# "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:** 57
**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 13, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1121 "2025-02-13T20:03:10Z")
Wordle 1,335 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Lithe Corns - ugh it’s nonsense of course but often used by wordlebot Ruddy Rumba ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1122 "2025-02-14T06:40:41Z")
Wordle 1,336 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO PITHY DITTY ---
**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 14, 2025, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1123 "2025-02-14T08:28:20Z")
\color{red}{\text {Happy Valentine’s Day everybody}} **Wordle 1,336 5/6 — 2025-02-14** ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟨🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **BOUND** **WIDTH** **DITTY** ---
**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 14, 2025, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1124 "2025-02-14T10:44:31Z")
Wordle 1,336 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 I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 14, 2025, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1125 "2025-02-14T11:43:26Z")
Wordle 1,336 4/6\* ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Odium Dingy Dirty Ditty Bad bad bad ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1126 "2025-02-14T11:56:51Z")
Wordle 1336 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 524 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 42 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY DITTY Glad it wasn’t DITZY. ---
**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 14, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1127 "2025-02-14T12:24:53Z")
Wordle 1,336 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART STOOP TIMID DITTY ---
**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 14, 2025, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1128 "2025-02-14T12:52:48Z")
Wordle 1,336 4/6 ⬛⬛🟧⬛⬛ ⬛🟧🟧⬛⬛ 🟧🟧🟧⬛⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 LATER PITON DITCH DITTY I _really_ thought I had it at three. ---
**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 14, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1129 "2025-02-14T13:32:15Z")
Sing it with me! _There she was just a-walkin’ down the street, singin’ Do wah ditty ditty dum ditty do_ ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1130 "2025-02-14T14:45:41Z")
> **Wordle 1,336 5/6\* St. Valentine's Day 2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > RUMBA → A not unexpected whiff. Good first guess second time > S_T_OLE → Not much better. Is there an N? And try to place the T, of course - and can I cover the last two vowels? Yes > N **I** F **TY** → It looks somewhat trappish. The terminal -TY suggests a double T, so I’ll try that… W or D? > W **ITTY** → Must have been D (I hope) > **DITTY** > Or K, of course, which I hadn’t seen. Scoredle shows one other non-bogus word that might fill the trap, but there’s no way the NYT will ever use that as a solution. On its own solve, Scoredle whiffs with its second guess but finishes with a par - reinforcing the adage that good eliminations are sometimes as important as good placed guesses. ---
**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 14, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1131 "2025-02-14T15:21:08Z")
Wordle 1,336 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟦 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE - ugh HOIST - Well, a u-i combination is very unlikely, so probably a double letter and ending in ‘y’ WITTY DITTY ---
**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 14, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1132 "2025-02-14T16:09:08Z")
Wordle 1,336 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST TRICK PINTO WIDTH DITTY ---
**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 14, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1133 "2025-02-14T16:34:31Z")
Wordle 1,336 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Probably ???TY) NIFTY (Got my vowel. Try another WoFcon.) DIRTY (Damn my aversion to double letters!) DITTY (Just take the par, Michael.) ---
**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 14, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1134 "2025-02-14T16:54:53Z")
> [@chela](#): > > Corns - ugh it’s nonsense of course but often used by wordlebot I’m not sure if you are American or not, but the singular of that word is not a nonsense word. It means callus. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1135 "2025-02-14T16:58:11Z")
Wordle 1,336 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SOARE UNITY DITTY I’m sometimes surprised when people here say such-and-such couldn’t be the answer because that was the solution to a past puzzle. I usually have trouble remembering yesterday’s answer, let alone some random one from months ago. But today was different. After my first two guesses, I could only think of four possible solutions (excluding one rude word I knew wouldn’t be the solution): KITTY, DITTY, WITTY and FIFTY. I recognized the last as a past answer, because it very annoyingly broke a long streak of correct solutions. That was nearly two years ago, but it still stings. My third guess today was just lucky. ---
**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 14, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1136 "2025-02-14T17:04:51Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > I’m sometimes surprised when people here say such-and-such couldn’t be the answer because that was the solution to a past puzzle There’s a [list](https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/wordle-past-answers). ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1137 "2025-02-14T17:08:54Z")
I’m aware. Other players can do as they choose, but personally I would feel as if I were cheating if I consulted the list while playing the puzzle. Now I’m curious. Do any folks here regularly consult it? I’m not judging if you do. ---
**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 14, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1138 "2025-02-14T19:23:46Z")
I call it nonsense because it’s a plural of corn and never going to be the Wordle of the day. I used it to flush out new letters. Like wordlebot does. Nope not interested in the Wordle list. My game performance is not that important to me. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1139 "2025-02-14T19:58:31Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > I’m aware. Other players can do as they choose, but personally I would feel as if I were cheating if I consulted the list while playing the puzzle. Now I’m curious. Do any folks here regularly consult it? I’m not judging if you do. I don’t consult a list that’s out there on the Web somewhere, I’ve been keeping my own since nearly the beginning, back when there were sites that you could play all the previous Wordles on. So I’ve created my list by recording the answers to each game on a spreadsheet as I played them, and I also record how many guesses it took with each game I played, though I only started doing that in the mid-300s. For instance, Wordle 344 was BAYOU, and I got a 6 on that one, which made me feel blue. 😉 ETA: Maybe it’s because of the way I do it, but I can hardly consider it cheating when my list represents the knowledge I’ve accumulated about the game over time. I’ve also used it to identify the frequency that each of the 26 letters has appeared in solutions, and in what position. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2025, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1140 "2025-02-15T05:42:42Z")
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