# "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:** 193
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3841 "2022-05-23T07:31:46Z")
Wordle 338 3/6\* ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RISEN NIECE HINGE ---
**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 23, 2022, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3842 "2022-05-23T10:04:35Z")
Wordle 338 3/6\* πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Heard, house, hinge ---
**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 23, 2022, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3843 "2022-05-23T11:55:17Z")
Wordle 338 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE LINTS BINGE HINGE - It looks like most people are picking HINGE before BINGE, I guess a 4 is my punishment for being different ---
**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 23, 2022, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3844 "2022-05-23T11:55:44Z")
Shoulda thought of the answer sooner,. Wordle 338 4/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART HOIST HIKED HINGE ---
**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 23, 2022, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3845 "2022-05-23T12:01:38Z")
Wordle 338 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE BUDGE LIEGE HINGE ---
**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 23, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3846 "2022-05-23T14:57:36Z")
Wordle 338 5/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 IRATE NOISE MINCE BINGE HINGE I made this one harder than it should have been. Should have figured G was more likely in the 4-spot. Then, when I was down to two possible words (I checked, thoroughly), I picked the wrong one. A possible 3 turned into a 5. Oh well. ---
**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 23, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3847 "2022-05-23T15:08:16Z")
Wordle 338 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD CLIME PIQUE WITHE HINGE ---
**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 23, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3848 "2022-05-23T15:13:28Z")
Wordle 338 4/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SHINE NICHE HINGE By #2, I’d narrowed it down to two choices. Picked the wrong one for #3. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3849 "2022-05-23T15:51:07Z")
> **Wordle 338 5/6\* 5/23/2022** > > ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ > ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > MO **N** _E_Y β†’ Not a bad start, try consonants… > T_E_ **N** DS β†’ Strikeout. Terminal E? Which means ??NCE as a possibility… > W **IN** C **E** β†’ Got lucky with the I. I kinda overdid it last night, so > B **INGE** β†’ so it must be the other one > **HINGE** > > I kinda went back and forth on this before I settled on the answer. In retrospect, LANCE should have been my third guess, but it probably would have made no difference. ---
**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 23, 2022, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3850 "2022-05-23T20:25:26Z")
My first word for **tomorrow’s** had a rarer letter that was instrumental to solving it quickly. Wordle 339 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 23, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3851 "2022-05-23T20:28:05Z")
**Wordle 338 3/6** 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART HOKEY HINGE ---
**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 23, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3852 "2022-05-23T22:57:27Z")
Wordle 338 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OUTER PEDAL CHIME HINGE A quick 4, with a lucky 3rd guess (which gave me that crucial β€œH”). ---
**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 24, 2022, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3853 "2022-05-24T01:02:07Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** I am experimenting with low-vowel openings. Didn’t do too badly this first time. Wordle 339 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 339** > > PSYCH > BOARD > TABLE > ALBUM ---
**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 24, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3854 "2022-05-24T01:32:21Z")
Wordle 338 4/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISE INURE WHINE HINGE I made a mistake on 3, repeating a known bad position. But I don’t think I’d have gotten it in 3 if I’d noticed. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3855 "2022-05-24T04:19:27Z")
Wordle 339 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHALE ALWAY ALBUM First of all, what kind of word is ALWAY? I was trying to avoid playing ALLAY and trying to check at least one more consonant. After I knew that I needed a U, the final word took me a few minutes to get. This one I earned. ---
**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 24, 2022, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3856 "2022-05-24T04:36:56Z")
Wordle 339 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CREST NOPAL LAUGH QUALM ALBUM This was an excellent wordle to foil my strategy. Bad luck that my opener did not include M, which it often does. After the opener returned all black, the remaining letters I wanted to check were LMPAO. I couldn’t figure out a word using all five so I switched M for N and just randomly plugged in letters until I stumbled on a valid guess. I was super confident the answer was LAUGH, but no joy. After that, for a while the only solution I could see was VULVA, but that felt unwordle-like. Then I remembered I had a blind spot with QU, so I tried that. After 4 I had positively identified the answer to fit A\_\_UM, with one of the blanks being an L. Even with all that it still took me a hot minute to come up with the answer. Fun! Sadly this ended my streak of six consecutive 3s, but this wordle earned its β€˜victory’ over my strategy. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3857 "2022-05-24T05:30:45Z")
Wordle 339 2/6\* 🟨🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLAME ALBUM Sometimes things just go your way. ---
**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 24, 2022, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3858 "2022-05-24T07:38:55Z")
Wordle 339 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUERY PIOUS AWFUL ALBUM ---
**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 24, 2022, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3859 "2022-05-24T09:01:30Z")
Wordle 339 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN CLOUD ALBUM ---
**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 24, 2022, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3860 "2022-05-24T10:17:04Z")
Wordle 339 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Zebra,cabby,album [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=192) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=194)