# "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:** 162
**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, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3221 "2022-04-27T16:03:11Z")
You’re right, only one. And based on that, he knows the other is wrong, too. I missed that he’d already tried SPOON. I’m going to go “never mind” my prior posts. Thanks! ---
**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 27, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3222 "2022-04-27T16:06:22Z")
I got this one in three. WordleBot called me “a lucky bastard” since I only had the middle letter and twelve choices remained after my second guess. But my average is like most folks, apparently, around 3.9, so the boost helps. ---
**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 27, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3223 "2022-04-27T16:07:03Z")
Wordle 312 3/6\* 🟩🟨🟩⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNORE SPOON SHOWN I didn’t think it would be shown, as I didn’t think it used verb past tenses, but it seemed to be the only possibility for the third try. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3224 "2022-04-27T16:18:55Z")
> **Wordle 312 3/6\* 4/27/2022** > > 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _H_EI_S_T → Not a bad start. I’ll try the SH digraph with another vowel… > **SHO** CK → Paging Admiral Ackbar… no, wait: RN, WN, WY, AL, WA (no - too obscure) - I think I can get this. Try the best eliminator > **SHOWN** > > I came close to following **Wheelz** ’s example. ---
**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 27, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3225 "2022-04-27T17:33:06Z")
Wordle 312 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART WHISK SHOWN ---
**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 27, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3226 "2022-04-27T21:24:17Z")
I took a bit of a wild guess for **tomorrow’s** , and was amazed to see five greens come up for it. Wordle 313 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 27, 2022, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3227 "2022-04-27T23:56:59Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > …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. And here I’d have guessed that your rule would be about L, S, and D. Wordle 312 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SOUND SNOOP SHOWN Fast, anyway. ---
**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 28, 2022, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3228 "2022-04-28T01:56:52Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** This one was rather refreshing. Wordle 313 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 313** > > PASTE > TASTY → I meant to put in TESTY > ZESTY ---
**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 28, 2022, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3229 "2022-04-28T02:14:44Z")
No! I’ve never seen a lucky B! @discobot is this true? > [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > WordleBot called me “a lucky bastard” ---
**Author:** ![discobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/discobot/32/570_2.png) [@discobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discobot)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3230 "2022-04-28T02:14:46Z")
You’ve disabled me in your preferences. You need to allow new user onboarding tips to interact with me. ---
**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 28, 2022, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3231 "2022-04-28T02:20:45Z")
Awww. Who’s the jerk that disabled @discobot? ---
**Author:** ![discobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/discobot/32/570_2.png) [@discobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discobot)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3232 "2022-04-28T02:20:47Z")
Hi! To find out what I can do, say `@discobot display help`. ---
**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 28, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3233 "2022-04-28T02:41:49Z")
It is possible that I am rephrasing the exact words, but not the essence of the critique. However, _WordleBot_ - a tool devised by the New York Times to get all judgey about your efforts - is not the same as any other local bots which apparently have much more important raisons d’etre. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3234 "2022-04-28T04:22:22Z")
Wordle 313 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TUNES SLEPT ZESTY Another lucky guess for 4 although I am having trouble coming up with other options. Maybe there weren’t a lot of other options. ---
**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 28, 2022, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3235 "2022-04-28T04:43:44Z")
Wordle 313 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟨⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAMP STORE GUEST TESTY ZESTY A good word/puzzle today. I was confident GUEST was the answer, and then befuddled when I still didn’t have a single green. Then I noticed my first two words also could have allowed EXIST. When I finally saw testy it didn’t even occur to me it could be a trap because it took forever to find _any_ word for both 3 and 4. I feel like I did everything right, and against my particular strategy, the puzzle did everything right as well. I’ll take the well-earned 5. (Well-earned from the puzzle’s perspective. Nice ‘D’!) Here’s hoping BESTY and WESTY aren’t in the answer list. ---
**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 28, 2022, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3236 "2022-04-28T04:52:19Z")
Got it! Wordle 312 3/6 🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩 🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNORT SPOON SHONE Maybe my brain was farting but for some reason I was struggling with this one. My wife, who’d already solved it, wasn’t helping at all. Great. Thanks for nothing. But I don’t help her either! 🙂 ---
**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 28, 2022, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3237 "2022-04-28T05:03:24Z")
I caught up with the thread. Funny, you guys! About my wife, frankly if she helped me then really, I’d be pissed! That’s how we roll. But this… > [@eschrodinger](#): > > Wordle 312 3/6\* > > 🟩🟨🟩⬛⬛ > 🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SNORE > SPOON > SHOWN > > I didn’t think it would be shown, as I didn’t think it used verb past tenses, but it seemed to be the only possibility for the third try. @eschrodinger, uncanny how our guesses were almost identical! ---
**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 28, 2022, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3238 "2022-04-28T06:58:01Z")
It is uncanny! Do you use Wordlebot? I’m curious if the one letter difference in our first words made much difference. I had four possible solutions after mine, and only one possible solution after the second word. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3239 "2022-04-28T09:51:33Z")
Wordle 313 4/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCARE FLESH BESOM ZESTY I was floundering a bit this morning but then it all came together. ---
**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 28, 2022, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3240 "2022-04-28T10:21:27Z")
Wordle 313 5/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Argue Chief Loess Testy Zesty [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=161) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=163)