# "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:** 145
**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 13, 2022, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2881 "2022-04-13T10:16:21Z")
**Wordle 298 4/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST ROUND SWUNG CHUNK ---
**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 13, 2022, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2882 "2022-04-13T10:19:10Z")
More splendidness,… Wordle 298 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD QUILT CHUMP CHUNK ---
**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 13, 2022, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2883 "2022-04-13T10:56:30Z")
Wordle 298 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACE CLING CHUNK ---
**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 13, 2022, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2884 "2022-04-13T11:39:53Z")
Wordle 298 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SHILL PHONY CHUNK Once the U was made obvious by elimination of A, E, I, and O, I could only come up with one word that fit for the 4th guess. ---
**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 13, 2022, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2885 "2022-04-13T11:43:20Z")
Today was my 100th win in a row, and I did it in style! Wordle 298 2/6\* 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 13, 2022, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2886 "2022-04-13T11:51:34Z")
🥳 Wordle 298 3/6\* ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩 ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Almost went Dr Seuss on this one! Blink Trunk Chunk ---
**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 13, 2022, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2887 "2022-04-13T11:58:44Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > Today was my 100th win in a row, and I did it in style! > > Wordle 298 2/6\* > > 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Hey hey hey! Nicely done! I tried to get to 100, but alas only made it to 82. My current streak is 28. Congratulations! ---
**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 13, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2888 "2022-04-13T14:20:37Z")
A 3 at last. Wordle 298 3/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLOUD CHUNK Not bad, considering my first word was a complete bust. ---
**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 13, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2889 "2022-04-13T14:41:56Z")
Wordle 298 4/6\* ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNOUT UNDER BUNCH CHUNK ---
**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 13, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2890 "2022-04-13T14:45:58Z")
Wordle 298 4/6 ⬛🟦⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟧🟧⬛ ⬛⬛🟧🟧⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ANISE ROUND BLUNT CHUNK Kicking myself a bit because I thought of THUNK on three and rejected it. Not mad that I didn’t use THUNK, but I should have looked a little longer for something closer to it, and I probably would have come up with it. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2891 "2022-04-13T15:06:41Z")
Wordle 298 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TREAD FLOWS BUNNY CHUNK It was a bit rough today with the two complete fails at the start. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2892 "2022-04-13T15:43:18Z")
> **Wordle 298 5/6\* April 13, 2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > ROYAL → About what I expected. At least three vowels are gone! > _H_EIST → Now _five_ vowels are gone. And a slew of common consonants… > **CHU** MP → Kinda followed from known H & U. Do we have a repeat letter? > **CHU** C **K** → Nope, but there’s not much left… > **CHUNK** > > I feel like I should have gotten that one earlier since I had used every other one of the Wheel Of Fortune common letters. Nice to see **psychobunny** with the same closing sequence (remember, great minds think alike), and a tip-o’-the-cap to **Johnny\_Bravo** for the streak reaching 100! ---
**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 13, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2893 "2022-04-13T17:02:14Z")
Wordle 298 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRAIN COUNT CHUNK ---
**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 13, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2894 "2022-04-13T22:32:12Z")
Did okay with tomorrow’s. Though it could’ve gone bad if I hadn’t picked the right initial letter. Spoilt for choice. Wordle 299 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 13, 2022, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2895 "2022-04-13T22:40:32Z")
Bravo Johnny! ---
**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 14, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2896 "2022-04-14T00:24:07Z")
Wordle 298 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AROSE CLING CHUNK Only “u” left does help with narrowing down the possibilities. And congratulations, Johnny! ---
**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 14, 2022, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2897 "2022-04-14T02:24:36Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Wordle 299 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 299** > > TONER > DANCE → Oho, it’s going to be one of _those_ words > SYLPH → Let’s be smart and test out a bunch of possibilities > WINCE → Didn’t work. I even chose the more common word > MINCE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2022, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2898 "2022-04-14T04:19:38Z")
Wordle 299 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SINCE MINCE Only two options after the second guess. Just lucky in trying something with relatively common consonants and the E. ---
**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 14, 2022, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2899 "2022-04-14T04:25:28Z")
Wordle 299 6/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛ 🟨🟩⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAPS TORCH QUICK NIECE WINCE MINCE Yikes. Not a great day for my opener to not include M. And then my second word was poor, with an H instead of my preferred E or I. The guess on 3 was fine, guess 3 isn’t supposed to check good letters in my strategy, it’s supposed to solve. But then still not having checked e or m, I needed three more guesses to just barely keep the streak alive. I may need to move N up higher in my letter priority. It’s tough with only a max of 7 consonants after two guesses (CLMPSTR, ideally), but I really kind of need to check 3 vowels. Case in point today’s 6. Maybe I’ll tie N to M, as in always check either or both but never neither. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2022, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2900 "2022-04-14T06:06:16Z")
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