# "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:** 212
**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 11, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4221 "2022-06-11T04:09:20Z")
Wordle 357 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLOMP STORE WHOSE GOOSE After 2 I thought I had narrowed it down to one possible answer, but then the first two letters weren’t green. Doh! Tricksy double letters. Glad it wasn’t noose, and also that my opener already eliminated loose and moose. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4222 "2022-06-11T05:32:13Z")
Wordle 357 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO NODES MOUSE LOOSE GOOSE ---
**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 11, 2022, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4223 "2022-06-11T08:41:37Z")
Wordle 357 2/6\* πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slightly uncanny two. GRIND GOOSE ---
**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 11, 2022, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4224 "2022-06-11T10:37:03Z")
Yours is cooked in two. For me, a four. Wordle 357 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS SMOKE GOOSE ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4225 "2022-06-11T11:30:10Z")
Wordle 357 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A nice-looking pyramidal shape which almost makes up for the 5. SLATE PRISE CHOSE MOOSE GOOSE I rightfully guessed that β€œnoose” was less likely to be the answer because not only of its rarity but also its associations. ---
**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 11, 2022, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4226 "2022-06-11T11:42:25Z")
Wordle 357 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS I looked for possible words and came up with five. Rather than picking one of them and risking getting a five, I found a word that would let me know which of the five is the word (assuming that I didn’t miss a word). CHOMP GOOSE If I would have picked one of the words it would have been MOUSE or MOOSE (HOUSE/GOOSE), If I had picked MOUSE then I had a choice between GOOSE and POSSE. With two wrong 50/50 choices I would have got a five. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4227 "2022-06-11T12:52:45Z")
Something strange happened just now. I solve the wordle just after midnight as part of my β€˜closing down’ routine. This one I had got caught in a mini-trap of four possibilities, and naturally picked two wrong ones first, getting a β€˜phew’ comment and a 6 score. After reading the thread this morning I was curious how my order of choosing compared with the ones posted, so I opened the page again to double check what I’d done. The Wordle came up as unsolved! As in, it sat there looking as if I had just entered my FOURTH word, waiting for me to continue. Huh? So I typed in the correct answer, and it comes up all green, and now I have a score of FIVE. Okay, a poor score, but a definite upgrade. πŸ˜‰ AND… I just loaded the page again, and it’s back to showing me as waiting to input word five again! I’m living Groundhog Day! Has this happened to anyone else? If it keeps throwing away my β€˜completion’ of the word, will it end up breaking my chain of successful wins??? ---
**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 11, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4228 "2022-06-11T13:16:56Z")
Too strange! Wordle 357 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Fetch, dream, globe, goose ---
**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 11, 2022, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4229 "2022-06-11T13:41:29Z")
Bah. Wordle 357 5/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLOSE WHOSE MOOSE GOOSE ---
**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 11, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4230 "2022-06-11T13:46:31Z")
Wordle 357 6/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Thought my goose was cooked. Those double vowels make it tougher for me. HEART SMELL DENSE POISE SOUSE GOOSE ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4231 "2022-06-11T14:00:34Z")
Wordle 357 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLOAT PROUD SMOKE WHOSE GOOSE ---
**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 11, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4232 "2022-06-11T14:30:44Z")
Wordle 357 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD GLOVE GNOME GOOSE ---
**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 11, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4233 "2022-06-11T14:31:47Z")
Wordle 357 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CANOE HORSE MOUSE PLUGS GOOSE Not thinking today. I should have eliminated U on two (my strategy is _usually_ vowel-heavy). Then, with far too many possible solutions, the smart thing to do would have been to test the P, L, and G at that point, rather than wasting a move on a total shot in the dark. I turned what should have been an easy four into a five. Though, I’m not that worried about my overall stats as long as I keep my streak alive. But I could have played this one better. ---
**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 11, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4234 "2022-06-11T16:14:50Z")
Wordle 357 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MARSH BOOST GOOSE ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4235 "2022-06-11T17:03:07Z")
> **Wordle 357 5/6\* 6/11/2022** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > PI_E_TY β†’ Some good eliminations. Test another vowel and some common consonants… > _S_HAR **E** β†’ Can’t think of many ?S??E or ??S?E words, so SE-ending it is. > CL **OSE** β†’ Seems a bit trappish. But I don’t think we have two leading consonants, so perhaps a double-O? > M **OOSE** β†’ LOOSE is already gone, NOOSE is provocative… > **GOOSE** > > A fun five. Really built from the back to the front on this one. ---
**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 11, 2022, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4236 "2022-06-11T21:47:02Z")
**Tomorrow’s** was a quick and easy one. Wordle 358 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 11, 2022, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4237 "2022-06-11T23:17:20Z")
Wordle 357 4/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OUTER CHOSE GLOOM GOOSE β€œGLOOM” was a test word to eliminate possibilities in the face of the β€œOOSE” trap. ---
**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 12, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4238 "2022-06-12T01:45:11Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** It took me an astonishingly long time to come up with the answer, and even then I got lucky on my guess. Wordle 358 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 358** > > DRUNK > AISLE > LATCH > FLOAT ---
**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 12, 2022, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4239 "2022-06-12T02:35:33Z")
**Wordle 357 5/6** 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNARE CHOSE LOOSE MOOSE GOOSE ---
**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 12, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4240 "2022-06-12T04:07:42Z")
Wordle 358 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRISP METAL FLOAT I’ll take the lucky 3. I saw bloat and gloat, and in fact this puzzle felt very familiar. Pretty sure one of those has already been used. Anyway, float was the first one I saw so I went with that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=211) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=213)