# "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 3)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451>\
**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:** 77

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**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1521 "2025-03-16T05:15:58Z")

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Wordle 1,366 3/6

⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
STALE  
STAMP

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**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 16, 2025, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1522 "2025-03-16T08:42:33Z")

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**Wordle 1,366 3/6 — 2025-03-16 Sun**  
⬛⬛🟩🟨🟨  
⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩  
 **LEAST**  
 **CRIMP**  
 **STAMP**

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**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 16, 2025, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1523 "2025-03-16T08:48:36Z")

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Wordle 1,366 2/6

🟨🟨⬛🟨⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1524 "2025-03-16T09:13:36Z")

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Wordle 1366 2/6

🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLANT  
STAMP

Most of the possibles after 1 had already been played, leaving SPATE, STACK, STAMP, STAPH, and STAVE. Worst case with STAMP would have been down to STACK and STAVE on 3.

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**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 16, 2025, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1525 "2025-03-16T10:45:34Z")

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Wordle 1,366 4/6\*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \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 C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ \end{aligned}

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**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 16, 2025, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1526 "2025-03-16T12:43:45Z")

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And there goes another dozen memory cells. . .

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**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 16, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1527 "2025-03-16T13:13:05Z")

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Wordle 1,366 3/6\*

⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨  
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

> **Summary**
>
> LEAST  
> STACK  
> STAMP

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**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 16, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1528 "2025-03-16T13:32:45Z")

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Wordle 1,366 3/6

🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛  
🟩🟩⬛🟨🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

POISE  
STRAP  
STAMP

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**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 16, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1529 "2025-03-16T13:57:17Z")

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Wordle 1,366 3/6

⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨  
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

HEART  
STAND  
STAMP

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**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 16, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1530 "2025-03-16T14:20:07Z")

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Wordle 1,367 4/6  
🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜  
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜  
⬜🟩🟨🟨🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩  
Nothing inspired - another 4 😴

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**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 16, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1531 "2025-03-16T14:37:46Z")

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Wordle 1,366 2/6

⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

YEAST (Most likely STA??)  
STAMP (Eagle!)

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**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 16, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1532 "2025-03-16T15:48:33Z")

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Wordle 1,366 3/6

⬜⬜🟧⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟦🟦  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

CRANE  
HOIST  
STAMP

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1533 "2025-03-16T16:21:50Z")

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> **Wordle 1,366 6/6\* 3/16/2025**
>
> ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
> ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨  
> 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜  
> 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜  
> 🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜  
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> 
> L_A_DLE → Time for a good first word second, and I have just the one here  
> RO **A** _ST_ → That certainly looks like a trap in the making. STAU? goes nowhere (except for Rusty STAUB, former MLB player) but I really should try the last WoFcon and an I, and I have just the word for it  
> **STA** IN → Yep, trap. And pretty much guarantee no Y. What should I try first?  
> **STA** CK → Nope. Hmm. Oh, that would have been better before this one, better late than never  
> **STA** _P_H → Aha. I think I’ve saved the win  
> **STAMP**  
> STAFF and STAGY were also possibles after the fourth guess, and while my fifth guess was a good one, I might still have ended in a fail. As I spotted just after it happened, my fourth guess only eliminated one out of the twelve possibles. Scoredle solves it in four from my start, which is better than it does from its own start, where it hits the trap on the second guess and then fails to solve in six.

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**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 16, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1534 "2025-03-16T17:58:19Z")

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Wordle 1,366 4/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛  
⬛⬛🟦⬛🟦  
🟧🟧🟧⬛⬛  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

OVINE  
ULTRA  
STACK  
STAMP

Not bad, I guess, after the opening whiff. Could have been STAMP, STASH, or STAFF, so I’ll take a bit of luck today. 😁

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**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 17, 2025, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1535 "2025-03-17T04:59:55Z")

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Wordle 1,367 4/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜  
🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

TRADE  
SAUCY  
BASIL  
LASSO

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**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1536 "2025-03-17T05:39:56Z")

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Wordle 1,367 4/6

⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩  
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩  
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
NACHO  
BASSO  
LASSO

I just couldn’t find any options after two. I completely missed the correct answer.

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**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 17, 2025, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1537 "2025-03-17T07:03:25Z")

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**Wordle 1,367 2/6 — 2025-03-17 Mon**  
🟩⬛🟨🟩⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩  
 **LEAST**  
 **LASSO**

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**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1538 "2025-03-17T07:07:05Z")

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Wordle 1,367 2/6

🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Slant  
Lasso

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**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 17, 2025, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1539 "2025-03-17T07:15:26Z")

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Wordle 1,367 4/6

🟨🟩⬛🟨⬛  
⬛🟩🟨⬛🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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**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 17, 2025, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1540 "2025-03-17T10:01:20Z")

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Wordle 1,367 4/6\*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,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 V} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \\ \end{aligned}

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