My WittyCulus Wordle Challenge, which was initiated in the game prior to this, continues with Wordle 3.
Let’s see how it affects Wordle gameplay by forcing the first guess…
![Mark's Wordle 3 solved in 6 moves](http://wittyculus.com/wp-content/uploads/Mark-Heng-Wordle-3-22Jun2021-in-6-moves-414x640.jpg)
Answer to Wordle 3: HUMPH
Number of guesses*: 6
*in WittyCulus Challenge Mode
Progression of clues:
- 0
- 0
- 0 + 2
- 2 + 1
- 4
- 5
Played on Feb 8th 2022 via Wordle Archive
Step-by-Step Replay of Wordle 3 Puzzle
Guess #1
What gives with SISSY?
Guess #2
Zilch, that’s what! Now I have a 5-move game lol. RATED is my next guess.
Guess #3
Nothing again? Wow! O and U left for vowels, so how about GHOUL?
Guess #4
Hmm… Wordle likes words with a single vowel, like in the last game? We can rule out words beginning with CH, PH, WH. If H were in front, then U must follow… but I suddenly see PUNCH, so am going for that. Lol 🙂
![Mark's gameplay for Wordle 3](http://wittyculus.com/wp-content/uploads/Mark-Heng-Wordle-3-solution-and-game-board-640x625.jpg)
Guess #5
I’m stumped here. I see an M in there, but what word can fit the _UP_H or _U_PH pattern? _UMPH is most likely, but I dunno. Oops, I entered BUMPH and Wordle took it! What does that word mean? (Google says this is a Brit word, same as “bumf”… ah, so “f” and “ph” sounding the same here?)
Guess #6
I’ve got F, H, J, K, M, U, V, W left to try as the first letter; Q is definitely out, X and Z don’t look it. What should I do? Lemme lay this out to stare at: fumf – humf – jumf – kumf – mumf – uumf – vumf – wumf. Covering the F at the end, we have fumf, humf, mumf and vumf looking like candidates. My instinct says to test the U — luckily the “word” wasn’t accepted lol. My next guess is VUMPH; still a non-word. How about M? Yet another negative! Going to do the H next…
And most fortunately, the solution for Wordle 3 was found in HUMPH.
This has been a wacky round with wild guessing during that last move! The WittyCulus idea of starting each game with the previous puzzle answer makes for tough (and handicapped!) play, I must say.
Still, I will push on with the challenge… until my head cracks lol 🙂
Incidentally, “humph” means a snorting sound which expresses doubt, dissatisfaction or disapproval.
![](http://wittyculus.com/wp-content/uploads/Meaning-of-humph-as-seen-on-Google-640x308.jpg)
So humph! My Wordle Challenge gameplay surely can be better; needs a strategy to overcome limitations of fixed initial guesses! 🙂