Wordles 1-199): YEARN and DRAIN (Wordles 62 and 63, respectively). I figured I’d go with PRAWN, and if it wasn’t the solution, whether the R was green or yellow would determine which recycling possibility I’d try. But it didn’t come to that. πŸ™‚ ---
**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 22, 2026, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9893 "2026-08-22T11:51:20Z")
Wordle 1,890 3/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RADIO CRANE PRAWN ---
**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 22, 2026, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9894 "2026-08-22T13:50:06Z")
Wordle 1,890 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL ASTIR PRAWN ---
**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 22, 2026, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9895 "2026-08-22T14:09:44Z")
Wordle 1,890 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL DRAWN PRAWN ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9896 "2026-08-22T14:23:12Z")
Recycled solutions: some data Yesterday was the 200th Wordle since recycling of previous solutions since reuse was introduced with Wordle 1689, CIGAR, which was originally Wordle 0. In the 200 Wordles from 1690 to 1889, there have been [spoilered for anyone who really doesn’t want to know any of this] 20 instances of old solutions being reused. 9 were originally Wordles in the 1-99 range, another 9 were from the 100-199 range, and only 2 were originally solutions from later than Wordle 200. (This is why I refer to Wordles 1-199 as the β€˜zone of reusability.’) It’s hardly enough to make one throw away one’s used words list, for those of us who use them! In a way, they’re more useful than ever. I’m still flummoxed by the notion that reused solutions constitute such a small fraction of solutions since recycling began. There are fewer than 500 words left from Wardle’s original list of \>2300 words, and one would think that the main impetus for recycling would be to not run out of words. But recycling at this rate won’t extend the game by very much. (In a way, I’m glad that they’re keeping recycling at such a low level, because my starting word, which I’ve used in over 1500 games, is one of those fewer than 500 remaining Wardle words, I’d like to get that ace sometime, and heavy use of recycling old solutions would reduce the likelihood of that happening soon. But I’m still surprised.) Anyhow, for anyone who’s interested, here are all the recycled solutions so far, through yesterday: | Solution | 1st use | 2nd use | | --- | --- | --- | | CIGAR | 0 | 1689 | | SQUAD | 296 | 1704 | | AWAKE | 4 | 1708 | | LINEN | 51 | 1718 | | GRADE | 15 | 1730 | | IVORY | 59 | 1742 | | COMET | 122 | 1745 | | STAND | 57 | 1765 | | BRING | 164 | 1778 | | CLOCK | 160 | 1788 | | AGREE | 70 | 1797 | | SMILE | 830 | 1806 | | THUMB | 115 | 1814 | | BREAK | 172 | 1819 | | ACUTE | 190 | 1833 | | BATON | 183 | 1840 | | STOUT | 65 | 1850 | | FLUME | 68 | 1867 | | GRIPE | 187 | 1874 | | FEIGN | 19 | 1875 | | TRACE | 179 | 1889 | ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9897 "2026-08-22T15:20:57Z")
> **Wordle 1,890 5/6\* 8/22/2026** > > ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟨🟩🟩🟨⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > T **RA** CE β†’ A good (if trappish) start. Might be another vowel, and I can’t get all three remaining WoFcons in anyway, so I’ll try an O and two of the WoFcons > O **RA** LS β†’ Nada. OK, N is left, and with a middle A, I"m thinking either an I or no more vowels. I’ll try the latter this time out > _W_ **RA** _N_G β†’ Got lucky with the W. Now: D, B, P, any others? Sure hope not. Feeling strong. > B **RAWN** β†’ Not that one. Two to go. Feeling hungry > **PRAWN** > > Scoredle graded my guesses as 67/103, 25/41, 1/3, 2/2 so this was defintely a high-luck low-skill puzzle for me. I did, however, correctly enumerate the possible remaining answers after three, so I was safe as I thought. Scoredle’s solve is a masterpiece of eliminations; after its three guesses, despite having picked up only a single unplaced letter more than the carryover guess, it makes a tap-in par. ---
**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 22, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9898 "2026-08-22T15:20:59Z")
Wordle 1,8 **91** 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🐦 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 22, 2026, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9899 "2026-08-22T16:10:28Z")
Wordle 1,890 3/6 ⬜🟧🟧🟦⬜ ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE TRAIN PRAWN ---
**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 22, 2026, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9900 "2026-08-22T18:33:22Z")
Wordle 1,890 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 GRIEF TRASH DRAWN PRAWN Progress with each word and then a winning coin toss. A good par. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=494) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=496)