# "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:** 144
**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 12, 2022, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2861 "2022-04-12T09:29:26Z")
I thought I’d have it in two because of a very lucky random starting word. But, instead I made an annoying mistake. Still, nice to get a 3. Wordle 297 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MYLAR RELAY ROYAL I didn’t notice that I was repeating a letter in the wrong place. ---
**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 12, 2022, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2862 "2022-04-12T09:46:21Z")
**Wordle 297 3/6** 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ARISE HARPY ROYAL ---
**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 12, 2022, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2863 "2022-04-12T10:26:41Z")
Wordle 297 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Trade Sonar Coral Royal ---
**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 12, 2022, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2864 "2022-04-12T10:47:47Z")
Wordle 297 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD RANCH RIVAL ROYAL ---
**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 12, 2022, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2865 "2022-04-12T11:16:11Z")
Wordle 297 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACE MORAL ROYAL ---
**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 12, 2022, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2866 "2022-04-12T11:16:35Z")
Wordle 297 5/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRAIN SCARE REALM RURAL ROYAL ---
**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 12, 2022, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2867 "2022-04-12T12:24:05Z")
Wordle 297 5/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 That was close! Funnily enough, I almost used RELAX as my starter word because I was listening to a web station called β€˜Relaxing Classical Music’ this morning, but I decided to go with something I’d heard earlier on the radio. It would have been a much, much better start. ---
**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 12, 2022, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2868 "2022-04-12T14:05:08Z")
Oof, should’ve started with more coffee. Wordle 297 5/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE VAPOR FLORA CORAL ROYAL ---
**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 12, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2869 "2022-04-12T14:47:38Z")
No drama today. Wordle 297 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CAMEO ROAST ROYAL ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2870 "2022-04-12T14:59:23Z")
> **Wordle 297 4/6\* 4/12/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SQU **A** D β†’ Time for T & R, & another vowel > G_R_E **A** T β†’ Try R at the end, another vowel… > P **O** _L_ **A** _R_ β†’ LORA? could be LORAX or LORAN, but NYT doesn’t want to get sued. RO?AL… > **ROYAL** > > Could have also been MORAL or CORAL, so I got a bit lucky at the end ---
**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 12, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2871 "2022-04-12T15:27:12Z")
Wordle 297 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE RADIO ROMAN ROYAL ---
**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 12, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2872 "2022-04-12T16:32:06Z")
Wordle 297 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Felt like I shoulda got it earlier. HEART ARMOR RADIO ROYAL ---
**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 12, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2873 "2022-04-12T22:36:39Z")
Tomorrow’s. Started out bad, ended okay. Wordle 298 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 12, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2874 "2022-04-12T23:47:01Z")
Wordle 297 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OUTER GROWN ROACH ROYAL I felt safe in guessing that the β€˜winning words’ list doesn’t contain anything as sordid as β€œroach,” but I just wanted to get on with it, anyway (and get some letters either confirmed or ruled out). ---
**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 13, 2022, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2875 "2022-04-13T02:08:38Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Is the game trying to tell me something? Wordle 298 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 298** > > STEAK β†’ Good start > HOUND β†’ Figure out what the vowel(s) could be > CHUNK β†’ Only possibility left ---
**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 13, 2022, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2876 "2022-04-13T04:24:56Z")
Wordle 298 4/6 πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLOMP CRATE CHUCK CHUNK Got me good today. I was all convinced it was a toss-up between chuck and chick, having already eliminated check. Neither! Never saw chunk until forced to. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2877 "2022-04-13T04:56:13Z")
Wordle 298 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO DUNES CHUMP CHUCK CHUNK I completely messed up this one. Somehow I just didn’t see the N. It should have been a 3. ---
**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 13, 2022, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2878 "2022-04-13T05:09:05Z")
Yay, its been a hot minute since I’ve seen a β€˜three.’ I think the answer was the only possibility left unless I’m missing something obscure. Wordle 298 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PERCH CHAIN CHUNK ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2879 "2022-04-13T06:37:07Z")
Wordle 298 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VOICE SCRAM CHUNK ---
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Wordle 298 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AIERY LOTUS MUNCH CHUNK [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=143) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=145)