# "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:** 122
**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 25, 2022, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2421 "2022-03-25T02:11:44Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Wordle 279 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 279** > > STARE > HOTEL > BEGOT > DEPOT > > Once again, I guessed the rarer word before the more common one. ---
**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 25, 2022, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2422 "2022-03-25T04:15:01Z")
I’m up late. Wordle 279 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > Stove > Tower > Extol > Depot ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2022, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2423 "2022-03-25T04:36:27Z")
Wordle 279 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TOQUE ONSET DEPOT I thought it looked pretty impossible but I just went with common letters. ---
**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 25, 2022, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2424 "2022-03-25T04:59:36Z")
Wordle 279 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLIPS PORTA OPTED DEPOT Foolishly played a past tense verb ending in -ed – could be filtered out like plurals – instead of rearranging the letters first. In my defense, it was several minutes before I could see _any_ word that would fit. On the plus side, apparently PORTA is a valid guess. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2022, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2425 "2022-03-25T06:26:17Z")
Wordle 279 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLAME WREST EVICT TENET DEPOT I struggled to get any traction with this one and desperation was setting in after 3. Not much confidence with my 5 so a relief to see it go green. ---
**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 25, 2022, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2426 "2022-03-25T07:10:45Z")
First time I’ve ever gotten five yellows; Wordle 279 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE POTED DEPOT ---
**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 25, 2022, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2427 "2022-03-25T08:12:19Z")
Wordle 279 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE EMPTY DEPOT ---
**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 25, 2022, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2428 "2022-03-25T10:44:10Z")
Wordle 279 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACE INLET DEMOS DEPOT On the third word I knew the last letter was T, but I put a word in with another letter to get more information. Looking at it after, I may have got it in 3 if I left the T there. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2022, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2429 "2022-03-25T11:22:15Z")
Wordle 279 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHINA SPORK POUTY TOPED DEPOT It really brings down my average for me to keep playing words that give me lots of information and are fun but are relatively rare. But β€œspork” itself is fun to say so I had to play it. ---
**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 25, 2022, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2430 "2022-03-25T11:33:30Z")
Tomorrow’s today. Wordle 280 X/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ The final guess was just giving up, I couldn’t get it. Like vivid, it was a word I knew but I couldn’t construct it from the letters I had remaining. ---
**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 25, 2022, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2431 "2022-03-25T11:36:49Z")
Phew indeed. Wordle 279 6/6\* ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD HEDGE DECOY DEMON DETOX DEPOT ---
**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, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2432 "2022-03-25T11:51:12Z")
Wordle 279 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Tough one. HEART FEIST BEGET DEPOT ---
**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 25, 2022, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2433 "2022-03-25T11:59:50Z")
Wordle 279 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SIGHT ABOUT COMET OVERT DEPOT ---
**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 25, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2434 "2022-03-25T13:28:15Z")
Starter words made this a gimme: Wordle 279 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Went with my original two starters for the first time in awhile: ADIEU PORTS DEPOT With the DE on top of the POT in my second guess, it was kinda hard not to see. ---
**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 25, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2435 "2022-03-25T13:53:45Z")
Wordle 279 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STONE WHEAT REPOT DEPOT i knew β€œrepot” wouldn’t be the answer, but i wanted to try other options for the vowels, and check whether there was an β€œR”. If i were better at these things i might have gotten it in 3, but I’m pretty happy with my 4 today. ---
**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 25, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2436 "2022-03-25T14:53:29Z")
Wordle 279 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AIERY LOTUS MUNCH PUDGE DEPOT ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2437 "2022-03-25T15:02:59Z")
> **Wordle 279 4/6\* 3/25/2022** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 > ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 > 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CH_E_S **T** β†’ Not a bad start > INL_E_ **T** β†’ Not much progress, but I knocked out another vowel. Try a third? > _E_X **P** A **T** β†’ Lucky P! Down to O & U left in vowels, and only one place left for the E… > **DEPOT** > > Reading through others guesses, I’d never have thought to try POTED. ---
**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 25, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2438 "2022-03-25T16:04:12Z")
Quite happy with a 3 today. Wordle 279 3/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SLEPT DEPOT ---
**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 25, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2439 "2022-03-25T16:59:32Z")
Wordle 279 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CANOE ELBOW DEPOT Very happy with this 3. I was seconds away from typing REPOT when the light bulb clicked on. ---
**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 25, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2440 "2022-03-25T18:07:48Z")
Wordle 279 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Letters were slippery little buggers today, and didn’t want to be nailed down. AIERY STONE HOTEL TEMPO DEPOT [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=121) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=123)