# "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:** 189
**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 19, 2022, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3761 "2022-05-19T10:08:59Z")
Wordle 334 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Table, laugh, glass Gaining ground in threes ---
**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 19, 2022, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3762 "2022-05-19T10:57:00Z")
Wordle 334 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > BEARD > CLASP > FLASH > GLASS Cool, I drew a rocket ! ---
**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, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3763 "2022-05-19T11:56:57Z")
Wordle 334 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACE SWAIN FLASK PLASM GLASS ---
**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 19, 2022, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3764 "2022-05-19T12:24:52Z")
Wordle 334 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Made more work of this than I should have HEART GLAND GLAZY GLAMS BLASS ---
**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 19, 2022, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3765 "2022-05-19T13:45:32Z")
Wordle 334 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > SNORT > MEDIC > LAUGH > GLASS ---
**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 19, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3766 "2022-05-19T13:49:10Z")
> [@eschrodinger](#): > > 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. This brought the old Rolling Stones song to my mind β€” Jumping Jack Flash, it’s a glass\* \* β€” gas ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3767 "2022-05-19T14:42:47Z")
> **Wordle 334 5/6\* 3/19/2022** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _S_COUR β†’ A little under my expectation, but plenty of freedom for guess #2 > H_AS_TE β†’ For a second I thought ASIDE, but the E… so > P **LAS** M β†’ Perhaps a β€œmiddle trap”? At least BLAST is out… > F **LAS** K β†’ Gotta have a double S, so > **GLASS** > > The activity of an overwoked bio lab tech, perhaps? ---
**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 19, 2022, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3768 "2022-05-19T16:10:28Z")
Wordle 334 4/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ARISE COAST FLASH GLASS I was pretty confident in FLASH. Dang double-S! ---
**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 19, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3769 "2022-05-19T16:53:09Z")
Wordle 334 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLASP FLASK 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, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3770 "2022-05-19T17:38:48Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > Cool, I drew a rocket ! And the following one is a rocket too. It had a person standing outside (at least that’s what I see) ---
**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 19, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3771 "2022-05-19T20:26:01Z")
**Tomorrow’s** took me a few tries. Even elimination of common letters is no guarantee it will be immediately helpful. Wordle 335 6/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 19, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3772 "2022-05-19T22:58:01Z")
Wordle 334 4/6 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AROSE CLASP THIEF GLASS THIEF was a test word to eliminate some possibilities. Much less fraught, today. ---
**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 20, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3773 "2022-05-20T01:47:59Z")
**Wordle 334 5/6** ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HATER FLACK PLAIN CLANG GLASS I wanted to get an H in my start word today, and looking back, Heart would have been a nicer word to start with (same letters) πŸ˜‰, but doesn’t matter as my instincts were wrong for an H. It ruled out some commons though, but I made a stupid mistake for my 4th word…I already knew there wasn’t an N. Doubt I’d have come up with the answer then anyways. I was getting a little nervous, but thankfully got it. As a side note, Wordle seems to be mocking me today with the answer word. I broke a unique piece of beach glass today (in three shards) by dropping a pair of scissors on top of a bowl of beach glass. πŸ™„ ---
**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 20, 2022, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3774 "2022-05-20T01:48:41Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** I dodged a bullet on this one. Wordle 335 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 335** > > TABLE > CAPER β†’ It’s a trap! > WRONG β†’ Deliberately chosen to eliminate as many possibilities as possible. > GAMER ---
**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 20, 2022, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3775 "2022-05-20T04:15:55Z")
Wordle 335 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLOMP STEAM GAMER Hey, I resemble this wordle! I am, in fact, a steam gamer. I also frequently get clomped. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3776 "2022-05-20T04:42:35Z")
Wordle 335 3/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LARGE GAMER It always seems pure luck when I get less than a four. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3777 "2022-05-20T05:10:10Z")
Wordle 335 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VIOLA PASTE RACED WAGER GAMER I sort of ambled along today until I eventually reached the solution with no great effort. I imagine the answer is a more prominent word in the vocabulary for many here than it is in mine. ---
**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 20, 2022, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3778 "2022-05-20T09:02:42Z")
Bah, typo. I shouldn’t try this on my phone so early. ---
**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 20, 2022, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3779 "2022-05-20T10:18:32Z")
Wordle 335 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Game 100 for me. I have 99 wins and a 74 game winning streak. CRANE PAGER - Now I know 4 letters. I see three possible words. Do I do a guaranteed four or take a chance of a 3 with the possibility of a 5? I took the chance. I let Excel’s random number generator pick the order. I’ve done that twice recently and both times the correct answer was the last one. ---
**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 20, 2022, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3780 "2022-05-20T10:23:36Z")
Surprise in 3, I was doubtful about it. Wordle 335 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Haunt, Eagle, gamer, [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=188) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=190)