# "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:** 234
**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:** [July 3, 2022, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4661 "2022-07-03T04:25:25Z")
Wordle 379 4/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAMS LATCH LOCAL LILAC Hitting three yellows in my first word did me no favors. At first I thought it might, if it had short circuited the formidable \_ATCH trap, but no joy. And that wasted one of my already limited guess letters on a scrotty H. Fortunately LOCAL positively identified the answer all by itself. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4662 "2022-07-03T04:33:51Z")
Wordle 379 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO ALIGN LILAC I’m proud of myself for getting this one. It took a lot of thinking to even come up with a third guess. I didn’t want to waste a guess on a double letter but I figured it would at least help me place the vowels. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2022, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4663 "2022-07-03T05:25:14Z")
**Wordle 378 3/6** ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST EVICT EGRET ---
**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:** [July 3, 2022, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4664 "2022-07-03T07:13:30Z")
Wordle 379 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE LAIRS LIMED LILAC This one really wracked my brain and I had to google β€œFive letter words beginning with LI” to figure it out. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4665 "2022-07-03T08:07:59Z")
Wordle 379 4/6\* 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ANGLE VITAL PILAU LILAC Quite why I thought of PILAU before LILAC will forever remain a mystery. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2022, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4666 "2022-07-03T10:44:49Z")
Wordle 379 3/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TALCS LILAC ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4667 "2022-07-03T11:31:41Z")
#379 3/6 Had quite a drought of 3’s lately. Let alone 2’s. SLANT CHORE LILAC Had the L,A,C after 2, wrote down the 8 possible CVCVC (V=vowel, C=consonant) arrangements, and LILAC was the only thing that came to mind. Was far from sure that that was the solution, but I figured what the hell, it’ll at least narrow down where those three letters are, and will include or exclude I as a vowel. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2022, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4668 "2022-07-03T12:13:06Z")
Wordle 379 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Grain Waist Affix Lilac Not an easy one today ---
**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:** [July 3, 2022, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4669 "2022-07-03T12:55:21Z")
Wordle 379 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS LILAC ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4670 "2022-07-03T13:51:12Z")
Wordle 379 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPITE DROID FILLY LILAC I used a double letter in the second guess which didn’t help me, but I also used one in the third guess which actually paid off well ---
**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:** [July 3, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4671 "2022-07-03T14:40:08Z")
Wordle 379 4/6\* ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GIANT HIJAB PILAF LILAC ---
**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:** [July 3, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4672 "2022-07-03T14:44:35Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > I would have thought that LUGER would be disallowed as it’s a brand name So did ! ! Wordle 379 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD SCAMP ← Brain fart, no A in that position, fool. CANTO WICCA LILAC ---
**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:** [July 3, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4673 "2022-07-03T14:45:32Z")
Wordle 379 5/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AGILE VALID INLAY PILAF LILAC Ugh. My blind spot for repeated letters made this harder than it should have been. After two, I figured it must be ?ILA? but couldn’t see anything. INLAY confirmed my suspicion, and when I finally saw PILAF, I thought, β€œThat _has_ to be it; there are no other choices!” Since the L on the keyboard was already highlighted, I skipped right over it when trying to put words together. I need to get over that propensity. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4674 "2022-07-03T14:47:28Z")
Wordle 379 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Four tries seems to be my niche. I have 20 more fours than the next closest, which is three. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4675 "2022-07-03T15:15:22Z")
Wordle 379 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PAINS ALOUD LILAC I knew the third guess was bogus but I wanted to eliminate the other vowels. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4676 "2022-07-03T16:23:29Z")
I’m glad I found LILAC before I got to PILAF. I might have tried that one first if I’d found it. But I generally try to find a C, S or an L before an F. Worked out this time. Wordle 379 3/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE APHID LILAC ---
**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:** [July 3, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4677 "2022-07-03T23:15:37Z")
Wordle 379 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AROSE BATCH CLAIM LILAC No drama. > [@Aspenglow](#): > > IRATE > APHID > LILAC - Funny how often lists of guesses make a story (assuming aphids don’t eat lilacs)… ---
**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:** [July 3, 2022, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4678 "2022-07-03T23:17:15Z")
LOL, great observation! Indeed. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2022, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4679 "2022-07-04T02:17:50Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** However much you want to climb up, Wordle will put you down. Wordle 380 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 380** > > THROW > RAISE > SUPER > SEVER ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4680 "2022-07-04T04:29:37Z")
Wordle 380 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO UNDER LEPER SEWER SEVER This was a bit of a slog. I wanted the w in guess 4 because it seemed to have the most options but it turned out that the s helped more. Lots of green on the board for a five. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=233) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=235)