# "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:** 157
**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 23, 2022, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3121 "2022-04-23T07:22:54Z")
Wordle 308 3/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I did better than Wordlebot this time. TRAIN MOILE. (not mohel, mind) OLIVE ---
**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 23, 2022, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3122 "2022-04-23T10:06:48Z")
**Wordle 308 2/6** ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE OLIVE There were a lot of words this could have been based on the results of my start word, but _this_ time I listened to myself and went with my first instinct for my second word, and 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 23, 2022, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3123 "2022-04-23T11:25:13Z")
Two mistakes led me astray today. Wordle 308 5/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 23, 2022, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3124 "2022-04-23T11:43:21Z")
Wordle 308 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD EXTOL GLOVE OLIVE ---
**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 23, 2022, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3125 "2022-04-23T12:12:55Z")
Wasn’t sure I’d get it this time. Wordle 308 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHIRT ALIGN CLICK ELIDE OLIVE ---
**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 23, 2022, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3126 "2022-04-23T13:21:59Z")
Wordle 308 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE - same starting word as two days ago - the one with OXIDE - I got the same result TOILS - same second word as two days ago. Similar result but this had the yellow L OLIVE - Came to me right away. I checked to see if there was something else. There wasn’t. We had OXIDE and OLIVE in the last three days. ---
**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 23, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3127 "2022-04-23T14:20:31Z")
Wordle 308 3/6 πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OUNCE ORATE OLIVE I was starting to worry this was a trap word. But after a couple minutes I could only think of OLIVE and OXIDE (which we just had), so it turned out to be a surprisingly easy three. ---
**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 23, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3128 "2022-04-23T15:06:40Z")
> [@chela](#): > > Two mistakes led me astray today. > > Wordle 308 5/6\* > > πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› > πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› > πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› > β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Correction, three user errors! Valor Volts Loved Glove Olive ---
**Author:** ![Beesnest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3129 "2022-04-23T15:19:31Z")
The octordle really was a fun surprise. I noticed that the keyboard keys were solid -all letters in every word for t,h,e,i but I still did not realize that it was going to be the same word. And I didn’t get the connection with the game number, I just figured out they missed 420 celebration -especially with that dance at the end. ---
**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 23, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3130 "2022-04-23T16:19:43Z")
Wordle 308 3/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SMILE OLIVE Too funny. I guess _today_ was the day for martinis! ---
**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 23, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3131 "2022-04-23T16:23:22Z")
Wordle 308 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SLIDE OLIVE ---
**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 23, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3132 "2022-04-23T23:01:53Z")
You wouldn’t be impressed by my three. But WordleBot could barely contain hinself. ---
**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 23, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3133 "2022-04-23T23:43:54Z")
Wordle 308 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE VOICE OLIVE Nice and fast today, due to fortunate first and second guesses. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3134 "2022-04-23T23:55:03Z")
> **Wordle 308 4/6\* 4/23/2022** > > ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > P **L** ANT β†’ Let’s try some vowels… > S **LI** D **E** β†’ And now I feel like I’ve got a trap word… > C **LI** M **E** β†’ OK, can’t be too many more comboes… but maybe I need to try another leading vowel… > **OLIVE** > > I didn’t notice the link with OXIDE until everyone else pointed it out… of course, getting the L first guess meant I was thinking in other directions. ---
**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 24, 2022, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3135 "2022-04-24T01:03:54Z")
**Tomorrow’s.** Coulda got it in three. Wordle 309 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 24, 2022, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3136 "2022-04-24T02:27:58Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Here’s to being more active. Wordle 309 3/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 309** > > FREAK > YOUNG > INERT ---
**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 24, 2022, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3137 "2022-04-24T04:19:48Z")
Wordle 309 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAMS TROPE INERT Back in the saddle with a textbook 3. Textbook in that the answer was helpful enough to only use the most common letters. ---
**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 24, 2022, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3138 "2022-04-24T04:22:35Z")
According to WordleBot, my opening word was excellent, but this was the worst scenario for that word, which uncovered nothing. My second word was four yellows and apparently reduced things to six possible answers. It still took me five guesses to solve it. Bot says I was highly skilled but not so lucky. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2022, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3139 "2022-04-24T04:52:42Z")
Wordle 309 4/6 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TILER DRIFT INERT Another one where I wasn’t paying attention. I have to be more careful. ---
**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 24, 2022, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3140 "2022-04-24T05:31:20Z")
Had to think on the third one forever Wordle 309 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRIDE RISER INERT [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=156) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=158)