# "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:** 161
**Author:** ![Beesnest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3201 "2022-04-27T01:20:04Z")
Wordle 311 2/6 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 My boring start word is dull until I get a Two then it is a mad genius move. their heist honestly-even with 4 of 5 letters I had to stew on it for a long minute. ---
**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 27, 2022, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3202 "2022-04-27T02:51:34Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** I was afraid that this was going to be another trap, but it didn’t turn out too bad. Wordle 312 4/6 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 312** > > SHARE > SHOUT > SHOCK > SHOWN ---
**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 27, 2022, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3203 "2022-04-27T04:31:49Z")
Wordle 312 3/6 πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCRAP STONE SHOWN Finally a return to form, though I almost wasted a guess on SNOWY. My saving grace this word was my most recent rule edition, where I try to use either M or N or both, but never neither. Without this rule, I would have gone with STOLE as my second word and had little chance at a 3. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3204 "2022-04-27T05:10:01Z")
Wordle 312 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LODEN SHOWN ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3205 "2022-04-27T05:51:03Z")
Wordle 312 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIOUS SCONE SHORN SHOWN ---
**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 27, 2022, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3206 "2022-04-27T10:28:40Z")
Wordle 312 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Album Whist Showy Shown ---
**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 27, 2022, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3207 "2022-04-27T11:13:38Z")
Wordle 312 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE LINTS SNOOP SHOWN ---
**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 27, 2022, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3208 "2022-04-27T11:14:37Z")
**Wordle 312 3/6** 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SAUTE SHORN SHOWN Ack…_so close_ to getting it in two. Quick-n-easy one today by luck of my first two words. πŸ™‚ ---
**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 27, 2022, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3209 "2022-04-27T11:38:08Z")
Wordle 312 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD QUILT MOCKS SHOWN Hmmmm. ---
**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 27, 2022, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3210 "2022-04-27T11:47:41Z")
Good game today. Wordle 312 3/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART COUCH SHOWN ---
**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 27, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3211 "2022-04-27T14:48:24Z")
Wordle 312 5/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OLIVE ROAST SMOCK SHOWY SHOWN Eh, not my best effort. N definitely should have made an appearance earlier. But a win’s a win, I suppose. ---
**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 27, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3212 "2022-04-27T15:24:22Z")
I’m not reading the thread yet. But at this point I’m a little puzzled by this one. So far I have tried SNORT and SPOON. There was a slight chance I could get it in 2. Alas, no. But I’m a little puzzled because right now I don’t see what words are of the form **S x O x N**? I still have 4 guesses left. I’m confident I’ll get it. I’ll return when I do. @EllisDee your word generator algorithm so far is working well, thanks again! I wanted three words that exhaust the first 14 or 15 of the most frequently used letters based on Wikipedia’s letter frequency page, [Letter frequency - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_frequency). In descending frequency they are: E T A I S O N R L H D C U M G β€” P Y F B W K Z V X J Q The dash separates the top 15 from the rest of the 26. From this, lately I’ve been starting with these three words: SNORT MEDIC LAUGH Back to work! ---
**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 27, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3213 "2022-04-27T15:39:19Z")
Average performance. Wordle 312 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLOUD SMOKY SHOWN ---
**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 27, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3214 "2022-04-27T15:52:34Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > I’m confident I’ll get it. I’ll return when I do. I think you have only one possibility left. ---
**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 27, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3215 "2022-04-27T15:56:00Z")
Never mind! ---
**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 27, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3216 "2022-04-27T15:57:42Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I can think of two more. Spoiler it? **Bullitt** , don’t read the spoiler!! ---
**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 27, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3217 "2022-04-27T15:58:24Z")
I thought of that just as you were typing! Sorry. ---
**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 27, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3218 "2022-04-27T15:58:51Z")
Never mind! ---
**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 27, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3219 "2022-04-27T15:59:20Z")
I don’t really see how, but as you wish. ---
**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 27, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3220 "2022-04-27T16:00:05Z")
I’m being unclear. Apologies. What are the two more words? I really only see one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=160) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=162)