# "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:** 246
**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 15, 2022, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4901 "2022-07-15T10:41:26Z")
Wordle 391 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Took a while to find the letters. CRANE TOILS DUMPY HEDGE WEDGE ---
**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 15, 2022, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4902 "2022-07-15T10:46:06Z")
Wordle 391 3/6\* ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD MEDIC WEDGE ← phew. nearly went for hedge. ---
**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 15, 2022, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4903 "2022-07-15T11:52:54Z")
Just barely made it! Wordle 391 6/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY WHACK BEFOG WEDGE ---
**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 15, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4904 "2022-07-15T12:09:52Z")
Wordle 391 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART FEIGN 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, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4905 "2022-07-15T12:36:59Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > EDIT: Just thought of hedge, though I always go with the first one I see. Glad I saw wedge first. And now I’m thinking budge, fudge, judge. It could’ve been bad. ---
**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 15, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4906 "2022-07-15T13:27:19Z")
Another splendid day. Wordle 391 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SLOPE HEDGE WEDGE Well, that’s done for the day. And there’s still coffee! ---
**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 15, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4907 "2022-07-15T15:59:51Z")
Wordle 391 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AUDIT LODGE HEDGE WEDGE Lost the coin-flip between HEDGE and WEDGE. SEDGE was also on the table, but unlikely. I’ll take the four. ---
**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 15, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4908 "2022-07-15T16:51:15Z")
Phew! Wordle 391 6/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟩⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLAID CRUDE DENSE GEODE HEDGE WEDGE ---
**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 15, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4909 "2022-07-15T22:01:24Z")
I swear I got **tomorrow’s** in two. I just didn’t try it until guess four. Wordle 392 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 15, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4910 "2022-07-15T22:52:30Z")
Wordle 391 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE CLONE PIQUE HEDGE WEDGE Another Hedge-Wedge in the house! ---
**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 16, 2022, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4911 "2022-07-16T01:40:56Z")
**Wordle 391 5/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRATE NOISE PLUME HEDGE WEDGE Had to work for that one! πŸ™„ It’s a good thing I am usually the last to post results…for #389 I had a big oopsie! When I edited my post, I accidentally removed the bottom spoiler tag and didn’t realize it. 😳 It appears no one noticed and it wasn’t an issue, thankfully. ---
**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 16, 2022, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4912 "2022-07-16T02:20:49Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Wordle certainly gives you enough space to hang yourself. Wordle 392 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 392** > > BLING > CATER > PROUD > ROOMY ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4913 "2022-07-16T04:10:22Z")
Wordle 392 5/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO ROLES ROUND ROCKY ROOMY A well deserved 5 ---
**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 16, 2022, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4914 "2022-07-16T04:32:20Z")
Wordle 392 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRITS POLAR ROUGH ROOMY Was really hoping I had short circuited an \_OUGH (BCDRT) trap. Lots of different pronunciations in that trap. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4915 "2022-07-16T06:23:45Z")
Wordle 392 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRADE CURIO SPORT FLOOR ROOMY ---
**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 16, 2022, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4916 "2022-07-16T07:08:00Z")
Wordle 392 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY ROOMY ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4917 "2022-07-16T10:48:34Z")
#390: didn’t play. It was one of those $#@! days. #391: 4/6 #392: 4/6 Started off both 391 and 392 with SLANT CHORE DUMPY but that left me in two very different places. In #391, I only had the silent E ending, and a D somewhere else. But I didn’t have a lot of letters to play with, and once \_EDGE occurred to me, I was fortunate in that all the possible first letters but one had been eliminated. Ditto for \_IDGE. So I was able to get WEDGE on the fourth guess. In #392, I didn’t really have much to work with after two guesses, but after 3, the solution was all but spelled out. So a very easy, ROOMY 4. ---
**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 16, 2022, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4918 "2022-07-16T12:31:11Z")
Wordle 392 3/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 It took some serious pre-coffee puzzling over this one. OATEN MOUND ROOMY ---
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Wordle 392 4/6\* πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Ratio Rocky Rowdy Roomy ---
**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 16, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4920 "2022-07-16T14:40:13Z")
Wordle 392 5/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OILER ROAST ROUND ROCKY ROOMY I was stumped for a bit until the double O occurred to me. Still have a blind spot for double letters after all this time. I don’t love fives, but I don’t think there’s much I could or should have done differently here that would have helped. Them’s the breaks sometimes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=245) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=247)