# "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:** 75
**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 13, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1481 "2025-03-13T14:33:23Z")
Wordle 1,363 3/6 🟧⬜🟧⬜🟧 🟧⬜🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE CEASE CHASE I was feeling all proud of myself, but it looks like three is par today. ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1482 "2025-03-13T14:43:58Z")
Wordle 1,364 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Not my finest hour 😴 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1483 "2025-03-13T14:53:46Z")
> **Wordle 1,363 4/6\* 3/13/2025** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > M_A_NGO β†’ Slow start, but I’m up for a good first guess second, at > L_E_ **AS** T β†’ R is still out there, and I need to place the E - this suggests a good next word might be > ER **ASE** β†’ And that’s a bit trappish-looking, though there’s not much else that can go in there. I’m only seeing PHASE or… > **CHASE** > ABASE and (obscure) UKASE were also possibles, so I think I was safe. Scoredle gets a three with a good second guess, so it cuts to… well, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1484 "2025-03-13T15:22:37Z")
I got very lucky today. Wordle 1,363 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 This is my second legitimate β€œgot it in one”. My stats actually show 5, but the others were glitches where I had played that day but it didn’t save for some reason, and since I knew the answer when I went back in I entered it as my first guess. ---
**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 13, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1485 "2025-03-13T15:35:10Z")
Wordle 1,363 3/6 ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Looking good for a birdie. Or even an eagle. Since I’m one of those dirty rotten cheaters who uses the β€œalready played” list, it’s got to be CHASE or ERASE. Going with the WoFcon.) ERASE (A-a-a-and I guessed wrong.) CHASE (I’ll get you next time, Gadget!) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1486 "2025-03-13T15:43:51Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > This is my second legitimate β€œgot it in one”. You lucky bum! I’m still waiting for my first. And probably only, since I think I’ll keep my starting word even after that happens. ---
**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 13, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1487 "2025-03-13T15:56:50Z")
Wordle 1,363 2/6\* ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST CHASE ---
**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 13, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1488 "2025-03-13T16:03:15Z")
Wordle 1,363 4/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ARIEL SEDAN BUTCH CHASE After two I was thinking \_ASTE. Fortunately, C and H were two of the letters that fit there, allowing me to save par. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1489 "2025-03-13T19:38:16Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > After two I was thinking \_ASTE. Well, haste makes waste, at least that’s what they say in my caste. Now excuse me, the turkey’s in the oven and I’d better baste before it turns into paste. 😁 ---
**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 13, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1490 "2025-03-13T19:55:28Z")
I was thinking this morn, What word should I pick? I swear that one came to mind first. Then I overanalyzed. I could’ve had it in 1! ---
**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 13, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1491 "2025-03-13T23:37:06Z")
Wordle 1,363 5/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©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 14, 2025, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1492 "2025-03-14T01:31:08Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Now excuse me, the turkey’s in the oven and I’d better baste before it turns into paste. Well, how did it taste? ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1493 "2025-03-14T04:25:40Z")
Wordle 1,364 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHINE BILGE PIQUE PIXIE PIECE Very poorly played. On three I was going for letters. Guess four was not terrible because it was hunting for another vowel and it got the P but five was a flat out mistake and I should have stopped and thought it through. I don’t know if I got lucky or the answer was the only word left but I barely made it. ---
**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 14, 2025, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1494 "2025-03-14T05:20:19Z")
Wordle 1,364 3/6 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PAINT PICKY PIECE ---
**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 14, 2025, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1495 "2025-03-14T08:04:35Z")
Happy Pi Day! **Wordle 1,364 3/6 β€” 2025-03-14 Fri** β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **PIECE** ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1496 "2025-03-14T09:45:23Z")
Wordle 1364 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE PIECE After 2, the solution was the only word I could think of, so I just went with it. Retrospectively, courtesy of Scoredle, it could’ve also been DEUCE; JUICE had been used. But those were the only other possibilities after 2. ---
**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 14, 2025, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1497 "2025-03-14T11:29:05Z")
Wordle 1,364 5/6\* \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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\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 N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \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 E} \\ \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 14, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1498 "2025-03-14T13:04:57Z")
Wordle 1,364 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPINE PIXIE PIECE ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1499 "2025-03-14T14:17:44Z")
Wordle 1,365 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Crossed my mind to have it in three… 🀨 😴 ---
**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 14, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1500 "2025-03-14T14:54:50Z")
Wordle 1,364 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > LEAST > DRONE > PIECE [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=74) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=76)