# "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:** 130
**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 30, 2022, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2581 "2022-03-30T10:51:23Z")
Wordle 284 4/6 πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I tried a new starting word today. I got STOVE as my word. Dunno what’s up with multiples. ---
**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 30, 2022, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2582 "2022-03-30T11:25:08Z")
Wordle 284 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACE STONE STOVE After the second pick I knew it was one of three (unless I missed one). I debated between a guaranteed 4 (pick a word with at least 2 of K, L, V) or take a chance to possibly get it in 3. I was lucky ---
**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 30, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2583 "2022-03-30T13:38:50Z")
A close one today! Wordle 284 6/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > AIERY > LOTUS > MUNCH > FUDGE > FLOWN > STOVE > > It could also have been STOKE . ---
**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 30, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2584 "2022-03-30T13:51:56Z")
Wordle 284 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > BEARD > LUNGE > POISE > STOKE > STOVE ---
**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 30, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2585 "2022-03-30T14:03:49Z")
Wordle 284 4/6\* 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TASER GUEST STOKE STOVE ---
**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 30, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2586 "2022-03-30T14:13:46Z")
I hate these. Wordle 284 6/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE THOSE STOLE STONE STOKE STOVE Oh, well. ---
**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, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2587 "2022-03-30T14:15:15Z")
> [@Richard\_Pearse](#): > > I’m not amazing, I already knew the answer, but it was not STOVE it was HARRY. > > Strange. Apparently NYT shuffled 10 words around for some reason. So if you got the 2nd word up there, then you’ll have to make sure you reload the game somehow to avoid getting more and more out of sync. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2588 "2022-03-30T14:48:18Z")
> **Wordle 284 6/6\* 3/30/2022** > > 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > **S** HALL β†’ OK. That’s a start > **ST** RIP β†’ Still looking for a vowel. E or O? > **STO** CK β†’ It’s an O. And then I went a bit off the rails… > **STO** WN β†’ My mind thought STONE but my fingers typed differently. So now the N is out, but there still might be a double O… > **STO** OD β†’ No, that wasn’t it. One shot left: try with a terminal E, what might be the 4th letter? L, R, K, N are out, so all that’s left is > **STOVE** > > If someone tells me STOBE is a word, I will consider myself very lucky. Plus, I got all greens, and en echelon! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2589 "2022-03-30T14:50:22Z")
> [@SeaSun](#): > > Thanks for the welcome! I’ve been a lurker for a really long time, but finally decided to jump in the water. That’s how I did it too, just about a year ago. So from one β€œSun” handle to another, welcome! ---
**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 30, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2590 "2022-03-30T14:55:20Z")
Wordle 284 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 RADIO THOSE STONE STOLE STOVE I thought about trolling for letters at four, but unless I missed something, STOLE, STOVE, and STOKE were the only choices left, so I was guaranteed to have it by 6. I’ll gladly take a 5 under those circumstances. ---
**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 31, 2022, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2591 "2022-03-31T00:34:49Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Wordle 285 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 285** > > TREAD > YOUNG > NOISY β†’ all five regular vowels have been used > WOOLY β†’ eliminated the chance for a double β€˜O’ > LOWLY β†’ this was the only possibility left ---
**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 31, 2022, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2592 "2022-03-31T00:43:10Z")
Wordle 284 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRAIN JOUST STOVE Nice to have a 3, again (and a lucky guess as I tried β€œstove” before β€œstole”). ---
**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 31, 2022, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2593 "2022-03-31T02:51:59Z")
**Wordle 284 4/6** ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLASM SHORE STONE STOVE So much for trying a new start word just for fun, but I’ll take getting it in 4 tries! ---
**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 31, 2022, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2594 "2022-03-31T02:55:07Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > That’s how I did it too, just about a year ago. So from one β€œSun” handle to another, welcome! Thanks SunUp! 🌞 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2595 "2022-03-31T04:19:05Z")
Wordle 285 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO NODES WORMY JOWLY LOWLY I tried every combination I could think of after the third guess and it took several tries to even come up with one wrong word. ---
**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 31, 2022, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2596 "2022-03-31T04:24:42Z")
Wordle 285 6/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLITS LEARN LOOPY LOBBY LOLLY LOWLY Man I just didn’t see any of these words. Probably cursed by the vulgarity of my very last CL/CR opener. I actually considered CRAWL for my opener, too. Ah well. A well-earned 6. Ouch. ---
**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 31, 2022, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2597 "2022-03-31T04:55:59Z")
Tricky, tricky. I guess I’ll just get fives from now on. Wordle 285 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DRAPE GHOST BONNY JOLLY LOWLY ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2598 "2022-03-31T05:05:46Z")
Wordle 285 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CURIO TOPAZ LOOSE LOLLY LOWLY > [@Folly](#): > > Tricky, tricky. I guess I’ll just get fives from now on. Same here. ---
**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 31, 2022, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2599 "2022-03-31T07:16:02Z")
Wordle 285 5/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I was getting worried, but a lot of letters were eliminated by the first three tries. REACH MOIST POUND JOLLY LOWLY ---
**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 31, 2022, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2600 "2022-03-31T07:29:44Z")
Wordle 285 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AIERY LOTUS LOBBY MUNCH LOWLY Not great but I was hoping I’d get it in three. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=129) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=131)