# "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:** 497
**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 24, 2026, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9921 "2026-08-24T11:54:01Z")
Wordle 1,892 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL AUNTY RUNNY ---
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Wordle 1,892 β…š β€” NYT Average 3.8 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE PROUD CURVY RUGBY RUNNY ---
**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 24, 2026, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9923 "2026-08-24T14:09:49Z")
**Wordle 1,892 4/6 β€” 2026-08-24 Mon** β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **RUNNY** ---
**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 24, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9924 "2026-08-24T14:21:44Z")
Wordle 1,8 **93** 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9925 "2026-08-24T14:43:49Z")
> **Wordle 1,892 3/6\* 8/24/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > OLDE_N_ β†’ So need to try A, and maybe another vowel, and two of three remaining WoFcons, so that looks like > _N_AST **Y** β†’ Good pickup/placement. Now I need to place the N, try an R, and either U or I, and there’s one word that does all three well > **RUNNY** > > Followup did not make the top 120 out of 803, and my final guess was a very pedestrian 29/43 - but I got pretty lucky, on the whole, for that birdie. Scoredle’s followup tries to agressively place that first letter, succeeds but ends up in a trap that it cannot get out of - leading to a failure with four (!) guesses remaining on the board. Tough day for the algorithm. ---
**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 24, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9926 "2026-08-24T15:17:04Z")
Wordle 1,892 4/6β€‹β¬œβ¬œβ¬œπŸŸ¨β¬œ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩HEART BROIL RUDDY RUNNY should’ve gotten a 3, RUNNY is far more common than RUDDY ---
**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 24, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9927 "2026-08-24T15:46:10Z")
Wordle 1,892 3/6 ⬜🟦⬜🟧⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST RUNNY ---
**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 24, 2026, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9928 "2026-08-24T17:09:31Z")
Wordle 1,892 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL DRAWN ← I typoed. My usual 2nd word on a whiff is DROWN. It would have given me the O. MINOR RUNNY ---
**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 25, 2026, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9929 "2026-08-25T04:07:22Z")
Wordle 1,893 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL FLUID BLINK CLICK ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9930 "2026-08-25T04:27:39Z")
Wordle 1,893 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHINE CLIMB CLIFF CLICK Missed the 50/50 for par. ---
**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 25, 2026, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9931 "2026-08-25T05:19:21Z")
Wordle 1,893 4/6 **TUESDAY** ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO PRIME CHINK CLICK ---
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Wordle 1,893 4/6\* \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[silver,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 M}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} ---
**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 25, 2026, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9933 "2026-08-25T09:14:59Z")
**Wordle 1,893 4/6 β€” 2026-08-25 Tue** ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **CLICK** ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9934 "2026-08-25T09:39:25Z")
Wordle 1893 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CLIME CLICK (Wordle 134) Only other possibility was CLIFF (Wordle 1680), so easy choice. ---
**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 25, 2026, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9935 "2026-08-25T11:48:35Z")
Wordle 1,893 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE POINT QUICK FLICK CLICK Sea of Greens #157 ---
**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 25, 2026, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9936 "2026-08-25T12:30:50Z")
Wordle 1,893 3/6 β€” NYT Average 4.1 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE FLUMP CLICK Got lucky. Still had 14 words to choose from. ---
**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 25, 2026, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9937 "2026-08-25T13:45:03Z")
Wordle 1,893 3/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Barge Comic Click Top 19% ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/9938 "2026-08-25T14:23:34Z")
> **Wordle 1,893 5/6\* 8/25/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > RUNNY β†’ Whiff, and a wasted N, but it all sets up my quintessential first word second > S **L** ATE β†’ One WoFcon, no vowels so far. Looks like I’m going consonant-heavy - so one that can go in front of that L, and two more that can go behind a single middle vowel > B **L** O **CK** β†’ Mostly success, but I guess that middle vowel is an I. Loved watching _Election_ so I’ll try > F **LICK** β†’ Mmm. Needed a repeat letter - right? > **CLICK** > > After a followup that is not in the top 120 out of 5043, my next three guesses were all As Recommended By Scoredleβ„’. Feels like a high-skill puzzle today, despite taking a bogey. Scoredle’s followup is similar, and it goes through much the same vowel & consonant process as I did, but it ends up with a trap at the end of the word and goes the distance, though it was in no danger of a loss. ---
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Wordle 1,893 5/6 🟧⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST CLIFF CLIMB CLICK ---
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Wordle 1,893 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL FLUID BLING CLICK [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=496) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=498)