# "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:** 102
**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, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2021 "2022-03-11T07:22:30Z")
> [@QMatic](#): > > 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. Or, alternately, to have already checked most of the letters that could solve it. Unfortunately in this case, I’m seeing options of BATCH, CATCH, HATCH, LATCH, MATCH, PATCH and WATCH. Not only is it unreasonable to check all of BCHLMPW, in order to check C and H you have to use two of each in words since the answer ends in CH. Just a killer. There will definitely be people to fail this one, though hopefully none of us here in the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2022 "2022-03-11T08:34:01Z")
Wordle 265 4/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE ADAPT WATCH I guess I got lucky on this one. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2023 "2022-03-11T09:15:24Z")
Oh FFS… Wordle 265 6/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2024 "2022-03-11T09:25:59Z")
This one made me so mad. I had the last four letters after 2 tries then spent 3 more trying to get the first one and it was frankly pure luck. The problem now is that I have gone to the multiword games and I fear I am addicted to quordle. ---
**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 11, 2022, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2025 "2022-03-11T10:30:55Z")
NOOOOOOO Wordle 265 X/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© CREST THICK HATCH LATCH BATCH PATCH ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2026 "2022-03-11T10:55:25Z")
I feel ya, @Fiendish_Astronaut! Wordle 265 X/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© RATIO MATCH PATCH HATCH CATCH LATCH My second miss in 74 games. Broke a 60 game streak. 😒 ---
**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 11, 2022, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2027 "2022-03-11T11:14:21Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > Broke a 60 game streak Mine was pretty much the same - 63 ---
**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 11, 2022, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2028 "2022-03-11T11:25:54Z")
Wordle 265 4/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 By third row I knew trouble was afoot Torte Stain Datum Watch ---
**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 11, 2022, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2029 "2022-03-11T12:18:12Z")
Wordle 265 5/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALERT STAIN BATCH MATCH WATCH I was lucky to get it five. There were a few more possibilities. ---
**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 11, 2022, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2030 "2022-03-11T12:24:00Z")
Wordle 265 4/6 🟨⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 11, 2022, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2031 "2022-03-11T12:32:30Z")
Adding my words and logic. TRACE CLIMP WHIPS WATCH After the first word I figured the last four letters. After that I used words to find the other letter. I didn’t get it on the first try but did the second ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2032 "2022-03-11T13:00:47Z")
Wordle 265 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 This is one time I’m glad I don’t force myself to play hard mode. I usually do but just because I want to shoot for a low score. This time I was able to think of a third word that contained most of the possible first letters I could think of. SPACE LARCH - at this point I knew it was \*ATCH, but several opening letters were possible WOMBS - this covers WATCH, MATCH, BATCH, and also CATCH by process of elimination WATCH ---
**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 11, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2033 "2022-03-11T13:09:40Z")
Whelp, might as well record my failure for posterity. Wordle 265 X/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 COURT TEACH LATCH PATCH MATCH BATCH ---
**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 11, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2034 "2022-03-11T13:27:15Z")
Wordle 265 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD QUOTA TACKY CATCH WATCH That was lucky … ---
**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 11, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2035 "2022-03-11T13:27:36Z")
Went back to my basic strategy today: Wordle 265 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADIEU PORTS WATCH ---
**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 11, 2022, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2036 "2022-03-11T13:33:54Z")
After your first two guesses, the answer could still have been BATCH, CATCH, HATCH, LATCH, or MATCH. ---
**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 11, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2037 "2022-03-11T13:35:26Z")
Well, yeah. It’s a game with significant luck. If you get it in three, you have to have been lucky. There’s probably other words, too, like YACHT My phone stats are pretty lucky: I’ve played four games and all have been three. On my desktop, it’s mostly fours. ---
**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 11, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2038 "2022-03-11T14:03:55Z")
Lucked out on the third guess, I had a few other options Wordle 265 3/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART MATCH WATCH ---
**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, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2039 "2022-03-11T14:25:56Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > WOMBS - this covers WATCH, MATCH, BATCH, and also CATCH by process of elimination I don’t follow; how does WOMBS eliminate CATCH? ---
**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, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2040 "2022-03-11T14:30:53Z")
Note: The problem isn’t that WATCH was on the answer list. The problem is that > **** > > BATCH, CATCH, HATCH, LATCH, MATCH and PATCH are all almost certainly still in the answer list. > > This is the kind of scenario that prompted me to start using words like CLAMP as openers. Trying to use up most of the possibilities before hard mode makes you reuse letters. What the actual fuck with the spoiler tags? Discourse is such dogshit… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=101) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=103)