# "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:** 230
**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 29, 2022, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4581 "2022-06-29T08:47:09Z")
Wordle 375 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY BAGGY GAWKY ---
**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 29, 2022, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4582 "2022-06-29T10:26:55Z")
\*Wordle 375 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩\* Mine is very similar to the previous one, including the same last three words. CRANE TOILS DUMPY BAGGY GAWKY ---
**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 29, 2022, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4583 "2022-06-29T11:57:14Z")
This one was not easy for me. Wordle 375 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRUEL SHAFT MANIA KAZOO GAWKY ---
**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 29, 2022, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4584 "2022-06-29T11:58:44Z")
This one had me stumped for a bit. Then, inspired, I thought β€œthis can’t be a word, can it?” for my 4th guess. Wordle 375 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PAINS MADLY GAWKY ---
**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 29, 2022, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4585 "2022-06-29T13:33:33Z")
Wordle 375 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD WOMAN AWFUL GAWKY ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4586 "2022-06-29T14:00:06Z")
Wordle 375 6/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Not a fan of this one. ---
**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 29, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4587 "2022-06-29T14:42:36Z")
Wordle 375 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CAMEO RAPID GAUNT GAWKY I feel fortunate to come away with a four on this one. After I’d used all the vowels I figured there was a terminal Y, but all I could see were GABBY and GASSY, and I didn’t like either of those. So I stared a while longer until I found GAWKY. I still had very little confidence when I typed it in. Some days I like to just plow ahead; I’m glad I chose to be more deliberate today. ---
**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 29, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4588 "2022-06-29T14:55:50Z")
Wordle 375 5/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Craft Ample Basin Wagyu Gawky ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4589 "2022-06-29T16:25:09Z")
Got lucky on my guesses: Wordle 375 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE HANDY WACKY GAWKY ---
**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 29, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4590 "2022-06-29T16:49:42Z")
I felt lucky to get it in 4 today. Wordle 375 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SAUCY BADLY GAWKY > [@BobLibDem](#): > > This one had me stumped for a bit. Then, inspired, I thought β€œthis can’t be a word, can it?” for my 4th guess. This was me, too. But I liked how many letters it tested, so I thought, β€œWhutthehell.” ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4591 "2022-06-29T16:58:59Z")
#375 5/6 and happy to escape with that! I’m in the β€˜same last 3 words’ club with Bullitt and Author\_Balk, though each of us started from different beginning words. SLANT CHORE DUMPY BAGGY GAWKY Yesterday: #374, 4/6 SLANT CHORE BROIL DROLL After 2 guesses, the only words I could come up with were BROIL and DROLL. I leaned towards the latter due to Wardle’s tendency to use words that see more use on that side of the pond, but OTOH I wasn’t sure I’d covered all the bases, and wanted the letter I to be either in or out in order to narrow the field for my 4th guess. So I went with BROIL first. Such is life. ---
**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 29, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4592 "2022-06-29T20:42:34Z")
**Tomorrow’s** wasn’t anywhere near as hard, but still took a few guesses. Wordle 376 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 29, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4593 "2022-06-29T22:59:36Z")
Wordle 375 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH SAUCY PADDY BALMY GAWKY I’m not happy about this but after BALMY I could see way too many options with \_ A \_ \_ Y. So I cheated to the extent of getting the hints β€˜no duplicate letters, just one non-Y vowel.’ After that it was a matter of looking at the non-eliminated consonants and grinding out the possibilities. Not proud, but I was in a time crunch and decided not to lose my streak. /self-justification ---
**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 30, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4594 "2022-06-30T01:29:59Z")
How do you get hints? Erm, asking for a friend. ---
**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 30, 2022, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4595 "2022-06-30T01:56:39Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** I thought that NYT would have eliminated this word. Wordle 376 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟨⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 376** > > LYMPH > BERTH > TOUCH > HUTCH ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4596 "2022-06-30T04:11:08Z")
Wordle 376 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CUTEY DUTCH HUTCH It was 50/50 after 3. At least it was better than the last two days. ---
**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 30, 2022, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4597 "2022-06-30T04:19:28Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > How do you get hints? Erm, asking for a friend. I just input β€œWordle” into search (I usually use Google) and among the first-page results will be sites such as Tom’s or Forbes or other name-brand, tech-oriented choices. The one I looked at was Tom’s and it has lots of space between the intro, then the first hint (in this case about number of vowels and no double-letters), and then a second hint that’s more about the definition or meaning of the word. Then presumably as you keep scrolling down you get more hints and eventually the actual answer. So you can control how much you see, at least on the Tom’s site. Don’t know about the others. (Obviously a lot of people must access these sites, or there wouldn’t be so many near the top of the β€œWordle” search results!) ---
**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 30, 2022, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4598 "2022-06-30T04:26:20Z")
Wordle 376 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLOMP TRACE HITCH HUTCH Happy with the 4 because it could have gotten ugly with the \_ITCH (B?DHPW) trap, which I saw and had only checked P. I didn’t even notice the \_UTCH words. After briefly considering breaking hard mode rules I decided to just go for it with the first one I had seen, which was hitch. ---
**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 30, 2022, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4599 "2022-06-30T07:09:57Z")
Wordle 376 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH HANDY HITCH HUTCH ---
**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 30, 2022, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4600 "2022-06-30T07:10:32Z")
**Wordle 375 5/6** ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHEAR PLAIN KAZOO TACKY GAWKY This one took a long time to get…didn’t think it was a word. Has anyone tried the β€œtricks” to get your stats back? I tried using the Dev Tools to edit mine and it takes the editing and shows what it’s supposed to show, but they won’t transfer properly to the site like they are supposed to. It used to work for people, but it’s either something in Chrome blocking the process, or something that NYT configured to keep people from being able to edit their stats, but who cares if they do? Most just want to get their stats back when they lose them versus cheat to show people how β€œgreat” they are. I probably care about this more than I should, but I just really want my stats back. 😠 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=229) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=231)