# "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:** 104
**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 12, 2022, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2061 "2022-03-12T08:22:38Z")
Wordle 266 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEACH TRAIN TALKS TODAY It took me some time to get from 3 to 4, but much better than the last one. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2022, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2062 "2022-03-12T10:23:48Z")
Wordle 266 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GLEAN STRAP TODAY For some reason it took me ages to find any word after 2, kept having to leave it and come back later. ---
**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 12, 2022, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2063 "2022-03-12T10:27:31Z")
Nobody else has seen @Terminus_Est’s clever clue. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2022, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2064 "2022-03-12T11:20:36Z")
Wordle 264 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Well that’s weird. I thought I’d seen this word before. For some reason my browser gave me Wordle 264 instead of 267. I’ll have to try again. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2022, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2065 "2022-03-12T11:27:02Z")
Wordle 267 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Had to empty the cache. ---
**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 12, 2022, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2066 "2022-03-12T12:13:29Z")
Wordle 266 3/6 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACE MONAL TODAY I was going to do TONAL as the second pick but the T wouldn’t provide any additional information ---
**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 12, 2022, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2067 "2022-03-12T12:40:59Z")
Wordle 266 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Texas? What was I thinking! Slate Attar Texas Today ---
**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 12, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2068 "2022-03-12T13:28:24Z")
Wordle 266 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STONE HAIRY TOADY TODAY I saw β€œtoady”, and thought, "should i look for other possible words? Naw, it will give me lots of good placement info even if it’s wrong. Then i saw the result and thought, β€œduh”. Typing this, my phone even corrected β€œtoady” to β€œtoday”. πŸ€¦β€β™€οΈ ---
**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 12, 2022, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2069 "2022-03-12T13:31:29Z")
Well, after yesterday’s humiliation, I bounced back with a 3. Wordle 266 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO FLOAT TODAY After the 2nd word, I knew that the 2nd letter was most likely O (since I couldn’t think of any OT\_A\_ words), leaving T in the first spot and it was easy. ---
**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 12, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2070 "2022-03-12T15:28:43Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Wordle 266 4/6 My 2nd to last was toady as well. πŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ ---
**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 12, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2071 "2022-03-12T15:41:45Z")
Wordle 266 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD ADOPT TODAY yay ! ---
**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 12, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2072 "2022-03-12T16:35:13Z")
Wordle 266 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE TALON TODAY Took awhile, but I got there. ---
**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 12, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2073 "2022-03-12T17:08:22Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Wordle 266 4/6 > > β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› > β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© > 🟩🟩🟨🟨🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > STONE > HAIRY > TOADY > TODAY > > I saw β€œtoady”, and thought, "should i look for other possible words? Naw, it will give me lots of good placement info even if it’s wrong. Then i saw the result and thought, β€œduh”. Typing this, my phone even corrected β€œtoady” to β€œtoday”. πŸ€¦β€β™€οΈ > [@Folly](#): > > My 2nd to last was toady as well. πŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ I did the exact same thing: TOADY, then TODAY. WTF is a toady? Rhetorical question, I know I can look it up but I probably won’t. AIERY LOTUS MUNCH TOADY TODAY ---
**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 12, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2074 "2022-03-12T17:21:29Z")
A toady is a sycophant or henchman. ETA: Yay! Figured out my spoiler issue. You know how blur spoilers toggle on and off each time you click them? If you click it visible, edit the post and then save it, when discourse redraws the edited post it remembers the blur toggle state and shows it visible, as if it weren’t working, instead of resetting to blurred like I would expect on a redraw. Not a fan, but at least now I know how it works. ---
**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 12, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2075 "2022-03-12T17:26:42Z")
Wordle 266 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEFIT TRACE TALON TOADY TODAY ---
**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 12, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2076 "2022-03-12T17:33:11Z")
TOADY is a word i know, and it didn’t seem too weird to me to be an answer. ---
**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 12, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2077 "2022-03-12T18:16:55Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > WTF is a toady? It’s a person who is kind of halfway between a thug and a sycophant ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2078 "2022-03-12T18:56:28Z")
> **Wordle 266 4/6\* 3/12/2022** > > ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ > 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > W_AT_CH β†’ Not a bad start > S_TA_RE β†’ slow progress. Thought about TOADY, but needed to place the A somewhere else… > _ADO_P_T_ -\>Try T in front, A 4th, so must be > **TODAY** > > This may be my first time with no greens until the win. ---
**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 12, 2022, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2079 "2022-03-12T19:53:47Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > ETA: Yay! Figured out my spoiler issue. You know how blur spoilers toggle on and off each time you click them? If you click it visible, edit the post and then save it, when discourse redraws the edited post it remembers the blur toggle state and shows it visible, as if it weren’t working, instead of resetting to blurred like I would expect on a redraw. > > Not a fan, but at least now I know how it works. Thanks for this. I was having that trouble with my post today. The odd thing is that the blur spoiler was not initially working (when I initially posted. So I deleted my post and replaced it with β€˜never mind’. I was able to fix it, although I don’t know how. I’ll pay more attention to that. And, thanks all for the definitions! ---
**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 12, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2080 "2022-03-12T21:01:46Z")
I got tomorrow’s in three. Options were so limited it was my only choice. Wordle 267 3/6 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=103) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=105)