# "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:** 84
**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 25, 2025, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1661 "2025-03-25T11:41:03Z")
Wordle 1,375 2/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SHELF sometimes you get lucky, just trying to see if S and/or L were in the puzzle. ---
**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 25, 2025, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1662 "2025-03-25T12:30:34Z")
Wordle 1,375 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 25, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1663 "2025-03-25T12:45:48Z")
Wordle 1,375 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PHONE CHEAT SHEER SHELF ---
**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 25, 2025, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1664 "2025-03-25T13:25:35Z")
Wordle 1,375 4/6\* 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST SLIDE SMELL SHELF ---
**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 25, 2025, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1665 "2025-03-25T14:13:47Z")
Wordle 1,375 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦 🟦⬜⬜🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST SHEEP SHELF ---
**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 25, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1666 "2025-03-25T14:15:22Z")
Wordle 1,376 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Drunkards walk getting it but happy with four ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1667 "2025-03-25T14:39:08Z")
> **Wordle 1,375 4/6\* 3/25/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 > 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > ANG **L** _E_ β†’ That’s not a a bad start. Try two of the three remaining WoFcons, and I’d like to try an O, but I can’t see a word with one, so another good consonant is my best bet > **S** M **EL** T β†’ Is this a trap? Looks like all consonants from here on out. Definitely no R, but I could double up on the L, with W or > **S** P **EL** L β†’ So with no second L, I could have an H between S and E, ergo > **SHELF** > > Scoredle has an interesting path - it doubles up on two letters for its second guess, then reverses my second and third guesses as its third and fourth, ending up with a bogey. (From its own start of course, it kicks butt with a birdie.) There was a mini-trap in my sequence after my second guess, but it would have ended in a bogey at worst. ---
**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 25, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1668 "2025-03-25T15:44:19Z")
Wordle 1,375 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ 🟦🟦🟧🟦🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 COATI LURES FLESH SHELF A little more thought might have earned me a birdie, or maybe not. But any time I can save par after whiffing on the opener is a win. ---
**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 25, 2025, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1669 "2025-03-25T22:59:56Z")
Wordle 1,375 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 party belch shell shelf ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1670 "2025-03-26T00:52:10Z")
Wordle 1375 3/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT SPELL SHELF I had intended to go with a possible solution at 2, but none of them did a good job of narrowing things down if that guess was a miss. So at 2, I wound up using a past solution as a sleuth word. Did the job. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1671 "2025-03-26T04:36:24Z")
Wordle 1,376 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHONE MODEL BELOW ELBOW This is a word that always trips me up on Quardle and Octordle so I’m just glad to.get it. ---
**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 26, 2025, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1672 "2025-03-26T07:04:09Z")
**Wordle 1,376 4/6 β€” 2025-03-26 Wed** πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **BOUND** **ELBOW** ---
**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 26, 2025, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1673 "2025-03-26T08:06:00Z")
Wordle 1,376 6/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 manse piety gecko roger extol elbow ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1674 "2025-03-26T10:10:03Z")
Wordle 1376 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CLIME ELEGY ELBOW Don’t ask me why I saw ELEGY before ELBOW. ---
**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 26, 2025, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1675 "2025-03-26T10:31:14Z")
Wordle 1,376 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,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 N} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \\ \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 26, 2025, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1676 "2025-03-26T11:11:02Z")
Wordle 1,376 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Cleft Elude Elbow ---
**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 26, 2025, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1677 "2025-03-26T11:57:23Z")
Wordle 1,376 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE CLOUD PINKY ELBOW I should have had it in three (WordleBot says there was only one possible word left after two) but I burned a word trying to get or eliminate more letters. ---
**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 26, 2025, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1678 "2025-03-26T13:14:00Z")
Wordle 1,376 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART MOVIE OLEOS ELBOW ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1679 "2025-03-26T13:59:37Z")
> **Wordle 1,376 5/6\* 3/26/2025** > > ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ > 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ > 🟨⬜🟨🟨🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SH_EL_F β†’ That’s not a bad start. I’ll try and add an A and two WoFcons for the follow-up > _LE_ARN β†’ Whiff. Perhaps an O, and the T, and what does that get me? > _OWLE_T β†’ Interesting. Is the E at the end? > _W_H_OLE_ β†’ No it’s not, and I already knew the L wasn’t fourth either! Ugh. At least I eliminated the H, small comfort. Well from here, it pretty much has to be > **ELBOW** > MELEE is Scoredle’s second guess, going hard to place the E. This gives it a par, which I might have had if I had just taken another look before entering my eventual fourth guess. In fact, Scoredle says the only valid word left for my fourth guess was the answer, but I biffed it for the bogey. Rats. On the plus side, all yellows before the solution! ---
**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 26, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1680 "2025-03-26T14:11:23Z")
Wordle 1,377 4/6 almost a 3 a 4 will do. 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=83) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=85)