# "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:** 126
**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 28, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2501 "2022-03-28T04:20:09Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Son of a bitch! Wordle 282 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 282** > > GREAT > WOUND > POUND > HOUND > FOUND ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2502 "2022-03-28T04:22:37Z")
Wordle 282 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SOUND LYMPH BOUND FOUND An absolute nightmare after guess two where the first letter could be B, F, H, M, P, W. The third guess was an attempt to check as many as possible, then I had three left and three guesses. Sorry to anybody I spoiled. Could not get the spoiler tags to work. Still don’t know what I did wrong. ---
**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 28, 2022, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2503 "2022-03-28T05:13:51Z")
Wordle 282 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAMP STORE HOWDY FOUND I knew going in it was a trap so I reverted to my best opener. Opening with 5 blacks is awesome; 9 blacks in the first two words less so. While I wasn’t bound to use letters other than O, taking the other 9 letters off the table was its own special brand of constricting. Finally I thought of a word that fit, plus it checked a bunch of letters: FOUND. I almost guessed it but then I realized it was a trap word, then, duh, oh yeah, I already knew that going in. (My actual thought process.) My two-word opener had checked mound, pound, sound, and round. That left bound, found, hound and wound. Plus YOUNG if I didn’t know it was a trap. So BFHW plus either G or Y, and I have to use an O. The best I could come up with was HOWDY to check hound, wound and young. Still no hit meant I was down to two choices. The word I originally thought of was found, so I went with that. I’m pretty stoked I was able to abide by super hard mode rules and still solve in 4 with a max of 5. ---
**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 28, 2022, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2504 "2022-03-28T06:35:26Z")
Your spoiler tags worked fine for me. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2505 "2022-03-28T06:47:46Z")
Wordle 282 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ELBOW MOIST CORNY POUND FOUND ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2506 "2022-03-28T07:42:41Z")
Finally got the spoiler tags working ---
**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 28, 2022, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2507 "2022-03-28T10:06:18Z")
Wordle 282 X/6\* ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 Sick!!! ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2508 "2022-03-28T10:14:14Z")
Wordle 282 6/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 This one pissed me off! ---
**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 28, 2022, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2509 "2022-03-28T11:49:30Z")
Streak is over at 65. Too many options for that first letter. Wordle 282 X/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 RIGHT MONEY COLON WOUND SOUND BOUND ---
**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 28, 2022, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2510 "2022-03-28T12:31:03Z")
Wordle 282 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACE LIONS - oh oh, could be one of the OUND words MOUND - yes it is WHOOP - used random number generator to shuffle possible letters until I could see a word with 3 of the letters FOUND - if it was BOUND it would have been 6 ---
**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 28, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2511 "2022-03-28T12:45:53Z")
Wordle 282 5/6 ⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Yeah, I’d cleared enough letters by three that after 4 there were only two options. > [@puzzlegal](#): > > But, what if your first guess is “might” I feel prescient. ---
**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 28, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2512 "2022-03-28T13:01:49Z")
Wordle 282 6/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟨⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AIERY LOTUS MUNCH PUDGE FLOWN FOUND I needed the 5th guess to isolate the first letter. ---
**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 28, 2022, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2513 "2022-03-28T13:39:16Z")
Wordle 282 5/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I was lucky here - my first two words (CRIME and SHUNT) eliminated several clues (round, mound, sound) which might’ve led to a fail. There was only one remaining valid guess after this one, so I was guaranteed to win. ---
**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 28, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2514 "2022-03-28T13:53:12Z")
Wordle 282 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART MINDS POUND WOUND FOUND once I guessed POUND, then I had B, F, and W as possible first letters. So it took 2 out of 3 tries to get it. ---
**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 28, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2515 "2022-03-28T14:48:04Z")
Wordle 282 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟦⬛ ⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧 ⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ASIDE HOUND WOUND FRAME FOUND This is why I don’t play in hard mode. I probably would have gone with ROUND, POUND, and MOUND before FOUND, if I hadn’t used my fourth word to troll for letters. ---
**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 28, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2516 "2022-03-28T15:22:34Z")
Well, no luck o’ the Polish today. Decided to go for broke on #3 and needed all guesses to get it in 6. It was literally the only remaining word possible: Wordle 282 6/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LAPSE CHOIR WOUND MOUND BOUND FOUND Could have gone for a less risky WOMBS in #3 and gotten it in 4. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2517 "2022-03-28T15:38:29Z")
> **"Wordle 282 6/6\* 3/28/2022** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _N_YMPH → Well, that start was almost useless > ST_O_ **N** E → At least I got a vowel out of that > R **OUND** → Uh, oh, start counting… F, W, B, I think that’s it > B **OUND** > W **OUND** > **FOUND** → Whew > > I thought my first guess was nearly useless after I made it. It turned out to be what saved me. ---
**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 28, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2518 "2022-03-28T15:40:18Z")
Yay ! Wordle 282 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD POUND FOUND ---
**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 28, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2519 "2022-03-28T15:45:18Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > I thought my first guess was nearly useless after I made it I find that guesses with no hits are pretty much as useful as guesses with a couple of hits. Note that I only got one letter in my first two guesses, but that already had me on the right track by guess 3 (which I would have hit with a bit more luck.) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2520 "2022-03-28T15:52:29Z")
I agree, but it does depend on which letters you’re cutting out. I was initially devaluing the particular letters of my starting word, as it had no common vowels and only one very common letter (from the _WoF_ RSTLN set); once it was evident that three of its letters made a big difference in the endgame I was much happier about it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=125) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=127)