# "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:** 245
**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 14, 2022, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4881 "2022-07-14T10:47:01Z")
Wordle 390 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE OILER LIVER ---
**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 14, 2022, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4882 "2022-07-14T11:23:58Z")
Wordle 390 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD CRIME WIPER LIVER ---
**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 14, 2022, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4883 "2022-07-14T11:56:55Z")
Like the Eagles, I took it to the limit one more time Wordle 390 6/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟨⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PLIER IDLER LINER LIFER LIVER ---
**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, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4884 "2022-07-14T15:19:10Z")
Take it easy. πŸ™‚ ---
**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 14, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4885 "2022-07-14T15:23:33Z")
Looks like it’s a β€˜three’ kind of day. Wordle 390 3/6\* πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE FLIER LIVER My only other choice was LINER, and I just didn’t think it would be that word. Nice to be back to a three! ---
**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 14, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4886 "2022-07-14T15:41:10Z")
Wordle 390 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > ROAST > EDIFY > PIXEL > LIVER > > I could have had this in 3. The second guess was supposed to be DRIVE, got distracted and lost that train of thought. EDIFY didn’t even have the stupid R. ---
**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 14, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4887 "2022-07-14T15:58:17Z")
Wordle 390 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ACUTE OILER LIVER Quick and easy three. LINER? Maybe. LIFER or LIGER? Nah. I was pretty confident. ---
**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 14, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4888 "2022-07-14T17:12:24Z")
Wordle 390 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANK SUPER LINER LIVER ---
**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 14, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4889 "2022-07-14T20:28:15Z")
**Tomorrow’s** is probably going to be simple for many folk. Not for me. Wordle 391 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 14, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4890 "2022-07-14T21:29:22Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Like the Eagles, I took it to the limit one more time The Eagles song I was listening to when I read this… You made it in The Long Run. ---
**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, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4891 "2022-07-14T22:26:11Z")
Wordlle: The Board Game is coming in October. > **[Exclusive: Wordle is being turned into a board game | CNN Business](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/07/14/business/wordle-new-york-times-board-game/index.html)** > > Wordle is jumping from the P-H-O-N-E to the B-O-A-R-D. Looks like it’s essentially a 2-player Mastermind type game, which I could imagine being fun at small get-togethers. ---
**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 14, 2022, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4892 "2022-07-14T23:54:11Z")
Wordle 390 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN REACH EXILE LIVER No greens until the last step, but by step four I knew the E had to be in fourth position and I also had I, L, and R. β€œLiner” was eliminated (no N) and I didn’t think of Liger, so my choices were between LIFER and LIVERβ€”with the latter seeming more likely. ---
**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 15, 2022, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4893 "2022-07-15T01:26:51Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Rock on! Wordle 391 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 391** > > AMUSE > WROTE > WHINE > WEDGE ---
**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 15, 2022, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4894 "2022-07-15T04:11:23Z")
Wordle 391 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLANS TROPE WEDGE I laughed when I only had one letter, but as it turns out, eliminating the other nine didn’t leave a whole lot of possibilities. Pretty happy with this 3. EDIT: Just thought of hedge, though I always go with the first one I see. Glad I saw wedge first. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4895 "2022-07-15T04:14:18Z")
Wordle 391 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO DUNES BLEED WEDGE ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4896 "2022-07-15T04:20:10Z")
This one got off to a slow start. Wordle 391 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4897 "2022-07-15T05:03:48Z")
Wordle 391 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRIME PLANE DOUSE WEDGE Not sure how I managed to get away with a 4 today. ---
**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 15, 2022, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4898 "2022-07-15T07:16:52Z")
Look ma, no yellows! Wordle 391 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE PENCE WEDGE ---
**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 15, 2022, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4899 "2022-07-15T08:24:56Z")
**Wordle 390 4/6** ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STORE CIDER LINER LIVER ---
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Wordle 391 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Blues range Midge Wedge [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=244) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=246)