# "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:** 80
**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 20, 2025, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1581 "2025-03-20T04:02:46Z")
Wordle 1,370 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEARN HATED PASTE BASTE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1582 "2025-03-20T04:35:46Z")
Wordle 1,370 5/6 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SALTY HASTE TOPIC BASTE After 3 I was in a trap with BASTE, CASTE, PASTE or TASTE. I went for a sleuth word which had the initial T and two others to clinch a five. ---
**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 20, 2025, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1583 "2025-03-20T07:12:25Z")
Wordle 1,370 6/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I hate hate hate when there are a ton of words that are different by one letter and I have to keep trying to guess that letter! ---
**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 20, 2025, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1584 "2025-03-20T07:16:02Z")
**Wordle 1,370 3/6 β€” 2025-03-20 Thu** β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** β€” _it could be baste caste haste paste steak taser; letters to eliminate are B C H P K R_ **BEACH** **BASTE** ---
**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 20, 2025, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1585 "2025-03-20T10:39:35Z")
Wordle 1,370 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \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 K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \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 Z} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \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 T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 20, 2025, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1586 "2025-03-20T11:10:54Z")
Wordle 1,370 6/6\* πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Easel Haste Taste Waste Paste Baste ---
**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 20, 2025, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1587 "2025-03-20T11:40:30Z")
Wordle 1,370 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART STEAK wow four yellows. How hard can it be now? TASTE WASTE BASTE pretty hard actually ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1588 "2025-03-20T13:13:07Z")
Wordle 1370 4/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT HASTE PUBIC BASTE How’d you like my sleuth word at 3? Days like this are why I don’t play hard mode. Second day in a row of getting seemingly bountiful information from my starting word, but not enough either day to do better than a 4. Yesterday I had two greens, but there were a few dozen words that were still legal, and only about half of them had been used, so there was no second word that would guarantee a 3. Today with the three yellows, there were about 20 possibles, and amazingly enough, after 1370 games, only 4 of them (taste, tasty, waste, and pasta) had already been used. And after 2, I was in the trap zone, so I went with the sleuth word on 3. I’d have probably gotten a 5 if I’d just guessed. ---
**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 20, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1589 "2025-03-20T14:23:49Z")
Wordle 1,370 5/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟧 ⬜⬜⬜🟦🟦 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST PASTE WASTE BASTE Bah! ---
**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 20, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1590 "2025-03-20T15:15:47Z")
Wordle 1,370 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟩🟩🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (So many yellows. Let’s see if a WoFcon gets me an eagle.) TASER (Nope. But if I disregard EASTS as a possibility, I’m working with ?ASTE. that’s HASTE, CASTE, or BASTE. I’ll use a sleuth word and settle for par, rather than risk a bogey.) WHICH (That settles that.) BASTE (Methodical, that’s me.) ---
**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 20, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1591 "2025-03-20T15:26:19Z")
> [@Gr8Kat](#): > > Wordle 1,370 6/6 > > πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© > β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© > β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© > β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© > β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > I hate hate hate when there are a ton of words that are different by one letter and I have to keep trying to guess that letter! That’s when you find a sleuth word to eliminate some. Since you didn’t tell us which words you tried, I can only guess that THUMB would have served you well. ---
**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 20, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1592 "2025-03-20T15:39:37Z")
Wordle 1,370 4/6\* ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > LEAST > PASTE – it’s a trap! > HASTE > BASTE ---
**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 20, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1593 "2025-03-20T15:41:41Z")
Can’t use a sleuth word in hard mode, which Gr8Kat doesn’t, but many others do. Like me! πŸ˜‰ ---
**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 20, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1594 "2025-03-20T15:48:48Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Can’t use a sIeuth word in hard mode, which Gr8Kat doesn’t, but many others do. Like me! πŸ˜‰ I get that (and I did check to see if **Gr8Kat** did). I decided to abandon Hard mode when it became clear that Wordlebot doesn’t use it, even against players who do. I do, however, strive to use the _forms_ of Hard mode, without locking myself out of the ability to use a sleuth 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:** [March 20, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1595 "2025-03-20T15:53:35Z")
Wordle 1,370 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 MOUSE SNARE CASTE WASTE BASTE > [@Chefguy](#): > > Bah! You took the word right out of my mouth. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1596 "2025-03-20T16:16:39Z")
> **Wordle 1,370 6/6\* 3/20/2025** > > 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ > 🟨🟨🟩⬜🟨 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _S_P_A_RK β†’ S and A. This evokes a word that might actually help me place both letters here. > _E_S **S** _A_Y β†’ Though I suppose ASSAY would have been better. Still, picking up the E is no bad thing. Need to try WoFcons, though > _TE_ **S** L_A_ β†’ And… uh, oh, I can see the trap on the way. At least TASTE & PASTE are out. B, C, H, W, we just had one of these recently ISTR… Well, let’s jump right into the trap and see where we go. > W **ASTE** β†’ Nope. > H **ASTE** β†’ Not that, either. I think it was CASTE, recently, so try > **BASTE** > BASIS is Scoredle’s second guess here, which allows it to finish with a birdie (there were a couple more possibles, but the solution could differentiate between them). It turned out my third guess was important, or I’d have had one more letter to check in the trap and my odds would go down from 75% to 60%. ---
**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 20, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1597 "2025-03-20T17:10:00Z")
**Wordle** 1,371 6/6 ugh tricksy ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1598 "2025-03-21T04:40:38Z")
Wordle 1,371 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUNES NUDGE ---
**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 21, 2025, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1599 "2025-03-21T07:12:20Z")
**Wordle 1,371 4/6 β€” 2025-03-21 Fri** β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **BOUND** **NUDGE** ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1600 "2025-03-21T10:23:55Z")
Wordle 1371 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE GENIE NUDGE After 2, I had it down to a surprisingly small list of prospects: GENIE, NUDGE, KNIFE, VENUE (BINGE, INDIE, and UNDUE having been used). Guessing any of them except KNIFE on 3 would guarantee me no worse than a 4. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=79) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=81)