# "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:** 177
**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 9, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3521 "2022-05-09T22:34:46Z")
**Tomorrow’s** is one of those β€œI couldn’t think of anything else that could fit” answers. Wordle 325 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 9, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3522 "2022-05-09T23:46:56Z")
Wordle 324 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE BILGE SEIZE SHINE No drama, other than that of being aware the word had been switched. ---
**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 10, 2022, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3523 "2022-05-10T02:21:45Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Wordle 325 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 325** > > STARE > FIELD > HONEY > GECKO ---
**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 10, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3524 "2022-05-10T04:23:50Z")
Wordle 325 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAPS TONIC BLOCK GECKO Greenless until I saw it. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3525 "2022-05-10T04:29:27Z")
Wordle 325 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO NOSED GECKO No way should this be a three. Note how I ignored the O placement on guess two. Anyway, I’ll take it. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3526 "2022-05-10T04:37:49Z")
Wow, that is unfortunate. Good on them tho’. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3527 "2022-05-10T07:49:48Z")
Wordle 325 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPOIL OTHER DEMON GECKO ---
**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 10, 2022, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3528 "2022-05-10T09:14:56Z")
Wordle 325 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNORT MEDIC GECKO CELLO Now I need to read what all the to-do was about the NYT changing yesterday’s Wordle. ---
**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 10, 2022, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3529 "2022-05-10T10:59:31Z")
Wordle 325 3/6\* ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD FELON GECKO Impressive ! ---
**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 10, 2022, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3530 "2022-05-10T12:37:31Z")
Wordle 325 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 This one was hard for me to come up with. INERT ABODE MOLES GECKO Wordlebot tells me the solution was the only word left after 3. It took a long time for me to see it. ---
**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 10, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3531 "2022-05-10T12:39:34Z")
Wordle 325 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART LEMON GECKO Got it quicker than I should have. Some win streaks are going to fall today. ---
**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 10, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3532 "2022-05-10T15:40:14Z")
Wordle 325 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SHINE TREAD YOKEL GECKO Yesterday’s snafu may have thrown me off my game a little, but I thought this was a tough one. Long pauses before three _and_ four. Glad to have gotten this in four. At least I know I’m back on track with everyone else. ---
**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 10, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3533 "2022-05-10T15:51:02Z")
I only had one valid guess left at four (as I was informed by wordlebot) but I burned a guess while vamping trying to find the word. Wordle 325 5/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRAND GHOST GOUGE GIZMO GECKO ---
**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 10, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3534 "2022-05-10T15:54:41Z")
Great, now SCOTUS is even interfering with my wordle! The word that was removed was fetus. ---
**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 10, 2022, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3535 "2022-05-10T16:01:36Z")
GIZMO is not considered a β€œvalid guess”??? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3536 "2022-05-10T16:07:06Z")
> **Wordle 325 5/6\* 3/10/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SHIN_E_ β†’ An inauspicious start > TIR_E_D β†’ And not much from the second guess either. Things look… > BL_E_A_K_ β†’ What _is_ this word? Try for a CK digraph, and only two places left for the E… > P **ECK** Y β†’ which doesn’t seem like a word, but leaves me with very little left > **GECKO** > > On a little reflection, I could have thought a bit longer and come up with it in 4. But I was pretty happy with that 5, so I’ll take it. > > It also reminds me I have to call my auto insurance company today. Wordle as a DayPlanner? ---
**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 10, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3537 "2022-05-10T16:19:57Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > not considered a β€œvalid guess”??? I know it wasn’t the answer because it didn’t contain an β€˜E’. Wordlebot informed me that it is in the valid guess list but not the answer list. ---
**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 10, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3538 "2022-05-10T16:45:13Z")
Wordle 325 5/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CAIRN POUCH SCOFF DECOY GECKO ---
**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 10, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3539 "2022-05-10T18:18:12Z")
Ugh. Never get a big head with Wordle. Wordle 325 5/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE FLESH EBONY CODED GECKO According to WordleBot, I eliminated every other possible answer before I finally got the right one. Figures. ---
**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 10, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3540 "2022-05-10T19:48:51Z")
Wordle 325 5/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Yacht, ficus, emcee, bocce, gecko For pity’s sake! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=176) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=178)