# "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:** 56
**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 12, 2025, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1101 "2025-02-12T11:01:47Z")
Wordle 1,334 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\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 P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ \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 12, 2025, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1102 "2025-02-12T11:34:54Z")
Wordle 1334 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 1,191 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 120 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 4 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY RAPID ---
**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:** [February 12, 2025, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1103 "2025-02-12T11:37:17Z")
Wordle 1,334 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Shirt Radio Rapid ---
**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 12, 2025, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1104 "2025-02-12T12:43:58Z")
Wordle 1,334 2/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART RAPID ---
**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 12, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1105 "2025-02-12T13:09:58Z")
Wordle 1,334 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SNORT PRIME RAPID This one made me think! ---
**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 12, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1106 "2025-02-12T14:59:18Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > This one made me think! I work hard to avoid that at all costs. ---
**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 12, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1107 "2025-02-12T15:21:39Z")
Wordle 1,334 3/6 ⬜🟦🟦⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST RAPID Happy to be amongst the cool kids. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1108 "2025-02-12T15:28:54Z")
> **Wordle 1,334 5/6\* 2/12/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SCO_R_E β†’ Prompts yet another good first guess second > T_RA_ **I** N β†’ I’m guessing it’s not an -IR ending. Think I’ll try to place the A with > M **A** _R_ **I** A β†’ Yep. I took the dog to the vet for shots yesterday, so RA?I? looks like > **RA** B **ID** β†’ Ah, but not the B > **RAPID** > ARRAY is Scoredle’s second guess, which ends up being much less productive than it should be, leading the algorithm to take a bogey as well. Scoredle and I did converge on the last two answers, though, so at the moment we are in a club all to ourselves. ---
**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 12, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1109 "2025-02-12T16:16:09Z")
Wordle 1,334 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Gotsta eliminate some vowels.) AVOID (Nice that I picked up two letters ?A?ID. I can only see RABID and RAPID.) RAPID (I picked the less scary one.) ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1110 "2025-02-13T05:42:31Z")
Wordle 1,335 4/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO REACH RURAL RUMBA I really thought I had it on three. Kind of like the pattern though. ---
**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 13, 2025, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1111 "2025-02-13T08:04:51Z")
**Wordle 1,335 5/6 β€” 2025-02-13** β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **BOUND** **UMBRA** **RUMBA** ---
**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 13, 2025, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1112 "2025-02-13T11:11:01Z")
Wordle 1,335 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \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 B} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \\ \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 13, 2025, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1113 "2025-02-13T12:46:28Z")
Wordle 1335 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 1,191 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 120 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 4 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE RADAR RUMBA β€œWanna rumba? Well, pick a rumba from one to ten.” - Groucho . After my starting word, Scoredle told me: > There are now 1,191 possible guesses. > The best guess to make next would be PARER. Scoredle seems to be in love with that word, it pops up at least a couple times a month as one of its suggested guesses. And it remains my least favorite Wordle solution of all time. ---
**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 13, 2025, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1114 "2025-02-13T12:58:54Z")
Wordle 1,335 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟦🟦🟦🟦🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLANT CAPER BROAD UMBRA RUMBA This was… frustrating. ---
**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 13, 2025, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1115 "2025-02-13T13:15:36Z")
Wordle 1,335 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART RAZOR RIVAL A must be at end, no E, I, or O. Vowel must be U- that leaves… RUMBA ---
**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 13, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1116 "2025-02-13T15:39:13Z")
Wordle 1,335 4/6 ⬜🟦🟦⬜⬜ ⬜🟦🟦⬜⬜ 🟧⬜⬜🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE KARAT RELAY - which leaves only RUMBA - which for some reason I though had an β€˜H’ in it ---
**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 13, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1117 "2025-02-13T15:53:47Z")
Wordle 1,335 6/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST AVOID UNCAP LAUGH BUBBA RUMBA I don’t want to talk about it. ---
**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 13, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1118 "2025-02-13T16:09:58Z")
Wordle 1,335 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST DAIRY ABHOR RUMBA ---
**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 13, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1119 "2025-02-13T16:12:01Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > RUMBA - which for some reason I though had an β€˜H’ in it I thought so too. I think we are thinking of rhombus. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1120 "2025-02-13T17:12:02Z")
> **Wordle 1,335 4/6\* 2/13/2025** > > 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > **R** _A_PID β†’ That’s not a bad start. On reflection, I could have gone with RENAL here, but for some reason I guessed > **R** E_A_ST β†’ and Wordle took it. And then, when I should have gone with ROYAL, I had an odd channel of > **R** OG_A_N β†’ which finally placed the A by elimination, so I tried words with RY- and RU- and the latter let me see > **RUMBA** > > Scoredle and I had distinctly different guesses, but we both guessed the other vowels in the same order, and both finished with pars. Go figure. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=55) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=57)