# "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:** 79
**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 18, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1561 "2025-03-18T14:15:59Z")
Damn - best shot at a two in a long time. Wordle 1,369 3/6 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🀨 ---
**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 18, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1562 "2025-03-18T14:25:30Z")
I was sure I had a three. Wordle 1,368 5/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟦 🟧🟧🟦🟧⬜ 🟧🟧⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST TIRED TIGER TIMER ---
**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 18, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1563 "2025-03-18T15:38:50Z")
Wordle 1,368 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > LEAST > TOKEN > TIMER ---
**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 18, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1564 "2025-03-18T15:52:23Z")
Wordle 1,368 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OPINE LITER TIGER TIMER Lost the coin flip. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1565 "2025-03-18T16:34:55Z")
> **Wordle 1,368 4/6\* 3/18/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟨🟨⬜🟨 > 🟩⬜🟨🟨🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > LASSO β†’ Whiff. I and E and the three remaining WoFcons. I had to jumble them around until I found a word that Wordle would take > **T** _RI_N_E_ β†’ I don’t know what it means, either. And now that I think of it, I should have tried NITRE. Still, from zero to four lettters, one placed - I’ll take it! I see a good followup with an H too… > **T** H_EI_ **R** β†’ Assume an -ER ending, TI?ER, could be G, M or (uncommon) another T, can’t be an Italian river, so I think I’m safe. Try M > **TIMER** > > Scoredle had a very lucky save for bogey - I counted eight nonbogus possibles out of its set of 13 on its fifth guess, and you could make a case for all 13. Still, it came out better than from its own start, which went the distance. ---
**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 18, 2025, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1566 "2025-03-18T23:18:05Z")
Wordle 1,368 4/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨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 19, 2025, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1567 "2025-03-19T05:12:00Z")
Wordle 1,369 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHARE SCARY SPARK ---
**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 19, 2025, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1568 "2025-03-19T08:16:20Z")
Wordle 1,369 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1569 "2025-03-19T10:02:57Z")
Wordle 1369 4/6 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT SCAMP SPARE SPARK ---
**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 19, 2025, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1570 "2025-03-19T10:43:40Z")
Wordle 1,369 5/6\* πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slyly Spook Speak Spank Spark Don’t try this at home kiddos ---
**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 19, 2025, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1571 "2025-03-19T11:47:40Z")
Wordle 1,369 3/6\* \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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\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 A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ &\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 A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \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 19, 2025, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1572 "2025-03-19T11:49:18Z")
Wordle 1,369 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SNARL SPARK ---
**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 19, 2025, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1573 "2025-03-19T13:27:28Z")
**Wordle 1,369 3/6 β€” 2025-03-19 Wed** β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **SPARK** ---
**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 19, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1574 "2025-03-19T14:20:25Z")
Wordle 1,370 5/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Was stupid on second guess …too sleepy. Third time left me with 5 possibles. Used up fourth guess to eliminate 4 letters to make sure at least I had it on the 5th. Oddly - the actual win was the first word that came to mind πŸ€ͺ ---
**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 19, 2025, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1575 "2025-03-19T14:49:00Z")
Wordle 1,369 4/6 ⬜🟦🟧⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟦⬜ 🟧⬜🟧🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST SWARM SPARK ---
**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 19, 2025, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1576 "2025-03-19T14:52:37Z")
Wordle 1,369 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Let’s try another vowel and a WoFcon.) SWAIN (Placed the S. OK, let’s try another WoFcon and no other vowel.) SPARK (Chirp chirp, little birdie!) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1577 "2025-03-19T15:01:13Z")
> **Wordle 1,369 3/6\* 3/19/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > TIME_R_ β†’ A, O, two more WoFcons - what kind of word can I make? Probably a bogus one, but what’s the harm? > _R_O **A** N_S_ β†’ Can’t see a way to add U or Y to that, so let’s try consonants. SRA?? goes nowhere, S?AR? could be > **SPARK** > > A lucky guess out of _ten_ possibles for the birdie. Scoredle is more methodical on its third guess, which garners a par, where I could have easily gone the distance if the solution had been a different word. ---
**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 19, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1578 "2025-03-19T15:56:55Z")
Wordle 1,369 2/6\* ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > LEAST > SPARK > > That was extremely luck, with 29 words remaining. ---
**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 19, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1579 "2025-03-19T16:02:45Z")
Wordle 1,369 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WEARY SHARP SPARK ---
**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 19, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1580 "2025-03-19T16:14:41Z")
Wordle 1,369 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OUNCE TRAIL SHARP SPARK Happy enough with the par after that opening whiff. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=78) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=80)