# "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:** 131
**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 31, 2022, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2601 "2022-03-31T08:20:45Z")
Wordle 285 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALERT LUCKY LOWLY ---
**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 31, 2022, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2602 "2022-03-31T12:01:09Z")
Well, shit. Not my week here. Wordle 285 X/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 TRACE BORON SOUGH FOLIO MOLDY WOOLY ---
**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 31, 2022, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2603 "2022-03-31T12:42:50Z")
Sorry for your loss. Wordle 285 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > Scram > Pilot > Would > Lowly Fun one today! ---
**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 31, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2604 "2022-03-31T14:10:52Z")
Yeah, a tricky one. I was getting worried. Wordle 285 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AIERY PUSHY MOLDY LOFTY LOWLY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2605 "2022-03-31T14:53:19Z")
> **Wordle 285 5/6\* 3/31/2022** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > ST_O_VE β†’ I call this the β€œdaylight saving time” start, because EST is out. > PRI_O_N β†’ Wow, no help there. Can’t think of anything with a starting O, so try it in second position… > D **O** U **L** A β†’ Lucky L! And no U or A, so let’s try a terminal Y, which may be… > F **O** _L_ **LY** β†’ No, it was wise. Not much left for the third letter… > **LOWLY** > > A lot of 5s are excruciating, but - as tricky as it was - that one was kinda fun. I’m still trying to figure out the right timing to try repeats, but it worked well here. ---
**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 31, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2606 "2022-03-31T16:17:05Z")
Wordle 285 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ROUSE POACH JOINT WOOLY LOWLY Five seems to be the order of the day around here. Perhaps P and J weren’t the best initial letters for my second and third, but I was still shocked at having only one letter in three guesses. Don’t think I’ve ever had that happen before. But I’d used up so much of the alphabet by then that I wasn’t too worried. Had to either be two O’s or a Y, so trying both got me there. ---
**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 31, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2607 "2022-03-31T16:50:40Z")
Wordle 285 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD QUILT HOLLY LOWLY ---
**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, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2608 "2022-03-31T22:01:37Z")
Wordle 285 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE BLOCK LINGO LOWLY Not too much suffering today; took about 10 minutes of cogitating. ---
**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 31, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2609 "2022-03-31T23:15:12Z")
Did okay with Tomorrow’s. Wordle 286 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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:** [April 1, 2022, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2610 "2022-04-01T00:45:43Z")
Accidentally spoiled today’s by looking at this thread before I realised I hadn’t done it. Tomorrow’s was better. Wordle 286 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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:** [April 1, 2022, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2611 "2022-04-01T02:00:22Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** This was going to be another one of _those_ words. Fortunately, there weren’t that many possibilities. Wordle 286 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 286** > > HEART > SCOUT > SPOUT > SNOUT ---
**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:** [April 1, 2022, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2612 "2022-04-01T04:16:06Z")
Wordle 286 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRINT DONUT SNOUT My first non-C starter in weeks left me discombobulated. On the plus side, I never saw the S\_OUT trap at all thanks to my opener including the correct trap letter N. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2613 "2022-04-01T04:23:05Z")
Wordle 286 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TONED STONY SNOUT ---
**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:** [April 1, 2022, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2614 "2022-04-01T06:57:36Z")
**Wordle 285 3/6** ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROAST WOULD LOWLY Well darn it all…just got spoiled for tomorrow’s Wordle (#286). After I just posted my results for today (#285), I unblurred someone’s words thinking it was today’s. That’s the hazard with all the different time zones. Lesson learned. πŸ™„ ---
**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:** [April 1, 2022, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2615 "2022-04-01T07:16:53Z")
Got it in two this time! Wordle 286 2/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS SNOUT ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2616 "2022-04-01T07:18:11Z")
Wordle 286 6/6\* 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLIME SABOT SHORT SPOUT STOUT SNOUT 😱 ---
**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:** [April 1, 2022, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2617 "2022-04-01T10:12:14Z")
Wordle 286 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AIERY LOTUS MUNCH SNOUT Fortunately the third word identified the missing letter as N and not C or H. Otherwise it could have been SCOUT or SHOUT, or also STOUT or SPOUT. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2022, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2618 "2022-04-01T11:03:48Z")
Wordle 286 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACE POINT SNOUT The second word gave me the T at the end, Eliminated A, E and I, and gave me the N. It made it easy ---
**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:** [April 1, 2022, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2619 "2022-04-01T12:01:54Z")
Wordle 286 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LOATH FROST SCOUT SNOUT ---
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Wordle 286 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PILOT SCOUT SNOUT [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=130) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=132)