# "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:** 121
**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 24, 2022, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2401 "2022-03-24T07:53:38Z")
Wordle 278 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AIERY LOTUS MUNCH CHEST ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2402 "2022-03-24T09:51:35Z")
Wordle 278 3/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I’ve got a new β€œfun word” for the beginning even though it is unlikely to be in the answer list. Speaking of which, I got 3 when I might have gotten 2 had I not used the first, unlikely, word that came to mind: THANE CHERT CHEST ---
**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 24, 2022, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2403 "2022-03-24T10:13:43Z")
Wordle 278 2/6\* πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > Sheik > Chest ---
**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 24, 2022, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2404 "2022-03-24T11:34:13Z")
Wordle 278 2/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I started with the boring TRACE word. But it worked this time. ---
**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 24, 2022, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2405 "2022-03-24T11:59:11Z")
Wordle 278 3/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STONE HAIRY CHEST ---
**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 24, 2022, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2406 "2022-03-24T13:02:44Z")
Wordle 278 3/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SHEET CHEST ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2407 "2022-03-24T14:09:11Z")
> **Wordle 278 5/6\* 3/24/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 > 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > PURG_E_ β†’ One E, let’s work on consonants mostly > M_E_AN **T** β†’ Got T with a lucky placement, no vowel help > DW **E** L **T** β†’ At least I’m eliminating lots of consonants… double E, anyone? > _S_ **HE** E **T** β†’ Nope, But that H narrows it down with the S as 4th letter… > **CHEST** ---
**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 24, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2408 "2022-03-24T14:13:22Z")
Wordle 278 3/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STRAP HOUSE CHEST ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2409 "2022-03-24T14:23:43Z")
Woot! Got it in 2 today! Basically luck but always fun. High five, chela! Here’s an embarrassing question: How do you get those little colored square thingies in your posts? ---
**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 24, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2410 "2022-03-24T14:35:31Z")
At the end of the game where there’s a green text box that says β€œShare” – click on that and it’s copied to you clipboard. Then when you’re typing your post, hit right-click\>Paste or ctrtl/cmd-V to paste it to include it. ---
**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 24, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2411 "2022-03-24T14:54:55Z")
Wordle 278 3/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PAINT ELECT CHEST Took me awhile to think of my answers, but I got a good result. ---
**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 24, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2412 "2022-03-24T15:04:30Z")
Completely lucky second guess. I just liked using all those common letters! Wordle 278 2/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CHEST ---
**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 24, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2413 "2022-03-24T16:30:10Z")
Wordle 278 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE HEIST CHEST Quick going today. I’ve gotten into the habit of using 3-vowel openers, and for the most part it’s been going well. ---
**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 24, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2414 "2022-03-24T17:01:33Z")
This was surprise, because I was fool enough to use three letters I already knew weren’t in the word, and put the two letters I did know in the spots I knew they didn’t go. Wordle 278 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2415 "2022-03-24T19:17:21Z")
Here’s tomorrow’s, back on schedule. Wordle 279 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 24, 2022, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2416 "2022-03-24T21:53:13Z")
Wordle 278 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OUTER TEACH ETHIC CHEST ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2417 "2022-03-24T22:03:02Z")
That’s why I immediately jumped to CHERT instead of CHEST because I knew that it used a lot of common letters even if I knew it most likely wasn’t in the word list. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2418 "2022-03-24T23:00:03Z")
Wordle 278 2/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 cool beans. Thanks! ---
**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 24, 2022, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2419 "2022-03-24T23:22:26Z")
I might have gone for the same word you did, except I’d already eliminated the β€˜R’ with my beginning word. I often use my second word to test letters such as β€˜CH’, β€˜SH’, β€˜CL’ or β€˜OU’ combinations, depending on common placement of letters discovered from IRATE (in this case, β€˜T’ and β€˜E’). I was also interested to confirm/eliminate the β€˜ST’ combination. But mostly, I got lucky. πŸ˜‰ ---
**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 25, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2420 "2022-03-25T00:10:27Z")
Best entry so far is puzzlegal with her last two words making a phrase. I haven’t made a phrase with any guesses yet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=120) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=122)