# "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:** 119
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2361 "2022-03-22T07:19:31Z")
Wordle 276 3/6\* 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST BLUSH SLOSH Options had narrowed considerably after 2. An enjoyable birdie. ---
**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 22, 2022, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2362 "2022-03-22T07:50:19Z")
Wordle 276 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AIERY LOTUS MUNCH SLOSH ---
**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 22, 2022, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2363 "2022-03-22T11:37:28Z")
Wordle 276 5/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I wanted to escape hard mode so bad! But I stuck it out. > **Summary** > > Reins > Stamp > Showy > Skosh really? A skosh? > Slosh ---
**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 22, 2022, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2364 "2022-03-22T12:04:47Z")
Wordle 276 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 22, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2365 "2022-03-22T13:49:54Z")
Wordle 276 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Tough nut today. Had to exhaust 4 vowels before getting it right by elimination. HEART CHILD PLUSH SLOSH ---
**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 22, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2366 "2022-03-22T14:27:47Z")
Not my favorite word, but I got it in 3: Wordle 276 3/6 πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STAMP CLOUD SLOSH I wasn’t really left with many choices for the final one; SLOSH is all I could think of that wasn’t a plural or a verb conjugation ending in -s (which I assume is probably not a valid answer word) that starts with SLO-. ---
**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 22, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2367 "2022-03-22T14:52:52Z")
Wordle 276 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AROSE FLOSS SLOSH Got a little lucky on a tough word. As usual, I was hesitant to use a double letter at two, but couldn’t come up with an alternative. It worked out. ---
**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 22, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2368 "2022-03-22T15:53:29Z")
Wordle 276 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Should have thought of it for 3. MEANS SPOIL SLOWS SLOSH ---
**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 22, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2369 "2022-03-22T16:03:08Z")
I’ll take it in 4 today. Wordle 276 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLOUD GLOSS SLOSH ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2370 "2022-03-22T16:12:33Z")
> **Wordle 276 3/6\* 3/23/2022** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > T_H_EIR β†’ **Beesnest** is right, this is a good starting word. > P_O_AC **H** β†’ One vowel? No TH or CH ending, so SH likely… OSH ending? Not FROSH… do I need two S’es? > **SLOSH** > > I’m trying to get over my aversion to guessing words with repeated letters early - it worked out in this case. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2371 "2022-03-22T16:14:58Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > > [@Beesnest](#): > > > > I almost always use the same starter word. Today was my Day! > > That’s my strategy too, have to get a 1 one day … I’ll never get a 1, because I use yesterday’s word to start today’s puzzle… Though sometimes it works extraordinarily well. ---
**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 22, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2372 "2022-03-22T19:08:26Z")
Wordle 276 4/6 πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STONE SHARP LAUGH SLOSH I suspect i had enough information after the first two guesses, but i couldn’t think of anything, so i decided to check some new letters and the placement of the β€œH”. ---
**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 22, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2373 "2022-03-22T22:42:33Z")
Wordle 276 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AROSE GHOST SLOSH A fairly quick one, today, due to having three letters by stage 2, and not all that many words that could fit those parameters. ---
**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 23, 2022, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2374 "2022-03-23T02:50:35Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** I take back what I said about cutesy openings. I could have gotten this in one. Wordle 277 3/6 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > GREAT > ROGUE > PURGE ---
**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 23, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2375 "2022-03-23T04:09:15Z")
Wordle 277 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRITS POLAR PURGE Pretty psyched it accepted CRITS as a word. I’m starting to run out of C openers altogether. Will have to switch to P soon. ---
**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 23, 2022, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2376 "2022-03-23T04:16:03Z")
Wordle 277 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALERT RESIN BROKE CURVE PURGE Good grief! ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2377 "2022-03-23T05:12:49Z")
Wordle 277 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRASH DIRGE FORGE MERGE PURGE Don’t know how just the R got me to that ending so fast but that sure didn’t help because there are so many words that end -RGE ---
**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 23, 2022, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2378 "2022-03-23T05:33:07Z")
Went fast, but that was a close one! Wordle 277 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLACK POINT PRUDE PURSE PUREE PURGE ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2379 "2022-03-23T06:33:14Z")
Wordle 277 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPARE PRUNE PUREE PURGE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2380 "2022-03-23T07:56:06Z")
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