# "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:** 90
**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 2, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1781 "2025-04-02T14:34:43Z")
Wordle 1,383 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > LEAST > NURSE > CURSE ---
**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 2, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1782 "2025-04-02T14:39:09Z")
Wordle 1,383 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (???SE probably. Lemme get some more vowels.) GUISE (That U helps. ?URSE, perhaps.) NURSE (So, it’s PURSE or CURSE. Damn, shoulda gone with a sleuth word, like PECAN) PURSE (Guessed wrong.) CURSE (Curses!) ---
**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 2, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1783 "2025-04-02T14:53:22Z")
Wordle 1,383 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART LOSER CRESS CURSE ---
**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 2, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1784 "2025-04-02T15:42:21Z")
Wordle 1,383 3/6 🟧🟦⬜⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE CURVE CURSE ---
**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 2, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1785 "2025-04-02T16:00:02Z")
Wordle 1,383 4/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE RINSE HORSE CURSE I used the same start word as Scordle and beat it by one, but only because I won the coin-flip between CURSE and PURSE and it didn’t. Scordle did check for a second E, however, which I did not. VERSE would have sent me to the bogey. So overall, I’ll take what I got and be happy. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2025, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1786 "2025-04-02T23:18:06Z")
Wordle 1,383 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 lefty smoke piece chase curse ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1787 "2025-04-03T05:01:50Z")
Wordle 1,384 3/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SNARE SHEAR Got lucky and picked the right trap letter. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2025, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1788 "2025-04-03T08:01:56Z")
Wordle 1,384 4/6 πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 steam speak sheaf shear ---
**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 3, 2025, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1789 "2025-04-03T09:54:34Z")
Wordle 1,384 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[yellow,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[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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \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 H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \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 3, 2025, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1790 "2025-04-03T11:15:50Z")
Wordle 1384 4/6 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT SPEAR SWEAR SHEAR Fell into the mini-trap. Fortunately, SMEAR had already been used. ---
**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 3, 2025, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1791 "2025-04-03T11:30:30Z")
Wordle 1,384 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PAINT LOUSY SMEAR SHEAR ---
**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 3, 2025, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1792 "2025-04-03T11:51:03Z")
Wordle 1,384 2/6 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART OK everybody, take one step to the right SHEAR ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1793 "2025-04-03T12:02:35Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > OK everybody, take one step to the right _Put your hands on your hips, and bring your knees in tight_ 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1794 "2025-04-03T13:12:43Z")
Another one gotten on turn 2. starting word is Choir. Wordle 1,384 2/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 3, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1795 "2025-04-03T13:55:19Z")
Wordle 1,384 3/6\* ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > LEAST > SWEAR > SHEAR > > Damn! Almost had a two. It’s been a long time. ---
**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 3, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1796 "2025-04-03T14:35:16Z")
Wordle 1,384 3/6 ⬜🟦🟦⬜🟦 🟦⬜⬜🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST - now do the hokey pokey and turn yourselves around SHEAR ---
**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 3, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1797 "2025-04-03T14:35:48Z")
Wordle 1,384 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Looks promising. Try SA??E and add a WoFcon.) SALVE (No? How about S?EA? and a different WoFcon?) SHEAR (Gotcha!) ---
**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 3, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1798 "2025-04-03T15:15:53Z")
Ugh - rooky error - five guesses in two fixed letters and one floater and I forgot the floater on the fifth guess…one guess left 😱 I put it down to the heat at midnight. 28 feels like 35. πŸ₯΅ Gonna mess up my nice run. And I did …had the right solution and once more forgot the floater… 😒 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1799 "2025-04-03T15:55:00Z")
> **Wordle 1,384 6/6\* 4/3/2025** > > ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 > 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩 > 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CU_RSE_ β†’ That’s quite a start. I’m worried about a second E now, so I’ll try > _RES_ET β†’ Not much help. L & N left. Gotta get some greens soon. Figured I’d try an L word, but got so obsessed with it I ended up with > **S** LI_E_ **R** β†’ which is horribly bogus and repeats the E in fourth. Ugh. Really should have gone A here, right? So I amended my ways and went with > **S** P **EAR** β†’ and with three more words to go into the space and two guesses left, my streak hangs by a die roll > **S** W **EAR** β†’ Now by a coin flip > **SHEAR** > > Someone upthread said the last word had already been used, in which case I was both safe and quite lucky I didn’t pick it. Scoredle has a much better third guess which leads it to a five. ---
**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 3, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1800 "2025-04-03T16:30:29Z")
Face plant for the record. Wordle 1,385 X/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 and my Apple Watch died. 😭 Not a good day. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=89) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=91)