# "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:** 192
**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 22, 2022, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3821 "2022-05-22T11:27:19Z")
Wordle 337 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE LINES - After this MONEY was the first word I saw. But, I decided to think on this and come up with a better answer. RHOMB - Wordlebot told me β€œthis is exactly what I would’ve guessed in this situation”, MONEY - If I had gone with my first thought I would have got a 3. With the β€œbest” answer for the third pick I got a 4 ---
**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 22, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3822 "2022-05-22T12:35:48Z")
Wordle 337 3/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Other,model,money WB got it in 4 neener! ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3823 "2022-05-22T13:51:11Z")
Got it in two after a lucky first word! Wordle 337 2/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PHONE MONEY ---
**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 22, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3824 "2022-05-22T14:32:28Z")
Wordle 337 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ROUTE MOSEY MONEY Getting the R out quickly helped a lot, but still plenty of _O\_E_ choices. I decided to flip a coin between MOSEY and HOVEL. Somehow N escaped my notice at two, but if it hadn’t I probably would have gone with HONEY, so same result. Happy with two threes in a row. ---
**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 22, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3825 "2022-05-22T15:17:10Z")
Wordle 337 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I’m OK with my 4 TREAD SPINE LUMEN MONEY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3826 "2022-05-22T16:38:36Z")
> **Wordle 337 4/6\* 5/22/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SCRAP β†’ Good elimination word, at least… > H **O** T **E** L β†’ Time to concentrate on the consonants… > **MO** W **E** D β†’ Not much left, and the final D coming up grey killed a lot of possibilities. > **MONEY** ---
**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 22, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3827 "2022-05-22T17:00:29Z")
A score under 4 today should be considered quite good. Wordle 337 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SMILE ENEMY MONEY Missed yesterday’s puzzle, dang it. Still no losses, but win streak starting again at 1. ---
**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 22, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3828 "2022-05-22T17:12:44Z")
> [@eschrodinger](#): > > I’m OK with my 4 I’m ok with mine, too. Wordle 337 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SHELF WOVEN MONEY ---
**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 22, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3829 "2022-05-22T18:34:00Z")
Wordle 337 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 4 seems to be my sweet spot. According the stats, I’ve played 119 games and my longest streak is 65. Meh. STAIN BOUND NOVEL HONEY MONEY ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3830 "2022-05-22T20:50:57Z")
> According the stats, I’ve played 119 games and my longest streak is 65. Meh. My longest streak is 33, but your streak ends if you just skip a day, which is how all my streaks have gotten broken. (Amazingly enough, I’ve never lost a game when playing Wordle proper, which I can only ascribe to dumb luck: while playing Wordle archive back when you could do that, I failed to solve a number of Wordles in 6 tries.) I switched from a vowel-heavy approach (opening guess was ADIEU) to a consonant-heavy approach (opening guess is SLANT) about 6 weeks back, and trying to get the consonants first is working much better for me. Ratio of guesses to games played is down to about 4.09, and it had been up around 4.27. Got today’s in 4: SLANT CHORE DUMPY MONEY ---
**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 22, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3831 "2022-05-22T20:52:46Z")
Wordle 337 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD SLOPE COVEN MONEY ---
**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 22, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3832 "2022-05-22T21:00:02Z")
Did okay on **tomorrow’s**. Sometimes I just choose the right words to reduce my options to one. Wordle 338 3/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 22, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3833 "2022-05-22T21:30:56Z")
**Wordle 337 5/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHAIN LONER TONED BONES MONEY Coulda Shoulda Woulda…had it in 4. I had the answer word down on the board for my fourth word, but changed it at the last second. Could have been worse, glad it wasn’t. ---
**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 22, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3834 "2022-05-22T23:11:36Z")
Wordle 337 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE MEDIC MONEY Nice to have a fast 3 for a change. ---
**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 22, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3835 "2022-05-22T23:46:50Z")
Hmmm. I’ll have to look in to that. It would probably help if I didn’t use a different word each time. ---
**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 23, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3836 "2022-05-23T01:45:10Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Wordle 338 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 338** > > TRIAL > SINCE > HINGE > > I wonder if this is commentary on the Depp/Heard imbroglio? ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3837 "2022-05-23T04:03:55Z")
Wordle 338 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LINED HINGE ---
**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 23, 2022, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3838 "2022-05-23T04:21:04Z")
Wordle 338 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLANS NOTER HINGE Hinge was the first solution I saw, then binge. (And singe and tinge but I’d already checked s and t.) In cases like this I always like to go with the first one I saw. Also, β€˜noter’? No clue but I do love those letters. (ETA: I should have kept looking and gone with toner instead. I always feel better about using simple words I know rather than scrambling letters hoping for a valid guess.) ---
**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 23, 2022, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3839 "2022-05-23T07:05:22Z")
Wordle 338 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN CLOUD IMAGE BINGE HINGE ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3840 "2022-05-23T07:05:46Z")
Wordle 338 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE MINGE HINGE I’m kinda surprised that MINGE is still a legal word considering how NYTimes has been sanitizing the list. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=191) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=193)