# "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:** 54
**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 8, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1061 "2025-02-08T16:00:41Z")
Wordle 1,330 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Good beginning. STEE?, perhaps.) STEER (Went with the WoFcon. Guessed wrong.) STEEP (That’s the one.) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1062 "2025-02-08T16:21:27Z")
> **Wordle 1,330 5/6\* 2/8/2025** > > 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > **S** WA_T_H β†’ That’s a nice start. Need to catch up on vowels. > **ST** ON_E_ β†’ Perhaps an I, next? > **STE** IN β†’ Aw, darnit, I already knew there wasn’t an N. I’m thinking of consonant pairs to go on the end, and not coming up with much. Double E? Would be STEER, STEEP, STEED, don’t think there’s much else… and I think we did STEED recently, so > **STEE** R β†’ Nope, but right on the Es. > **STEEP** > > I might have made a six if I hadn’t remembered a previous solution. Scoredle goes a slightly different route with its second guess, which leaves it with a 4-trap rather than my 3-trap after the third - so we both end up with a bogey. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1063 "2025-02-09T05:13:17Z")
Wordle 1,331 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHONE BOSON BONUS ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1064 "2025-02-09T05:16:32Z")
You forgot STEEL ---
**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 9, 2025, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1065 "2025-02-09T06:59:57Z")
Wordle 1,331 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALONE SONIC BONUS ---
**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 9, 2025, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1066 "2025-02-09T10:22:41Z")
Wordle 1,331 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \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 B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1067 "2025-02-09T12:49:58Z")
Wordle 1331 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 300 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ 28 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT NOISE BONUS Could’ve possibly been BOSUN or (Higgs) BOSON. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1068 "2025-02-09T14:10:52Z")
Wordle 1,331 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL MOUSY BONUS ---
**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 9, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1069 "2025-02-09T15:37:46Z")
Wordle 1,331 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (All I’ve got is one WoFcon. Double it and get some vowels?) SINUS (That doesn’t leave much.) BONUS (I’m pretty good at this!) ---
**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 9, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1070 "2025-02-09T15:46:02Z")
Wordle 1,331 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟦⬜ ⬜🟧⬜🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟦🟧🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST BOSUN - ::head smack:: BONUS ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1071 "2025-02-09T16:49:19Z")
> **Wordle 1,331 4/6\* 2/9/2025** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 > 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _S_TEEP β†’ Slow start. Good first word second time… > L **O** A_N_ **S** β†’ Added an O… and a terminal S. Curious, since plurals and second person conjugations are excluded from answers. At least the N gives me something to go with. Try an I? > _N_ **O** IR **S** β†’ So if the other letter is a U - ah! > **BONUS** > BORAS is Scoredle’s second guess, which gives it a birdie. I’m happy with my par, though if I had seen allt the remaining possibles after my second guess I would have also gone straight to the answer. @psychobunny actually, I had a typo in my post. My second guess was STOLE rather than STONE, so both my third guess of STEIN was OK and the ending trap was a 3-trap rather than a 4. Thanks for pointing that out… ---
**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 9, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1072 "2025-02-09T16:51:49Z")
Wordle 1,331 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALIEN ROUND BONUS Scordle goes right for BONUS after my starter, _and_ scores a deuce from its own usual start word, SLATE, as well. I am skeptical. ---
**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 9, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1073 "2025-02-09T17:45:26Z")
Wordle 1,331 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST FICUS BONUS ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1074 "2025-02-10T05:19:49Z")
Wordle 1,332 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHONE CLOUD WOODY MOODY GOODY I debated trying a sleuth word but didn’t think any of the other alternatives were likely. ---
**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 10, 2025, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1075 "2025-02-10T05:41:47Z")
Wordle 1,332 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MORAL FOCUS BOOTY GOODY ---
**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 10, 2025, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1076 "2025-02-10T08:44:01Z")
Wordle 1,332 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1077 "2025-02-10T11:32:57Z")
Wordle 1332 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,713 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 39 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 4 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE GIMPY GOODY GOOFY had been used. > [@psychobunny](#): > > I debated trying a sleuth word but didn’t think any of the other alternatives were likely. This one was a doozy, wasn’t it? And there were still some pretty kooky possibilities out there! ---
**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:** [February 10, 2025, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1078 "2025-02-10T12:38:49Z")
Wordle 1,332 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL CLOUD GOODY ---
**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 10, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1079 "2025-02-10T13:09:04Z")
_ **PHEW!!!** _ 6/6, me and @psychobunny **Wordle 1,332 6/6 β€” 2025-02-10** ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **BOUND** **VUGHY** β€” _It might be β€” dodgy goody_ **DODGY** β€” _I lost the coin toss_ **GOODY** β€” _and, PHEW! is right! Although I’m 99.9% sure it had to be goody; my last 6/6 was on 2025-01-19 for Wordle 1,310 6/6 β€” 2025-01-19 when it was **ROWER** _ ---
**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 10, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1080 "2025-02-10T13:16:33Z")
Wordle 1,332 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ARISE COUNT GOOFY GOODY I _almost_ pulled a birdie out of my butt here. After deciding to try the double O and terminal Y, I considered GOODY at three, but didn’t much like it. Had I consulted the used words list I probably would have gone with it anyway. But I’m not upset to save the par after that start. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=53) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=55)