# "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:** 217
**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 15, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4321 "2022-06-15T16:12:27Z")
Me too ! Wordle 361 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD GROUT PRIMO ---
**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 15, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4322 "2022-06-15T16:26:34Z")
Stupid word. Wordle 361 4/6\* πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE FRISK CRIMP PRIMO I had actually thought of PRIMO before CRIMP and nearly tried it, but then I outsmarted myself. β€œWordle wouldn’t use such a dumb word as PRIMO!” Oh, yes. Yes, they would. * * * As an aside, folks, please remember if you quote someone else and their quote includes the answer, the spoiler tags they used won’t follow the quote. You need to be sure to re-spoiler within the quote box, else you’ve given the answer away for everyone else who plays later in the day. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4323 "2022-06-15T16:54:45Z")
To quote Jackie Gleason: β€œHar-de-har-har-har!” ---
**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 15, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4324 "2022-06-15T20:45:59Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > @GuanoLad, I’m thinking we had the same 3rd word. We did! I hesitated before choosing it, thinking it had a Y. But I realise now why I thought that. Here’s **tomorrow’s**. Got this one very quickly. Wordle 362 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4325 "2022-06-15T21:30:35Z")
Meh. I dislike it when I make a logical mistake that makes me take an extra guess I didn’t need. Still undefeated. Wordle may consider a streak broken if you miss a day or switch phones, but I do not. Standards, don’cha know… ---
**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 15, 2022, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4326 "2022-06-15T23:56:34Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > The Wordle for June 14 really annoyed me. I got four letters in my first guess, but all of them were out of place. I spent a huge amount of time trying to rearrange them in my head, but couldn’t come up with an answer and gave up. In the middle of last night I woke up and thought β€œAw, shit!” Yeah, Wordle has done that to a lot of us, over the months. 🫀 (Of course there are other times when it’s fun, or we wouldn’t play it.) Wordle 361 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH ROCKY SPOOR PRIMO There I was with three sort-of-themed words, and out of some weird borrowed-from-another-language, slangy vault, came the answer. (Took me about 30 minutes of anguish.) Many fists were shaken in the general direction of NYC today, I expect. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4327 "2022-06-16T01:25:10Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I got four letters in my first guess, but all of them were out of place. I spent a huge amount of time trying to rearrange them in my head When I’m in a situation like that, I’ve _got_ to go through the combinations on paper. If I’m looking at the words on the screen, my mind will keep on trying to put the letters in the positions where I know they’re not, and come up with words for those wrong positions. Once the possibilities are on paper rather than the Wordle screen, I at least stand a chance. ---
**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 16, 2022, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4328 "2022-06-16T01:39:57Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Wordle 362 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 362** > > FLUSH > ABORT > ARMOR > APRON ---
**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 16, 2022, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4329 "2022-06-16T03:48:34Z")
**Wordle 361 6/6** 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE SHIRK GRILL PRICY PRIOR PRIMO Phew indeed! After my third word, I saw a bunch of PRI words it could be, along with some others…so I went with the PRI words, which was a good choice, but I just picked the wrong order. Happy to not fail this one! ---
**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 16, 2022, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4330 "2022-06-16T04:05:37Z")
Wordle 362 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAPS PARTY APRON Nice and quick. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4331 "2022-06-16T04:15:29Z")
Wordle 362 6/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SOLAR OVARY AROMA ARROW APRON And sometimes just going with your instincts is not so good. Should have been a little more systematic.It took four guesses to even get one green and maybe went to double letters too soon. ---
**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 16, 2022, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4332 "2022-06-16T06:56:07Z")
4 minutes until I can play today’s (or, tomorrow’s) Wordle. Does anyone else live day to day like this? ---
**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 16, 2022, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4333 "2022-06-16T07:02:19Z")
[[Album] Now I can play! Woo-hoo! ![](https://i.imgur.com/KZmrfZr.jpeg?fb "Now I can play! Woo-hoo!") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/E2bDs5G) ---
**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 16, 2022, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4334 "2022-06-16T07:04:43Z")
Wordle 362 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS APRON Now I have to wait 23 hours and 58 minutes for the next one. (sigh) ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4335 "2022-06-16T07:10:42Z")
Wordle 362 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNEAK PAINT APRON ---
**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 16, 2022, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4336 "2022-06-16T10:46:19Z")
Wordle 362 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE MANOR - Oh, that was a recent word. Checked my spreadsheet. I got that in 2. APRON ---
**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 16, 2022, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4337 "2022-06-16T12:05:45Z")
Wordle 362 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟨🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART GROAN RAYON APRON ---
**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 16, 2022, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4338 "2022-06-16T12:31:44Z")
Wordle 362 4/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SONAR ADORN APRON ---
**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 16, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4339 "2022-06-16T13:01:01Z")
Wordle 362 4/6\* πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Audio,among, annoy, apron ---
**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 16, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4340 "2022-06-16T16:21:36Z")
It took me 4 tries, but I thought today’s was a pretty good word. Wordle 362 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE LARCH FORAY APRON [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=216) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=218)