# "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:** 7
**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:** [November 28, 2024, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/121 "2024-11-28T10:54:49Z")
Wordle 1,258 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[silver,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 S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\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 O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/122 "2024-11-28T11:08:22Z")
Wordle 1258 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,713 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 10 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 8 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE CHOMP CHOCK Lost the coin toss on 3. Lots of blanks on starting words so far! Happy Thanksgiving, y’all! ---
**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:** [November 28, 2024, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/123 "2024-11-28T12:16:43Z")
Wordle 1,258 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST HYDRO CONCH ← Should have been “the conch”! \* CHOCK \*A Feud reference. Happy Thanksgiving, America! ---
**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:** [November 28, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/124 "2024-11-28T14:36:21Z")
Wordle 1,258 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SHINY WHOOP CHOCK ---
**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:** [November 28, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/125 "2024-11-28T14:51:26Z")
Wordle 1,258 4/6 🟧⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟧⬜🟧⬜🟦 🟧🟧🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE CLOTH CHOMP CHOCK ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/126 "2024-11-28T15:57:51Z")
> **Wordle 1,258 4/6\* Thanksgiving Day (US) 2024** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SLANG → Whiff. Time for a good first guess second… with E & I this time. > REIST → Another whiff. All WoFcons gone. O & U still out there, I can use them both with three fairly good consonants > P_O_U **C** _H_ → OK. O to the middle, probably ends in CK, H?OCK goes nowhere, couldn’t figure how ?HOCK works until I realized there coud be a repeat letter > **CHOCK** > > Scoredle looking smug again with a birdie. After that start, I was thrilled just to save par. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2024, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/127 "2024-11-28T16:06:01Z")
Wordle 1,258 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Whiff.) CURIO (This looks promising. COxxx?) CONCH (Nope. But it does only leave CHOCK.) CHOCK (So I get par.) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/128 "2024-11-28T16:09:34Z")
I went from my usual start of TRACE to SHOCK and then got stuck trying to think of words that ended in the same four letters. I usually don’t immediately guess on the same letter appearing twice in the word. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/129 "2024-11-28T20:08:47Z")
Wordle 1,258 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦 ⬛⬛🟧⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PIANO STORE BLOCK CHOCK Not a bad par save after a slow start. Although Scordle showed me a bunch of \_OO\_Y words after two, which I hadn’t considered. I might have been in trouble if it had been one of those. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/130 "2024-11-29T05:50:01Z")
Wordle 1,259 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LINGO DISCO HIPPO ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/131 "2024-11-29T08:01:23Z")
Wordle 1,259 3/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SPORE HIPPO ---
**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:** [November 29, 2024, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/132 "2024-11-29T08:27:30Z")
Wordle 1,259 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE DOILY PUNCH HIPPO ---
**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:** [November 29, 2024, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/133 "2024-11-29T11:09:24Z")
Wordle 1,259 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,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 W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/134 "2024-11-29T12:04:11Z")
Wordle 1259 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,713 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 23 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY HIPPO ---
**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:** [November 29, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/135 "2024-11-29T14:30:14Z")
Wordle 1,259 2/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART no As or Es, let’s see if it has an I or O HIPPO yippee! ---
**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:** [November 29, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/136 "2024-11-29T15:47:37Z")
Wordle 1,259 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟦🟦⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE MOIST HIPPO Took forever to see anything after two, then a lot of luck to get the right answer. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/137 "2024-11-29T15:50:38Z")
Wordle 1,259 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Whiff!) CURIO (Got an unplaced I an a final O. Try for a WoFcon.) LIMBO (Only placed the I. Another WoFcon?) JINGO (Got squat. HIPPO, KIDDO or ZIPPO.) HIPPO (I did terribly today!) ---
**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:** [November 29, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/138 "2024-11-29T17:36:07Z")
Wordle 1,259 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST MOUND CROOK HIPPO ---
**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:** [November 29, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/139 "2024-11-29T18:47:18Z")
Wordle 1,259 4/6 ⬛⬛🟦⬛⬛ ⬛🟦🟦⬛⬛ ⬛🟧⬛⬛🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE ROIST BIMBO HIPPO 🦛 I was stuck for quite a while after two. All I could see was BIMBO and WIDOW, both with repeat letters, so I gave in and wasted two spots on B’s. That did, however, lead me to the one I didn’t see, with a pair of P’s. Not mad at this par. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/140 "2024-11-30T05:21:41Z")
Wordle 1,260 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CLOAK OMEGA DOGMA [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=8)