# "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:** 200
**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 30, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3981 "2022-05-30T14:27:45Z")
Wordle 345 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CAMEO BROAD ALONG ATOLL Not much to say bout this one; each word let to the next fairly intuitively. Pretty sure ATOLL was my only choice at the end, so the double L wasn’t even a risk. ---
**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 30, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3982 "2022-05-30T16:33:12Z")
Wordle 345 2/6\* ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STAIR ATOLL ---
**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 30, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3983 "2022-05-30T20:38:00Z")
Starting to think Wordle is on a popularity slump. Anyways, here’s **tomorrow’s**. Wordle 346 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3984 "2022-05-30T22:55:03Z")
> **Wordle 345 4/6\* Memorial Day (USA) 2022** > > ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 > ⬜🟨🟩🟨🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > B_A_Y_O_U β†’ Do I even need to look at E & I? I’m going to ignore them for the moment > R_OA_S_T_ β†’ Neither vowel in the 2-spot means they’re probably paired… try > G_L_ **O** _AT_ β†’ whoops, I repeated the T where I knew it wasn’t but it paid off with the L. So now… > **ATOLL** > > At least I didn’t have to agonize over it like yesterday’s… ---
**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 30, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3985 "2022-05-30T22:57:31Z")
Wordle 345 4/6 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AROSE ABOUT ATOMY ATOLL Wasn’t sure that third one was a word, but apparently it is. ---
**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 31, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3986 "2022-05-31T01:15:26Z")
**Wordle 345 3/6** ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PASTE TRAIN ATOLL _Finally_, I listened to my first instinct today, and it paid off! For my third guess, it was the first word that came to me, though I hesitated due to the double L, but I went for it anyways…and to my surprise, it was correct. Gotta love it when that happens. ---
**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 31, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3987 "2022-05-31T01:37:12Z")
**Wordle #345** > [@EllisDee](#): > > I would have bet a dollar that atoll was a valid guess but not a valid answer. I don’t think I would have put that in an answer list in a game I was designing for a girlfriend. I only know it to mean a ring-shaped coral island or a small island, and thought it was a fairly common word. Is there another slang meaning to it or something? ---
**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 31, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3988 "2022-05-31T01:46:08Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Wordlebot always uses the same opening word. How boring. Wordle 346 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 346** > > BLUNT > NACHO > MANOR ---
**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 31, 2022, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3989 "2022-05-31T02:10:08Z")
> [@SeaSun](#): > > I only know it to mean a ring-shaped coral island or a small island, and thought it was a fairly common word. Is there another slang meaning to it or something? The only time I’ve ever encountered the word before was in the context of the nuclear bomb testing at Bikini Atoll during World War II. I would consider it way too obscure, but I didn’t actually know what it meant so I assumed it was an esoteric war-related word. I guess maybe if you vacation in the Caribbean or something it might be more familiar? I’m more of a ski vacation kind of guy. ---
**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 31, 2022, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3990 "2022-05-31T04:10:21Z")
I’ve never been to the Caribbean. Hawaii yes though, and I’ve sailed around some of the islands there, though not sure that’s how I know the word. I’ve just seen and heard it often enough to be familiar with it. Being familiar with some people’s guess words is another story though…learned a few new ones since I started playing the game. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3991 "2022-05-31T04:20:42Z")
Wordle 346 5/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LABOR FAVOR PAYOR MANOR This one really had me sweating. So many possibilities. ---
**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 31, 2022, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3992 "2022-05-31T04:22:15Z")
Wordle 346 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLOTS MOPER MINOR MANOR Bad day to not check A. This was my 125th game; I’m curious to see how just my last 25 look. > [@EllisDee](#): > > This was my 100th game […] > > 1:0 > 2:9 > 3:41 > 4:31 > 5:12 > 6:7 > > 3.67 average after 100. Subtracting the above from my current totals I’m left with: 1:0 2:1 3:11 4:10 5:3 6:0 3.60 average. Nice, improvement without even any 2s to speak of. Didn’t expect that. (I’m guessing my total average is around 3.65.) ---
**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 31, 2022, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3993 "2022-05-31T05:04:22Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > Wordlebot always uses the same opening word. How boring. Although, interestingly, it is different if you are in hard mode or not. My first 3 in awhile. Hooray. Wordle 346 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COURT GROAN MANOR ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2022, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3994 "2022-05-31T06:34:59Z")
Wordle 346 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLAME MATZO MASON MANOR An unremarkable 4 for me today. ---
**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 31, 2022, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3995 "2022-05-31T10:11:29Z")
Wordle 346 2/6\* πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Meant, manor. ---
**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 31, 2022, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3996 "2022-05-31T11:09:59Z")
Wordle 346 2/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE MANOR ---
**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 31, 2022, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3997 "2022-05-31T12:03:10Z")
Props to chela and Author\_Balk for their deuces. Wordle 346 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART GROAN AROMA (Stately Wayne) MANOR ---
**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 31, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3998 "2022-05-31T12:36:13Z")
Wordle 346 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN CLOUD IMAGE MANOR ---
**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 31, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3999 "2022-05-31T14:48:36Z")
Wordle 346 3/6 πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ROUSE BROAD MANOR Quick and easy three. Same second word as yesterday; would have been funny if that was it. Just calculated my average and it’s 3.86. Like some others here, I consider 4 to be β€œpar,” so I’m happy with that. ---
**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 31, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4000 "2022-05-31T14:52:07Z")
Today’s has the potential for some inadvertent amusing phrases. We’ll see. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=199) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=201)