# "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:** 101
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2001 "2022-03-10T08:24:39Z")
Wordle 264 3/6\* πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT LEASH LAPSE ---
**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:** [March 10, 2022, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2002 "2022-03-10T11:04:31Z")
Wordle 264 5/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AIERY LOTUS MUNCH FUDGE LAPSE ---
**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 10, 2022, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2003 "2022-03-10T11:09:45Z")
Another fast play whee! Wordle 264 3/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Sharp Paste Lapse ---
**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 10, 2022, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2004 "2022-03-10T11:32:39Z")
Wordle 264 4/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD TAKEN MAPLE LAPSE ---
**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 10, 2022, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2005 "2022-03-10T12:29:11Z")
Wordle 264 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 After the third pick I went through the options and came up with two possible words. I chose the wrong one, TRACE MANGO SABLE FALSE LAPSE ---
**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:** [March 10, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2006 "2022-03-10T14:08:06Z")
Made work of this one today. Wordle 264 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟨⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PLANE APPLE LAPSE ---
**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 10, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2007 "2022-03-10T14:34:40Z")
Awww, it was all over too soon today! Wordle 264 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SABLE LAPSE ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2008 "2022-03-10T15:34:08Z")
> **Wordle 264 4/6\* 3/10/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 > 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > MONTH β†’ Good knockouts, folks! That’s all I’ve got… > _SP_IR **E** β†’ Still a little low on vowels. After some brief thought, it came to me… > _P_ **A** U **SE** β†’ …and a short jump to > **LAPSE** > [@Folly](#): > > The answer has made for some funny phrases. For example, this is probably from the ghostbuster’s calendar on the wall. Oddly enough, my father is an incorrigible trainwatcher, and every year he does a calendar of self-taken train pictures to give to other members of his crew. So my sequence yesterday of > [@SunUp](#): > > SWEE_T_ > _T_RAI_N_ > **MONTH** goes very well with this month’s picture of the Eurostar. Hmmm… do I really need spoilers a day late? ---
**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 10, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2009 "2022-03-10T16:22:14Z")
Wordle 264 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Three starter words have me all the letters… ---
**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, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2010 "2022-03-10T17:06:59Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > do I really need spoilers a day late? I say no. ---
**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 10, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2011 "2022-03-10T17:40:07Z")
Wordle 264 5/6\* 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALTER MEDAL BLEAK FALSE LAPSE ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2012 "2022-03-10T17:47:57Z")
Got 5 today. Thought I was getting much better with several 2’s and 3’s in the recent past. Yesterday my average was exactly 4, with the same number of 3’s as 5’s and the same number of 2’s as 6’s. Maybe I should get a 3 tomorrow on purpose even if I know the word in 2 so I can preserve the perfect symmetry. ---
**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 10, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2013 "2022-03-10T18:03:09Z")
Wordle 264 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 INERT PLACE MAPLE LAPSE I hit so many letters with the second word that I was disappointed not to get it in 3. 4 is fine with me though. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2014 "2022-03-10T18:32:32Z")
Wordle 264 3/6\* 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LATER LANCE LAPSE ---
**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 10, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2015 "2022-03-10T20:34:11Z")
At the risk of giving away a clue, tomorrow’s is one of _those_ words. Wordle 265 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2016 "2022-03-10T23:31:32Z")
Wordle 264 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A quick one, today: TRAIN, APPLE, LAPSE ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2017 "2022-03-11T01:38:58Z")
Wordle 264 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IOTAS SHALL LAPSE My new stricture: the guesses combined have to form a grammatically correct sentence. ---
**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 11, 2022, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2018 "2022-03-11T02:48:53Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Wordle 265 4/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 265** > > CREAM > ACTIN > PATCH > WATCH > [@GuanoLad](#): > > At the risk of giving away a clue, tomorrow’s is one of _those_ words. Indeed it is. ---
**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 11, 2022, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2019 "2022-03-11T05:34:47Z")
Wordle 265 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLASP MARCH WATCH Scary scary. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2020 "2022-03-11T06:43:53Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > At the risk of giving away a clue, tomorrow’s is one of _those_ words. Wordle 265 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Yup FREAK ANTIC MATCH PATCH WATCH I’m thinking the key to a low score would be to guess the first letter early and that isn’t a letter I would normally lead with. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=100) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=102)