# "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:** 94
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1861 "2025-04-08T07:09:29Z")
Wordle 1,389 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Today I did something I very rarely do - once I got that second word, I looked up a word list. It looks like that it might be the last of that particular trap ---
**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 8, 2025, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1862 "2025-04-08T07:32:50Z")
Wordle 1,389 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 blank scare stare share spare ---
**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:** [April 8, 2025, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1863 "2025-04-08T08:11:30Z")
Wordle 1,389 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHART BLARE SPARE ---
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1864 "2025-04-08T08:17:24Z")
Wordle 1,389 2/6 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slant Spare ---
**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 8, 2025, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1865 "2025-04-08T08:22:39Z")
**Wordle 1,389 3/6 β€” 2025-04-09 Tue** β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **SPARE** ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1866 "2025-04-08T09:45:06Z")
Wordle 1389 3/6 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHARM SPARE ---
**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 8, 2025, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1867 "2025-04-08T10:55:17Z")
Wordle 1,389 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \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 E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \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 E} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 8, 2025, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1868 "2025-04-08T11:32:21Z")
Wordle 1,389 3/6 ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SNARE SPARE ---
**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 8, 2025, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1869 "2025-04-08T12:57:28Z")
Wordle 1,389 3/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PASTE SPACE SPARE ---
**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 8, 2025, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1870 "2025-04-08T14:03:21Z")
Wordle 1,389 3/6 ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Looks good. The smart money is on S?A?E, but there are few unused words left.) SHALE (That WoFcon didn’t do anything except confirm S?A?E. A different WoFcon?) SPARE (_Yesssss!_) ---
**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 8, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1871 "2025-04-08T14:18:42Z")
Wordle 1,389 2/6 ⬜🟦🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPARE - the opening word eliminated most all the trap words ---
**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 8, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1872 "2025-04-08T15:29:45Z")
Wordle 1,389 3/6\* ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > LEAST > SHALE ← oops, reused the L > SPARE ---
**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 8, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1873 "2025-04-08T15:50:38Z")
Wordle 1,389 3/6 πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 STORE PINCH SPARE I got lucky by exposing the trap immediately, then I got smart (for a change) and didn’t fall into it. It had been ten days since my last three. β€˜Bout damn time. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1874 "2025-04-08T15:57:06Z")
> **Wordle 1,389 5/6\* 4/8/2025** > > ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > H_A_Z_E_L β†’ Good start on the vowels, but there are four WoFcons left out there, and I’d better start on them. > **S** T **ARE** β†’ And… that’s a trap. H is gone, fortunately, but C, N, and P are still out there. N is a WoFcon, so try it first. > **S** N **ARE** β†’ Nope. Alpha order? > **S** C **ARE** β†’ Gotta be a P. > **SPARE** > TEASE is Scoredle’s second guess, which helps it get a birdie. Sometimes luck is with the algorithm. ---
**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 8, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1875 "2025-04-08T17:15:33Z")
Wordle 1,390 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A pleasant way to wake up πŸŒ„ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1876 "2025-04-09T04:27:29Z")
Wordle 1,390 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LEAST CHEAT WHEAT At the last second I decided that C was a better letter than W. ---
**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 9, 2025, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1877 "2025-04-09T10:02:59Z")
Wordle 1,390 3/6\* \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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \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 T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \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 T} \\ \end{aligned} More luck ! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1878 "2025-04-09T10:38:45Z")
Wordle 1390 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT ADIEU WHEAT Could’ve also been BEGAT or EXPAT; GREAT, CHEAT, and TREAT had already been used. ---
**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 9, 2025, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1879 "2025-04-09T12:49:58Z")
**Wordle 1,390 4/6 β€” 2025-04-10 Wed** β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **BOUND** **SPARE** ---
**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 9, 2025, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1880 "2025-04-09T13:07:26Z")
Wordle 1,390 2/6 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART you three in front! one step to the right! WHEAT [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=93) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=95)