# "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:** 64
**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 23, 2025, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1261 "2025-02-23T15:11:51Z")
Wordle 1,345 3/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦 ⬜🟧⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE STEER OTTER Two good days in a row, and it appears I did better than most today. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1262 "2025-02-23T15:55:43Z")
> **Wordle 1,345 4/6\* 2/23/2025** > > ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟨🟨🟨 > 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > C_RE_AM β†’ Always nice to get some common letters out of the way with the first guess. I’ll try two more WoFcons and an A… and that -RE sequence looks really good as an ending, so > S **T** _ORE_ β†’ May be all out of vowels. Swap R & E, move O to the front and try > **OT** H **ER** β†’ Oh, darn, I got doubled. > **OTTER** > OUTER-OTTER is the most common endgame sequence right now - I thought for a second my pair might have a shot. Scoredle gets into an traplike sequence with the last two letters green but nothing else, then gets a lifeline on four and finishes with a bogey. At least Scoredle likes my endgame once I enter my second guess. ---
**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 23, 2025, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1263 "2025-02-23T19:35:59Z")
Wordle 1,345 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 STILE ETHER OTTER Quite the satisfying birdie today. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1264 "2025-02-24T05:47:23Z")
Wordle 1,346 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHALE CLANG GLAND ---
**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 24, 2025, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1265 "2025-02-24T09:00:15Z")
**Wordle 1,346 4/6 β€” 2025-02-24 Mon** πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **BLANK** **GLAND** ---
**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 24, 2025, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1266 "2025-02-24T10:42:04Z")
Wordle 1,346 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \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 24, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1267 "2025-02-24T13:01:44Z")
Wordle 1346 4/6 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 18 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 10 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CLANK PLANE GLAND Lost the coin toss on 3. Kinda aggravating to get 3 greens with my starting word, and still wind up with a 4, but there were enough possibilities after 1 to be a mini-trap. BLAND, FLANK, PLANK had already been used, but that still left BLANK, CLANK, CLANG, GLAND, PLANE. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1268 "2025-02-24T14:23:33Z")
Anybody else subscribe to the AWAD newsletter? (That’s A Word A Day) Today’s newsletter is about Wordle, and it includes a link to their version of Wordle. It’s a killer. ---
**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 24, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1269 "2025-02-24T14:24:34Z")
Wordle 1,346 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PLAID GLAND wow no yellows this time ---
**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 24, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1270 "2025-02-24T15:08:03Z")
Wordle 1,346 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Vowel hunt!) MIAOU (Hmmm. ?LACK, perhaps?) FLACK (Nope. Now we’re in trap territory) BLAND (That helps.) GLAND (I’ll take the bogey and be grateful for it!) ---
**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 24, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1271 "2025-02-24T15:16:58Z")
Wordle 1,346 5/6 ⬜🟧🟧⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 Ugh, a trap right out of the gate. SLATE BLACK FLAIR CLAMP GLAND ---
**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 24, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1272 "2025-02-24T15:34:04Z")
Wordle 1,346 5/6\* 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST DRAWL PLAID BLAND GLAND It didn’t work out too well for me today! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1273 "2025-02-24T15:36:35Z")
> **Wordle 1,346 3/6\* 2/24/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > OTTER β†’ Whiff. But in my haste, I reused a letter but somehow got very lucky, as SLAIN would not have been as good a second word in the event > _L_O **AN** S β†’ That repeat O sticks out like a sore thumb, but I know know three letters placed. I considered PLANK here, and I’m kinda glad I didn’t see BLAND, but took a shot at the first word I could think of > **GLAND** > > So that was a very lucky birdie, and somehow duplicating a known not-good letter still helped me. Scoredle, better than me but less lucky, ends up with a bogey. ---
**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 24, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1274 "2025-02-24T16:47:15Z")
Wordle 1,346 6/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 LONER INLAY SLANT BLANK CLANG GLAND Wow, I made quite a mess of this one. I suppose I could defend all of my choices, but the truth is I was playing too fast and not really thinking things through. My one saving grace is that CLANG and GLAND were the only legit words left after four, so at least I wasn’t going to fail. ---
**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 25, 2025, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1275 "2025-02-25T02:01:35Z")
Wordle 1,346 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Still having some odd luck. Just to be able to go from one letter to full solve is crazy for me. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1276 "2025-02-25T06:12:03Z")
Wordle 1,347 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUNES CHEER FRYER DRYER ---
**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 25, 2025, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1277 "2025-02-25T07:35:37Z")
Wordle 1,347 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALONE DICER DETER DRYER ---
**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 25, 2025, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1278 "2025-02-25T08:21:04Z")
**Wordle 1,347 4/6 β€” 2025-02-25 Tue** β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **BOUND** **DRYER** ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1279 "2025-02-25T10:15:29Z")
Wordle 1347 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,713 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 176 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 2 SLANT CHORE PRIED DRYER 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 25, 2025, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1280 "2025-02-25T11:19:41Z")
Wordle 1,347 3/6\* \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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\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 Y} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \end{aligned} Ha! Take that, wordle. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=63) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=65)