# "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:** 129
**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 29, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2561 "2022-03-29T20:15:55Z")
Here’s tomorrow’s, and it’s another one! Argh! Wordle 284 6/6 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 29, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2562 "2022-03-29T20:22:26Z")
The limited joy of guessing (still today’s) the first three letters in the second guess was replaced by the frustration of being lucky to guess it in five. ---
**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 29, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2563 "2022-03-29T20:33:37Z")
Wordle 283 5/6 πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Hmm, wondering what the other words @GuanoLad tried. I must have eliminated those letters by guess 4. ---
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2564 "2022-03-29T20:36:05Z")
For anyone interested, so as not to further hijack, I started a Semantle thread [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-live-to-regret-this-but-heres-the-semantle-thread/961932). ---
**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 29, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2565 "2022-03-29T20:37:14Z")
I did no. 284, you did no. 283. I’m usually contributing my post 12 hrs ahead of America. ---
**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 29, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2566 "2022-03-29T20:37:39Z")
Oops, missed that. Thanks. ---
**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 29, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2567 "2022-03-29T22:57:58Z")
Wordle 283 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE FLASH SHAWL SHELL ---
**Author:** ![SeaSun](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seasun/32/14820_2.png) [@SeaSun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaSun)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2568 "2022-03-30T01:19:06Z")
Thanks for the welcome! I’ve been a lurker for a really long time, but finally decided to jump in the water. πŸ™‚ Yes, I do remember the word, and it was the #278 Wordle. Just in case anyone is doing the archives, I’ll put it in β€œspoiler blur” below. My start word was rather helpful, so I lucked out on that, but it still left me with several choices. I went with my first gut instinct and enjoyed seeing all the squares turn green. **COAST** **CHEST** ---
**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 30, 2022, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2569 "2022-03-30T01:34:52Z")
Wordle 284 5/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Here’s mine. However, my girlfriend had a _different word_! There is a word\* in the answer list that she got for today’s Wordle but I didn’t, I got the next word in the list. Judging by the guess pattern, my word and @GuanoLad’s word is the same. \*Her β€œword” was HARRY. ---
**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 30, 2022, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2570 "2022-03-30T02:06:06Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** It happened again! Wordle 284 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 284** > > WHEAT > ROUTE > STONE > STORE > STOVE ---
**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 30, 2022, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2571 "2022-03-30T04:11:57Z")
That’s weird. Another all green fiver. Wordle 284 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHOMP STORK STONE STOLE STOVE ---
**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 30, 2022, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2572 "2022-03-30T04:33:05Z")
Wordle 284 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRASH STOLE KNAVE STOVE With only three possibilities I could have just left it up to chance and taken the 3-5, but instead I bailed on hard mode and took the guaranteed 4. I did notice that my anti-trap opener barely eliminated any possibilities. Only the R for store. Even if I used CLAMP, my favorite opener, that would also have only covered one: L for stole. ---
**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 30, 2022, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2573 "2022-03-30T06:00:20Z")
Wordle 284 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALTER SPENT SHUTE STOVE ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2574 "2022-03-30T06:33:33Z")
Wordle 284 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLAME CHIVE PROVE STOVE Almost a perfect echelon! ---
**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 30, 2022, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2575 "2022-03-30T07:08:28Z")
Wordle 284 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE STOVE ---
**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 30, 2022, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2576 "2022-03-30T07:22:43Z")
Wordle 284 3/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Happened to be easy because of my first two words. CRANE STOLE STOVE ---
**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 30, 2022, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2577 "2022-03-30T08:08:03Z")
Wordle 284 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I’m not amazing, I already knew the answer, but it was not STOVE it was HARRY. Strange. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2578 "2022-03-30T08:46:17Z")
Wordle 284 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TONED EMOTE STOLE STOVE Overall, a run of the mill day. ---
**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 30, 2022, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2579 "2022-03-30T10:10:49Z")
Wordle 284 3/6\* πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > Shank > Styme > Stove I’ll take 3! ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2580 "2022-03-30T10:23:31Z")
Wordle 284 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > [@chela](#): > > I’ll take 3! So will I! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=128) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=130)