# "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:** 160
**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 25, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3181 "2022-04-25T23:43:33Z")
Wordle 310 3/6 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AROSE ASHEN ASKEW Once again identical to Wheelz’ results. I’m starting to hear the _Twilight Zone_ theme… ---
**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 26, 2022, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3182 "2022-04-26T01:12:38Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Wordle 311 3/6 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 311** > > STEAM > HASTE > HEIST ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3183 "2022-04-26T04:22:32Z")
Wordle 311 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TILES SPITE HEIST ---
**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 26, 2022, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3184 "2022-04-26T04:52:26Z")
Wordle 311 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLANS STORE THIEF HEIST I’m coming apart at the seams in terms of playing this game. For some reason, after the second guess I no longer saw the letter S. Never once thought of it, didn’t see the yellow S on the keyboard when I was checking for double letters, nothing. As if the alphabet only had 25 letters. I sat here staring for 15 solid minutes, but thankfully I could never think of any words that fit the feedback – not counting S! – other than proper names (Edith, Keith) or moving the green I (eight). Then finally all of a sudden, and for no particular reason, both yellow S’s snapped into view. After my shock at discovering a brand new letter in the alphabet, obvious answer became obvious. This should have been an easy 3. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3185 "2022-04-26T06:41:54Z")
Wordle 311 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISE EXIST HEIST ---
**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 26, 2022, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3186 "2022-04-26T07:09:30Z")
Wordle 311 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNORT MEDIC HEIST When you get a new phone, in a way doesn’t it feel like Christmas or your birthday? I finally got rid of my old crappy iPhone and got a newer nicer iPhone. But, man oh man the news ones are so _ **expensive!!** _ So, new phone (yay!), but to keep my WORDLE streak going I still need to use my old phone. A bit of a bummer there. But it’s worth it. _ **Besides, this is WORDLE!!** _ ---
**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 26, 2022, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3187 "2022-04-26T07:15:05Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > So, new phone (yay!), but to keep my WORDLE streak going I still need to use my old phone. A bit of a bummer there. I’m honestly kinda surprised NYT hasn’t introduced some way of sharing your statistics across devices yet - seems like the kind of thing you could tie into a subscription model to actually make this game profitable. Wordle 311 6/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE SITED EDICT GEIST HEIST ---
**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 26, 2022, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3188 "2022-04-26T07:52:31Z")
Yeah really! ---
**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 26, 2022, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3189 "2022-04-26T09:03:28Z")
**Wordle 311 4/6** ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLEAT QUIET EXIST HEIST ---
**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 26, 2022, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3190 "2022-04-26T09:18:10Z")
Wordle 311 3/6\* πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE CHEST HEIST ---
**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 26, 2022, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3191 "2022-04-26T09:48:58Z")
Wordle 311 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE LITES EXIST HEIST Apparently there were two possible words after my second pick. I chose the wrong one. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3192 "2022-04-26T10:03:53Z")
Wordle 311 3/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Annoyingly I was going to go for the correct answer for my second guess but thought β€œNo, it’s more likely that the E will be at the end”. Ah, well. AIERY SPITE HEIST ---
**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 26, 2022, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3193 "2022-04-26T10:18:03Z")
Wordle 311 3/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Flash Whist Heist ---
**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 26, 2022, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3194 "2022-04-26T12:30:44Z")
Wordle 311 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MARSH CHEST HEIST ---
**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 26, 2022, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3195 "2022-04-26T14:22:03Z")
Looks like I’m running with the pack here. Wordle 311 3/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE THIEF HEIST ---
**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 26, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3196 "2022-04-26T14:49:13Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Once again identical to Wheelz’ results. I’m starting to hear the _Twilight Zone_ theme… Let’s see if you can match this: Wordle 311 2/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OVINE HEIST Sounds like the title of a Wallace & Gromit movie. EXIST would have fit, but I thought of HEIST first, and boom! Gotta love a two. ---
**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 26, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3197 "2022-04-26T15:07:49Z")
I can match it, thanks for my starting word that I’ve used for some time. Wordle 311 2/6 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART HEIST ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3198 "2022-04-26T17:32:42Z")
> **Wordle 311 3/6\* 4/26/2022** > > ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ > 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > A_S_K_E_W β†’ About what I expected. Try another vowel & common consonants > _STEI_N β†’ Seems I should have a crack at a 3 here. With S in 3rd, but no ?ESI? or ?ISE?.. unpromising. S in 4th? Before T? > **HEIST** > > I think **Aspenglow** has the sequence of the day. ---
**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 26, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3199 "2022-04-26T20:35:56Z")
Wordle 311 3/6\* ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD PENIS HEIST Yes. I know. ---
**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 26, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3200 "2022-04-26T23:42:45Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Let’s see if you can match this: Not even close: Wordle 311 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROAST GUEST EXIST HEIST Guess the Zone booted me out, today. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=159) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=161)