# "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:** 170
**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 4, 2022, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3381 "2022-05-04T00:13:03Z")
I subscribed to NYT just to get access to wordlebot, well almost it was a very affordable offer. Still when it’s staring you in the face and nope no idea wordlebot stats won’t help 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:** [May 4, 2022, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3382 "2022-05-04T02:45:15Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Really?! Wordle 319 2/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 319** > > MOUSE > TRAIN ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3383 "2022-05-04T04:12:13Z")
Wordle 319 2/6 🟨🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TRAIN I think there will be a lot of low numbers today. ---
**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 4, 2022, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3384 "2022-05-04T04:17:07Z")
Wordle 319 2/6 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CREPT TRAIN Felt good about this one. My first instinct was trail because I really like L, but then I remembered my “gotta use either M or N or both in my first two words” so switched to train. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2022, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3385 "2022-05-04T04:30:52Z")
What the deuce? I see my two is in good company… ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3386 "2022-05-04T06:02:39Z")
Wordle 319 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLARE PRANK BRAIN TRAIN I nearly started with FLAIR which in hindsight would have been better. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2022, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3387 "2022-05-04T07:07:12Z")
Wordle 319 2/6 🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS TRAIN ---
**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 4, 2022, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3388 "2022-05-04T07:23:58Z")
Dammit I missed yesterdays Wordle Wordle 319 4/6 ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STONY MEDIC LAUGH TRAIN ---
**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 4, 2022, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3389 "2022-05-04T07:32:34Z")
Wordle 319 2/6\* 🟨🟨🟨🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TRAIN ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3390 "2022-05-04T10:19:44Z")
Wordle 319 3/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ASIDE COURT TRAIN ---
**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 4, 2022, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3391 "2022-05-04T11:42:05Z")
Wordle 319 4/6\* ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Draft Trace Trail Train ---
**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 4, 2022, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3392 "2022-05-04T11:49:05Z")
Wordle 319 3/6\* 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACE TRAIT TRAIN ---
**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 4, 2022, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3393 "2022-05-04T12:07:42Z")
I won’t show the picture for spoiler reasons, but I didn’t get tomorrow’s. Not a word I’m particularly familiar with. Wordle 320 X/6 ---
**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 4, 2022, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3394 "2022-05-04T12:08:15Z")
Dang I thought I had a 3rd straight deuce until the final letter flipped on guess 2. Wordle 319 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART TRAIL TRAIN ---
**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 4, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3395 "2022-05-04T15:00:25Z")
Yep. Wordle 319 2/6 ⬛🟧🟧🟦⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ORATE TRAIN ---
**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 4, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3396 "2022-05-04T15:12:35Z")
> [@eschrodinger](#): > > Wordle 319 2/6\* > > 🟨🟨🟨🟩⬛ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > RATIO > TRAIN Nicely done. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3397 "2022-05-04T15:20:09Z")
So now I need a new starting word. (Surprisingly, I wasn’t all excited when I got the hole in one, just sort of ‘okay’, since it didn’t come after any effort or insightful thinking or anything.) Anyway, can someone with a suitable list confirm that ORATE hasn’t been the answer yet? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3398 "2022-05-04T15:24:12Z")
> **Wordle 319 6/6\* Star Wars Day 2022** > > ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ > 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟨 > ⬜🟨🟩🟩🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > H_AIR_Y → That’s a good start… let’s move the letters around > _RI_V_A_L → Should have tried some better consonants. Oh well, next guess… > CU_R_ **I** _A_ → Probably too obscure. Did I mention I got very little sleep last night? > S_T_ **AI** _R_ → I Know where R goes now, by process of elimination. Do I have a repeated letter? > **TRAI** T → No. Fortunately I’ve already eliminated the L… > **TRAIN** > > In retrospect, should have gotten this one in two, or at most three. Instead, I end up in a near-trap situation on the last guess. ---
**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 4, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3399 "2022-05-04T15:35:42Z")
Good reminder. May the fourth be with you. ---
**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 4, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3400 "2022-05-04T16:08:16Z")
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