# "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:** 206
**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 5, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4101 "2022-06-05T15:20:41Z")
A lucky second guess. I was just testing letters and there it was! Wordle 351 2/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE DEPTH It was the only word I could think of that ended in β€˜TH’ and had an β€˜E’ in it. ---
**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 5, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4102 "2022-06-05T19:02:25Z")
Wordle 351 3/6\* ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD DEPOT DEPTH ---
**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 5, 2022, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4103 "2022-06-05T21:20:41Z")
**Tomorrow’s** took longer for me than it should’ve. Wordle 352 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 5, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4104 "2022-06-05T23:41:09Z")
Wordle 351 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AROSE THEFT ETHIC DEPTH This one was painful. I stared at β€œ\_ E \_ T H” for a long time, trying various letters, and β€œdepth” just didn’t occur to me for ages. ---
**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 5, 2022, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4105 "2022-06-05T23:45:17Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > **Tomorrow’s** took longer for me than it should’ve. Flipped you the bird too! ---
**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 6, 2022, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4106 "2022-06-06T00:57:39Z")
**Wordle 351 3/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SAINT DOTER DEPTH Sort of off-topic…does anyone play Redactle? I’ve been having fun with that one. There is a thread here where a few are posting their results, but it’s in the Semantle thread. ---
**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 6, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4107 "2022-06-06T01:35:05Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Wordle 352 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 352** > > BUNCH > AISLE β†’ Four vowels tested and none of them have come up. > GLORY β†’ Let’s try the other two. > GLOOM β†’ The only possibility left. ---
**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 6, 2022, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4108 "2022-06-06T03:24:05Z")
Wordle 351 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MEANT PULLY DEPTH ---
**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 6, 2022, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4109 "2022-06-06T04:17:42Z")
Wordle 352 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLIPS ALTER FLOWN BLOOD GLOOM Been doing poorly lately; might be up to a week since I’ve gotten a 3. And again a letter I commonly check (this time M) but I did not check comes back to bite me. That’s two in a row. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2022, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4110 "2022-06-06T05:43:20Z")
Wordle 352 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHONE CLOUD GLOOM ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2022, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4111 "2022-06-06T09:12:17Z")
Wordle 352 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BIPED VOUCH MANOR GLOOM ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2022, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4112 "2022-06-06T10:51:49Z")
Has anyone ever gotten the word on the first try? Getting it second made my day the one time it happened. ---
**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 6, 2022, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4113 "2022-06-06T11:01:58Z")
Wordle 352 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS FLOOD GLOOM - I checked after I finished and BLOOM was also valid. I picked the right one. ---
**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 6, 2022, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4114 "2022-06-06T11:06:41Z")
Got a little nervous for a minute. Wordle 352 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART LOINS CLOUD BLOOM GLOOM ---
**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 6, 2022, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4115 "2022-06-06T11:21:43Z")
With my new starting words, this one took 6 guesses. Wordle 352 6/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY WHACK BEFOG ---
**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 6, 2022, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4116 "2022-06-06T11:28:53Z")
With my new starting words, after five guesses the only remaining unused letters are Z V X J Q. ---
**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 6, 2022, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4117 "2022-06-06T11:38:44Z")
Wordle 352 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Not the best starting word, I guess. THANE CRUMB IMPLY GLOOM ---
**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 6, 2022, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4118 "2022-06-06T12:44:01Z")
Wordle 352 3/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Radio, spoon , gloom ---
**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 6, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4119 "2022-06-06T14:42:05Z")
Wordle 352 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ANISE TOUCH BROOD GLOOM There’s a lot to be said for black squares! I got a little worried when all I had was β€œOO” after three. But I’d eliminated enough consonants that the answer fell right into place. ---
**Author:** ![Beesnest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4120 "2022-06-06T15:36:30Z")
Wordle 352 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 their flour sloop what the heck was I doing here gloom Yes I once got a β€˜done in One’ with my usual start word -(todays start word) I even have 4 2s Don’t remember what those were. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=205) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=207)