# "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:** 201
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4001 "2022-05-31T16:02:14Z")
> **Wordle 346 5/6\* 5/31/2022** > > 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _A_T_O_LL β†’ 3rd straight day with A & O vowels? Wow > H_OA_GY β†’ And it looks like they’re not together. Two syllables? > S **A** V **OR** β†’ Seems so. Might be a trap. Two R’s perhaps? > R **A** Z **OR** β†’ Nope. But I haven’t tried either of M or N yet… > **MANOR** > > I feel a bit lucky that my third guess had knocked out MAYOR, or it might have been a six. ---
**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 31, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4002 "2022-05-31T16:58:18Z")
It’s apparently in SpongeBob SquarePants, so, for some demographics, it might be an extremely familiar word. I don’t think it’s too obscure, but yes, one of the less common words that have been answers. On to today’s Wordle 346 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DEALT SCRAM MARRY MANOR Dumb mistake repeating the placement of the R on # 3. I might have had a 3, had I noticed. ---
**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 31, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4003 "2022-05-31T17:07:49Z")
Wordle 346 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SCRAP MAJOR MANOR Glad I didn’t try MAYOR first. Forgot to post yesterday’s. (It was a 3.) ---
**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 31, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4004 "2022-05-31T17:32:43Z")
Kind of a letdown after yesterday. Wordle 346 6/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRASH TAPER FAKIR LABOR MAJOR MAYOR ---
**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 31, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4005 "2022-05-31T17:53:23Z")
Wordle 346 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD ORGAN MANOR > [@Morgyn](#): > > MAYOR was that a typo, or did Wordle give me a different word ? ---
**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 31, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4006 "2022-05-31T17:54:09Z")
That was a typo, damnit 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 31, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4007 "2022-05-31T20:52:18Z")
**Tomorrow’s** isn’t an especially challenging word, but I struggled. Wordle 347 6/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 31, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4008 "2022-05-31T22:56:56Z")
Wordle 346 4/6 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROAST ADORE ORGAN MANOR Fast; no drama. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4009 "2022-06-01T00:25:03Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Wordlebot was apparently upset that I had commented on its boring choice of opening word yesterday. It wanted to start charging me for access, under the guise of having had β€œreached my limit of free articles.” Frak that. Wordle 347 4/6 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 347** > > CRUST > CRANE > CREAM > CREAK ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4010 "2022-06-01T01:25:11Z")
Yesterday in 3: SLANT CHORE ATOLL Erased some of the bad taste from my 6 two days ago. (Do I need to blur if I’m talking about a previous day? Can’t play the archive anymore.) Today seemed like I should have been able to do it in 3, given that I had 4 letters after SLANT CHORE but the answer could have just as easily been BARON, APRON, RANDO (too slangy?), or RADON (not common enough?) at that point as MANOR, so I kept going with DUMPY MANOR to pick up the 4. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4011 "2022-06-01T01:25:13Z")
OK, maybe this deserves its own thread, but here’s the anti-Wordle game: > **[Don't Wordle](https://dontwordle.com/)** > > Don't guess the hidden word in 6 tries. A new puzzle is available each day. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4012 "2022-06-01T04:15:46Z")
Wordle 347 2/6 πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAMS CREAK A strong 2, but humbling. I lost the ability to spell on this one, to the point I had to use Google to verify the most basic of words. I saw nothing with O, then I checked E and had to friggin’ Google β€˜creap’, β€˜cread’ (both have two E’s and no A, obviously) and then finally creak. My opener came through with an M so I didn’t have to bother checking cream. By the time I got to creak (which the Google voice thing I’m speaking into right now is spelling with two E’s, btw) I had completely lost the ability to recognize whether words should be spelled with EE or EA. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4013 "2022-06-01T04:17:43Z")
Wordle 347 6/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHARD ANGRY CLEAR CREAM CREAK This was hard. Don’t know what else should have guessed. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4014 "2022-06-01T05:45:09Z")
Wordle 347 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VOICE CLEAR CREAM CREAK Could so easily have been a 2 as I was considering CREAM as a starter this morning. Oh well, happy enough with a 4. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4015 "2022-06-01T06:33:08Z")
**Wordle 346 3/6** ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PASTE MAYOR MANOR Almost had this one in two. I wasn’t trying to solve the word for my second guess, but the answer word was the first one that came to me to try. I decided to check the Y though. Happy with three in any case. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4016 "2022-06-01T08:31:21Z")
Wordle 347 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POISE CARET CREAM CREAK ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4017 "2022-06-01T10:09:49Z")
And the streak of 2’s endeth. Back to just Great! Wordle 347 5/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Opium, chase, cadet, clear, creak ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4018 "2022-06-01T10:35:50Z")
Today was like yesterday, only more so: after my first two words, I not only knew 4 of the letters, but this time I had the position of one of them, which of course cuts way down on the possibilities. So this time I could surely do it in 3, no? That’s right, no. Had to settle for 4 again: SLANT CHORE At this point, CREAM, CREAK, CEDAR, and CAPER were all possibilities. But DUMPY knocked out three out of four, so: DUMPY CREAK ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4019 "2022-06-01T11:06:06Z")
Wordle 347 3/6 🟩🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Someone mentioned wordlebot wasn’t free anymore. It said it wasn’t free for me as well. CRANE CREAM CREAK - I had a 50/50 chance of getting a 2, which would have been two in a row. I picked the wrong word first. ---
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Wordle 347 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN CLOUD CHEER CREAM CREAK [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=200) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=202)