# "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:** 89
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1761 "2025-04-01T04:50:37Z")
Wordle 1,382 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUNES WHEEL JEWEL ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1762 "2025-04-01T07:04:22Z")
**Wordle 1,382 5/6 — 2025-04-01 Tue** 🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **BOUND** **VUGHY** **JEWEL** ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1763 "2025-04-01T09:56:47Z")
Wordle 1,382 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,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 F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \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 N} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt J} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ \end{aligned} > [@Bullitt](#): > > VUGHY That’s a new one on me ! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1764 "2025-04-01T10:29:06Z")
Wordle 1382 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY LEVEL JEWEL First 5 in a while. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1765 "2025-04-01T11:55:28Z")
Wordle 1,382 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BEGIN LEVEL JEWEL ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1766 "2025-04-01T12:18:51Z")
Wordle 1,382 6/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟨🟩⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PAINT LOUSE MELEE LEVEL BEZEL JEWEL 6 two days in a row. Those two starting words that got me a 3 on Sunday have not been much help the last couple of days. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1767 "2025-04-01T13:39:20Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > 6 two days in a row. Those two starting words that got me a 3 on Sunday have not been much help the last couple of days. Yesterday’s and today’s solutions weren’t easy words IMHO. Nobody’s starting words can cover every situation. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1768 "2025-04-01T13:55:58Z")
Wordle 1,382 4/6\* 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > LEAST > FELON > REPLY > JEWEL ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1769 "2025-04-01T14:32:00Z")
Wordle 1,382 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟦🟦⬜⬜🟦 ⬜🟧🟦🟦⬜ ⬜🟧⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST - first time this word has let me down ELUDE FEELY BEVEL JEWEL ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1770 "2025-04-01T16:16:13Z")
Wordle 1,382 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦 🟦⬛⬛🟧⬛ ⬛🟦🟦🟧⬛ 🟦⬛⬛🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 UNITE LOSER BLEED EXCEL JEWEL I see I’m not the only one who struggled today. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1771 "2025-04-01T16:48:44Z")
> **Wordle 1,382 4/6\* 4/1/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > BOOTY → Whiff. Good first word second coming up > _L_ **E** ARN → Placed E is nice. Remaining vowels is down to we. I’ll try the I, along with that last WoFcon, and throw in a W (don’t know why I didn’t see VEILS here before, but) > _W_ **E** I_L_S → It worked out well. Not sure where I’d put a U in there, so go with a second E. Thought about ?ELEW for a while, then reversed the W and L and saw it > **JEWEL** > > A lucky third guess saves par. If, in the event, I had made the third guess I saw later, I’m not sure I’d have seen the solution with the next guess - Scoredle shows 14 possibles, three which seem nonbogus. Scoredle itself works slower than I did, and ends up with a bogey. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1772 "2025-04-01T17:35:09Z")
Wordle 1,382 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (A placed E. Big whoop. Any vowels care to reveal your presence?) GEOID (Hmm. Try a U, and a second E, just in case.) VENUE (No U, but two Es. Being April Fool’s Day, I wouldn’t put it past them to make it a three-E word, just to fuck with me. And I may try one if this next one doesn’t pan out.) JEWEL (It panned out! [and my three-E word was going to be EELER.]) ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1773 "2025-04-01T20:29:03Z")
Wordle 1,383 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Damn another shot and two and guessed the wrong way…sigh Still a nice way to start the day ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2025, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1774 "2025-04-02T04:52:43Z")
Wordle 1,383 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO NURSE PURSE CURSE ---
**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:** [April 2, 2025, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1775 "2025-04-02T07:17:15Z")
**Wordle 1,383 3/6 — 2025-04-02 Wed** ⬛🟨⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **CURSE** ---
**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:** [April 2, 2025, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1776 "2025-04-02T07:59:09Z")
Wordle 1,383 3/6\* \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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2025, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1777 "2025-04-02T10:08:05Z")
Wordle 1383 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE CURSE ---
**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:** [April 2, 2025, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1778 "2025-04-02T10:35:04Z")
Wordle 1,383 4/6\* ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨 🟨⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Drawn Poser Serve Curse ---
**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:** [April 2, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1779 "2025-04-02T14:24:21Z")
Damn another shot a two ends at 5 😱 Wordle 1,384 5/6 🟩⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😢 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1780 "2025-04-02T14:28:37Z")
> **Wordle 1,383 4/6\* 4/2/2025** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > J_E_WEL → Was hoping for one E; am not disappointed. Next up, a good first word second… but with A, or O? I’ll try the latter > _S_TO_R_ **E** → If its ??RSE, I might have A or U in second. But I see only one word with A, but at least 3 with U. So try the latter, with the last WoFcon > N **URSE** → I was right! Now, P or C… try > **CURSE** > PURSE would have been a better third guess, as it would have led to possible alternate words faster. Scoredle falls into the trap with its fourth guess, then goes the distance, so I guess I was pretty lucky with my guessing in the trap. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=88) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=90)