# "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** board-card-word-game\ **Created:** [December 24, 2021, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604 "2021-12-24T21:12:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 100
**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:** [March 9, 2022, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1981 "2022-03-09T11:05:30Z")
Wordle 263 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟩⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Fast play today another 4. Erase Chump Might Month ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1982 "2022-03-09T12:35:31Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > I’d much rather everyone start with the same word. Otherwise, the game really is almost all luck. Particularly with no guess clock. I also think you should have 60 seconds per guess. I wouldn’t play that game. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1983 "2022-03-09T12:35:43Z")
Wordle 263 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I almost always use the same first word for the main game. A few times a day I play an unlimited game and get creative on the first word. TRACE LINTS MONTH ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1984 "2022-03-09T12:50:35Z")
Wordle 263 3/6\* 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MERIT MATCH MONTH ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1985 "2022-03-09T13:06:43Z")
Wordle 263 4/6 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COURT IMPLY WEANS MONTH ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1986 "2022-03-09T15:07:57Z")
> **Wordle 263 3/6\* 3/9/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SWEE_T_ → An inauspicious start, but it allows me to use a word I’ve been wanting to try for a while… > _T_RAI_N_ → Need an O or U in there, or both… where should the T go? Couldn’t find a way to use both vowels, so I tried > **MONTH** > > There were a few words that used O & U both, but I couldn’t think of one that used both N & T with the latter in a position I hadn’t already ruled out. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1987 "2022-03-09T15:21:12Z")
One of the alleged benefits to puzzles is using your brain in different ways is claimed to help fight Alzheimer’s. So dancing, speaking a second language, etc. have been claimed to help. Regarding Wordle, I have seen it claimed using too many strategies, set words, etc. undermines this benefit. This claim seems slightly ridiculous if the benefit is small to begin with. But there you go. I try to start with different words each time (but may have inadvertently repeated them once or twice). Maybe it ups my average score - not by much. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1988 "2022-03-09T15:27:51Z")
Wordle 263 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD QUILT THONG MONTH ---
**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:** [March 9, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1989 "2022-03-09T15:38:33Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > RINSE > GONAD > MONTH So for the other 11 months you… ? ---
**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:** [March 9, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1990 "2022-03-09T15:40:28Z")
Kinda pleased with myself on this one. Wordle 263 3/6 🟦⬛⬛⬛🟦 ⬛⬛⬛🟦🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 TRAIN SPENT MONTH ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1991 "2022-03-09T15:40:47Z")
Wordle 263 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SLOTH MOUTH MONTH ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1992 "2022-03-09T15:59:00Z")
The answer has made for some funny phrases. For example, this is probably from the ghostbuster’s calendar on the wall. Wordle 263 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLAID GHOST TOUCH MONTH ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1993 "2022-03-09T16:52:54Z")
The other gonad gets the other months ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1994 "2022-03-09T21:21:14Z")
I did okay with tomorrow’s. Wordle 264 3/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1995 "2022-03-09T23:24:23Z")
Symmetry today. Wordle 263 4/6 ⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PORTS LOFTY MOUTH MONTH ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1996 "2022-03-10T01:35:48Z")
Wordle 263 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADIEU FUDGY POOTS WORTH MONTH Not a particularly good showing. But I just had to share because I found it hilarious that I got away with “poots.” ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1997 "2022-03-10T01:35:54Z")
Wordle 263 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I used nearly the same guesses as Aspenglow: IRATE, SLOTH, COUTH, MONTH This game should be used as a tool by teachers of English as a second language, because it reinforces knowledge of patterns common in the construction of English words. (For example, if a consonant has to precede a final “th,” as was true today, there are only so many consonants that work.) ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1998 "2022-03-10T03:10:21Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Wordle 264 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 264** > > BRACE > WHOLE > LATTE > LAPSE ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1999 "2022-03-10T05:26:20Z")
Wordle 264 4/6 ⬛🟨🟨⬛🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAMP PLANT APPLE LAPSE This answer is apt. I completely spaced out and reused two yellow letters in the same spots in my second guess. Combined with hitting three letters on my first word, my research words only netted 7 out of 10 letter checks and 8 out of 10 position checks. And then even my first attempt to win was goofy, though in my defense I did feel good about APPLE. I’m happy to get out of this one with a 4. My lapse may have cost me a stroke, but I still managed to save par. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2000 "2022-03-10T05:35:00Z")
Wordle 264 2/6\* 🟨🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SEPAL LAPSE I woke up and couldn’t get back to sleep and for some reason SEPAL was running around my brain. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=99) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=101)