# "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:** 62
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1221 "2025-02-20T17:18:45Z")
Wordle 1,342 2/6 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I was very lucky that my starting word helped. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1222 "2025-02-20T18:39:21Z")
> **Wordle 1,342 4/6\* 2/20/2025** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ > 🟨🟨🟩⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > M_A_DLY β†’ Slow start. One E and three of the four remaining WoFcons, stat! > NE **A** TS β†’ Not much but a placed A. Only vowel? Probably not with only the R still out there. If I try an I, I can get the R and two other fairly common consonants with a single word > _CH_ **A** I_R_ β†’ Right consonants, wrong vowel. > **ROACH** > > Scoredle takes a bogey, and its penultimate guess is the same as mine. It has an odd tendency today to pick words that double up on consonants when it doesn’t know there’s even one of them yet, which I think explains its poor showing. ---
**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 21, 2025, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1223 "2025-02-21T05:07:22Z")
Wordle 1,343 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SWEAT CRIME CLONE CLOVE I should’ve went with my guess, would’ve had a 3. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1224 "2025-02-21T05:24:41Z")
Wordle 1,343 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SLOPE GLOBE CLOVE ---
**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 21, 2025, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1225 "2025-02-21T08:21:05Z")
**Wordle 1,343 4/6 β€” 2025-02-21 Fri** πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **CYCLE** **CLOVE** ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1226 "2025-02-21T11:26:58Z")
Wordle 1343 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 167 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 7 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CLIME CLOVE ---
**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 21, 2025, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1227 "2025-02-21T12:10:36Z")
Wordle 1,343 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART EQUIP SHOVE CLOVE ---
**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 21, 2025, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1228 "2025-02-21T12:27:44Z")
Wordle 1,343 5/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\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 O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 21, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1229 "2025-02-21T13:00:11Z")
Wordle 1,343 6/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 IDEAL LONER WHOLE SLOPE GLOVE CLOVE Damn. Stumbled and bumbled my way to a β€œPhew.” ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1230 "2025-02-21T15:11:24Z")
I can NOT believe it, but I just got it on 2 again. Quite rare. My starting word has really helped lately. Wordle 1,343 2/6 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1231 "2025-02-21T15:29:17Z")
> **Wordle 1,343 3/6\* 2/21/2025** > > ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > R_O_A_C_H β†’ Picking up the C is nice. Add in three of our four unseen WoFcons and an E, shake up and jumble out with > **CLO** S **E** β†’ Oh my. N or V I think are the two options, and I think we’ve already had CLONE, so > **CLOVE** > > Scoredle does the exact same guesses, so that’s about as good as it gets for me. Scoredle from its own start scores a 2, so that’s pretty impressive. ---
**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 21, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1232 "2025-02-21T15:50:35Z")
Wordle 1,343 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Another single vowel, unplaced.) LOUIE (Ooh, three letters! ??OLE, maybe?) WHOLE (Nope. but ?LO?E really only leaves one word. ) CLOVE (Another par. Who would have guessed?) ---
**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 21, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1233 "2025-02-21T17:04:14Z")
Wordle 1,343 4/6 🟧⬜⬜⬜🟧 🟧⬜🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE CHOKE CLOSE CLOVE ---
**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 21, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1234 "2025-02-21T17:22:18Z")
Wordle 1,343 4/6\* 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST BLEND FLUKE CLOVE ---
**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 21, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1235 "2025-02-21T17:24:13Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I can NOT believe it, but I just got it on 2 again. Quite rare. My starting word has really helped lately. Congrats! Is your starting word a secret? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1236 "2025-02-21T19:20:05Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Congrats! Is your starting word a secret?. CHOIR ---
**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 22, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1237 "2025-02-22T00:00:03Z")
Wordle 1,343 5/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Teary Hoped Elbow Glove Clove ---
**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 22, 2025, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1238 "2025-02-22T05:13:40Z")
Wordle 1,344 3/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHOIR CRAVE CREAM It worked! ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2025, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1239 "2025-02-22T08:14:55Z")
Wordle 1,344 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHARE CLEAR CREAM ---
**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 22, 2025, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1240 "2025-02-22T08:33:26Z")
**Wordle 1,344 3/6 β€” 2025-02-22 Sat** β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **CREAM** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=61) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=63)