# "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:** 14
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/261 "2022-01-05T06:39:33Z")
Grr. Wordle 200 5/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 guesses: ``` TROPE TIRED TIMER TITER TIGER ``` ~Max ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/262 "2022-01-05T06:56:10Z")
Wordle 200 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FRAME TWERK (that’s right, I used twerk) TENOR TIGER I turned on Hard Mode going forward, as I typically abide by that rule anyway. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2022, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/263 "2022-01-05T10:53:12Z")
Got it in 5 β€” TEARS BISON TIRED TIMER TIGER So far I am 13/13, 100%. [[Album] WORDLE: 13/13 so far ![](https://i.imgur.com/vJPnOzU.png?fb "WORDLE: 13/13 so far") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/h7rkoeX) ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/264 "2022-01-05T10:55:29Z")
#200 (1/5/22 EST) - 4 guesses - self-imposed HARD mode. SW_E_A_T_ **T** H_E_ME (mistake as I left the β€œe” in place) **T** _E_P_I_D (I should have tried β€œtired” here - r is more common than p) **TIGER** ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/265 "2022-01-05T11:03:28Z")
Got it in three, bit of luck I guess. Wordle 200 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BOGUS LAGER TIGER ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/266 "2022-01-05T13:33:43Z")
#200 I had to S _T_ A _RE_ at this one for a good while, without any M _ERIT_. The puzzle was starting to feel a bit **T** _R_ IT _E_, and I became **TI** _R_ **E** D. Finally I saw it and pounced, like a **TIGER**. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/267 "2022-01-05T14:49:50Z")
My first attempt at hard mode was good luck I guess. Wordle 200 3/6\* 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TIRED TIGER ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/268 "2022-01-05T15:15:11Z")
Has anyone setup a second or multiple Worlde sites? I’m an English teacher and would love to legit play with my class on screen, but my daughter and I have been doing the β€œone real Wordle” at home each night. Any sites have the same puzzle or allow you to do multiple ones in one day? ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/269 "2022-01-05T15:28:32Z")
Here’s a site linked by @Glee above which has the same gameplay with an indefinite number of puzzles per day, but it lacks most of the charm of Wordle, IMO: [Online Lingo | COKO GAMES](https://www.cokogames.com/lingo/play/) Wordle will give you a new game in a different browser, or it does for me. (I mean, it’s the same Game O’The Day but a new instance in a different browser.) I assume using a VPN to switch your IP address would have the same effect. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/270 "2022-01-05T17:19:13Z")
> [@Briny\_Deep](#): > > I assume using a VPN to switch your IP address would have the same effect. You can just open it in a β€˜private browsing’ tab for the same effect. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/271 "2022-01-05T17:24:10Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > #200 (1/5/22 EST) - 4 guesses - self-imposed HARD mode. Ditto, though a different sequence. AN_TI_C **TI** D **E** S **TI** L **ER** **TIGER** ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/272 "2022-01-05T19:47:40Z")
warms penis their tiger I think tomorrow I’ll try it in hard mode. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/273 "2022-01-05T20:29:20Z")
Did good. Wordle 200 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/274 "2022-01-05T20:55:21Z")
PAUS_E_ L_ET_CH **T** _RI_ **E** D **TI** M **ER** **TIGER** Fun game, I like it. It never occurred to me to intentionally not use the clues in the second guess to further narrow the pool, so I accidentally did hard mode. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/275 "2022-01-05T21:09:14Z")
#200 1/5/22 (US PST) 4 tries - Didn’t realize I was already doing hard mode I typically use the same starting word every time. Very common letters. _R_OAS_T_ **T** H_EI_ **R** **TI** M **ER** **TIGER** ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/276 "2022-01-05T21:36:31Z")
RATIO STIRS LURES TIGER ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/277 "2022-01-06T00:11:08Z")
An interesting challenge has just occurred to me. I wonder how long a winning streak I can have if I use each day’s answer as my first guess on the following day. Think I’ll give it a try. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/278 "2022-01-06T05:21:27Z")
#201 TIGER SOUND MANNA BANAL ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/279 "2022-01-06T05:27:40Z")
In today’s name I literally went a straight 0-for-5 in the first two guesses. Got it on #5 though. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/280 "2022-01-06T05:36:09Z")
Wordle 201 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=15)