# "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:** 178
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3541 "2022-05-10T20:26:33Z")
I guess I missed something because my word was XXXXX. What gives? ---
**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 10, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3542 "2022-05-10T22:11:56Z")
Got **tomorrow’s** in three. Not much more to say than that. Wordle 326 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I did however completely bollox tomorrow’s Waffle. ---
**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 10, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3543 "2022-05-10T22:19:47Z")
**Wordle 325 3/6** ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROUTE LEMON GECKO Cute little things. 🦎 ---
**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 10, 2022, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3544 "2022-05-10T23:06:45Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I guess I missed something because my word was XXXXX. What gives? I really hope you are not in a “day ahead” time zone from the USA, else I just got spoiled for tomorrow’s word for 5/11 Wednesday. While you did blur out the word, you did not specify which puzzle number it is so we don’t unblur the word if it’s one we haven’t played yet. TO ALL: Curious what everyone does if you get spoiled? Do you just take the 1, even though it’s not a legit win? Or do you skip that game and break your streak? Note: I put the X’s in the quoted text above just to keep others from getting spoiled in case it is for tomorrow’s 5/11 game. ---
**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, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3545 "2022-05-10T23:10:59Z")
> [@SeaSun](#): > > Note: I put the X’s in the quoted text above just to keep others from getting spoiled in case it is for tomorrow’s 5/11 game. I edited it in the post for the same reason, so I’m “spoilered” for tomorrow, too, if it’s tomorrow’s puzzle. If that’s the case, I’ll take the 1 (my first). I’m not breaking my streak because someone else made a mistake. It happens. ---
**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 10, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3546 "2022-05-10T23:18:16Z")
I didn’t unblur the word completely, but the semi-unblur that you get from a hover did not resemble the word that I got in puzzle 326. However, considering the odd way some people are getting different words sometimes, who can say really. ---
**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 10, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3547 "2022-05-10T23:18:35Z")
Thank you @Aspenglow! That is great for the others who may read it (if it is tomorrow’s). I think I’ll take the 1 too. 😉 > [@GuanoLad](#): > > I didn’t unblur the word completely, but the semi-unblur that you get from a hover did not resemble the word that I got in puzzle 326 OK, that’s a relief! Thanks @GuanoLad for letting us know. ---
**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, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3548 "2022-05-10T23:26:29Z")
Yes, that was my thinking. I’m not a Game Room mod, but waiting might have spoiled the game for a whole lot of others following this thread, so I don’t think they’ll mind. Good onya for taking the 1. 🙂 I’ve almost never used any starting word but… well, anyone who wants to know need only unblur the spoiler tags in my past posts. It’s going to be hard to start with something different tomorrow… * * * @GuanoLad, thanks for that! I’m starting with my usual word tomorrow, then. I wonder where that out-of-left-field word came up from for @Love_Rhombus. Truly odd! ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3549 "2022-05-10T23:33:01Z")
I’m really sorry, folks. I didn’t even think about putting in a date stamp. My mother and I compare Wordles and she got the same word as most of you today (5/10), so I was very confused as to what might have happened. if I did spoil it for anyone, I heartily apologize. ---
**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, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3550 "2022-05-10T23:38:57Z")
Doesn’t look like you did. Very strange where your word popped up from, so out of an abundance of caution, I made the edit. Thanks for being kind about it. 🙂 ---
**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 10, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3551 "2022-05-10T23:41:32Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I’m really sorry, folks. I didn’t even think about putting in a date stamp. My mother and I compare Wordles and she got the same word as most of you today (5/10), so I was very confused as to what might have happened. if I did spoil it for anyone, I heartily apologize. No worries! Turns out NYT also changed today’s word for 5/10. It was what you got, but it got changed to what everyone else in here and your mom got. Curious if you refreshed your browser after yesterday’s game? They said everyone had to do that in order to get the new word, so I wonder if you didn’t refresh the browser, that you’d get a different word again today. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3552 "2022-05-10T23:50:26Z")
Lemme see! ---
**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 11, 2022, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3553 "2022-05-11T00:01:43Z")
I was spoiled once, totally by my own stupidity, so I took a 1 that day to preserve my streak. I fully ignore that 1; when I posted my stats for 100 games a few days ago, wordle had me listed at 101. ---
**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 11, 2022, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3554 "2022-05-11T00:19:30Z")
Wordle 325 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN EAGLE DEFOG GECKO Very painful (time-consuming) today. Knowing the G could not be in the middle and the E could not be at the end made the ‘list of possibles’ insanely small. ---
**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 11, 2022, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3555 "2022-05-11T02:47:19Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** A trap avoided. Wordle 326 4/6 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 326** > > EARTH > LARGE > CARVE > FARCE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3556 "2022-05-11T04:41:38Z")
Wordle 326 3/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LARGE FARCE Another lucky three. ETA: when I was spoiled I just did it as a four so it wouldn’t spoil my streak and didn’t give me a fake one. ---
**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 11, 2022, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3557 "2022-05-11T05:01:48Z")
Wordle 326 3/6 🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAMS PACER FARCE Nice easy 3. Not entirely sure what a ‘pacer’ is, but I do like those letters. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3558 "2022-05-11T07:55:18Z")
Wordle 326 3/6\* 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHAIN FACED FARCE Took me about 30 seconds today. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3559 "2022-05-11T09:14:32Z")
> [@QMatic](#): > > Took me about 30 seconds today. Same. But I’m still pleased about it. Wordle 326 3/6 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AIERY REACH FARCE ---
**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 11, 2022, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3560 "2022-05-11T09:19:09Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Not entirely sure what a ‘pacer’ is, but I do like those letters It’s a horse racing term. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=177) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=179)