# "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:** 67
**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:** [March 1, 2025, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1321 "2025-03-01T11:10:24Z")
Wordle 1,351 X/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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \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 R} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \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 R} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \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 R} \\ \end{aligned} FFS. Stupid git. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1322 "2025-03-01T12:34:43Z")
Wordle 1351 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,713 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 4 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE HOVER HOMER had already been used. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1323 "2025-03-01T14:21:38Z")
Wordle 1,351 2/6 🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART HOVER ---
**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:** [March 1, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1324 "2025-03-01T15:32:37Z")
Wordle 1,351 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST DIODE ENVOY HOVER ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1325 "2025-03-01T16:14:17Z")
> **Wordle 1,351 6/6\* 3/1/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ > 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > FUZZY → Not unexpected. > SLAT_E_ → A bit worse than I expected. Almost my second two-whiff day in a row. With two vowels remaining, I wanted to try them both, along with the last WoFcons, and somehow hit on > _E_I_RO_N → and I’m getting more than a bit nervous. Saw a word that doubled up on the R to try to place and went for it > _O_RD **ER** → And now there’s an obvious trap, but what’s left? > P **O** W **ER** → Not that. So much left. Roll the dice on the first thing I see > **HOVER** > > One-in-seven shot for the birdie. Scordle is also fairly lucky, getting a coin flip on the sixth guess. Might be my lowest-odds save ever. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1326 "2025-03-01T16:19:46Z")
Wordle 1,351 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Vowel check.) LOUIE (So, it’s going to be ?O?E?. Use the rest of my WoFcons.) BONER (The R helps. Very few letters left to make sleuth words.) MUNCH (Sleuth word.) HOVER (Only one left.) ---
**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:** [March 1, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1327 "2025-03-01T17:00:18Z")
Wordle 1,351 3/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦 🟧🟧⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST - My usual “sleuth word”, which pays off today HOVER ---
**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:** [March 1, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1328 "2025-03-01T18:39:45Z")
Wordle 1,351 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦 ⬛🟧⬛🟧🟧 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟧🟦⬛⬛⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ACUTE LONER BUMPS HEDGY HOVER These are the days I hate this game. Traps like this suck all the fun out of playing. And have I complained about all the -ER words lately? Yes I have, and I’ll likely continue to do so. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1329 "2025-03-01T21:44:45Z")
Wordle 1,351 6/6\* 🟨⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 often Lover Rover Cover Mover Hover ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1330 "2025-03-02T07:25:40Z")
Wordle 1,352 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO THINE EXIST DEITY ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1331 "2025-03-02T08:07:09Z")
Wordle 1,352 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE DEITY ---
**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 2, 2025, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1332 "2025-03-02T08:20:05Z")
**Wordle 1,352 3/6 — 2025-03-02 Sun** ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **DEITY** ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1333 "2025-03-02T11:00:34Z")
Wordle 1352 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 524 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 37 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY DEITY My win streak is now at 677, which means that more than half of the Wordle games played so far are in my win streak. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2025, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1334 "2025-03-02T12:27:47Z")
Wordle 1,352 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \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 Y} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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:** [March 2, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1335 "2025-03-02T14:24:23Z")
Wordle 1,352 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PETTY TESTY knowing there was only 1 T, getting a little testy at this point DEITY was all I could think of to fit ---
**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:** [March 2, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1336 "2025-03-02T14:51:05Z")
Wordle 1,352 2/6\* ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST DEITY I lucked out! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1337 "2025-03-02T15:00:56Z")
I wouldn’t heart a petty, testy deity! 😆 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1338 "2025-03-02T15:28:47Z")
> **Wordle 1,352 3/6\* 3/2/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > HOV_E_R → Slow start. Time for a good second word first, and I can use what Scoredle says is the best > SLA **T** _E_ → N is still out there, but for some reason I’m feeling like the vowels are more pressing… so I’ll hunt for a couple more of them. > **DEITY** > > Pretty lucky on my part how it turned out. Poor Scoredle takes a double bogey from this start, and only a par from its own. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1339 "2025-03-02T15:30:43Z")
Wordle 1,352 3/6 ⬛⬛🟦🟦⬛ ⬛⬛🟧🟦🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 RADIO SLIDE DEITY Nice to be back in the groove after a few poor showings. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2025, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1340 "2025-03-02T15:54:45Z")
Wordle 1,352 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜🟧⬜🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST - my favorite go-to word when the starter gives me nothing much DEITY - the only possibility, according to the Bot [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=66) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=68)