# "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:** 221
**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 19, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4401 "2022-06-19T23:38:43Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Also thought of HOSER but that might not be in their list of words. Your first word eliminated it. ---
**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 20, 2022, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4402 "2022-06-20T00:27:28Z")
That’s right! Glad I didn’t waste a guess on that. ---
**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 20, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4403 "2022-06-20T01:32:04Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** I did something different and had my brain fart on the opening word. Afterwards, the rest of the puzzle was relatively easy. Wordle 366 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 366** > > HUTCH β†’ Double letters right off the bat?! > ROUTE > INPUT ---
**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 20, 2022, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4404 "2022-06-20T02:49:10Z")
Wordle 365 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AROSE SOBER LOSER A lucky (or lucky-ish) opener gave me a quick 3; a nice change from yesterday.) ---
**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 20, 2022, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4405 "2022-06-20T03:22:00Z")
**Wordle 365 2/6** 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE LOSER Well, that was unexpected. I’ll take it! Except it was over as soon as it started. πŸ™ƒ As an aside, I had no idea what the upside down smiley meant, so I had to look it up - lol. Apparently it can mean many things, one of which is β€œoh well!” in place of this guy β€”\> Β―\_(ツ)\_/Β―. So there’s your emoji lesson of the day, if anyone else was out of the loop like I am. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2022, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4406 "2022-06-20T04:24:47Z")
Wordle 366 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TILES QUINT INPUT This was what I consider a fair puzzle. Not too easy but doable with a little thought. ---
**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 20, 2022, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4407 "2022-06-20T04:36:26Z")
Wordle 366 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAMS PILOT INEPT INPUT Fun! I really thought I had it with inept, which took me forever to see. That’s what I get for not checking E, but I couldn’t make it work after crams returned all black. Pretty stoked to find pilot as a follow-up, which checked all the letters I wanted except I instead of E. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2022, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4408 "2022-06-20T06:32:23Z")
Wordle 366 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RADIO SLICE FIGHT INPUT ---
**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 20, 2022, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4409 "2022-06-20T07:05:19Z")
Wordle 366 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY INPUT ---
**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 20, 2022, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4410 "2022-06-20T07:09:10Z")
Wordle 366 4/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE UNITY INPUT I liked this one - not super-easy, but not teeth-grindingly hard either. ---
**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 20, 2022, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4411 "2022-06-20T07:49:06Z")
Wordle 366 5/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMEAR JOINT NIGHT UNLIT INPUT I would have tried INPUT before UNLIT had I thought of them both at the same time. But each of the last two tried took a little time to find. ---
**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 20, 2022, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4412 "2022-06-20T10:46:21Z")
Wordle 366 5/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Stain, night, flint, inert, input Almost thought it’d be a double goose egg for me. ---
**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 20, 2022, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4413 "2022-06-20T11:20:40Z")
Wordle 366 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE LINTS INPUT ---
**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 20, 2022, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4414 "2022-06-20T11:49:17Z")
Wordle 366 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Made work of this one. HEART POSIT SPILT INEPT INPUT At least my unbeaten streak is alive at 135-0 ---
**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 20, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4415 "2022-06-20T15:25:34Z")
Lucky third try for me testing letter placements. Wordle 366 3/6\* πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE ITCHY INPUT I wanted to try β€˜IDIOT’ so bad, but I knew that was just a knee-jerk follow-on to yesterday’s answer. ---
**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 20, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4416 "2022-06-20T15:30:20Z")
Wordle 366 3/6\* 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Yesterday’s was 2/6, of which I am undeservedly proud. ---
**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 20, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4417 "2022-06-20T15:32:03Z")
Wordle 366 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 RATIO TINGE FLINT INPUT All the blue (yellow for most of you) squares were annoying at first, but after 3 words there was only one possible spot left for the I and one possible spot for the N. So it pretty much solved itself by that point. ---
**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 20, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4418 "2022-06-20T18:19:14Z")
Wordle 366 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLANK TUNIC UNITY INPUT ---
**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 20, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4419 "2022-06-20T18:39:06Z")
Wordle 366 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD ← my usual first guess. QUILT ← my usual second guess if the first one yields zero. INPUT ---
**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 20, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4420 "2022-06-20T20:51:55Z")
I should have got **tomorrow’s** way quicker. Wordle 367 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=220) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=222)