# "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:** 205
**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 4, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4081 "2022-06-04T14:24:34Z")
Wordle 350 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟦⬛🟧🟧 ⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AGILE MOUTH BROTH FROTH Faiirly drama-free four. I got a little worried seeing the TH turn up at the end, but the possibilities narrowed very quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4082 "2022-06-04T15:19:05Z")
I use a different starting word every day and got incredibly lucky with this one! 100% chance of getting it right for the second try as it could only be one word. Wordle 350 2/6 🟩🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 4, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4083 "2022-06-04T21:27:35Z")
For **tomorrow’s** I stared at the screen for a very long time to get to guess three, which turned out to be wrong. Then the right answer revealed itself to me. Wordle 351 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 4, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4084 "2022-06-04T21:29:55Z")
I’m enjoying a nice streak o’ threes. No doubt my luck will soon turn. Wordle 350 3/6\* ⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE BROTH FROTH ---
**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 4, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4085 "2022-06-04T23:38:49Z")
Wordle 350 4/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OUTER TROOP BROTH FROTH Yet another ‘broth before froth’ example. I guess at least that proves I’m human and not a visitor from another place. _Maybe_. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4086 "2022-06-05T00:16:57Z")
Close one today. Wordle 350 6/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE ROBOT PROXY WROTH FROTH At first I thought ROBOT was a wasted guess after I realized I already knew where the R was, but playing it saved me in the long run, because it eliminated BROTH from being one of my final guesses. As an aside, I was a little surprised that WROTH is in there, as I’ve only ever heard it used in exactly one context, that being Invictus by William Earnest Henley. ---
**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 5, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4087 "2022-06-05T01:04:04Z")
**Wordle 350 4/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 INLET TOUCH BROTH FROTH And yet another B before F instance. 😆 I don’t choose the letters in order of what comes first in the alphabet…just was feeling the B, but wrong I was. ---
**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 5, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4088 "2022-06-05T01:46:27Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** My second guess probably isn’t on the acceptable answer list. Wordle 351 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 351** > > CRUST > DEATH > DEPTH ---
**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 5, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4089 "2022-06-05T01:46:30Z")
Wordle 350 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟨⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DEALT YOUTH BROTH FROTH Guessed wrong on number 3 ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4090 "2022-06-05T02:07:53Z")
Wordle 350 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUIET TOPAZ ORTHO BROTH FROTH Another Broth before Froth here. Maybe there are more cooks here. ---
**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 5, 2022, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4091 "2022-06-05T04:14:16Z")
Wordle 351 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CREST METAL TENTH DEPTH I check P with a pretty high regularity, but unfortunately they always seem to show up when I don’t. That’s totally not selection bias at all, lalala I can’t hear you. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4092 "2022-06-05T05:52:01Z")
Wordle 351 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TUNED DEPTH Went with my instincts on three. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4093 "2022-06-05T07:36:12Z")
Wordle 351 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STILE MEANT TEETH DEPTH ---
**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 5, 2022, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4094 "2022-06-05T11:43:09Z")
Wordle 351 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE SLEET PETTY - I think there is only one left DEPTH ---
**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 5, 2022, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4095 "2022-06-05T12:26:56Z")
Wordle 351 4/6\* 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Tangy, sloth, firth, depth Could’ve been trouble, I’ll take 4. ---
**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 5, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4096 "2022-06-05T12:45:54Z")
Wordle 351 3/6 🟨⬛⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH TEETH DEPTH ---
**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 5, 2022, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4097 "2022-06-05T13:39:09Z")
Happy to get a 3 today. Wordle 351 3/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART TEETH DEPTH ---
**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 5, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4098 "2022-06-05T14:28:12Z")
Wordle 351 4/6 ⬛🟦🟦⬛⬛ 🟦⬛⬛⬛🟦 🟦🟧⬛🟦⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OPERA PULSE TEMPT DEPTH @EllisDee, checking a P on the first word was of limited use in my case, as I couldn’t seem to find the right spot for it! Maybe the coffee hadn’t kicked in yet, but I found this one to be a very tough nut, and was happy to escape with a four. ---
**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 5, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4099 "2022-06-05T14:50:09Z")
Wordle 351 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I didn’t expect to get it on the third try. CREST AGATE DEPTH ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4100 "2022-06-05T15:15:49Z")
> **Wordle 351 3/6\* 6/5/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > FRO **TH** → Good start but potential trap. Try something with two vowels… > **DE** A **TH** → Got them both. Well then. > **DEPTH** > > More than a little luck on the first two guesses, so I’m happy with the 3. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=204) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=206)