# "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:** 210
**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 9, 2022, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4181 "2022-06-09T13:13:21Z")
Wordle 355 4/6\* πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACE STORK QUIRT GIRTH Might have been a three if I’d noticed that I was repeating the R in a bad position. But I might have guessed something else, too. ---
**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 9, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4182 "2022-06-09T13:23:43Z")
Well, I guess I won’t bitch about a 3 today. Wordle 355 3/6\* πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE BIRTH GIRTH If I’d tried them in the order I’d identified them, it would have been a 2. But if I’d tried MIRTH first, it would have been a 4 – so I’ll shaddup now. ---
**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 9, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4183 "2022-06-09T14:01:47Z")
Wordle 355 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 My thought process follows. My first guess was EARTH and it nailed the RTH. Therefore the likely answers are these: BIRTH WORTH NORTH GIRTH BERTH FORTH GARTH FIRTH MIRTH And I need to check these letters: B I W O N G F M My next guess could be one of these: BROWN(4) β€” and this leaves GIRTH GARTH GOWNS(4) β€” and this leaves BIRTH BERTH FIRTH MIRTH FROWN(4) β€” and this leaves GIRTH BERTH GARTH For my second guess I went with BROWN, and therefore the answer is likely to be GIRTH. Got it. I won’t bitch about 3, either. πŸ™‚ ---
**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 9, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4184 "2022-06-09T15:38:00Z")
Wordle 355 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD ROIST THRIP MIRTH GIRTH Hmmm. ---
**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 9, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4185 "2022-06-09T15:45:05Z")
What the heck is ROIST? ---
**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 9, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4186 "2022-06-09T15:51:52Z")
A MOIST ROAST? ---
**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 9, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4187 "2022-06-09T16:15:33Z")
Ooofah\*, that’s terrible. How many people did you make cringe reading that? I’m unclear on the specific origin of Wordle in that either he made it specifically for his girlfriend as a birthday or anniversary present or whatever, or he was just making it for fun and to share with friends and family. If the former, and I were doing it, I think I would 100% not include the words moist and panty in the valid answer list. I don’t find words cringy, but I do get some amusement out of the concept. \*Oofah is an exclamation similar to β€˜ugh’ that I picked up from listening to Howard Stern. It amuses me that Google voice recognition recognizes it. (If I were typing I would have spelled it oofa.) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4188 "2022-06-09T16:29:04Z")
> **Wordle 355 5/6\* 6/9/2022** > > 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _TR_A_I_T β†’ Not a bad start, and I know there aren’t two T’s again… > B **I** _T_E_R_ β†’ ?I?RT goes nowhere, so RI?T? or ?IRT? Try the latter… > D **IRT** Y β†’ How much of a trap is this? If no Y ending, must be an H… > M **IRTH** β†’ I don’t think WIRTH is sufficiently famous, and FIRTH is kinda obscure, so try > **GIRTH** > > Some 5s are a death march, but this one was kinda fun. When I hit three unplaced letters at the start I kinda threw out analysis for the next couple words. ---
**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 9, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4189 "2022-06-09T16:40:20Z")
Wordle 355 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PIOUS GIANT GIRTH Glad to be back in Three-land. I was lucky to uncover the G early and avoid the \_IRTH trap, but I also like to think I played well on this one. ---
**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 9, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4190 "2022-06-09T18:18:45Z")
Same as ROISTER ! tbh, i surprised it was allowed !! ---
**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 9, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4191 "2022-06-09T21:13:39Z")
I hate **tomorrow’s** word. Wordle 356 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 9, 2022, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4192 "2022-06-09T22:48:38Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > … > > … But then, I’m the boring dipshit that uses the same opening word every single day. πŸ˜‰ It’s worked for you, though, often enough (and I think it’s on most lists of β€œbest starting words”). Wordle 355 6/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN TRAIL RITZY MIRTH BOGUS GIRTH Near-loss. β€œBOGUS,” of course, was a test word, to check for β€˜girth’ and β€˜birth’–g and b had been eliminated I would have gone with the less-common FIRTH. β€œRITZY” was probably a bad choice as it’s more colloquial than Wordle usually turns out to be. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4193 "2022-06-09T23:43:08Z")
Sherrerd: Hardly any more colloquial than ZESTY (6/6, dammit!). Bullitt: But BERTH and GARTH were eliminated by EARTH. Aspenglow: You’re about the only person who tried the solution ahead of either MIRTH or BIRTH. And I’m another of those β€˜same first word every day’ people. The way I look at it, since you go into each Wordle knowing absolutely nothing about it, there’s nothing to gain by changing your first guess once you’ve found one you’re satisfied with. (How do you respond to multiple posters without quotes? I’ve forgotten) ---
**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 9, 2022, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4194 "2022-06-09T23:58:24Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Aspenglow: You’re about the only person who tried the solution ahead of either MIRTH or BIRTH. No, I tried BIRTH before the correct answer. I just skipped MIRTH. > [@RTFirefly](#): > > The way I look at it, since you go into each Wordle knowing absolutely nothing about it, there’s nothing to gain by changing your first guess once you’ve found one you’re satisfied with. That’s what I think, too. I deviated from my regular start word a couple of times when I first started playing and did not like the results. I’m happy with an uninterrupted streak of 142 games, 100% win record. I’ll stick with it. πŸ™‚ ---
**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 10, 2022, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4195 "2022-06-10T01:48:05Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** I prayed for a better outcome today, and this happened. Wordle 356 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 356** > > CULTS > FAITH > PIETY ---
**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 10, 2022, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4196 "2022-06-10T02:30:08Z")
**Wordle 355 4/6** ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PASTE WORTH BIRTH GIRTH After my second word, I saw a trap of four \_IRTH words. Just rolled the dice on the order, and thankfully I got it in four. ---
**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 10, 2022, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4197 "2022-06-10T02:40:30Z")
Since we don’t know what time zone you are in (or at least I don’t), can you put the game # at the top of your posts? Thanks! πŸ™‚ ---
**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 10, 2022, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4198 "2022-06-10T04:16:59Z")
Wordle 356 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CREPT STEEP PIETY Yay, a 3! _\*snoopy dance\*_ I even took a risk by guessing at 2 instead of going with a second research word. Fortunately that was enough; I don’t see many possible words left after 2: TPE\_\_ has no solution, which left only P\_ET\_ or \_PET\_. There are only so many letters that can follow a T at the end of a word, and with only two spots for the P it didn’t take long to run through all the possibilities. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4199 "2022-06-10T04:18:07Z")
Wordle 356 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TILED EIGHT PIETY Happy with a four. This seems like it could have been much harder. ---
**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 10, 2022, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4200 "2022-06-10T04:21:05Z")
Wordle 356 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEATH WROTE EMPTY PIETY [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=209) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=211)