# "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:** 244
**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 13, 2022, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4861 "2022-07-13T13:02:31Z")
About time I had a decent 3. Wordle 389 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PLAID BLAND Almost went for GLAND instead. ---
**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 13, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4862 "2022-07-13T13:34:55Z")
Survived another day despite myself Wordle 389 5/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Unite Fancy Gnarl (smdh) Plank Bland ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4863 "2022-07-13T14:18:50Z")
(smdh)? ---
**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 13, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4864 "2022-07-13T14:34:46Z")
Lol. It’s internet slang dude! ---
**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 13, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4865 "2022-07-13T14:59:52Z")
Wordle 389 4/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AUDIT CLONE GLAND BLAND I usually play in self-imposed hard mode; today I decided to switch it up and try different letters at two. It worked out. Just wish I’d seen BLAND before GLAND, I probably would have gone with that first. ---
**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 13, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4866 "2022-07-13T15:26:27Z")
Man, my stats are taking a beating this week. Wordle 389 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SMACK GLAND BLAND ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4867 "2022-07-13T16:16:36Z")
Well there’s one I oughta know by now. ---
**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 13, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4868 "2022-07-13T16:24:12Z")
Wordle 389 2/6\* 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD BLAND Oooh ! So close. My 1 day can’t be far away ---
**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 13, 2022, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4869 "2022-07-13T17:42:57Z")
Wordle 389 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Picked the wrong last letter or it woulda been three. EARTH CLASP BLANK BLAND ---
**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 13, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4870 "2022-07-13T21:03:58Z")
Could have gotten **tomorrow’s** in three. Wordle 390 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 13, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4871 "2022-07-13T22:54:58Z")
Wordle 389 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH SLANG BLANK BLAND A drama-free day. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4872 "2022-07-14T00:06:56Z")
I play Quordle and Nerdle as well as Wordle. Too much time on my hands, I guess. I start each word game with the same two words and then mess around. I most often complete wordle in 4 and quordle in 8. Once hit wordle in one and a couple of times in 2. Best quordle is 6. With nerdle I begin each game with the same equation or a variant of it. Most often complete in 3, but sometimes 2 or 4. Once in 5, never in 6. Wordle 389 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Quordle 170 4️⃣5️⃣ 7️⃣6️⃣ > **[Quordle](https://www.quordle.com/)** > > Put your skills to the test and solve four words at once! You have 9 guesses to solve all four words. A new Quordle available each day to solve. 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ nerdlegame 175 3/6 ⬛πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ⬛ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ⬛πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 14, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4873 "2022-07-14T01:46:52Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Wordle likes Chianti? Wordle 390 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 390** > > THROB > ANGER > CUPID > FLIER > LIVER ---
**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 14, 2022, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4874 "2022-07-14T04:08:54Z")
Wordle 390 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Ounce Stead Plier Liver ---
**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 14, 2022, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4875 "2022-07-14T04:27:52Z")
**Wordle 389 3/6** ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [spoiler] CLASP BUDGE BLAND With the LA in green in my start word, I had several words it could be, so I decided to put down a β€œsleuth word” to check some letters, and that paid off as it could only be one thing from there. ---
**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 14, 2022, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4876 "2022-07-14T04:27:53Z")
Wordle 390 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAMP STORE DINER FIBER LIVER First word returned a yellow so I had to pick a letter to not check. Choosing L was unwise. I actually wanted to use β€˜liner’ as a third research word but my strategy only allows two. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4877 "2022-07-14T04:29:27Z")
Wordle 390 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LINER LIVER I still think that anything under four needs a little luck although this was the best of the three remaining options (LIFER and LIGER would be less likely). ---
**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 14, 2022, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4878 "2022-07-14T07:22:08Z")
Wordle 390 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS LIVER ---
**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 14, 2022, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4879 "2022-07-14T07:28:27Z")
Looks like, as of today, you can link your win/loss record to your NYTimes account and share it across devices. Would’ve been nice to have before I accidentally deleted mine, but better late than never. Wordle 390 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE LIGER LIFER LIVER ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4880 "2022-07-14T09:09:47Z")
Wordle 390 3/6\* 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VITAL LIVED LIVER After 2 I think I was guaranteed a 5 at worst. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=243) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=245)