# "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:** 136
**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:** [April 4, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2701 "2022-04-04T21:23:59Z")
Yes we did too I shall not forget it so soon. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2702 "2022-04-04T21:28:16Z")
My second guess was the same as yours! But I got it in 3. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2703 "2022-04-04T21:29:57Z")
Nyeah. πŸ˜‰ ---
**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:** [April 4, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2704 "2022-04-04T22:08:03Z")
Wordle 289 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRAIN SHACK PLEAD SHAWL Third word a β€˜test’ word (non-β€˜hard’ play) to rule out some of the many β€œsha \_ \_” words. ---
**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 4, 2022, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2705 "2022-04-04T23:30:21Z")
Good catch! I noticed a lot of people tried SHALL, but I too realized it was already an answer word not long ago. I just happen to be a bit of a β€œrecord keeper” and I have a trusty Excel sheet where I put down all the answer words so far (since I started playing) so I don’t use them again. Though I know some enjoy the process and don’t mind how many tries it takes to get the word. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2706 "2022-04-04T23:39:17Z")
Tomorrow’s puzzle. I got to guess three and struggled with what it could be, so had to go with a β€œclearly not the word” answer (I think it has been an answer already) to get some more clues. Wordle 290 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 5, 2022, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2707 "2022-04-05T02:07:11Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Wordle 290 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 290** > > CRATE > TANGO > HAUNT β†’ I was relieved that it wasn’t one of _those_ words > SATIN > NATAL ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2708 "2022-04-05T04:11:00Z")
Wordle 290 6/6 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SATED PATTY LATCH FATAL NATAL I’m pretty happy to get this one at all. I really should have guessed the N and L earlier, but I was looking for vowels and couldn’t think of a word to use. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2709 "2022-04-05T06:08:00Z")
Wordle 290 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FRAME GAINS PANTO NATAL ---
**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 5, 2022, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2710 "2022-04-05T07:29:40Z")
Wordle 290 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CREPT SALTO FATAL NATAL I did not know SALTO was a word; just trying letters I wanted. After two I was 100% positive the answer was LATIN, but oddly that’s not a valid guess. How is Salto valid but Latin is not? Anyway, after that I saw both FATAL and NATAL but guessed wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2711 "2022-04-05T10:51:36Z")
Wordle 290 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OPINE NASTY NATAL I’d like to say that I was bold to reuse the A, but truthfully it was because NATAL was the first matching word I could think of. ---
**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 5, 2022, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2712 "2022-04-05T11:05:08Z")
Wordle 290 4/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACE SAINT BATON NATAL ---
**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 5, 2022, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2713 "2022-04-05T11:17:28Z")
Wordle 290 6/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AIERY LOTUS MUNCH PUDGE FLOWN NATAL A close one for me today. I almost lost. FLOWN was not a good choice for the 5th guess, given what had already been revealed as the correct yellow letters. ---
**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 5, 2022, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2714 "2022-04-05T12:03:45Z")
Wordle 290 5/6\* 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALIEN LUNAR NASAL NAVAL NATAL ---
**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:** [April 5, 2022, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2715 "2022-04-05T12:10:16Z")
Wordle 290 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STONE HAIRY CLUMP NATAL ---
**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:** [April 5, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2716 "2022-04-05T13:18:27Z")
Wordle 290 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Valet Fatal Natal ---
**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:** [April 5, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2717 "2022-04-05T13:51:51Z")
Mamma mia. A struggle today Wordle 290 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRICE SHOWN GAUNT NATTY NATAL Huh, natty is a word and not just a nickname ala β€˜natty light’. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2718 "2022-04-05T14:33:58Z")
Wordle 290 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 MOUSE TRAIN PLANT NATAL PLANT was a mistake, since I had determined that’s not where the A was, but a productive mistake that gave me all the letters I needed. No way I would have come up with NATAL on three, so I’m happy. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2719 "2022-04-05T15:06:26Z")
I definitely had to wrench this one hard today. Wordle 290 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE TAWNY BATON NATAL ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2720 "2022-04-05T15:33:43Z")
> **Wordle 290 4/6\* 4/5/2022** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 > ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SH_A_W **L** β†’ Not bad. Something with T & R, perhaps? Also, try another vowel… > PE **TAL** β†’ Am I in a trap? Start thinking… > VI **TAL** β†’ There’s a couple more with repeated A’s… > **NATAL** > > I was also worried about OCTAL but figured I could guess it if the A missed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=135) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=137)