# "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:** 66
**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 27, 2025, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1301 "2025-02-27T15:11:55Z")
Wordle 1,349 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPINE CLOVE LODGE ---
**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 27, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1302 "2025-02-27T15:44:57Z")
Wordle 1,349 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟧 ⬜🟦🟦⬜🟧 ⬜🟧⬜🟦🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SLOPE VOILE LODGE - well, that took forever to figure out ---
**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 27, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1303 "2025-02-27T16:18:16Z")
Wordle 1,349 2/6\* 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST LODGE I got lucky with a placed L. ---
**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 27, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1304 "2025-02-27T16:21:14Z")
Wordle 1,349 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Gotta check all the vowels.) LOUIE (Very nice break, that. Looks like only one likely candidate.) LODGE (Yep.) ---
**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 27, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1305 "2025-02-27T16:39:31Z")
Wordle 1,349 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 NOISE FORCE LODGE After being happy about placing two vowels, I realized I’d opened a trap. Turned out not to be much of one, though. Fun birdie. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1306 "2025-02-27T17:36:24Z")
> **Wordle 1,349 4/6\* 2/27/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨🟨🟩🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > AWAR_D_ β†’ Third word with a D in a row. I see a word that can KO a lot of vowels, so > _DE_ITY β†’ Got one, unplaced. Let’s try an O and some WoFcons. Could be NODES, or > _OL_ **D** _E_N β†’ Good luck with the L. What’s left? Swap L & O, E at the end, we get > **LODGE** > > Scoredle finishes in 3 - it seems to have an affinity for the solution word. I’m cool with the par. Early D helps again! ---
**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 27, 2025, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1307 "2025-02-27T23:19:30Z")
Wordle 1,349 5/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Unite Serve Blame Dolce Lodge ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1308 "2025-02-28T06:02:48Z")
I’m Wordle 1,350 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUNES PUDGY BUFFY FUZZY Had to go on a consonant hunt but had a feeling about the solution. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1309 "2025-02-28T07:46:02Z")
> **Wordle 1,350 6/6\* 2/28/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > LODGE β†’ Whiff. Time for a good first guess second… > STAIR β†’ _Another_ whiff. OK… N is still out there, need to try it, and U and Y both, because I’m running out of time. > P **U** NK **Y** β†’ Oh, boy. Need to find three consonants in three remaining guesses. > H **U** BB **Y** β†’ Make that two remaining guesses. And there’s one possibility that haunts me right now, so I’d better try it > M **U** MM **Y** β†’ Nope, that wasn’t it. What’s left? I’m assuming single-lettter & double-letter. Out of CFJQVWXZ, I think JQVWX are right out, leaving me with CFZ, and I don’t see how to fit the C so let’s try > **FUZZY** > > My fifth guess was better than I thought - per Scoredle, it KOed four of my remaining six possibles, including two nonbogus ones. Scoredle also goes the distance, though through a different path. ---
**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 28, 2025, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1310 "2025-02-28T08:03:27Z")
**Wordle 1,350 4/6 β€” 2025-02-28 Fri** ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **BOUND** **FUZZY** ---
**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 28, 2025, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1311 "2025-02-28T10:37:51Z")
Wordle 1,350 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned} Yet again… i saw FUZZY before MUSHY but changed my mind. ---
**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 28, 2025, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1312 "2025-02-28T11:19:31Z")
Wordle 1,350 4/6\* πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Flash Feign Forty Fuzzy ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1313 "2025-02-28T11:31:32Z")
Wordle 1350 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,713 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 99 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 10 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY FUZZY BUGGY had already been used. Given that I had jack shit after 2, I’m happy with a 4. Looking at Scoredle, _maybe_ 30 of its 99 possibilities after 2 might could possibly be on the solutions list (IMHO, since I’ve never looked at it and don’t intend to). All but two of them end in Y, the exceptions being VIVID (used) and KUDZU (not). ---
**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 28, 2025, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1314 "2025-02-28T12:06:25Z")
Wordle 1,350 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL FUNNY FUZZY ---
**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 28, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1315 "2025-02-28T15:49:24Z")
Wordle 1,350 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST DROWN JUMPY FUZZY 0 for 2 on the first two guesses! I’ll take the par. JUMPY was chosen to eliminate letters (PUPPY, MUMMY, PUFFY, ZIPPY - just to name a few.) ---
**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 28, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1316 "2025-02-28T16:28:26Z")
Wordle 1,350 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧⬜⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE - uh-oh HOIST - oh, shit BUNNY - and now stupidity makes and entrance FUZZY - pure dumb luck ---
**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 28, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1317 "2025-02-28T16:54:55Z")
Wordle 1,350 6/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ASIDE COUNT BURLY MUGGY PUFFY FUZZY What a clusterfuzz. I probably should have abandoned hard mode at some point, but not sure it would have made much difference. ---
**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 28, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1318 "2025-02-28T17:25:49Z")
Wordle 1,350 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Get as many vowels eliminated as possible.) JUICY (Uh oh. It’s looking trappy. WoFcons, ASSEMBLE!) RUNNY (Now I’m getting scared. Eliminate consonants with a sleuth word.) PLUMB (Okay, there’s probably a double consonant there.) FUZZY (Great!) ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1319 "2025-03-01T07:59:21Z")
Wordle 1,351 6/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO FORCE POWER LOVER RIMED HOVER After falling into the trap on three I counted twenty possibilities. I don’t use the previous words so I went with the L and V which were used most in the more common words. After the hit on V I was left with ROVER, MOVER, HOVER, and DOVER (least likely). I needed to check the R in first so I went with a sleuth word to eliminate three of the four possibilities and I managed to barely pull it out. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2025, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1320 "2025-03-01T08:12:38Z")
**Wordle 1,351 4/6 β€” 2025-03-01 Sat** β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **BOUND** **HOVER** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=65) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=67)