# "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:** 175
**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 8, 2022, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3481 "2022-05-08T10:27:45Z")
Wordle 323 2/6 🟩⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE CANNY ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3482 "2022-05-08T13:08:12Z")
Wordle 323 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STONE HAIRY CLUMP CANNY I thought about guessing after the first two words, and maybe i should have. ---
**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 8, 2022, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3483 "2022-05-08T13:33:41Z")
Wordle 323 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Weird one. Dealt canon canna canny ---
**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 8, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3484 "2022-05-08T14:06:16Z")
Nasty one today (for me, anyway)! Wordle 323 6/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SHOAL GAUZY FANCY CANDY CANNY I don’t think I’ll talk to WordleBot today. ---
**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 8, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3485 "2022-05-08T14:20:08Z")
Sheesh. Wordle 323 6/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOUTH BRAIN SNEAK CANAL CANDY CANNY ---
**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 8, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3486 "2022-05-08T14:39:51Z")
Wordle 323 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ROUTE SLAIN MANGY CANDY CANNY Slow start on a tough word. I did think of NANNY at 4 but didn’t want to plunk down three N’s so I kept looking. Really thought I had it when C-A-N turned over. Could definitely have been worse though. β€œCanny” is one of those words you rarely see in the wild; β€œuncanny” is much more common to me and I didn’t think of its obverse right away. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3487 "2022-05-08T14:56:34Z")
> **Wordle 323 4/6\* Mother's Day 2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > MIDST β†’ Strikeout. At least there are some good eliminations. > PROLE β†’ 0-fer-2. Not many vowels left. > F **A** UGH β†’ This was a total Shakespearean shot in the dark. OK, something with a Y, and N is still around. 10 consonants down says there’s likely to be a repeated letter, so… > **CANNY** > > This one showed the power of eliminating letters early. I avoided the CANDY trap with my start word. Not really looking forward to tomorrow though… ---
**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 8, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3488 "2022-05-08T15:33:59Z")
Wordle 323 6/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Phew. DEALT MOANS AGING FAUNA NANNY CANNY I thought nanny more likely than canny, but I was wrong. This one was hard. ---
**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 8, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3489 "2022-05-08T17:29:22Z")
Wordle 323 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 even with 4 letters known, it took me forever to think of the 5th. HEART CAJUN CANDY CANNY ---
**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 8, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3490 "2022-05-08T18:34:15Z")
Wordle 323 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD FOCAL PATCH MANIC CANNY ---
**Author:** ![Beesnest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3491 "2022-05-08T20:45:54Z")
I completely depended upon the gods that protect fools to get a score out of this. I mistyped my 6th guess of candy by putting in a double N instead of the ND in candy Wordle 323 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩smile, actor, bacon,panic,fancy, canny ---
**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 8, 2022, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3492 "2022-05-08T21:56:08Z")
Wordle 323 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNORT MEDIC LAUGH FANCY CANNY ---
**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 8, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3493 "2022-05-08T22:28:44Z")
Boringly normal one for **tomorrow**. Wordle 324 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 9, 2022, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3494 "2022-05-09T00:23:02Z")
Wordle 323 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROAST CHINA CANNY That β€œN” in fourth position saved me from CANDY. Still took a while to decide that this relatively less-common word might be a Wordle winner. ---
**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 9, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3495 "2022-05-09T01:35:20Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** An easy 3/6. Wordle 324 3/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 324** > > SCOUT > SHEAR > SHINE ---
**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 9, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3496 "2022-05-09T01:47:21Z")
**Wordle 323 5/6** ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHARE CAULK CANTO CANDY CANNY ---
**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:** [May 9, 2022, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3497 "2022-05-09T02:58:36Z")
Wow. Glad I didn’t think of nanny. Wordle 323 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FROND SHUNT BLINK WEENY CANNY ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3498 "2022-05-09T04:30:28Z")
Wordle 324 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LIENS SPINE SWINE SHINE It’s a trap! I took my chances because I could only think of three likely answers. ---
**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 9, 2022, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3499 "2022-05-09T04:41:54Z")
Wordle 324 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLIPS TEARS FETUS Ugh. I just finished watching John Oliver’s opening main story on the Roe v Wade decision. What a shit wordle to follow that with. I declare this a blursed wordle, because at least I got a 3. ---
**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 9, 2022, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3500 "2022-05-09T04:45:22Z")
What the fuck with my wordle?! EDIT: I keep wordle open in a tab in the browser on my phone so each day I can see what I opened with the day before. I guess that means it doesn’t refresh, and they decided to change today’s wordle yesterday or something. Man my first two research words were just the worst… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=174) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=176)