# "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:** 141
**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 9, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2801 "2022-04-09T15:11:30Z")
Ooff, should’ve had it in two, but I repeated a misplaced letter. Derp. Wordle 294 3/6\* πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE TRAIN STAIR ---
**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:** [April 9, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2802 "2022-04-09T15:13:49Z")
I got it in four, but then the WordleBot told me that I should have gotten it after my second guess because there was only one eligible word remaining in the answer list. Screw you, WordleBot! You don’t tell me how to live my life! ---
**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 9, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2803 "2022-04-09T15:18:52Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > This is never, _ever_ going to happen again. You forgot to spoiler your guess for us! πŸ˜‰ ---
**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 9, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2804 "2022-04-09T16:15:05Z")
Ugh. I definitely need to stop playing at midnight. Wordle 294 X/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› My second ever loss. I turned off hard mode in my second to last try to attempt to find the last letters. I had zeroed in on the last two being consonants though, so I didn’t focus on more vowels. LEAST STAMP STAND STACK FRESH START ---
**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:** [April 9, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2805 "2022-04-09T21:07:25Z")
Wordle 294 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD CRAMP ROAST STAIR ---
**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 9, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2806 "2022-04-09T21:55:55Z")
Wordle 294 2/6 🟨🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE STAIR A lucky choice for first guess results (as for others in this thread) in a quick β€œtwo.” ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2807 "2022-04-09T22:38:12Z")
Exactly the same as my entries, getting it in two. ---
**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 9, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2808 "2022-04-09T23:01:02Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I suspect some people may get this in _one_ . > [@Morgyn](#): > > This is never, _ever_ going to happen again. > > Wordle 294 1/6\* > > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Booyah! I didn’t even necessarily mean it would be amongst us, but there you go. Well done! ---
**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 9, 2022, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2809 "2022-04-09T23:33:10Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Booyah! I didn’t even necessarily mean it would be amongst us, but there you go. Well done! I’ve used it as a starting word several times. Imagine my surprise when they all turned green! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2022, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2810 "2022-04-10T01:17:00Z")
> **Wordle 294 2/6\* 4/9/2022** > > 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > **S** C **A** _R_E β†’ That is a _good_ start. R at the end, must be a vowel between A & R, but AOR is rare, so AIR it is… so > **STAIR** > > Going with yesterday’s solution to start pays off. I took a little extra time to make sure there weren’t any other words that fit my basic assumption. ---
**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 10, 2022, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2811 "2022-04-10T02:28:02Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Lucky, lucky, lucky! Wordle 295 2/6 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 295** > > BEARD > BLACK ---
**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 10, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2812 "2022-04-10T04:09:11Z")
Took me three, still not bad. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2022, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2813 "2022-04-10T04:15:41Z")
Wordle 295 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE ALOUD PLANT BLACK Just got lucky on this one when hunting for letters. The first letter could have been C or F… ---
**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 10, 2022, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2814 "2022-04-10T04:49:58Z")
Wordle 295 2/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAPS BLACK Took me a while to see anything until I finally saw black, but then I noticed also flack and slack. Fortunately I had checked S. Looking harder I saw that I had dodged \_OACH (CRP) by eliminating all three possibilities with my starter. That left only black and flack, and since I saw black first it was an easy choice. 50/50 chance paid off. ---
**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 10, 2022, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2815 "2022-04-10T05:24:32Z")
Wordle 295 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STAIR CHAFE BLACK ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2022, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2816 "2022-04-10T05:34:57Z")
Wordle 295 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRAPE PLAIN CLASH BLACK ---
**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 10, 2022, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2817 "2022-04-10T07:10:14Z")
Today’s nearly ended my streak. Wordle 295 6/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE FLAPS GLAND CLAMP BLACK After my standard opener I had no idea where to go, and 3-5 were all words I knew were wrong but would help me rule out various consonants. I came up with β€œBLACK” and Googled it to make sure I was right before I typed it in, promising myself that if I wasn’t, I’d take the L. ---
**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 10, 2022, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2818 "2022-04-10T09:19:37Z")
Nearly ended my streak too. Wordle 295 6/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AIERY LOTUS MUNCH PUDGE FLOWN β€” not the best choice, L was already identified BLACK ---
**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 10, 2022, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2819 "2022-04-10T09:22:45Z")
**Wordle 295 4/6** ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE FOAMY PLANT BLACK ---
**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 10, 2022, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2820 "2022-04-10T11:03:43Z")
Wordle 295 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACE SLACK BLACK The first word I saw for the second word was BLACK, which would have given me three straight 2’s. But, wanted a better letter. Then when I saw the four greens I went to my first impression. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=140) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=142)