# "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:** 150
**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 17, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2981 "2022-04-17T15:58:13Z")
Wordle 302 5/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD LATEX ALIVE ANGLE AMPLE Phew - nearly went for apple … ---
**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 17, 2022, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2982 "2022-04-17T16:01:42Z")
Getting more average by the day. Wordle 302 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE LAPSE APPLE AMPLE ---
**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 17, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2983 "2022-04-17T23:16:03Z")
Wordle 302 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE PHONE APPLE AMPLE β€œPHONE” was rather dumb as it lacks an A, but at least it gave me the P. Even if I’d used a word with A as my second guess, I bet I wouldn’t have gotten this in less than 4. Meh. ---
**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 18, 2022, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2984 "2022-04-18T00:08:29Z")
Regarding today’s word (302, Easter Sunday), for all those who posted, kudos if you didn’t burn a guess on apple (like I did), maple or amble. Most of us burned a guess on one of those three before ever seeing the actual answer. So if you saw it and went straight to it without checking one of those three options first, well done. ---
**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 18, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2985 "2022-04-18T00:24:29Z")
Tomorrow’s was pretty straightforward. Though if you commonly misspell this word, you might struggle. Wordle 303 3/6 ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 18, 2022, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2986 "2022-04-18T00:49:46Z")
Your clues are so cryptic but so welcome yet not always helpful, but I appreciate the heads up!. πŸ˜‰πŸ˜€ ---
**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 18, 2022, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2987 "2022-04-18T02:04:50Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** I may have a case of the Mondays Wordle 303 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 303** > > SMITE > QUAIL > PLAIN > FLAIR ---
**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 18, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2988 "2022-04-18T04:23:16Z")
Wordle 303 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRIPS TILER FLAIR Textbook 3 in that I couldn’t find any other possible answer after 2. Of course that doesn’t mean there isn’t one, just that I couldn’t see it. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2989 "2022-04-18T04:32:05Z")
Wordle 303 4/6 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO ACRID BRAIN FLAIR ---
**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 18, 2022, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2990 "2022-04-18T05:18:39Z")
> [@chela](#): > > Your clues are so cryptic but so welcome yet not always helpful, but I appreciate the heads up! They’re more statements than clues, things you will understand after the fact, but I have, in the past, helped a few people with them. ---
**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 18, 2022, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2991 "2022-04-18T07:19:53Z")
Wordle 303 3/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE FLAIR ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2992 "2022-04-18T08:40:54Z")
Wordle 303 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POISE MIGHT NADIR FLAIR ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2993 "2022-04-18T09:34:37Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Though if you commonly misspell this word, you might struggle. That’s like a Wordle horoscope, it could apply to any word πŸ˜‰ ---
**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 18, 2022, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2994 "2022-04-18T09:57:03Z")
And thus nobody can argue I gave anything away. However, I did mean to imply that it’s a word I very commonly see misspelled. ---
**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 18, 2022, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2995 "2022-04-18T10:05:52Z")
Wordle 303 2/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Choir Flair ---
**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 18, 2022, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2996 "2022-04-18T11:10:25Z")
**Wordle 303 2/6** ⬜🟨🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRAIL FLAIR Well, that was an advantageous start word. πŸ™‚ Wasn’t anything else it could be…except maybe Glair, which I didn’t think would necessarily be used. ---
**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 18, 2022, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2997 "2022-04-18T11:15:31Z")
Wordle 303 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD GRAVY ROAST FLAIR ---
**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 18, 2022, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2998 "2022-04-18T11:26:19Z")
Wordle 303 2/6\* ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Very lucky start today. ---
**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 18, 2022, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2999 "2022-04-18T11:42:03Z")
Wordle 303 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART FRAIL FLAIR ---
**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 18, 2022, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3000 "2022-04-18T11:42:06Z")
Wordle 303 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHIRT IRONY DIRGE FLAIR [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=149) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=151)