# "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:** 202
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4021 "2022-06-01T11:18:04Z")
A little tougher than my start would indicate. Wordle 347 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART DREAM BREAK CREAK ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4022 "2022-06-01T13:59:23Z")
I hate the games where you can have multiple letters for the one that’s missing. Wordle 347 6/6\* ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRAIN ARDOR FREAK WREAK BREAK CREAK ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4023 "2022-06-01T14:52:48Z")
Wordle 347 6/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OPERA SHEAR BREAD FACET CREAM CREAK Hard Mode would have sunk me today. Too many choices with REA in the middle, and CREAK wasn’t high on my list. You never want to push it to six, but I’m happy I survived. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4024 "2022-06-01T15:17:43Z")
Lucky second try for me today gave me the 3. Wordle 347 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CREAM CREAK At least I don’t have to put up with WordleBot kicking me around anymore. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4025 "2022-06-01T15:59:43Z")
Wordle 347 4/6\* ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD AFTER CREAM ← Damn ! got excited when those greens started appearing ! CREAK ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4026 "2022-06-01T16:06:48Z")
Aw, I was looking forward to having Wordlebot heap praises upon me. I had an extremely lucky random starting word of CROAK to get it in two. (Wordle 347) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4027 "2022-06-01T18:47:17Z")
> **Wordle 347 4/6\* 6/1/2022** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > M_A_NO_R_ β†’ About as good a start as I could hope for > T **R** _A_D_E_ β†’ And a good follow-on. If EA is a digraph… but there’s a lot of ?REA? words… > W **REAK** β†’ …and it’s a trap. But… B, C, F should be all, so I’m just guessing at random now > **CREAK** > > Could have easily been 6/6, so I’m happy with the 4. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4028 "2022-06-01T20:59:59Z")
I unexpectedly got a three in **tomorrow’s** with an instinctive guess. Wordle 348 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4029 "2022-06-01T22:57:20Z")
Wordle 347 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT ABOVE EAGER CREAM CREAK I may be the only person on the planet to whom this happened, but: when I turned on the comp today (I use a desktop for this and pretty much everything else), and tried to open Chrome (I use both Chrome and Firefox, one for some sites, the other for other sites), I got a big EVERYTHING IS NEW AND WONDERFUL!!! screen. Apparently in the process of trying to get rid of it, I β€œsigned out of Person 1.” I certainly did NOT click anything that said β€œwould you like to have all your bookmarks deleted, and all your cookies purged, so that your logins are all gone??”\* If I’d seen something like that, I would NOT have clicked it. Nonetheless, I lost everything. And naturally that applied to Wordle, tooβ€”there’s no login, as we all know, but if you change devices (which this apparently counts as), you lose all your stats. So, back to Game 1β€”I was really angry but didn’t see anything I could do about it. Later today I finally twigged that Google is holding me hostageβ€”if I’m not logged in as Person 1, they can’t sell my info!!! So I logged in as Person 1, and did today’s Wordle againβ€”scrupulously typing in the exact same guesses and getting the same score. (Because I’m weird.) Google, I really kind of hate you. > /\*I stay logged in on some sites that are NOT connected with finances or other crucial info. ---
**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 2, 2022, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4030 "2022-06-02T02:01:28Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** This one has the potential to be a trap if you’re not careful. Wordle 348 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 348** > > GRUNT > ABODE > SPOIL > SHOCK > SHOWY ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4031 "2022-06-02T04:12:23Z")
Wordle 348 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LOUSE SHOCK SHOWN SHOWY I seem to be getting worse and worse. Maybe I need a new strategy. ---
**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 2, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4032 "2022-06-02T04:23:47Z")
Wordle 348 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLOPS STONE SHOWY Saved by my β€˜M or N or both’ rule. My first instinct was to try store but I switched to stone to include an N. Had I played store, I 100% would have guessed shown before showy. ---
**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 2, 2022, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4033 "2022-06-02T05:23:34Z")
**Wordle 347 4/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HOIST LANCE CREAM CREAK ---
**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 2, 2022, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4034 "2022-06-02T05:43:03Z")
Oh how frustrating! This is baffling though. Wordle says they don’t save the stats via cookies, though just in case, I added NYTimes cookies to the β€œsave” list on my Google Chrome browser. I wouldn’t think updating a browser would count as using a different device…it shouldn’t. My Google Chrome had updated itself the other day as well, and I got that intrusive β€œwelcome screen” too, but nothing was lost. Then again, I didn’t sign out, but that shouldn’t cause stats to be lost either I wouldn’t think. Was your History cleared as well? If not, go into your History, and find a URL for a previous Wordle and open that. See if your stats are now there. I don’t know if a system restore would work, as the stats aren’t saved on our computers, but if you lost your data due to the browser update for whatever reason, then it’d restore Chrome back to the previous version, and from there see if the stats are now showing up? ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4035 "2022-06-02T07:00:10Z")
Wordle 348 6/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRIME POUND GHOST SHOAL SHOOK SHOWY eek! ---
**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:** [June 2, 2022, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4036 "2022-06-02T07:03:19Z")
Wordle 348 3/6 πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN CLOUD SHOWY I benefited from following what I call the Wheel of Fortune strategy, where I get the R S T L N E in early. Although I suppose it could have been SPOOF, in which case I would’ve been hosed. ---
**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 2, 2022, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4037 "2022-06-02T09:18:08Z")
Wordle 348 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLEAS SONIC SHORT SHOWY It made a nice pattern, I guess. ---
**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 2, 2022, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4038 "2022-06-02T09:52:02Z")
Wordle 348 3/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Inlet, cramp, showy It was a Roller coaster today! ---
**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 2, 2022, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4039 "2022-06-02T11:50:19Z")
Wordle 348 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS SHOOK SHOWY - I had to be my own wordlebot and analyze my choices based on the word list. SPOOK would have been the best third word. There is one case where the P would make a difference, ---
**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 2, 2022, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4040 "2022-06-02T12:37:11Z")
> [@chela](#): > > Wordle 348 3/6\* > > ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ > ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Holy crap! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=201) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=203)