# "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:** 239
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2022, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4761 "2022-07-08T08:23:20Z")
Wordle 384 2/6\* ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPIEL VOICE lemon squeezy ---
**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 8, 2022, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4762 "2022-07-08T10:58:21Z")
Wordle 384 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE SPICE TWICE VOICE ---
**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, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4763 "2022-07-08T11:56:47Z")
Wordle 384 4/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Good enough for me. ---
**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 8, 2022, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4764 "2022-07-08T12:12:48Z")
Wordle 384 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART FLIES JUICE VOICE ---
**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 8, 2022, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4765 "2022-07-08T13:48:55Z")
Wordle 384 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD ENVOY VOTES VOICE ---
**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 8, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4766 "2022-07-08T14:30:23Z")
Wordle 384 5/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY WHACK 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, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4767 "2022-07-08T15:34:27Z")
Nice work! We in the thread collectively haven’t been seeing a lot of 2s lately. Well done. ---
**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 8, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4768 "2022-07-08T16:58:55Z")
Wordle 384 2/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 MAUVE VOICE My streak of sixes is over! (A new streak of twos would be nice. 😁) ---
**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 8, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4769 "2022-07-08T17:22:03Z")
Wordle 384 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GREAT CLONE VOICE ---
**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 8, 2022, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4770 "2022-07-08T21:56:31Z")
At the risk of giving away too much, here’s **tomorrow’s**. Wordle 385 5/6 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 8, 2022, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4771 "2022-07-08T22:51:43Z")
Meh. Wordle 384 4/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SLIDE CHIME VOICE ---
**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 8, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4772 "2022-07-08T23:00:07Z")
Wordle 384 2/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE VOICE Wanting to check out both β€œO” and β€œI”, in a word ending in β€œE,” turned out to be very helpful, today. ---
**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, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4773 "2022-07-08T23:08:52Z")
> [@QMatic](#): > > Wordle 384 2/6\* > [@Wheelz](#): > > Wordle 384 2/6 > [@Sherrerd](#): > > Wordle 384 2/6 Nice, three 2s! SDMB killing it today. ---
**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 8, 2022, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4774 "2022-07-08T23:35:20Z")
Agreed. πŸ™‚ Kudos to all! ---
**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 9, 2022, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4775 "2022-07-09T01:19:39Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Can we continue the 2/6 streak into the new day? Wordle 385 2/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 385** > > TREND > STEAD ---
**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 9, 2022, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4776 "2022-07-09T04:05:24Z")
Wordle 385 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLOPS SNARE STEAM STEAK STEAD Screw you, Wordle! ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4777 "2022-07-09T04:12:34Z")
Wordle 385 6/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TEACH PASTE STEAL MOODY STEAD I am just happy to get it. I had three options left after guess four so I went with a word to rule out two of them which was lucky since this was the last choice of the three ( I thought STEAM or STEAK was much more likely). ---
**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 9, 2022, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4778 "2022-07-09T05:01:56Z")
**Wordle 384 3/6** ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MANOR SLOPE VOICE ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4779 "2022-07-09T06:28:54Z")
Wordle 385 5/6\* 🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DREAM PLEAD KNEAD AHEAD STEAD I considered STEAD as far back as guess 2, but rejected it as unlikely until I ran out of alternatives 😭 ---
**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 9, 2022, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4780 "2022-07-09T07:04:11Z")
Whew! That was close. Got it in 6. Wordle 385 6/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS TEASE STEAM STEAK STEAD [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=238) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=240)