# "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:** 143
**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 11, 2022, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2841 "2022-04-11T12:16:15Z")
Wordle 296 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRAIN DAUBS SQUAD WordleBot says my first word is one of the most effective openings, but I just used it because Journey was playing when I started. My second guess made things frustrating until I realized that a Q would fit nicely and that was that. ---
**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 11, 2022, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2842 "2022-04-11T13:41:30Z")
Wordle 296 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIANO SHEAR SALAD SQUAD Very happy to get it in 4. I stared for a long time without registering the Q as possible. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2843 "2022-04-11T14:41:17Z")
> **Wordle 296 5/6\* April 11, 2022** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > BL_A_CK β†’ Well, that’s something… > T_AS_ER β†’ Very little help there… > **S** HIV_A_ β†’ In effect, two greens… but what fits? Repeated S? > **S** OF **A** S β†’ Not an O, must be a U somewhere. But what goes with U? Or… what does U always accompany? > **SQUAD** > > I think I need to pick words with U sooner. ---
**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 11, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2844 "2022-04-11T15:11:08Z")
Another 4 kind of day. Wordle 296 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE LAUGH SCUBA SQUAD ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2845 "2022-04-11T15:27:24Z")
Another variant: Waffle > **[Waffle](https://wafflegame.net/)** > > The waffle-shaped daily word game. You don’t guess words, but switch pairs of letters to make six 5-letter words. It’s an interesting variation. ---
**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 11, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2846 "2022-04-11T15:45:03Z")
Wordle 296 5/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE WAIST SMACK SPRAY SQUAD A challenging five. All those black squares can get frustrating, even if they are ultimately helpful. I wasn’t terribly confident with SQUAD, but if that hadn’t been it, there would have been _very_ few letters left, so I figured I’d probably get in in six regardless. But it was a leap. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2847 "2022-04-11T16:00:21Z")
Wordle 296 5/6 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE SANDY SPOIL SCUBA SQUAD After my first two guesses and staring at the result for twenty minutes, my third and fourth guesses were guaranteed-fails just to confirm or eliminate letters, something I almost never resort to. ---
**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 11, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2848 "2022-04-11T16:25:59Z")
Wordle 296 6/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AIERY LOTUS PUDGE MUNCH BRAKE SQUAD I found SQUAD quickly but I didn’t play it right away. I had to make sure there were no other possible words. It’s the only possible word that can be made out of the 11 remaining sets of 5 letters. ---
**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 11, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2849 "2022-04-11T18:03:13Z")
Wordle 296 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Whoa Nellie what a tough nut. HEART CLOAK INLAY MADAM SQUAD ---
**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 11, 2022, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2850 "2022-04-11T20:48:55Z")
[And lo, it came to pass.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revenge-of-made-up-band-names-a-z/923851/7225) ---
**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 11, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2851 "2022-04-11T20:49:49Z")
That’s satisfying I got todays with 2 swaps remaining. I like the 5 letter words, giving me good starting Wordle options ---
**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 11, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2852 "2022-04-11T20:52:18Z")
I used a very bad starting word. Wordle 296 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUGLE UNFIT COUCH SPURS SQUAD There were only two real choices by the time I got to the fifth guess, and the other one is racist so I knew that wasn’t it. ---
**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 11, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2853 "2022-04-11T22:21:38Z")
Here’s tomorrow’s. I think I’ve used this word in many guesses in the past, and this time it came true. Wordle 297 3/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 11, 2022, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2854 "2022-04-11T23:06:11Z")
Wordle 296 4/6 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE SANDY SCALD SQUAD Oddly, Lumpy and I had the same first two words. It took me way too long to see β€˜squad’ after I had the first and last letters. ---
**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 12, 2022, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2855 "2022-04-12T02:20:20Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Wordle 297 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 297** > > DREAM > LUNAR > CORAL > ROYAL ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2856 "2022-04-12T04:17:31Z")
Wordle 297 3/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE ROMAN ROYAL ---
**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 12, 2022, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2857 "2022-04-12T04:26:37Z")
Wordle 297 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CREST MORAL ROYAL I was happy when I thought of MORAL as a follow-up – checks two more vowels plus two of my favorite consonants – and even happier at the results. Only one possible (and obvious) word it could be for 3. I would say it was quick but it took me a hot minute to think of moral. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2858 "2022-04-12T05:00:40Z")
Wordle 297 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ENACT VALID USUAL MORAL ROYAL ---
**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 12, 2022, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2859 "2022-04-12T07:02:21Z")
Wordle 297 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AIERY LOTUS ROYAL ---
**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 12, 2022, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2860 "2022-04-12T07:07:18Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Wordle 297 3/6 > > πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ > πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Wordle 297 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE ROYAL Today’s word is an easy one if your first two words can suss out RSTLN and the five vowels. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=142) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=144)