# "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:** 147
**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 15, 2022, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2921 "2022-04-15T05:35:19Z")
Got lucky that my first word eliminated a lot of dangerous letters. Wordle 300 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANK CHART SHAVE SHADE SHAME ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2922 "2022-04-15T06:03:26Z")
Wordle 300 2/6\* 🟩⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAM SHAME I can’t say SHAME sums up how I feel for getting this in 2 ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2923 "2022-04-15T06:20:57Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > > [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > > > It’s a trap! > > That’s such a… disappointment. Have you no… compassion? ---
**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 15, 2022, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2924 "2022-04-15T07:59:28Z")
Wordle 300 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AIERY LOTUS MUNCH SHAME ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2925 "2022-04-15T10:09:03Z")
Wordle 300 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Once again it was fun figuring out an actual word that used only unused letters for the third guess. There were so many possibilities after the second guess that I felt I needed to. PANTO SLAKE GRIMY SHAME ---
**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 15, 2022, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2926 "2022-04-15T10:26:51Z")
**Wordle 300 4/6** 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PHASE LAKED - to suss out the missing letter SHAME Everyone’s favorite…a trap word! πŸ˜‰ For my third guess, I decided to do what I have never done…come up with a word to rule out the missing letter. It paid off. πŸ™‚ ---
**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 15, 2022, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2927 "2022-04-15T10:31:15Z")
Aw over too soon! I knew I jinxed myself with that last 2/6 Wordle 300 X/6\* πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© Smhis ---
**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 15, 2022, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2928 "2022-04-15T10:47:30Z")
Wordle 300 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACE LENDS - The purpose of this word was the possibility it’s one of the SHA\_E words. L and D eliminate two of the words. If the S wasn’t in it, then it wouldn’t be one of those words. SHAPE - Yes it is one of the words MOVES - For a guaranteed 5, rather than maybe getting a 6. SHAME So, even though I thought of SHA\_E from the first word it still took me 5 guesses. I should be ashamed. ---
**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 15, 2022, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2929 "2022-04-15T11:25:10Z")
Not this time, satan. Wordle 300 6/6\* 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2930 "2022-04-15T11:30:58Z")
Wordle 300 5/6 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I had high hopes after my first guess. ---
**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 15, 2022, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2931 "2022-04-15T11:51:02Z")
Wordle 300 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACE PLATE IMAGE SHAME ---
**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 15, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2932 "2022-04-15T13:16:49Z")
Wordle 300 3/6 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SHAVE SHAME ---
**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:** [April 15, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2933 "2022-04-15T13:27:55Z")
I got it in two today for the first time. Total luck on the second word, I only had one green letter and no yellows in the first guess. Stunning and kind of crazy luck. Wordle 300 2/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHOIR SHAME ---
**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 15, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2934 "2022-04-15T14:09:15Z")
Phew ! Wordle 300 6/6\* ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD GLAZE QUAKE SPACE STAVE SHAME ---
**Author:** ![Beesnest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2935 "2022-04-15T14:36:44Z")
Wordle 300 X/6 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 funny thing happened on the way to a solution. ---
**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 15, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2936 "2022-04-15T14:38:11Z")
Unrelated, I hate it when you’re waiting for that long piece in Tetris and it never comes… ---
**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 15, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2937 "2022-04-15T15:39:03Z")
Wordle 300 6/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Phew indeed. Luckily my first two words eliminated a lot of possibilities. POINT LASER SHADE SHAKE SHAVE SHAME ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2938 "2022-04-15T15:47:30Z")
> **Wordle 300 2/6\* 4/15/2022** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _M_INC **E** β†’ Doesn’t look like much, but that yellow M was key… > **SHAME** > > A crazy lucky first guess (OK, β€œsequence of answers”) to avoid the trap and get it in 2. Of course I’m now superstitious because the last time I got a 2, I missed completely on the next day’s word. ---
**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 15, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2939 "2022-04-15T15:50:51Z")
Wordle 300 5/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ARIEL CHEAT SHAPE SHAKE SHAME Dodged a bullet! I thought I could cover all possibilities within six, so I didn’t use my fourth word to look for letters. SHAVE would have been next, but I totally missed SHADE, so I’m quite lucky my streak is intact. ---
**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 15, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2940 "2022-04-15T15:53:27Z")
Nasty one today. Wordle 300 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE PLACE SHAKE SHAME It could have gone so wrong. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=146) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=148)