# The Appeal of Wordle

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-appeal-of-wordle/958192>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** board-card-word-game\
**Created:** [January 21, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-appeal-of-wordle/958192 "2022-01-21T20:17:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-appeal-of-wordle/958192/41 "2022-01-24T13:42:22Z")

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> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#):
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> …do I start with TEARS…

There are no plurals in the answer set for Wordle, so you’d be better off starting with another word that has those letters, for what it’s worth.

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-appeal-of-wordle/958192/42 "2022-01-24T19:50:47Z")

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Tears in the sense of ripping something isn’t a plural. I wonder if it is in the list.

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**Author:** ![Roger\_That](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roger_that/32/8505_2.png) [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-appeal-of-wordle/958192/43 "2022-01-24T19:52:10Z")

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It’s a conjugated verb form. I think those are out, too.

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**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-appeal-of-wordle/958192/44 "2022-01-24T19:52:39Z")

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TEARS is not in the solution list, but is in the allowed guesses list.

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