# "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:** 208
**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 7, 2022, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4141 "2022-06-07T13:58:08Z")
Wordle 353 4/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LENTO MOLAR SPOOL FLOOD Glad I went with the double O early. Definitely surprised by those repeated middle letters. ---
**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 7, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4142 "2022-06-07T15:54:23Z")
Wordle 353 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AGILE LUNCH STOOL BLOOM FLOOD I must admit that **GuanoLad** ’s minor spoiler had me on the lookout for something unusual, which is why I went to the double O at three. Didn’t help me a whole lot in the end. Gonna take the bogie and move on. ---
**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 7, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4143 "2022-06-07T16:45:36Z")
Wordle 353 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Maybe I should find one good opening word and stick to it? BIRCH AMOUR EVOKE PLOTS FLOOD ---
**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 7, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4144 "2022-06-07T17:38:59Z")
Wordle 353 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD SOUND OVOID FLOOD ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4145 "2022-06-07T17:49:51Z")
> **Wordle 353 2/6\* 6/7/2022** > > ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > G **LOO** M β†’ floor, blood, flood… can’t see much else. I think I’m guaranteed a 3… > **FLOOD** > > @EllisDee right you are! ---
**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 7, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4146 "2022-06-07T20:45:15Z")
I wasn’t even really commenting on the word, it was more the progression of the guesses. Anyway, here’s **tomorrow’s**. I really struggled with this. Wordle 354 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 7, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4147 "2022-06-07T23:50:40Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Looking at the source code I can confirm that it will never be a correct answer. Thanks; guess it would have been surprising if it _had_ been a possibility. Wordle 353 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT PLUME GLORY BLOCK FLOOD Like many I resisted the idea of two β€œOO” winners in a row. !!! ---
**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 8, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4148 "2022-06-08T01:04:13Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Nothing too surprising this time. Wordle 354 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 354** > > BLUSH > ARGOT > CRAFT > TRAIT > [@Morgyn](#): > > Maybe I should find one good opening word and stick to it? Then you give up on getting 1/6 by pure luck. ---
**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 8, 2022, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4149 "2022-06-08T01:19:16Z")
I already did that, though! ---
**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 8, 2022, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4150 "2022-06-08T03:44:46Z")
**Wordle 353 5/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SAINT JERKY POOCH BLOOM FLOOD Got a little nervous with this one. I thought there could be a double O after my second word, and thankfully I was right. Looking at the letters I had left to play, I thought, nah…they wouldn’t have Gloom and Bloom back to back would they? You never know, so I went for it, but nope. Only saw one word it could be from there and was at least able to avoid getting it in 6 or…gulp…a fail. ---
**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 8, 2022, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4151 "2022-06-08T04:21:03Z")
Wordle 354 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLANS PRATE DRAFT TRAIT This went well but again I just can’t seem to get a 3. Starting to feel like I’ve lost the touch. Also, no idea what a prate is, I just like the letters. The Google voice thing did properly recognize the word when I spoke it just now. Ha! Looking it up, it describes the write-ups I do for my Wordle solutions. Zing! (It appears to be a synonym of prattle.) ---
**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 8, 2022, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4152 "2022-06-08T04:27:38Z")
Wordle 354 4/6\* πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 2nd guess worked well, shoulda coulda in 3. Threw, trout, tract, trait ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4153 "2022-06-08T07:00:35Z")
Wordle 354 4/6 🟨🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TRAIL TRAIN TRAIT Well that was annoying. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4154 "2022-06-08T07:13:21Z")
Wordle 354 3/6\* 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TAKEN TRAIL TRAIT I really thought I had it in 2 when all those green squares lowly revealed themselves. Still pleased with a 3. ---
**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 8, 2022, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4155 "2022-06-08T07:27:54Z")
Easy one today. Wordle 354 3/6 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS TRAIL TRAIT ---
**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 8, 2022, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4156 "2022-06-08T07:58:03Z")
Wordle 354 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY WHACK TRAIT ---
**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 8, 2022, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4157 "2022-06-08T11:07:30Z")
Wordle 354 4/6 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE SLEPT - Putting in possible letters in the missing spots. Found the T I saw CRAFT, GRAFT and TRAIT (could be others). GRAFT or CRAFT would be better to eliminate the other word. Chose GRAFT TRAIT ---
**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 8, 2022, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4158 "2022-06-08T12:29:48Z")
Wordle 354 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A stupidly played 5, should have been 3 at most. HEART TRACK TRAIN TRAIL TRAIT ---
**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 8, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4159 "2022-06-08T14:00:12Z")
Wordle 354 6/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CAROM BREAK PRAYS DRAFT GRANT TRAIT Phew indeed. ---
**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 8, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4160 "2022-06-08T14:56:38Z")
Wordle 354 4/6 πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 RADIO BRAIN TRAIL TRAIT Might have saved a step by choosing a T word for the second guess, which would have been wiser than the B. I seem to recall TRAIN being used already, so if I’d given it more thought I probably would have gone TRAIL, TRAIT. Still, four is fine by me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=207) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=209)