# "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:** 8
**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 30, 2024, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/141 "2024-11-30T08:07:46Z")
Wordle 1,260 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE DOILY DOGMA In my second guess, once I got the first 2 letters I figured, what the hell?, and I went for it. ---
**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 30, 2024, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/142 "2024-11-30T10:13:38Z")
Wordle 1,260 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT RACES AVOID DOGMA Who needs greens? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/143 "2024-11-30T10:19:41Z")
Wordle 1260 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 1,191 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 58 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY DOGMA ---
**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 30, 2024, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/144 "2024-11-30T11:51:33Z")
Wordle 1,260 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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \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 M} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 30, 2024, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/145 "2024-11-30T12:24:07Z")
Wordle 1,260 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Not much to go on. Hunt for vowels.) HAIKU (No joy. Try the last vowel and an extra A.) AGORA (Now we’re getting somewhere!) DOGMA. (My best guess and it paid off for par.) ---
**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:** [November 30, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/146 "2024-11-30T14:31:41Z")
Wordle 1,260 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Naive Glamp Dogma ---
**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 30, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/147 "2024-11-30T14:52:36Z")
Wordle 1,260 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART CLOAK OASIS DOGMA ---
**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 30, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/148 "2024-11-30T15:48:28Z")
Wordle 1,260 4/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦 ⬜🟧🟦🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SALVO WOMAN DOGMA ---
**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 30, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/149 "2024-11-30T16:23:52Z")
Wordle 1,260 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST ADORN DOGMA ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/150 "2024-11-30T16:36:12Z")
Whoops, forgot to post yesterday! I blame an overdose of tryptophan. > **Wordle 1,259 4/6\* 11/29/2024** > > ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > C_HO_CK β†’ Well I certainly don’t have to worry about any Cs. Hmm. I don’t think I’ll be exhausting WoFcons this time out, but I can check two; one should be S in case of an SH ending. Throw in another vowel for > **H** _O_URS β†’ In retrospect, probably should have been HORSE. But now we can try the E, along with another (doubled) WoFcon > **H** ELL **O** β†’ And that double L led me to another double letter word that fits > **HIPPO** > HIMBO was another possibility? Really, Scoredle? At least the algorithm also gets a par. > **Wordle 1,260 4/6\* 11/30/2024** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > HIPP_O_ β†’ Slow start. Three WoFcons and an E, please > S **O** LER β†’ At least I placed the O. Seeing one word because I have a friend from there (plus, the remaining WoFcons and an A); I didn’t really expect the proper noun to work but it did > T **O** N_G_ **A** β†’ Getting a placed A is a coup. But what now? Saw VODKA early, but that has no G. GOUDA isn’t in the list (but TONGA was? Odd.) Ended up sleeping on it, and had no epiphanies when I got up. Tried a Python script to enumerate the 400 or so possibles, and naturally felt like an idiot when it spat out > **DOGMA** > > So I turned a small word puzzle into a programming problem. Scoredle finishes in four, but has a tough choice on the last guess between the answer and the distilled spirit. ---
**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 30, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/151 "2024-11-30T22:57:04Z")
Wordle 1,260 4/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALIEN ROAST MOCHA DOGMA I’m in quite a rut; that’s six fours in a row. And my Wheel of Start Words hasn’t hit on more than a single unplaced letter in the last five. I’m due for a little luck. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/152 "2024-12-01T06:33:10Z")
Wordle 1261 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 1,191 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 50 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY MAUVE ---
**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:** [December 1, 2024, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/153 "2024-12-01T07:22:38Z")
Wordle 1,261 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/154 "2024-12-01T08:22:21Z")
Wordle 1,261 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LANES CADGE MAUVE ---
**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:** [December 1, 2024, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/155 "2024-12-01T08:36:15Z")
Wordle 1,261 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE DOILY PUNCH GAUGE MAUVE ---
**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:** [December 1, 2024, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/156 "2024-12-01T10:01:41Z")
Wordle 1,261 5/6\* \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[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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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:** [December 1, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/157 "2024-12-01T14:27:51Z")
Wordle 1,261 4/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST CHEAP WAVER MAUVE ---
**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:** [December 1, 2024, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/158 "2024-12-01T14:47:47Z")
Wordle 1,261 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART ANGEL SPEAK MAYBE MAUVE ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/159 "2024-12-01T15:01:05Z")
> **Wordle 1,261 4/6\* 12/1/2024** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 > 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > DOG_MA_ β†’ Not bad. Let’s move them to start, add two WoFcons and an E to get > **MA** T_E_R β†’ Not many MAE words, so I’ll add in a couple more WoFcons and try it at the end > **MA** NS **E** β†’ Is this a trap? MATTE is out, of course. I can see a couple words with odd consonants; each has a different vowel, though, since I saw MAIZE last I’ll first try > **MAUVE** > MAYBE was also out there unseen. Scoredle finishes in six, because it really uses its double-up strategy in a big way on the second guess, which gets it no closer and fewer eliminations than mine, then makes the wrong guess on the 50/50 play at the end. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/160 "2024-12-01T15:53:04Z")
Wordle 1,261 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Let’s try xAxxE with more WoFcons.) LANCE (Well, I placed my vowels. Ona more WoFcon.) CADRE (Nope. Time for a sleuth word with some unused vowels.) MIXUP (Well, that only leaves MAUVE) MAUVE (…like I said) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=9)