# "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:** 137
**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:** [April 5, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2721 "2022-04-05T15:54:43Z")
Wordle 290 5/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACE BLOAT VITAL FATAL NATAL I thought of NATAL before FATAL, but went with the latter because I though it was more likely to be the answer. Oh well. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2722 "2022-04-05T16:05:22Z")
That was too close for comfort for me. My streak nearly ended. Wordle 290 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART TANGY FAINT BATON 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, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2723 "2022-04-05T16:25:19Z")
That was nearly your…natal mistake. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2724 "2022-04-05T23:18:15Z")
Today I lucked out. One letter correct in my first word - and in the wrong position. I picked a word with that letter as the first letter, and it was the right word. Worldle was easy today too. ---
**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 5, 2022, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2725 "2022-04-05T23:28:11Z")
Tomorrow’s I got in 4, but if I had been willing to trust my instincts and experiment, I might have got it quicker. Wordle 291 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 6, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2726 "2022-04-06T00:16:33Z")
Wordle 290 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE TAUNT PANTY MATIN NATAL I spent WAY too much time on this one. (And yes, I should have guessed that β€œPANTY” would never be used as a day’s answer in this somewhat puritanical game, but I just couldn’t come up with anything else to try.) ---
**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 6, 2022, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2727 "2022-04-06T01:38:06Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** I acted on a hunch and it paid off. Wordle 291 2/6 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 291** > > CREAM > COMMA ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2728 "2022-04-06T04:07:14Z")
Wordle 291 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO DONAS POACH COMMA I’m happy with a four today with an unusual double letter. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2022, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2729 "2022-04-06T04:08:28Z")
Tied your four. Your efforts were equally good but still require spoiling. Guess you agree. πŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2730 "2022-04-06T04:11:37Z")
I cannot get the spoiler tags to work consistently on this phone. They don’t work if I type them in manually and they seem to work randomly if I click blur spoiler. I don’t know what I am doing wrong but I never can tell if they worked until I hit post. ---
**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 6, 2022, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2731 "2022-04-06T04:39:11Z")
Wordle 291 3/6 πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAPS CREAM COMMA Took forever to see any word to fit after two. When I finally thought of one I guessed it immediately instead of looking for more. It feels like in Wordle, your first instinct is your best bet. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2732 "2022-04-06T05:52:28Z")
Wordle 291 4/6\* ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VOICE COAST CORAL COMMA ---
**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:** [April 6, 2022, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2733 "2022-04-06T07:26:14Z")
Wordle 291 5/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STAIN ALOUD CROAK COPAY COMMA I should have thought longer instead of playing COPAY. I knew that wouldn’t be it, but thought it would give me good information. It did help, but I think I could have gotten it in 4. Maybe I need to stop playing at midnight… ---
**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 6, 2022, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2734 "2022-04-06T07:30:51Z")
Wordle 291 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE PODAL COCOA COMMA After PODAL I knew the last letter had to be A but I couldn’t think of anything, so I looked up a list of β€œfive letter words that end with A” to figure out the answer. Does that count as cheating? I don’t think it does. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2735 "2022-04-06T07:31:07Z")
Nice one. > [@psychobunny](#): > > I don’t know what I am doing wrong but I never can tell if they worked until I hit post. The tags have to be on their own lines – is that possibly it? I can help with the being able to tell part – while you are typing a post on your phone, there should be a little icon that looks like a computer monitor in the lower right of the composing window. Tap that to get a preview of your post. If it looks good, you can hit reply to post it, and if not, tap the pencil icon to go back to composing. ---
**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 6, 2022, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2736 "2022-04-06T09:13:56Z")
I don’t think so either. Wordle 291 5/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AIERY LOTUS MUNCH COPED COMMA After MUNCH I thought it might be COMMA, but I went with COPED instead to isolate the CO and also eliminate a few more letters. ---
**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 6, 2022, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2737 "2022-04-06T11:29:47Z")
Wordle 291 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACE CLOAK CAPON COMMA I kept moving O and A around and got yellows. After the third pick it narrowed it down to the right positions. It was easy after that (unless there was another word I didn’t expect) ---
**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 6, 2022, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2738 "2022-04-06T11:50:28Z")
Wordle 291 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STAIR AMPLE WOMAN COMMA ---
**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 6, 2022, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2739 "2022-04-06T12:03:02Z")
Wordle 291 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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:** [April 6, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2740 "2022-04-06T13:18:43Z")
Wordle 291 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Another tough nut to crack. HEART AGONY POLKA MOMMA COMMA [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=136) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=138)