# "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:** 120
**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 23, 2022, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2381 "2022-03-23T10:21:02Z")
Wordle 277 4/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > Royal > Truth > Sucre > Purge ---
**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 23, 2022, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2382 "2022-03-23T10:29:19Z")
Wordle 277 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AIERY LOTUS MUNCH FUDGE PURGE ---
**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 23, 2022, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2383 "2022-03-23T11:01:33Z")
Wordle 277 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACE SNORE RIDGE VERGE PURGE After the third pick I saw it could be VERGE, MERGE or PURGE. I chose one of the ERGE words because that would guarantee a 4 or 5. If I chose PURGE and it was wrong I would have to guess between the other two ---
**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 23, 2022, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2384 "2022-03-23T11:56:32Z")
Wordle 277 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART CREED RISEN FARCE PURGE what a pisser- couldn’t place the R or the E in the first 3 tries. Finally figured that the 2nd letter must be U or O, so GORGE would have been a valid guess too ---
**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 23, 2022, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2385 "2022-03-23T11:59:41Z")
Wordle 277 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STONE HAIRY CLUMP PRUDE PURGE i totally missed that the third letter of my fourth guess was the same as the yellow in guess three, that was meant to be a real guess. Not a good start to the day. I got to bed late last night. ---
**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 23, 2022, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2386 "2022-03-23T13:15:06Z")
Wordle 277 2/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pure. Skill. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2387 "2022-03-23T14:18:08Z")
> **Wordle 277 5/6\* 3/23/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 > 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SLOSH β†’ Not an auspicious start > TA_P_I_R_ β†’ Only E & U left in vowels. Oh, and Y. > **P** _E_ **R** KY β†’ Can’t be a consonant between P & R, so something with PUR and an E. Is now the time to try my newfound acceptance of repeated letters? > **PUR** E **E** β†’ No, it isn’t. > **PURGE** > > Sometimes you’re the repeated-letter windshield; sometimes you’re the repeated-letter bug. ---
**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 23, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2388 "2022-03-23T14:20:44Z")
One dumb guess in there Wordle 277 6/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADIEU CHOMP PRUNE PUREE ← I thought for sure this was going to be it, only to miss the fact I’ve already tried the E in the fourth position PURSE PURGE ---
**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 23, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2389 "2022-03-23T14:29:14Z")
Wordle 277 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD GRIME PURGE I needed that. ---
**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 23, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2390 "2022-03-23T14:39:55Z")
Wordle 277 6/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAR WRECK REPLY PRIME PRUNE PURGE ---
**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 23, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2391 "2022-03-23T14:53:39Z")
Wordle 277 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CAMEO GLIDE HENGE PURGE > [@SunUp](#): > > Sometimes you’re the repeated-letter windshield; sometimes you’re the repeated-letter bug. So true. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2392 "2022-03-23T15:14:54Z")
This one was hard for me - my first two guesses revealed almost nothing. Took me five, but not many options left at that point. ---
**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 23, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2393 "2022-03-23T15:59:44Z")
Another 4. Chose the wrong third word. Wordle 277 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CHORE SURGE PURGE ---
**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 23, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2394 "2022-03-23T22:13:30Z")
Wordle 277 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE JUDGE BULGE PURGE β€œJUDGE” and β€œBULGE” were the products of distraction/dimwittedness, as I’d already learned that an β€œR” must be included. ---
**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 24, 2022, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2395 "2022-03-24T02:03:44Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Another three-guess triumph! Wordle 278 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 278** > > GRIEF > WHEAT > CHEST ---
**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 24, 2022, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2396 "2022-03-24T04:04:06Z")
Wordle 278 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALERT SPENT GUEST CHEST ---
**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 24, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2397 "2022-03-24T04:09:59Z")
Wordle 278 3/6 πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAMS CHOSE CHEST Fortunately my opener had already eliminated CHESS, leaving only one word to guess. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2398 "2022-03-24T04:21:23Z")
Wordle 278 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TUNES CHEST Really just a lucky guess for #3. It was the first one I thought of that fit. ---
**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 24, 2022, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2399 "2022-03-24T06:15:34Z")
I forgot to post my decent result this morning, to the point where it’s no longer tomorrow’s puzzle. Wordle 278 3/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2400 "2022-03-24T06:45:30Z")
Wordle 278 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRIPE CLEAN CHEST [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=119) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=121)