# "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:** 153
**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 19, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3041 "2022-04-19T16:59:40Z")
Wordle 304 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHAIR FLOUR FOYER ---
**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 19, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3042 "2022-04-19T18:33:41Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > E T A I S O N R L H D C U M Y β€” ? > > E T A I S O N R L H D C U Y G β€” ? With M: acidy lemon hurts (or melon) adios entry mulch scaly diner mouth lusty choir named With G: ached until gyros lousy cedar thing north clays guide girls youth dance linty dough scare tough scaly diner I’m noticing my 308 solutions a couple posts up are incomplete. First, every single line starts with the letter A, which is highly suspicious. Second, my actual phrase that came from those solutions is β€œchalk miner typos” yet the word β€œchalk” doesn’t appear anywhere in that list of 308. (The letters of β€˜chalk’ can’t be rearranged to make a valid word that starts with A.) I mean, it’s buggy, sure, but technically it still works. Just imagine how many more goofy phrases might be uncovered if it worked correctly. (Maybe not all goofy. β€˜Ached until gyros’ is practically poetry.) ---
**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 19, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3043 "2022-04-19T18:52:30Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > acidy lemon hurts (or melon) > adios entry mulch > scaly diner mouth > lusty choir named > [@EllisDee](#): > > ached until gyros > lousy cedar thing > north clays guide > girls youth dance > linty dough scare > tough scaly diner finger snapping ---
**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 19, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3044 "2022-04-19T22:22:32Z")
Tomorrow’s may be a bit easier for everyone, though I stared at it for ages before getting it. Wordle 305 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 19, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3045 "2022-04-19T22:42:43Z")
Wordle 304 X/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 AROSE MOREL TONER ROVER BOWER CODER Fifteen minutes before a scheduled phone call I said β€œI can do this.” Turned out that the time crunch plus the distraction of the other things I should have been doing at the time, kept me from thinking optimally. I lost my β€œ34” (and my chance of soon surpassing my old β€œ45”). Oh, well. ---
**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 20, 2022, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3046 "2022-04-20T02:12:34Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Not too light, not too heavy. Wordle 305 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 305** > > BEAST > POUND > VALOR > CARGO ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3047 "2022-04-20T04:23:52Z")
Wordle 305 2/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CARGO Finally an easy one. It just took about five minutes of running through the possible combinations to find a word that fit. ---
**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 20, 2022, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3048 "2022-04-20T04:37:21Z")
Wordle 305 3/6 πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRASH CAROL CARGO After one I was thinking CAR\_\_ all the way, but had carol, cargo, caret, carni and carom that I could see. Happy it turned out to be one of the O words, leaving only one choice for 3. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3049 "2022-04-20T06:38:07Z")
Wordle 305 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPIRE ROUND THROB CARGO ---
**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 20, 2022, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3050 "2022-04-20T07:58:16Z")
Sweet sweet 3, I’ve missed ye. Wordle 305 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NEATH RADIO CARGO ---
**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 20, 2022, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3051 "2022-04-20T10:18:46Z")
It’s a new day and a new streak begins. Wordle 305 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 20, 2022, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3052 "2022-04-20T11:16:17Z")
Wordle 305 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 It looks like I’m the third person so far who had the three greens and a yellow word before getting the answer. ---
**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 20, 2022, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3053 "2022-04-20T11:18:35Z")
**Wordle 305 4/6** ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHARE TARDY BARON CARGO ---
**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 20, 2022, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3054 "2022-04-20T11:27:03Z")
Wordle 305 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LAUGH SNORT CARGO And, thanks @EllisDee. ---
**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 20, 2022, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3055 "2022-04-20T11:30:39Z")
More splendidity. Wordle 305 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD RANCH CARPS CARGO ---
**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 20, 2022, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3056 "2022-04-20T11:55:23Z")
Wordle 305 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STAIR RANCH CARGO I knew I should have started with CHAIR… ---
**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 20, 2022, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3057 "2022-04-20T12:50:47Z")
Wordle 305 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART ARSON RADIO LARGO CARGO ---
**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 20, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3058 "2022-04-20T13:59:53Z")
My world is put right. Wordle 305 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE PARCH CARGO ---
**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 20, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3059 "2022-04-20T14:52:52Z")
Wordle 305 5/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALIVE ROAST BROAD MANOR CARGO Helluva lotta blue today. Unlike yesterday, however, the misses were productive. Not many choices left by five. Took a while to see it, though. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3060 "2022-04-20T15:11:18Z")
> **Wordle 305 4/6\* 4/20/2022** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩🟨🟨🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > F_O_YE_R_ β†’ Not a bad start. Not sure where to put the O though… > **C** _ROA_K β†’ Great guess. I hope I’m not getting into a trap… > **CAR** _O_L β†’ Not much to fit into that 4th letter spot > **CARGO** > > **Author\_Balk** - and **SunUp** makes four! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=152) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=154)