# "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:** 181
**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 13, 2022, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3601 "2022-05-13T10:17:30Z")
Wordle 328 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS TIPSY ---
**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 13, 2022, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3602 "2022-05-13T10:21:37Z")
After you complete the puzzle a share option pops up. Or get it from the statistics bar in upper right. Copy then paste it here. Add your own spoilered guesses. Wordle 328 3/6\* ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Leash, worst, tipsy Wordlebot got it in 4. It repeated a yellow square. It must be human🤪 ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3603 "2022-05-13T10:25:13Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > How do you get the Wordle squares to show up here? When you get the popup at the end of the game, click on SHARE and it will copy the grid to the clipboard. You can then paste it wherever you like. ---
**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 13, 2022, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3604 "2022-05-13T10:28:22Z")
Wordle 328 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD QUILT PINTS TIPSY ---
**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 13, 2022, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3605 "2022-05-13T11:05:08Z")
Wordle 328 4/6 🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟨🟨 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHIRK LINTS BIDET TIPSY Thanks for letting me know! Anyone else pre-plan their first word the night before? ---
**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 13, 2022, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3606 "2022-05-13T11:30:40Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Anyone else pre-plan their first word the night before? I have a list of 18 starters that I rotate through every 18 days. > **Click to expand** > > Clamp Crisp Clasp Cramp Clomp Crimp Crept Clans Crest Claps Crops Clips Craps Clams Crits Clots Crams Clops ---
**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 13, 2022, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3607 "2022-05-13T11:53:26Z")
Wordle 328 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART TOILS TIPSY ---
**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 13, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3608 "2022-05-13T12:36:32Z")
I should’ve gotten this in 4, not 5. DUH Wordle 328 5/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNORT LAUGH MEDIC STIFF — _duh, not too smart, it could not be STIFF_ TIPSY ---
**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 13, 2022, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3609 "2022-05-13T12:58:31Z")
I thought for sure I had it at 3. Oh well. Wordle 328 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRATE THINK TULIP TIPSY > [@chela](#): > > Wordlebot got it in 4. It repeated a yellow square. It must be human​🤪 That’s weird. My wordlebot analysis got it in 3. ---
**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 13, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3610 "2022-05-13T13:44:07Z")
Odd. Wordlebot guesses Dealt, north,caput, tipsy ---
**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 13, 2022, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3611 "2022-05-13T13:55:17Z")
I would have thought wordlebot would have the same guesses. Mine says CRANE SLOTH TIPSY (wordle 328) ---
**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 13, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3612 "2022-05-13T14:29:49Z")
Everyday so far I see WB uses the same starting guess dealt. ---
**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 13, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3613 "2022-05-13T14:43:11Z")
Nothing to bark about today. Wordle 328 4/6\* 🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE STING POSIT TIPSY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3614 "2022-05-13T15:36:10Z")
In a sense, I do. I always use yesterday’s word as today’s starter. Certainly keeps things fresh! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3615 "2022-05-13T15:45:22Z")
> **Wordle 328 3/6\* 3/13/2022** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _S_LUNG - Well, that knocks out… almost nothing. > V **I** _ST_A - But this is promising. Let’s see, ST digraph at end gives us almost nothing, so TI?S? - with third letter a consonant… > **TIPSY** > > Second word would have been STAIR if it hadn’t repeated the placing of the S. Pretty lucky guess on the whole. BITSY remained possible, for instance… ---
**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 13, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3616 "2022-05-13T16:24:48Z")
Wordle 328 3/6\* 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRAIT TIGHT (this was dumb) TIPSY ---
**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 13, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3617 "2022-05-13T16:33:34Z")
> [@Fugazi](#): > > I just gave this game a try for the 1st time the other day. This is my 4th one. Definitely fun. One of us… One of us… Wordle 328 4/6 ⬛⬛🟦⬛⬛ 🟦🟧⬛⬛🟦 ⬛🟧🟦🟦🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ARIEL PIOUS WISPY TIPSY I really thought WISPY was going to be it. Didn’t see TIPSY until then. And thanks to this solve, I’ve added PIOUS to my list of starting words. There are now 26 and they all have three vowels. ---
**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 13, 2022, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3618 "2022-05-13T16:55:07Z")
In other news, for the first time ever, I got the daily Octordle in 10 - no clocks! Daily Octordle #109 4️⃣8️⃣ 9️⃣🔟 6️⃣3️⃣ 7️⃣5️⃣ A good bit of luck was involved. My penultimate word was \_IDDY, with B and G both still in play. I won that coin-flip with GIDDY. Then my last word to get was S\_ELL, and I had not yet used P, W, H, _or_ M. Took a shot with SPELL and bingo! ---
**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 13, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3619 "2022-05-13T20:45:46Z")
**Wordle 328 3/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHORE BLAST TIPSY After my second word, with only the S in the correct spot and the T in yellow, my guess for the third word popped into my head fairly quick, so I went with it, but I wasn’t expecting it to be right and was just trying to sleuth letters. That’s a good feeling! 🙂 ---
**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 13, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3620 "2022-05-13T21:14:59Z")
On the wordlbot pick where it put a letter in the same place as an earlier yellow… I put the guesses in my “analysis” spreadsheet (I don’t use this for making guesses). It had narrowed it down to six words before the third pick. If the last letter was gray it would be one word, if the last two were gray it would be another word, if the last three were gray it would be another word, and so forth. With that word It had a 0 percent chance of getting the third pick but 100 percent chance of getting it in 4. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=180) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=182)