# "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:** 68
**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 2, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1341 "2025-03-02T17:41:23Z")
Wordle 1,352 4/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟨🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (With ?E??Y, I can have jetty, petty, wetly, deity, lefty, teddy, telly, terry) WETLY (Okay, no L, and no ??T??. TEDDY or DEITY) TEDDY (Guessed wrong.) DEITY (And I take the par.) ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1342 "2025-03-03T05:58:31Z")
Wordle 1,353 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHARE SMEAR SPEAR ---
**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 3, 2025, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1343 "2025-03-03T08:31:06Z")
**Wordle 1,353 5/6 β€” 2025-03-03 Mon** β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **ABUSE** β€” _a wild stab gains nothing_ **WAFER** β€” _eliminating letters; from here it’s likely shear smear spear_ **HUMPS** β€” _again eliminating letters, and I now know the answer is…_ **SPEAR** ---
**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:** [March 3, 2025, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1344 "2025-03-03T09:42:17Z")
Wordle 1,353 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LOSER SWEAR SHEAR SPEAR ---
**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 3, 2025, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1345 "2025-03-03T10:36:19Z")
Wordle 1,353 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1346 "2025-03-03T12:04:44Z")
Wordle 1353 3/6 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 187 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 17 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE SPEAR A lucky guess on 3. Could’ve also been SWEAR, SABER, and possibly SAFER or SAVER; SMEAR had 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 3, 2025, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1347 "2025-03-03T12:09:06Z")
Wordle 1,353 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART CREAM SPEAR Sounds like a dirty novel- β€œI heart a cream spear” ---
**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 3, 2025, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1348 "2025-03-03T12:09:34Z")
Wordle 1,353 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 IRATE REALM BREAK SHEAR SPEAR Do. Not. Wordle. Before. Coffee. ---
**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 3, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1349 "2025-03-03T15:16:22Z")
Wordle 1,353 3/6 ⬜🟦🟦⬜🟦 ⬜🟦🟦🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HEART SPEAR - the bot said there were 51 words to choose from, so this was spectacularly lucky Having a little run of luck lately. Maybe I should try the Lotto. ---
**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 3, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1350 "2025-03-03T15:42:46Z")
Wordle 1,353 3/6\* ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST ASHEN SPEAR ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1351 "2025-03-03T17:40:03Z")
> **Wordle 1,353 4/6\* 3/3/2025** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜🟨🟨🟨 > 🟩🟨⬜🟨🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > D_E_ITY β†’ Slow start. On the plus side, only three vowels left. Better try A and some WoFcons > **S** N_ARE_ β†’ Good luck pick. Do we have an -ER ending again? Better check it to be > **S** _A_F_E_ **R** β†’ Must be S?EAR. SMEAR, SHEAR, SPEAR, think I’m safe, uh oh, SWEAR, looks like I have a 1/4 chance of going down now. Roll the dice and try > **SPEAR** > > Pretty lucky on that one. Scoredle OTOH hits the trap and goes the distance. Its trap sequence seems to be fixed; if I try the same sequence after I get into the trap as it does, I end up taking the loss. ---
**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 4, 2025, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1352 "2025-03-04T03:07:56Z")
Wordle 1,353 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Could be trappy. Try a WoFcon.) SPARE (What a dumb way to give up an eagle!) SPEAR (I’ll take the stupid birdie.) At least I beat the damned bot. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2025, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1353 "2025-03-04T06:42:05Z")
Wordle 1,354 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STORE LIVEN CHECK ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1354 "2025-03-04T07:36:01Z")
Wordle 1,353 2/6 πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1355 "2025-03-04T08:15:21Z")
Wordle 1,354 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUNES CHEWY CHECK ---
**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 4, 2025, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1356 "2025-03-04T08:18:23Z")
**Wordle 1,354 4/6 β€” 2025-03-04 Tue** β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **BOUND** **CHECK** ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1357 "2025-03-04T08:45:55Z")
Wordle 1,354 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 4, 2025, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1358 "2025-03-04T11:35:46Z")
Wordle 1,354 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AUDIT LOSER CHEEK CHECK I wanted to double up the E, then stupidly put one where I already knew it didn’t go. _But_, that mistake gave me a tap-in for par. Funny how things work out sometimes. ---
**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 4, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1359 "2025-03-04T11:36:48Z")
Wordle 1,354 4/6\* \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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,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 E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \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 K} \\ \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 4, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1360 "2025-03-04T12:24:55Z")
Wordle 1,354 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART CHIVE CHEMO CHECK [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=67) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=69)