# "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:** 188
**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 18, 2022, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3741 "2022-05-18T13:04:11Z")
I could have had this in 2! Alas, I’ll take the 3. Wordle 333 3/6 πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNORT SPOOR β€” I was thinking, one of _those_ words; it cost me (sigh) SCOUR ---
**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 18, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3742 "2022-05-18T14:49:01Z")
Wordle 333 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PIANO STOLE SMOCK SCOFF SCOUR A sloppy five. I was going too fast and assumed I had covered all the vowels. Should have put in a U at three, but didn’t realize it was still in play until the very end. πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ ---
**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 18, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3743 "2022-05-18T15:38:54Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Sometimes a well-played 3 is more satisfying than a lucky 2. At the risk of complaining about everything, I must agree. I was the lucky 2 today, and it felt like the game was over before I even got started! My coffee is still hot, dammit! Wordle 333 2/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SCOUR ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3744 "2022-05-18T16:06:10Z")
> **Wordle 333 4/6\* 5/18/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > BEING β†’ Clean miss, but two vowels are gone… > **S** T_R_AP β†’ Common vowels gone, and not too many places to put that R… Tried to think of a word with both O & U here, but didn’t > **S** W **O** _R_D β†’ S?O?R, so I should have tried harder to think of a word with O & U > **SCOUR** > > I coulda hadda three. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3745 "2022-05-18T16:07:23Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > My coffee is still hot, dammit! > [@Aspenglow](#): > > IRATE > SCOUR Start word checks out. ---
**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 18, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3746 "2022-05-18T16:11:24Z")
I know. And I’m so predictably boring. πŸ™‚ ---
**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 18, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3747 "2022-05-18T17:22:14Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > Wordlebot was full of praise for me yesterday after getting a bog-standard 4/6. Today however it didn’t seem too impressed by 3/6. Same here. My second word scored a zero(!) for skill. But I still got it in 3. Wordle 333 3/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PAINT DUELS SCOUR Admittedly, I picked my third word more for letters than as a guess. Apparently there were 9 possibilities when I chose it. ---
**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 18, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3748 "2022-05-18T17:35:54Z")
Wordle 333 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD TRUNK CURVY OCCUR ← I was sure this was right ! SCOUR ---
**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 18, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3749 "2022-05-18T20:18:35Z")
I got **tomorrow’s** in two. That’s all I have to say about that. Wordle 334 2/6 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 18, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3750 "2022-05-18T21:25:04Z")
**Wordle 333 2/6** 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STORE SCOUR Getting it in two made my day. πŸ™‚ I could only see two choices after my start word and took a gamble. ---
**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 18, 2022, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3751 "2022-05-18T22:30:58Z")
Wordle 333 2/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OUTER SCOUR Getting it in two was great; taking 23 minutes to do so: less great. My initial word set up some stringent restrictions and I had real trouble coming up with any good guess words (while trying to adhere to Hard Mode rules). ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3752 "2022-05-18T23:27:46Z")
This. A graph with a string of guesses showing the same three green squares is obviously one of _those_ words. ---
**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 19, 2022, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3753 "2022-05-19T01:41:29Z")
Wordle 333 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRICE SCRUM SCOUR ---
**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 19, 2022, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3754 "2022-05-19T02:06:07Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Kinda boring. I think Wordlebot agrees. Wordle 334 4/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 334** > > ALERT > CLOAK > FLASH > GLASS ---
**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 19, 2022, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3755 "2022-05-19T04:08:13Z")
Wordle 334 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAMP STARE GLASS Boneheaded mistake playing stare instead of stale, but it ended up not mattering. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3756 "2022-05-19T04:10:37Z")
Wordle 334 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHALE FLASK GLASS ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3757 "2022-05-19T05:30:03Z")
Wordle 334 4/6\* ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLAME SLAIN CLASH GLASS ---
**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 19, 2022, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3758 "2022-05-19T08:12:34Z")
Wordle 334 5/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRAIL PLANE SLACK FLASH GLASS I had a 50/50 shot at getting it in 4, but I was unlucky. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3759 "2022-05-19T09:43:09Z")
Wordle 334 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 It took me four, without much help from my first three guess words. Another random guess to get it. ASIDE COURT NYMPH GLASS ---
**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 19, 2022, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3760 "2022-05-19T09:52:48Z")
Wordle 334 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TAILS GLASS - only possible word according to wordlebot, And it wasn’t hard to come up with it [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=187) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=189)