# "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:** 83

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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 23, 2025, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1641 "2025-03-23T23:10:34Z")

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Wordle 1,373 3/6

⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛  
🟩🟨🟩⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

speak  
depth  
dopey

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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 24, 2025, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1642 "2025-03-24T04:51:49Z")

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Wordle 1,374 6/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩  
⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩  
🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩  
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
SHALE  
CABLE  
AMPLE  
ANKLE  
ANGLE

Should have maybe ditched hard mode instead of slogging my way through.

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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 24, 2025, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1643 "2025-03-24T07:08:07Z")

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**Wordle 1,374 4/6 — 2025-03-24 Mon**  
🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛  
⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩  
 **LEAST**  
 **CRIMP**  
 **BOUND**  
 **ANGLE**

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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 24, 2025, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1644 "2025-03-24T09:14:05Z")

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Wordle 1,374 4/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨  
🟨⬛🟨⬛🟩  
🟩🟨🟩⬛🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

trail  
lease  
algae  
angle

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**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 24, 2025, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1645 "2025-03-24T10:15:55Z")

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Wordle 1,374 3/6\*

⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛  
🟨⬛⬛🟨🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Perch  
Lumen  
Angle

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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 24, 2025, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1646 "2025-03-24T10:26:24Z")

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Wordle 1374 3/6

⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜  
🟨🟨🟨⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLANT  
LANCE  
ANGLE

Could’ve also been ANKLE, or more obscurely, ANILE.

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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 24, 2025, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1647 "2025-03-24T10:29:44Z")

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Wordle 1,374 4/6\*

\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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,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 C} \bbox[yellow,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}

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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 24, 2025, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1648 "2025-03-24T11:23:31Z")

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Wordle 1,374 4/6

⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟨🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

HEART  
SPEAK  
ANGEL  
ANGLE

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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 24, 2025, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1649 "2025-03-24T12:19:01Z")

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Wordle 1,374 5/6

⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛  
⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛  
⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟨🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

FAINT  
COUGH  
WEARY  
ANGEL  
ANGLE

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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 24, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1650 "2025-03-24T13:32:32Z")

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Wordle 1,374 3/6\*

🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

> **Summary**
>
> LEAST  
> IDEAL  
> ANGLE

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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 24, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1651 "2025-03-24T15:14:35Z")

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> **Wordle 1,374 3/6\* 3/24/2025**
>
> ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
> ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩  
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> 
> DOP_E_Y → Yet another E. With three vowels gone, time to hit the WoFcons hard  
> ST_A_R **E** → Wrong three WoFcons, but placing the E and getting the A helps. N & L are still out there, first word I see with all those is  
> **ANGLE**
> 
> Seriously lucky, as I had about 20 valid possibles to choose from. Still, there is something to be said for adhering to your standard way of doing things - and I was little primed for this from the other puzzle last week. Scoredle’s second word is close to mine, but going away from WoFcons with its third guess means it ends up with a 1/3 shot at par, which it converts.

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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 24, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1652 "2025-03-24T15:15:19Z")

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Wordle 1,374 4/6

⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜  
⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩  
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

YEAST. (Again?)  
VALVE (AGAIN??!!??)  
ANKLE (Curses. Guessed wrong again!)  
ANGLE (So I made par. Big whoop.)

Still, a par is better than yesterday’s double bogey.

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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 24, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1653 "2025-03-24T15:21:26Z")

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Wordle 1,374 3/6

⬜⬜🟦🟦🟧  
⬜🟦🟦⬜🟧  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

CRANE  
DANCE  
ANGLE

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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 24, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1654 "2025-03-24T15:24:33Z")

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Struggled with this then inspiration hit after a short break  
Wordle 1,375 3/6  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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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 24, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1655 "2025-03-24T16:22:09Z")

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Wordle 1,374 3/6

⬛⬛🟦⬛🟦  
🟦🟦⬛🟦🟦  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

OPERA  
LATEN  
ANGLE

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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 25, 2025, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1656 "2025-03-25T04:18:46Z")

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Wordle 1,375 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
LUNES  
SHELF

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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 25, 2025, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1657 "2025-03-25T05:54:52Z")

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Wordle 1,375 3/6

🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SAINT  
SLOPE  
SHELF

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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 25, 2025, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1658 "2025-03-25T07:13:53Z")

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**Wordle 1,375 4/6 — 2025-03-25 Tue**  
🟨🟨⬛🟨⬛  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩  
 **LEAST**  
 **CRIMP**  
 **BOUND**  
 **SHELF** — _could also have been sleek_

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**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 25, 2025, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1659 "2025-03-25T10:05:30Z")

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Wordle 1,375 2/6\*

🟨⬛🟩⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Fiery  
Shelf

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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 25, 2025, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1660 "2025-03-25T10:25:00Z")

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Wordle 1,375 5/6

⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜  
⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨  
🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

YEAST  
ISSUE  
SPEED  
SHEIK (After guess two, I really should have known better.)  
SHELF

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