# "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:** 185
**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 16, 2022, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3681 "2022-05-16T11:20:01Z")
Wordle 331 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS - Ignoring the green. Put in 5 new letters. Only one yellow LUMPY - Trying to find more letters. No new ones identified - but it left only one possible word DELVE ---
**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 16, 2022, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3682 "2022-05-16T11:44:59Z")
Wordle 331 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Little tougher today. Lucky to get it in 4 HEART VEINS BEVEL DELVE ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3683 "2022-05-16T13:19:22Z")
Question. I started this last week and was on a 6 game streak. Then my computer needed to reboot and I lost my progress. The next puzzle I solved showed as being my 1st. Is there something I need to do to set up an account or something? ---
**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 16, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3684 "2022-05-16T14:21:14Z")
Wordle 331 5/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMITE FORCE PLANE BULGE DELVE Hard one today. ---
**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 16, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3685 "2022-05-16T14:35:39Z")
I might be hosed. I have one guess left. I’ll have to chew on this one today. I avoid this thread most of the day, BTW. AIERY LOTUS MUNCH PUDG_ **E** _ FLOWN β€” B K Z V X J Q β€” remaining letters I’ll be back! Hopefully with a 6/6 not x/6. ---
**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 16, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3686 "2022-05-16T14:50:31Z")
Wordle 331 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALIVE SOLVE DELVE I _really_ thought I had SOLVEd it in two! Ends in VE, includes an L, no A… _Has_ to be SOLVE, right? Let me take a minute and look through the letters… Nope, don’t see anything else - Yay, a two! … _Dammit!!!_ (Three’s good though) ---
**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 16, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3687 "2022-05-16T14:59:12Z")
Wordlebot includes the % of people using particular words as openers. It always uses DEALT. I’ve noticed that the percentage of people using it has been steadily rising since Wordlebot appeared. It’s now about 1/3 of players. ---
**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 16, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3688 "2022-05-16T15:52:41Z")
Wordle 331 5/6\* ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD WEDGE DENSE DEUCE DELVE ---
**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 16, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3689 "2022-05-16T17:06:41Z")
Ugh, nasty. Wordle 331 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CHOSE FUDGE DELVE When I finally solved it and checked with WordleBot, turns out DELVE was the _only_ possible remaining solution after my third pick. And it took me forever to figure this out: I wanted there to be a β€˜Y’ in the correct word so bad!! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3690 "2022-05-16T19:36:09Z")
> **Wordle 331 3/6\* 5/16/2022** > > ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 > 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > YI_ELD_ β†’ Better start than I could hope for. But is this a trap in the making? > _L_ **E** A_D_S β†’ If D is 3rd, where can L go? LED?? seems fruitless. DE??L perhaps, but no DECAL. Try DEL?? next, but no DELTA… repeated E? > **DELVE** > > I feel like I got forced into the answer there rather than making an intuitive guess, but it was still a pretty fun puzzle. ---
**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 16, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3691 "2022-05-16T19:40:54Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > I might be hosed. I have one guess left. I’ll have to chew on this one today. > > I avoid this thread most of the day, BTW. > > AIERY > LOTUS > MUNCH > PUDG_ **E** _ > FLOWN β€” B K Z V X J Q β€” remaining letters > > I’ll be back! Hopefully with a 6/6 not x/6. Still ignoring this thread. I’ve spent most of my lunch hours looking at the above. Still no joy. But I am determined to beat this thing. Good luck, all. ---
**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 16, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3692 "2022-05-16T19:59:52Z")
For the Bullitt saga… I checked the words with my spreadsheet. Just with the three known letters and where they are and where they aren’t, there are two possible words. One of them is eliminated because it contains letters already used. So, there is only possible word left from the list. ---
**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 16, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3693 "2022-05-16T20:35:05Z")
**Wordle 331 5/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟨🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STORE PLACE CHILE LEDGE DELVE A little tough for me today, but got 'er done. ---
**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 16, 2022, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3694 "2022-05-16T20:36:08Z")
Got it! Yay me. ---
**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 16, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3695 "2022-05-16T20:47:10Z")
> [@Author\_Balk](#): > > For the Bullitt saga… > I checked the words with my spreadsheet. Just with the three known letters and where they are and where they aren’t, there are two possible words. One of them is eliminated because it contains letters already used. So, there is only possible word left from the list. Just out of curiosity, were you checking against the answer list or the guess list? ---
**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 16, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3696 "2022-05-16T21:40:02Z")
Warning. **Tomorrow’s** is another one of _those_ words. Wordle 332 6/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 16, 2022, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3697 "2022-05-16T21:53:50Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Just out of curiosity, were you checking against the answer list or the guess list? I was checking against the answer list. I don’t have the guess list. I guess they could have put in a word that wasn’t on the answer list. But, we can celebrate a win. ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3698 "2022-05-16T22:21:18Z")
I’m on a 61 word streak. Who’s got the longest? ---
**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 16, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3699 "2022-05-16T22:49:29Z")
Wordle 331 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN EAGLE PIECE DELVE Not too painful, though I’d love to never spend more than five minutes on this game. (Today was closer to thirteen minutes.) ---
**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 16, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3700 "2022-05-16T22:52:33Z")
> [@SeaSun](#): > > sometimes I get tired of the same combination of letters. Yes, me, too. I have rotating list of six. My only real rule is that I don’t use any words that have been winnersβ€”having had the fun, once, of seeing my initial guess Go All Green, I don’t want to deprive myself of the (unlikely but real) chance that it could happen again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=184) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=186)