# "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:** 195
**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 25, 2022, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3881 "2022-05-25T11:20:40Z")
Wordle 340 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE LOTIC POUCH VOUCH ---
**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 25, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3882 "2022-05-25T13:10:51Z")
Wordle 340 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN CLOUD POUCH VOUCH ---
**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 25, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3883 "2022-05-25T14:49:28Z")
Wordle 340 6/6 β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 NOISE ROACH POUCH COUCH TOUCH VOUCH Ugh. A total brain fart day. I was surprised when I didn’t have it in four. Was looking for rhymes of POUCH and COUCH, so TOUCH didn’t register for a while. Then I was _shocked_ that it wasn’t TOUCH. β€œThere’s nothing left!!” For some reason the V became completely invisible to me, and I didn’t see VOUCH until my third trip through the remaining letters. Ah well, the streak is intact and tomorrow is another day. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3884 "2022-05-25T15:00:58Z")
> **Wordle 340 5/6\* 3/25/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > ALB_U_M β†’ I did not expect to hit on the U of all letters here > ER **U** PT β†’ Also thought about PRUNE here. Would have changed the next guess too… > W **OU** ND β†’ No consonants _yet_? Should have done HOUND, which would have gotten me another yellow > _C_ **OU** G **H** β†’ So it’s a trap word, but I’ve already used P & T and the C doesn’t start so > **VOUCH** > > I wonder how many Wordles I solve where I test neither the I nor the S. ---
**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 25, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3885 "2022-05-25T17:55:32Z")
WB gets personal! β€œWAGYU? impressive vocabulary!” They go on to say and this cracks me up… β€œI’ll be honest, I had to look that one up.” NTL there was till a better choice. LOL! ---
**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 25, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3886 "2022-05-25T20:18:17Z")
Another 4. Wordle 340 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLOUD POUCH VOUCH I got my second COVID booster yesterday. I felt lucky to get Wordle done today at all. ---
**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 25, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3887 "2022-05-25T20:37:11Z")
Seems like a day that a silly puzzle game is not the best way to occupy my mind, but anyway, here’s **tomorrow’s**. Wordle 341 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 25, 2022, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3888 "2022-05-25T21:31:13Z")
Wordle 340 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SAVOR VIDEO VOUCH ---
**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 25, 2022, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3889 "2022-05-25T22:48:39Z")
Wordle 340 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROAST BOUND POUCH VOUCH T was prohibited by the first guess; at step three I hesitated between V and P and thought the P more likely (oops). At step 4 I took a chance that V was more likely than a repeated C, and that one paid off. ---
**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 26, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3890 "2022-05-26T01:46:31Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Wordle 341 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 341** > > LYMPH > VIDEO > ANGER > ASSET > > I was left with ASKEW, ASSES, and ASSET. I knew plurals weren’t allowed and ASKEW was previously an answer, so only one choice remained. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3891 "2022-05-26T04:19:44Z")
RATIO DEALT CHEAT ASSET Something went wrong with the copy/paste for the graph. ---
**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 26, 2022, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3892 "2022-05-26T04:30:18Z")
Wordle 341 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CROPS STALE BEAST ASSET Got an ideal first two words but then made a foolish blunder by guessing A in the third position which was known to be wrong. Ah well. ---
**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 26, 2022, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3893 "2022-05-26T06:20:32Z")
**Wordle 340 6/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEASE MINOR DOUGH POUCH COUCH VOUCH Once I saw the mini trap, the order in which I plunked down the words was a crapshoot. So, six it be. ---
**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 26, 2022, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3894 "2022-05-26T07:28:54Z")
Wordle 341 2/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A very fortuitous two. SMELT ASSET I was thinking of DEALT for my opener, but I’m a bit contrary, so I get annoyed by Wordlebot harping on it being the very bestest first word. I was apparently feeling a bit childish, as SMELT popped into my head. For my second word, I thought it _might_ be the answer, and I figured if it wasn’t, I’d get the placement of the S. I’m very pleased. My previous couple of twos all have had a bit of an asterisk next to them, but this was a straight up two. Wordlebot is a sore loser, spouting off about how lucky and unskillful I was. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3895 "2022-05-26T08:27:43Z")
Wordle 341 4/6\* 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 THEIR MEANT ECLAT ASSET Took a bit of pondering but, as is often the case, the solution made itself apparent when I plugged in the remaining letters. ---
**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 26, 2022, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3896 "2022-05-26T10:42:12Z")
Wordle 341 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE STEAL - four yellows. Now to play the scramble game ASSET - According to wordlebot it was the only word left ---
**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 26, 2022, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3897 "2022-05-26T10:54:02Z")
I learned something. Maybe everyone knows this and I’m the last to know. For Wordlebot it has DEALT as the best first word if you are in hard mode. If you aren’t in hard mode it has CRANE as the best first word. ---
**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 26, 2022, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3898 "2022-05-26T13:04:03Z")
Wordle 341 3/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN LEAST ASSET ---
**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 26, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3899 "2022-05-26T13:05:54Z")
> [@Author\_Balk](#): > > I learned something. Maybe everyone knows this and I’m the last to know. For Wordlebot it has DEALT as the best first word if you are in hard mode. If you aren’t in hard mode it has CRANE as the best first word. Interesting. And no you’re not the last to know. But I don’t use Wordlebot so maybe you’re the last to know among those who do…? πŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3900 "2022-05-26T15:12:39Z")
> **Wordle 341 4/6\* 5/26/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨 > 🟨🟨🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > VOUCH - β€œAiiiir ball, Aiiiir ball…” > _STA_R_E_ β†’ Four yellows! What could the last letter (probably consonant) be? > _TA_ **SE** D β†’ A?SET, so it was a double… > **ASSET** > > I’m wondering if I could have gotten it in 3, but I think the clean miss for the first guess left me with too little information about placement after the second. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=194) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=196)