# "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:** 111
**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 17, 2022, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2201 "2022-03-17T07:24:10Z")
Today’s almost got me. Wordle 271 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE DOBIE POKIE FOGIE MOVIE 3/5 I didn’t even know were legitimate words - I was just legitimately perplexed and trying different consonants. ---
**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 17, 2022, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2202 "2022-03-17T08:00:29Z")
Wordle 271 4/6 ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AIERY LOTUS MUNCH MOVIE ---
**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 17, 2022, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2203 "2022-03-17T08:19:00Z")
Wordle 271 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ARIEL TINGE MOVIE ---
**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 17, 2022, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2204 "2022-03-17T10:29:45Z")
Wordle 271 5/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Spray Chine Bible Moxie Movie Why I go for the obscure over common idkw ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2205 "2022-03-17T10:58:32Z")
I got 4 instead of three because I chose that same obscure word as my second to last guess. ---
**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 17, 2022, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2206 "2022-03-17T11:16:48Z")
I got 5 because I chose _two_ obscure words instead of the obvious one. That’ll teach me to play right after midnight. In other news, for those of you for whom Dordle, Quordle, Octordle, and Sedecordle just aren’t doing it for you anymore, there’s now **Duotrigordle** - 32 words in 37 guesses. This is just getting silly now. ---
**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 17, 2022, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2207 "2022-03-17T11:50:13Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I got 4 instead of three because I chose that same obscure word as my second to last guess. Same here! I was hoping that was the word. ---
**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 17, 2022, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2208 "2022-03-17T12:16:13Z")
Wordle 271 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACE SLIME MIDGE MOVIE ---
**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 17, 2022, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2209 "2022-03-17T12:48:01Z")
Wordle 271 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACE PHONE DOUSE MOVIE ---
**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 17, 2022, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2210 "2022-03-17T13:11:42Z")
Wordle 271 3/6\* 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLIME MOVIE Discovering the ‘M’ on the second try was a big help. ---
**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 17, 2022, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2211 "2022-03-17T13:20:32Z")
Wordle 271 5/6\* ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩 ⬛🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟨⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I thought it was going to be #3. Then I was stumped, and used a word I knew wouldn’t be the answer, but I needed to know positions in order to figure it out. REACT SPINE BIOME MOILE MOVIE ---
**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 17, 2022, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2212 "2022-03-17T13:25:02Z")
Seven threes in a row on the phone: Wordle 271 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRAIN STOCK MOVIE Almost went for MOXIE at the end, but rejected it as an unlikely Wordle word. ^Thanks, @Aspenglow. I was fat-fingered typing on my phone (seriously, all these years, and I’ve never developed pin-point precision) and must have mucked up the tag (or plain forgotten it). Thought I had previewed, but clearly not. ---
**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 17, 2022, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2213 "2022-03-17T13:39:37Z")
No worries. 🙂 We’ve all pooched that a time or two. ---
**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 17, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2214 "2022-03-17T14:53:54Z")
Wordle 271 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STONE HAIRY CLUMP MOVIE Glad i went for movie and not moxie. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2215 "2022-03-17T15:11:16Z")
> **Wordle 271 5/6\* St. Patrick's Day 2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 > 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CAT_E_R → Anagram of common starting word TRACE, but didn’t do much here… > SP_I_N **E** → Two vowels but no consonants after 2… > **M** _I_DG **E** → Perhaps three vowels? This may take some, uh… > **MO** X **IE** → Yeah, I like the uncommon words too… > **MOVIE** > > I maintain without evidence that MOXIE is the more _beautiful_ of the two options to choose first (especially if you have more than one guess left…) ---
**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 17, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2216 "2022-03-17T16:32:26Z")
Wordle 271 4/6 ⬛🟧⬛⬛🟧 ⬛🟧⬛⬛🟧 🟦🟧🟦⬛🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 LOUSE FORGE VOICE MOVIE Despite the par, this was a tough one for me. After a long stare following my opening word, I was convinced it had to be either FORCE or FORGE, and was surprised it wasn’t. More staring, and then I was absolutely _certain_ that I had it in three with VOICE. My brain just wouldn’t go to an IE ending until the V and I came into play. Weird mental block. ---
**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 17, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2217 "2022-03-17T20:47:54Z")
I do not like tomorrow’s word. Wordle 272 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 17, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2218 "2022-03-17T23:00:41Z")
Wordle 271 4/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OUTER LEMON EMOJI MOVIE I’m not sure if the third word was a legitimate choice in this game; certainly it’s in use in English today even if it had a non-English origin. ---
**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 17, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2219 "2022-03-17T23:08:59Z")
If you want to know the answer to your question, read the spoiler below: In at least the word lists before the New York Times got a hold of it and edited it somewhat to remove words deemed offensive or too obscure, it does _not_ appear in the possible answers list and is, as you discovered, in the allowable guesses list. ---
**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 17, 2022, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2220 "2022-03-17T23:10:57Z")
Thanks, pulykamell. (I wonder if there are any ‘loan words’ in the answers list? If you go back far enough, a large proportion of English words _are_ loan words!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=110) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=112)