# "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:** 167
**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:** [May 1, 2022, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3321 "2022-05-01T11:29:00Z")
**Wordle 316 5/6** ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRUEL ROAST DOWRY HONOR FORGO ---
**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:** [May 1, 2022, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3322 "2022-05-01T11:50:17Z")
Wordle 316 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Yearn Torch Forum Forgo Oh snap broke my streak of threes. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3323 "2022-05-01T12:24:48Z")
Tomorrow’s is one of _those_ ones I’m afraid. Wordle 317 6/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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:** [May 1, 2022, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3324 "2022-05-01T13:20:18Z")
Wordle 316 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Me vs. wordlebod. My word is first, CRANE/CRANE - start the same TIROS/SHOUT - I find out where the R was from the first word. It ignored the yellow R and did five new letters. It eliminated H and U, LOBBY/LOBBY - It complained about my word, even though we used the same word. It suggested a word without the R. But, I was left with three words. One with an H and one with a U. It had eliminated those with the second word. MORPH/FORGO - I tried the H word. FORGO - my previous pick eliminated the U word, leaving this one ---
**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:** [May 1, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3325 "2022-05-01T14:10:32Z")
> [@eschrodinger](#): > > You might want to spoiler that. Oops my bad. My thanks to whoever fixed it. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3326 "2022-05-01T14:40:01Z")
Wordle 316 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 NOISE TOUCH BOARD ROOMY FORGO I was getting genuinely worried here. Glad I found the second O at four, but even after running through every possible combination of every unused letter, I _still_ wasn’t confident typing out FORGO. Didn’t care for this one. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3327 "2022-05-01T14:48:34Z")
I understand time zones and all, and I know you didn’t spoiler the actual word, so I’m not mad. But may I ask those who are a day ahead to spoiler-blur any and all comments about what might be in store for us tomorrow so we can go in completely fresh? Or am I being too snowflakey here? ---
**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:** [May 1, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3328 "2022-05-01T14:59:19Z")
Wordle 316 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PRISM FLOOR FORGO ---
**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:** [May 1, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3329 "2022-05-01T15:10:15Z")
What an unpleasant puzzle today. Wordle 316 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SCOUR WORRY FORGO I’m just glad I thought of FORGO before PORNO. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3330 "2022-05-01T15:56:13Z")
Back to my more regular 4 guesses. Wordle 316 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRASH RULER MICRO FORGO ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3331 "2022-05-01T15:57:00Z")
> **Wordle 316 5/6\* May Day 2022** > > ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > LA **R** VA β†’ Well, that’s something. I’ll have to build from the middle out > SU **RG** E β†’ Low on vowels. Gotta be one after that RG digraph, but not an E… > C **ORG** I β†’ Nor an I. Getting a little worried with # of consonants still in play > P **ORG** Y β†’ OK, no Gershwin. Two Os, though. ?ORGO, run through remaining consonants… > **FORGO** > > I’m sure Wordlebot would taunt me mercilessly for my 3rd and 4th guesses. Also: all greens! ---
**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:** [May 1, 2022, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3332 "2022-05-01T16:13:48Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > It’s from the old comedy radio programme _The Goon Show_ and was likely invented by its writer Spike Milligan. I believe it’s a play on β€œallergy” = β€œa lurgy” Wordle 316 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD GROUT CORGI PORGY FORGO After my 3rd guess, i was desperate ! ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3333 "2022-05-01T16:26:24Z")
Yet another β€œI was sure the word wasn’t spelled that way”. After some letter elimination turns and a lucky guess on the first letter, I finally got it just under the wire: Wordle 316 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE ROUND HOLLY MORON FOLIO FORGO ---
**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:** [May 1, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3334 "2022-05-01T16:51:36Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Or am I being too snowflakey here? I don’t think you are, or at least, then I am, too. I’d prefer no unspoilered comments or hints about the answer. I think commenting on your own play without spoiler tags is OK, like saying you messed up, or got lucky, or Wordlebot was impressed, or whatever. But comments on the puzzle should be obscured in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3335 "2022-05-01T20:29:52Z")
I don’t mind spoilering comments. I don’t think my comment added anything that wasn’t obvious from the picture though. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3336 "2022-05-01T21:21:55Z")
Booyah! The progress on **tomorrow’s** one worked out well for me. Wordle 317 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:** [May 1, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3337 "2022-05-01T22:57:07Z")
Wordle 316 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AROSE DONOR FORGO I’m another who looked up the difference between β€˜forgo’ and β€˜forego,’ having been a bit shaky on the topic. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2022, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3338 "2022-05-02T02:12:44Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Any and all comments, sure thing. What about the puzzle itself, that’s a spoiler, isn’t it? Wordle 317 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 317** > > PLEAD > CHOIR > STORK > STORY ---
**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:** [May 2, 2022, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3339 "2022-05-02T04:05:31Z")
Wordle 317 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLOMP STORE STORK STORY I knew it was more likely to be story, but I saw stork first so I went with that. Fortunately my opener eliminated storm and actually checked store, so there were only two choices anyway. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3340 "2022-05-02T04:09:44Z")
Wordle 317 6/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TORCH FRONT STORK STORM STORY Totally messed this one up. After guess three I went through the alphabet to make sure that I was considering all options. Not only did I get lazy and give up at W totally missing the actual word, but I also missed the fact that I hadn’t used an E yet and it could have been store. It came down to a 50/50 guess on the last word which I consider an unforced error. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=166) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=168)