# "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:** 176
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3501 "2022-05-09T05:14:53Z")
Wordle 324 3/6\* 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAM SPIRE SHINE ---
**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 9, 2022, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3502 "2022-05-09T08:17:46Z")
Two different words appearing for 324. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3503 "2022-05-09T08:22:49Z")
[New York Times drops β€˜fetus’ as an answer to Wordle – but not for all players | New York Times | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/may/09/new-york-times-drops-fetus-as-an-answer-to-wordle) ---
**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 9, 2022, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3504 "2022-05-09T10:12:13Z")
Ah, I guess that means I know tomorrow’s already then. ---
**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 9, 2022, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3505 "2022-05-09T10:20:53Z")
Wordle 324 3/6\* πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Strap me slime me shine me πŸ˜³πŸ™ˆ ---
**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 9, 2022, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3506 "2022-05-09T10:23:42Z")
Wordle 324 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD GLOVE THINE WHINE SHINE ← why didn’t i try this as guess 3 ? I don’t know. ---
**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 9, 2022, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3507 "2022-05-09T11:13:32Z")
Wordle 324 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS - Getting more letters. It narrowed it to 3. SPINE SHINE - and if it was SWINE it would be 5 ---
**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 9, 2022, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3508 "2022-05-09T11:57:49Z")
Wordle 324 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 It’s always that last letter. TRAIN FIEND SWINE SPINE SHINE ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3509 "2022-05-09T12:06:58Z")
⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Second time for me to get it in 2. ALIEN SHINE ---
**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 9, 2022, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3510 "2022-05-09T12:15:10Z")
Wordle 324 3/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SHEIK SHINE ---
**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 9, 2022, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3511 "2022-05-09T13:12:18Z")
Wordle 324 4/6 πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNORT MEDIC SINGE SHINE ---
**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 9, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3512 "2022-05-09T14:35:00Z")
Wordle 324 4/6\* πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMEAR SNIDE SPINE SHINE I’m glad I picked SHINE over SWINE for entry 4. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3513 "2022-05-09T14:54:03Z")
> **Wordle 324 4/6\* 3/9/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ > 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CAN **N** Y β†’ No repeated Ns, at least… what’s next? > TR_E_ **N** D β†’ Probably one more vowel in there. Took me a while thinking about where the E should go before I tried > **S** P **INE** β†’ And then it hit me > **SHINE** > > Though I didn’t consider SWINE on my fourth try, so I could well have ended up with a 5. ---
**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 9, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3514 "2022-05-09T14:55:57Z")
Wordle 324 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OLIVE TREAD UNMET GETUP FETUS Well, that sucks. Did they replace today’s word, or jump ahead by a day like with AGORA? Anyway, I know what my starting word will be tomorrow. If I’m off sync I’ll be pissed. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3515 "2022-05-09T15:34:30Z")
Thanks for the sanity check. I was wondering why my wife and I had different words today. Wordle 324 2/6\* 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I got _really_ lucky with my first guess, TORUS. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3516 "2022-05-09T16:54:24Z")
Wordle 324 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I think this is the first time I ever got the solution without getting a yellow near miss. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3517 "2022-05-09T16:56:40Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Well, that sucks. Did they replace today’s word, or jump ahead by a day like with AGORA? Anyway, I know what my starting word will be tomorrow. If I’m off sync I’ll be pissed. Yes. > **[New York Times changes Wordle answer due to 'major recent news event'](https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2022/05/09/wordle-324-answer-roe-wade/9701605002/?msclkid=e6b7e749cfb811ec84046935df852eec)** > > The New York Times said it updated the answer to Monday's Wordle puzzle because of its link to a "major recent news event." ---
**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 9, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3518 "2022-05-09T19:06:52Z")
Per the article: > [@](#): > > Players must refresh their browsers to see the updated answer. Which I did - several times - to no avail. It’s still not clear to me what to expect tomorrow. I guess I’ll find out soon enough. ---
**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 9, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3519 "2022-05-09T19:15:16Z")
I got _very_ lucky with my second try. Wordle 324 2/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SHINE Just a seriously lucky guess to test the position of that β€˜I’. ---
**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, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3520 "2022-05-09T21:56:37Z")
**Wordle 324 3/6** 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHORE PLAID SHINE My start word sure was lucky, but could have been one heck of a trap if it was SHA\_E. So, to find out if it was SHA or SHI, and to eliminate some letters that could be in the SHA trap, I went with PLAID for my second word, which then told me it wasn’t going to be a trap…phew! Easy three, which was nice after all the 5’s I’ve been getting lately. πŸ™‚ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=175) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=177)