# "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:** 190
**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, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3781 "2022-05-20T11:00:51Z")
Hmm, now Mom had a different word from other people again. Hers was GLASS. I had the same word as you all. ---
**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, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3782 "2022-05-20T12:28:18Z")
That was yesterday’s answer. ---
**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 20, 2022, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3783 "2022-05-20T12:50:38Z")
Wordle 335 X/6\* ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 BEARD RAZER TAPER LASER WAFER MAKER Bastards ! ---
**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 20, 2022, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3784 "2022-05-20T12:59:11Z")
Wordle 335 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Tough cookie today HEART EARLY CAPER GAMER ---
**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 20, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3785 "2022-05-20T13:35:17Z")
Wordle 335 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNORT MEDIC LAUGH GAMER ---
**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 20, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3786 "2022-05-20T13:52:27Z")
I’m not sure why wordlebot accused me of a wasted guess for the third word. It was a possible solution and eliminated two letters… Wordle 335 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEIGE GREEN GORED GAMER ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3787 "2022-05-20T13:56:58Z")
Mine was similar in the end…stuck with those three same letters. My first fail. ☹ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 PRICE DONER BAKER LATER SAFER WAVER ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3788 "2022-05-20T15:22:52Z")
> **Wordle 335 X/6\* 5/20/2022** > > 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ > 🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 > > **G** L_A_SS β†’ OK, not bad, but the null on the forced double is a bit wasteful… > **G** U_AR_D β†’ Should have moved the A. Sometimes my fingers seem to have a mind of their own. > **G** _R_O_A_N β†’ Not much help there. At least I didn’t slip up again and try GRAIN… > **GA** P **ER** β†’ It’s a trap! What are my options with only two guesses left? > **GA** Z **ER** β†’ Bad guess… > **GA** T **ER** β†’ And another. Arghh! > > Why didn’t I try the M on 4? It was obvious (in retrospect). Should have thought it over more. My worst-played Wordle in a while. Oh the embarrassment. ---
**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 20, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3789 "2022-05-20T16:23:31Z")
Wordle 335 6/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OVINE TREAD REACH WAFER LYMPH GAMER Phew, indeed! After WAFER I wrote a list of seven (!) possible words, and GAMER was not one of them. I had only one chance to troll for letters and got very lucky that the M fell into place. I suspected some hard-mode streaks would end today. Sorry to those that did. πŸ™ ---
**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 20, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3790 "2022-05-20T16:47:25Z")
Wordle 335 5/6\* 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADIEU BAGEL WAGER PAGER GAMER I should have got it in 4, but forgot to move the G. ---
**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 20, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3791 "2022-05-20T17:16:22Z")
Wordle 335 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHERT ADORE REALM GAMER I annoyed I missed moving the R on my second try. Wordlebot was very harsh about it, even though my expected number of remaining solutions was almost as good as the 'bot’s choice given my starting word. ---
**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 20, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3792 "2022-05-20T18:04:08Z")
Phew, indeed. I’ll take this 6 and be happy my 122-game streak remains intact. Wordle 335 6/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SHEAR LAYER CAPER WAGER GAMER Ugh. ---
**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 20, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3793 "2022-05-20T20:59:49Z")
I never expect a two, it’s always a surprise, but I got one for **tomorrow’s**. Wordle 336 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 20, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3794 "2022-05-20T21:41:28Z")
**Wordle 335 5/6** ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART CREAM MAKER LAMER GAMER I now have tied the number of 5’s with my 3’s for this month. πŸ™„ I was going to go with the answer word for my 4th word, but I thought, nah, they wouldn’t have two words starting with the same letter two days in a row. Wrong. Though, it _has_ happened before, but chances are slim. Oh well, another 5 it is. ---
**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 20, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3795 "2022-05-20T22:49:02Z")
Wordle 335 4/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROAST ARENA EAGER GAMER A lucky third guess (which gave me the G; and of course G had to be the beginning of the correct winning word) let me avoid the trap. ---
**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 21, 2022, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3796 "2022-05-21T02:08:29Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** I got it in 3/6 and Wordlebot boasts that it got it in 2/6. πŸ€– 🀦 Wordle 336 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 336** > > CHORE > CIRCA > SCRAP ---
**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 21, 2022, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3797 "2022-05-21T04:14:18Z")
Wordle 336 3/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRIMP RECAP SCRAP Well that went well. Under a minute, and only one possibility for the guess at 3. Easy peasy. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3798 "2022-05-21T06:11:34Z")
Wordle 336 3/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LEARN SCRAP Another totally lucky three. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3799 "2022-05-21T06:22:14Z")
Wordle 336 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LINER SCRAP STRAP ---
**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 21, 2022, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3800 "2022-05-21T11:12:02Z")
Wordle 336 4/6 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE MARCH - according to wordlebot this narrows it down to 2 ACRID - I picked the wrong one SCRAP [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=189) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=191)