# "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:** 227
**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 25, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4521 "2022-06-25T22:35:14Z")
**Wordle 371 4/6** ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST REACH WEAVE BEADY Got stuck in a bit of an EA trap. Happy to have nailed this in four…could have been worse, glad it wasn’t. ---
**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 25, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4522 "2022-06-25T22:52:28Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Says you. I used to say it a lot more. Are you in Scotland or Australia? I do know it’s more common in those countries. I’m in the US and really don’t hear anyone use the word, but I have heard of it before (I have friends in Australia so maybe from them). ---
**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 25, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4523 "2022-06-25T23:04:32Z")
> [@SeaSun](#): > > Are you in Scotland or Australia? I am in Australia. But I said it while I was growing up in New Zealand, which in my area had a heavy Scots influence, so that all tracks. ---
**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 26, 2022, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4524 "2022-06-26T02:17:13Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Hopefully Wordle isn’t going to tell me that I haven’t actually solved the puzzle again. Wordle 372 3/6 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 372** > > LURCH > RUGBY > RUSTY ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2022, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4525 "2022-06-26T04:13:27Z")
Wordle 372 3/6 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO REBUT RUSTY Finally back on my game a little. ---
**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 26, 2022, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4526 "2022-06-26T04:14:40Z")
Wordle 372 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAMP STORE RUSTY Thankfully my first word eliminated trust/tryst. There were surprisingly few other options with A, O and E all eliminated. (I just now thought of strut, but that was eliminated by my second word. Rusty may have been the only valid answer.) ---
**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 26, 2022, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4527 "2022-06-26T07:05:33Z")
Wordle 372 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS RUSTY ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2022, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4528 "2022-06-26T09:57:13Z")
Wordle 372 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CREAM LURID TUTOR RUSTY ---
**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 26, 2022, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4529 "2022-06-26T10:43:24Z")
Wordle 372 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TIROS RUSTY ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2022, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4530 "2022-06-26T11:38:31Z")
#372 3/6 SLANT CHORE RUSTY > [@EllisDee](#): > > There were surprisingly few other options with A, O and E all eliminated. Ditto. ---
**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 26, 2022, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4531 "2022-06-26T12:07:19Z")
Wordle 372 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART TRILL STRUM RUSTY ---
**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 26, 2022, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4532 "2022-06-26T12:15:30Z")
Wordle 372 2/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Party Rusty I’m pleased. ---
**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 26, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4533 "2022-06-26T12:39:11Z")
Wordle 372 4/6\* 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Can’t believe it took me four after getting three letters right off. ---
**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 26, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4534 "2022-06-26T14:08:30Z")
Wordle 372 3/6\* 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STALK FIRST RUSTY ---
**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 26, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4535 "2022-06-26T16:22:51Z")
Happy with 3 today. Wordle 372 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE WORTH RUSTY I resisted starting with β€˜Y’ at the end because of yesterday’s also ending in β€˜Y’. But after my second try, it was pretty much the only remaining option. ---
**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 26, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4536 "2022-06-26T20:24:52Z")
Wordle 372 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OUNCE BUSHY DUSTY REALM RUSTY Ugh. I feel like this should have been easier. But with four \_USTY words left and only three moves, I wasn’t going to chance it. I need to get back in the groove. ---
**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 26, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4537 "2022-06-26T21:18:56Z")
Catching up a day: Wordle 371 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 OUTER GLEAM CHASE BEANY BEADY Wordle 372 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AROSE SHIRK RUSTY I dare them to end with a Y tomorrow!!! eta: thought better of what could have been a spoiler. ---
**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 27, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4538 "2022-06-27T00:52:14Z")
**Wordle 372 3/6** ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MORAL TRIPE RUSTY Had a few words I could play for my third word, and I thought…could there be two days in a row with a Y at the end? Why _yes_ there can! I’m on to you Wordle with your repeated letters in the same spot two days in a row. 🧐 ---
**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 27, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4539 "2022-06-27T01:32:04Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Hmmm… Wordle 373 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 373** > > LYMPH > AUDIO > TORSO > RETRO ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2022, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4540 "2022-06-27T04:16:37Z")
Wordle 373 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE RETCH RETRY RETRO Not a good day to change my opening word from the usual RATIO. I probably would have had a two, but at least I made a pretty pattern. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=226) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=228)