# "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:** 238
**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 7, 2022, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4741 "2022-07-07T04:14:03Z")
Wordle 383 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAPS GRAPE AGAPE Nice and quick. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4742 "2022-07-07T04:26:12Z")
Wordle 383 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO BLADE CHASE AWAKE AGAPE Just random guessing today. I think I need a better strategy. ---
**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 7, 2022, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4743 "2022-07-07T06:21:56Z")
**Wordle 382 6/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STORE GUILD ANNUL CLUCK PLUMB FLUFF Phew indeed! That was a tough one for me. I started to get a tad nervous, but the only word it could be after my 5th guess _had_ to be Fluff, as far as I could see anyway. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4744 "2022-07-07T06:58:31Z")
Wordle 383 4/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIVOT SPACE GRAPE AGAPE ---
**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 7, 2022, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4745 "2022-07-07T08:33:34Z")
Wordle 383 6/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY WHACK BEFOG AGAPE ---
**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 7, 2022, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4746 "2022-07-07T10:58:12Z")
Wordle 383 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE GHOST - to find letters ADAGE - Three greens and a yellow. Now it’s easy AGAPE ---
**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 7, 2022, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4747 "2022-07-07T11:55:19Z")
Wordle 383 4/6\* 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLAIN SPACE DRAPE AGAPE I didn’t get yesterday’s doggone it. Three of the same letter! ---
**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 7, 2022, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4748 "2022-07-07T12:10:41Z")
Wordle 383 4/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PLANE SPADE AGAPE ---
**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 7, 2022, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4749 "2022-07-07T12:29:45Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > I think Wordle is becoming an addiction for some of us. Rubbish. I could give up any time i wanted to ! etc etc, Wordle 383 6/6\* ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD FLAME CHASE OVATE INANE AGAPE Phew. ---
**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 7, 2022, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4750 "2022-07-07T12:31:56Z")
Wordle 383 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 7, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4751 "2022-07-07T14:41:22Z")
Wordle 383 6/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Phew, by the last guess I was feeling a little manic. Thyme Swale Quake Crane Evade Agape ---
**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 7, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4752 "2022-07-07T16:17:29Z")
Not my favorite. Wordle 383 5/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SLAKE CHAFE ADAGE AGAPE Got there in the end. ---
**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 7, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4753 "2022-07-07T17:49:28Z")
Wordle 383 6/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 RADIO SNAKE FLAME WITCH AGAVE AGAPE My third six in a row! An alarming trend. I listed all the ??A?E words I could think of, and WITCH eliminated most of them. I thought I was down to only two possibilities, then _after_ I entered AGAVE I thought, β€œWait, is AGAZE a word? Shit.” So again, my streak is alive on a lucky coin flip. Jeez. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4754 "2022-07-07T20:34:49Z")
Someone may get **tomorrow’s** in one. I hope that isn’t a clue. Wordle 384 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:** [July 7, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4755 "2022-07-07T22:41:37Z")
Wordle 383 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN CHAFE GLADE AGAPE Glad I didn’t think of AGAVE first. ---
**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 8, 2022, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4756 "2022-07-08T00:31:14Z")
Interestingly enough did you know the word apage is opposite to the meaning of agape ? Wonderful Wordle! ---
**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 8, 2022, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4757 "2022-07-08T02:02:07Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Is Wordle trying to make up for the triple-letter debacle? Wordle 384 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 384** > > WHORL > ABOUT > COPSE > VOICE ---
**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 8, 2022, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4758 "2022-07-08T04:21:44Z")
Wordle 384 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAMS TOPIC VOICE Got to bust out the Scrabble tiles again to come up with a second word from the letters C + PTOREI. (No N because I already used M.) I actually saw voice for word 2 but I use the first two words for research, not guessing. The only exception is when I’m locked in by hitting too many letters in the first guess. For the first time in the better part of a month, this was my second three in a row. A new streak begins! ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2022, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4759 "2022-07-08T04:24:12Z")
Wordle 384 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO BISON OLIVE VOICE ---
**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 8, 2022, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4760 "2022-07-08T04:35:05Z")
**Wordle 383 3/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STORE PLACE AGAPE Quick and painless. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=237) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=239)