# "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:** 225
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2022, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4481 "2022-06-24T04:29:15Z")
Wordle 370 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE SHINE SLIME SMITE ---
**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 24, 2022, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4482 "2022-06-24T04:39:52Z")
Wordle 370 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CREST STEAL SMITE All sorts of discombobulated. First I replayed the yellow E in the same position. Also, I considered but decided against checking M using the logic that L is more common. Fortunately I somehow still got the 3. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2022, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4483 "2022-06-24T05:07:21Z")
Wordle 370 3/6\* 🟨⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟨🟩🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOIST EMITS SMITE Probably should have got that in 2 given the lucky start. ---
**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 24, 2022, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4484 "2022-06-24T10:27:37Z")
Wordle 370 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Earlier this week I had three possible words after the 2nd word. I let excel random number generator come up with the order. The correct word was the last one. The same thing happened today. CRANE TOILS SUITE SPITE SMITE ---
**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 24, 2022, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4485 "2022-06-24T12:50:20Z")
Wordle 370 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pause Shire Stile Smite ---
**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 24, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4486 "2022-06-24T12:57:58Z")
Nuts. Wordle 370 X/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 GRAIN DIVOT ITCHY TWIST SUITE SPITE ---
**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 24, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4487 "2022-06-24T13:01:59Z")
I barely sipped my coffee this morning! Wordle 370 2/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SMITE Not complaining. πŸ™‚ ETA: Nuts indeed, @Morgyn. Rotten luck. ☹ ---
**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 24, 2022, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4488 "2022-06-24T13:20:21Z")
Wordle 370 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY SMITE ---
**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 24, 2022, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4489 "2022-06-24T13:20:27Z")
Little tougher than I thought after a couple guesses. Wordle 370 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART TINGE STILE SPITE SMITE The creators must have been in a Biblical mood that day. ---
**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 24, 2022, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4490 "2022-06-24T13:41:51Z")
It’s been pretty negative for a week or more at this point. Wordle, why you so mad? ---
**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 24, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4491 "2022-06-24T13:47:30Z")
Indeed Wordle, why you be mad? SMITE Wordle 370 6/24 BRINK AWFUL GLOAT INPUT LOSER Wordle 365 6/19 CACAO BLOWN ---
**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 24, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4492 "2022-06-24T14:55:17Z")
Wordle 370 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ADIEU SHINE CLOMP SMITE I worked _hard_ for this four. With S\_I\_E in place, I came up with 11 words with unused consonants. C, L, M, and P were the most frequent (and I threw the O in there just in case I was missing something), and I managed to narrow it down to one. My streak is now at 150. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4493 "2022-06-24T22:00:38Z")
Glad one of us had better luck today! #370 4/6 SLANT CHORE SPITE SMITE After the first 2 tries, I could only think of two words that could work, and picked the wrong one to go with first. Good thing proper names are right out, because there were a couple of those that would have fit at that point 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 24, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4494 "2022-06-24T22:24:51Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Glad one of us had better luck today! Thanks. πŸ™‚ It was the best part of the whole day, thanks to External Events Happening at the Judicial Level. 😒 We take our small pleasures where we find them, I suppose. ---
**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 24, 2022, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4495 "2022-06-24T22:45:54Z")
Wordle 370 2/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE SMITE Lucky first guess gave me first and last letters plus only two options for position of the third. A nice fast day. Well, nice in a relative sense… > > [@Aspenglow](#): > > It was the best part of the whole day, thanks to External Events Happening at the Judicial Level. 😒 Seriously. (Vote, America, VOTE!) ---
**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 24, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4496 "2022-06-24T22:52:51Z")
**Tomorrow’s**. It was fine. Wordle 371 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4497 "2022-06-24T22:57:23Z")
Wordle 370 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟨⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Was … … … … …QUIET Made … … … … .EDITS Out of … … . . . . .SPITE Wordle makes up SKITE I’m ready to… … .SMITE Yeah, yeah, Skite is a word, even if my web dictionary does not report it as valid… :grumble: ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2022, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4498 "2022-06-25T01:09:11Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > It was the best part of the whole day, thanks to External Events Happening at the Judicial Level. 😒 > > We take our small pleasures where we find them, I suppose. We all need something that can take our minds briefly away from awful events like that. There is no honesty, no integrity, in this Supreme Court majority. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2022, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4499 "2022-06-25T01:10:08Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > **Tomorrow’s**. It was fine. We already knew it wasn’t AWFUL. 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 25, 2022, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4500 "2022-06-25T01:42:36Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** I think this is #371. Wordle has removed the convenient button where you simply copy the results. Frak you Wordle. I still got 3/6. > **Summary** > > SPURT > ALIEN > BEACH [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=224) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=226)