# "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:** 18
**Author:** ![Lantern2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lantern2/32/3010_2.png) [@Lantern2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern2)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/341 "2022-01-09T08:28:59Z")
Solved it in four and was thrown a bit because one letter is repeated. I have been seeing this game all over Twitter and was wondering what it was. There is also an Android app called Wordle which I played a bit but that is different. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/342 "2022-01-09T09:27:09Z")
Wordle 204 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Roger\_That](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roger_that/32/8505_2.png) [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/343 "2022-01-09T10:37:25Z")
> [@Lantern2](#): > > one letter is repeated. Took me a while (5 moves) because I thought I had eliminated the fourth letter when it showed up as green. Didn’t realize that that meant it was still a possible for the remaining gray blank. ---
**Author:** ![SoToasty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sotoasty/32/2803_2.png) [@SoToasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoToasty)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/344 "2022-01-09T12:04:21Z")
Same here Roger. Wordle 204 5/6\* 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/345 "2022-01-09T12:21:08Z")
Started a new streak today after yesterday’s debacle: Wordle 204 5/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SW_E_A_R_ TI **R** _E_D PU **RGE** F **ORGE** **GORGE** ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/346 "2022-01-09T17:59:46Z")
Five, for January 9: AC_OR_N P_RO_B **E** _R_ **O** U **GE** F **ORGE** GORGE That second one was a careless mistake; I didn’t realize till after I hit enter that I was putting a misplaced letter back in that same wrong place. I don’t know whether I’d have managed fewer than five if I’d done something else there, though. Like several others I wound up with a fifty/fifty choice on my next to last guess and guessed the wrong one. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/347 "2022-01-09T21:05:00Z")
Backed into this one today: Wordle 204 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STA_R_ **E** _R_ID **GE** F **ORGE** **GORGE** ---
**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:** [January 9, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/348 "2022-01-09T22:09:56Z")
I keep tripping up on this letter. And this one demonstrates why. Wordle 204 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/349 "2022-01-09T22:48:10Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I keep tripping up on this letter. And this one demonstrates why. Not so much when you only show the color blocks. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/350 "2022-01-09T22:59:44Z")
If you know the answer, then figure it out. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/351 "2022-01-10T05:10:45Z")
Phew. Wordle 205 6/6. I was going to post my boxes, when I realized that even those are a spoiler of sorts. ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/352 "2022-01-10T05:29:44Z")
Wordle 205 5/6\* πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I kept putting the same invalid letter in the fourth slot, for some reason. I think I need sleep. REINS TOWER PARED QUEER QUERY ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/353 "2022-01-10T06:14:22Z")
#205 GO ~~R~~ G ~~E~~ T ~~E~~ ARS EVERY QUERY ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/354 "2022-01-10T06:17:12Z")
RATIO SERUM QUEER QUERY ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/355 "2022-01-10T07:10:24Z")
I messed up today. Somehow my brain decided half way through to change the meaning of the color-blind mode high contrast color\* for β€œright letter, wrong position”, so my first loss has the β€œabsurd” pattern: TRAIN ROUSE UDDER UPPER UTTER UMBER Sorry dude! It’s QUERY! I think perhaps I was so certain before completing the third word that this was the correct placement of the three letters I’d gotten right that I ignored the game telling me I was wrong. πŸ˜ƒ \* I’m not color blind, but switched it on earlier to see what colors it uses. ---
**Author:** ![Lantern2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lantern2/32/3010_2.png) [@Lantern2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern2)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/356 "2022-01-10T07:53:07Z")
Wordle 205 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SUPER QUERY Got it in 3 which is probably the lowest without huge luck. Of course getting that second letter on the second word was lucky. ---
**Author:** ![Roger\_That](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roger_that/32/8505_2.png) [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/357 "2022-01-10T08:03:09Z")
Wordle 205 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Haven’t lost yet, but these last few have been close. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2022, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/358 "2022-01-10T08:57:17Z")
Wordle 205 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Waffled on guess 3 between two choices and went with the wrong one. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/359 "2022-01-10T11:56:41Z")
Better than others I’ve played lately - yesterday I was on my last guess before I got it. Wordle 205 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROAST WHERE QUERY ---
**Author:** ![SoToasty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sotoasty/32/2803_2.png) [@SoToasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoToasty)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/360 "2022-01-10T11:59:13Z")
Lucky today. Wordle 205 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=19)