# "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:** 255
**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 24, 2022, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5081 "2022-07-24T01:56:33Z")
Done. Easy mistake to make – thanks for bringing the oversight to my attention. ---
**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 24, 2022, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5082 "2022-07-24T02:40:42Z")
Today’s word is a little… strange. Not common. Wordle 399 5/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY MIXED MIDGE ---
**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 24, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5083 "2022-07-24T02:41:50Z")
> [@SeaSun](#): > > You put today’s word without spoiler blur. > > @aspenglow, can you blur the answer word? > > Most have played already today but just to be safe. Glad I didn’t read any posts before I played! I’m glad I didn’t either! ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5084 "2022-07-24T04:17:01Z")
Wordle 400 6/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO FORUM DONER LOSER WHACK POWER It’s a trap!!! I was vacillating between COVER and POWER for guess five, so I’m glad I don’t play hard mode. I also saw COWER, POKER, HOVER, BOWER,JOKER,BOXER and I am sure there are many more. I had to throw a Hail Mary at guess five to try to limit the options and I got lucky. Not my favorite 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 24, 2022, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5085 "2022-07-24T04:37:46Z")
Wordle 400 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRIMP TAPER POWER Quick and easy. > [@SeaSun](#): > > You put today’s word without spoiler blur. Aw crap, apologies everyone. > [@Aspenglow](#): > > Done. Thanks much! ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5086 "2022-07-24T05:10:22Z")
Wordle 400 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPINE LEAPT POKED POWER ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5087 "2022-07-24T05:15:09Z")
You need some bad days to make the good days better. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5088 "2022-07-24T07:18:09Z")
> **Wordle 399 5/6\* 7/23/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 > 🟨⬜🟨🟨🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > TRYST β†’ Clean miss; leaves vowels on the table, but common consonants are out > A_DIE_U β†’ Two vowels and the only consonant hit, not bad… > CH_ID_ **E** β†’ Wasted the I placement, but at least the E is set > _D_O_GI_ **E** β†’ D in middle by process of elimination, GID?E/IGD?E look unpromising, so ?IDGE - R is gone, so > **MIDGE** > > Almost forgot to post this; if the page on my phone’s browser had refreshed, I might have forgotten my intermediate words. ---
**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 24, 2022, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5089 "2022-07-24T09:06:46Z")
Wordle 400 4/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Edify Bleat Spore Power ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5090 "2022-07-24T10:31:55Z")
Wordle 400 5/6 SLANT CHORE MOVER POKER POWER Used my third guess poorly: I should have seen after #2 that I’d have to sort through a ton of \_O\_ER possibilities, but I was distracted by words like ERROR and RODEO, and was too focused on eliminating them. Recovered as best I could after that. ---
**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 24, 2022, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5091 "2022-07-24T11:03:31Z")
Wordle 400 5/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY WHACK POWER ---
**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 24, 2022, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5092 "2022-07-24T11:26:05Z")
Wordle 400 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD GRIME TOPER POWER My run of luck continues. ---
**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 24, 2022, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5093 "2022-07-24T12:05:47Z")
Finally broke my four streak. Wordle 400 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPINE PENAL POWER ---
**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 24, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5094 "2022-07-24T14:07:06Z")
A very lucky 3 this morning! Wordle 400 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLERK POWER This one truly was a pure stroke of luck. WordleBot said there were 49 possible words after my second try. I was just trying to place the β€˜ER’ in the word. Hee!! Glad I didn’t try MOWER first. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5095 "2022-07-24T14:43:45Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Glad I didn’t try MOWER first. That would have been the coup de grass. ---
**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 24, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5096 "2022-07-24T14:59:47Z")
Wordle 400 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 COATI MOUSE WOVEN BLIMP POWER I’m glad I found the W when I did; it really narrowed down the possibilities, but I still needed to use word 4 for research. This was a hard-fought five. ---
**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 24, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5097 "2022-07-24T15:14:23Z")
Wordle 400 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SNORE PORED POWER ---
**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 24, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5098 "2022-07-24T15:41:34Z")
Wordle 400 3/6\* ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HOARD FORCE POWER ---
**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 24, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5099 "2022-07-24T20:18:06Z")
A decent four for **tomorrow’s.** Wordle 401 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 24, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5100 "2022-07-24T22:49:57Z")
Wordle 400 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AROSE MOVER BLOND EPACT POWER Like psychobunny and RTFirefly, I fell into the \_O\_ER trap, and hard. I saw at least a dozen words that were likely to be Wordle winners as well as at least another dozen that were less-likely but still possible (such as DOPER or ZONER). My two test words helped but the winner could still have been POKER. Since I was on guess 5, I rolled the dice (to mix metaphors) with POWER, first. EPACT, by the way, came from a crutch I use occasionally: a β€œrhyming dictionary,” in which I look for ideas for words that end a certain way. My mind is less good at coming up with those than at coming up with words that _begin_ a certain way. (β€œEpact” is a term for the age of a phase of the Moon and is used in determining the date of Easter, as it turns out.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=254) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=256)