# "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:** 165
**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 29, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3281 "2022-04-29T15:27:28Z")
Wordle 314 X/6\* ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ > **Summary** > > BEARD > GRAVY > TRACK > TRAMP > TRAWL > TRAIN Bastard. ---
**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 29, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3282 "2022-04-29T15:47:55Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > At some point or another? I wish! Seems to happen to me nearly every puzzle. > > My absolute favorite is when I post my results and mention a specific number of possible answers only to find the previous couple posts to mine include additional possibilities I never thought of. I don’t mind a challenge, but some days I am seriously convinced my brain is off on vacation lying on a beach somewhere (without my permission) more times than not each puzzle. I see that too when I look at other people’s words, and I’m often slapping my forehead. ---
**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 29, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3283 "2022-04-29T23:41:46Z")
Stared at this for quite a while before an answer came for **tomorrow’s**. Wordle 315 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 30, 2022, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3284 "2022-04-30T02:15:41Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Look what came crawling out of the previous puzzle. Wordle 315 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 315** > > YEARN > RADIO > MARCH > PARKA β†’ I went for the more common word > LARVA ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2022, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3285 "2022-04-30T04:04:09Z")
Wordle 315 3/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LARGE LARVA Needed this one after yesterday. ---
**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 30, 2022, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3286 "2022-04-30T04:24:41Z")
I thought this one was hard. Just two letters after guess four with everything common eliminated. Got it in five, probably nothing else was left. In fact, WordleBot said after my third guess there were only two possibilities. And I guessed the wrong one first. ---
**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 30, 2022, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3287 "2022-04-30T04:35:24Z")
Wordle 315 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLASP LATER LARVA I couldn’t figure out a way to work in either N or M for my second word, but fortunately it ended up not being needed. As far as I can tell, there was only one word left after 2. (Only other word I could think of was LARGE but I eliminated E.) ---
**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 30, 2022, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3288 "2022-04-30T07:06:25Z")
Wordle 315 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LOUIE TRANS LARDY LARVA ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2022, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3289 "2022-04-30T08:25:50Z")
Wordle 315 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMEAR TRAIL LARCH LARVA ---
**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 30, 2022, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3290 "2022-04-30T08:43:25Z")
Wordle 315 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MEANT RAILS LARCH LARVA I figured LARCH was probably not a solution, but I didn’t think of the double letter word until after that try. ---
**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 30, 2022, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3291 "2022-04-30T11:29:14Z")
Wordle 315 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE PARTS - Wordlebot had PARTY - I was close HARDY - I kept seeing ending Y, I guess PARTY would have eliminated that LIMBO - I couldn’t see any good word, so I put in a word with fairly common unused letters, and the remaining vowels. LARVA - the L in LIMBO gave me the correct word. Not my best today ---
**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 30, 2022, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3292 "2022-04-30T12:01:28Z")
Wordle 315 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Bagel Larch Larva ---
**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 30, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3293 "2022-04-30T13:27:16Z")
Wordle 315 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHIRT CRAVE BRAVO LARVA ---
**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 30, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3294 "2022-04-30T13:52:56Z")
Your Wordle puzzle tells a story, I like that. Tramp with gravy in his beard trawls along train tracks. πŸ§”β€β™€οΈπŸœπŸ‘£πŸ›€πŸšž ---
**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 30, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3295 "2022-04-30T14:06:53Z")
**Wordle 315 4/6** ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DRAIN HEART CAROL LARVA Made a bird brained move with my second word…already knew the A didn’t go in the 3rd spot, but at least it showed what’s not used, which was helpful. My third word paved the path nicely towards solving this in 4 tries. ---
**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 30, 2022, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3296 "2022-04-30T14:12:23Z")
I am so sorry, I forgot to blur my words! 😬 It was only up for a few seconds that way…I hope no one was spoiled. ---
**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 30, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3297 "2022-04-30T14:24:23Z")
Too close for comfort Wordle 315 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BROAD RAILS LARGE LARVA ---
**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 30, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3298 "2022-04-30T15:10:30Z")
Wordle 315 3/6 πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 RADIO EARTH LARVA I figured there was probably a second vowel and couldn’t think of anything with a U, so I took a chance on a repeated A. Didn’t think of PARKA, which also would have fit. Don’t know what other choices I had. A good satisfying three. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3299 "2022-04-30T17:30:30Z")
> **Wordle 315 4/6\* 4/30/2022** > > ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > T_RA_SH β†’ Hoped for a little more with so many common consonants > PO_LAR_ β†’ Pick up the L, good. Haven’t tried an E yet… > **LAR** GE β†’ Have I hit a trap? Don’t think so, can’t think of many words… but if it’s got a double… > **LARVA** > > Kinda makes me think of a scientific paper, something like β€œOn oversized maggots found in waste bins on an Arctic expedition” ---
**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 30, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3300 "2022-04-30T18:05:47Z")
I should have had it in four. I burned my second guess by repeating a letter I already knew was disqualified. πŸ˜• Wordle 315 5/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SHEAR CAROB KARMA LARVA [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=164) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=166)