# "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:** 256
**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 25, 2022, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5101 "2022-07-25T00:34:43Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > That would have been the coup de grass. (Appreciative groan…) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5102 "2022-07-25T01:13:16Z")
> **Wordle 400 4/6\* 7/24/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟨 > ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > MIDG_E_ → An E to start… > ST_R_ **E** _P_ → Placed the E, no S or T, ER ending? > L **O** _P_ **ER** → Yep, and a lucky O. So PO?ER… try a W? > **POWER** > > Could have also been POKER. ---
**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 25, 2022, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5103 "2022-07-25T02:05:32Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** I couldn’t escape from this one. Wordle 401 6/6 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 401** > > ALERT > OLDIE > CLONE > GLOVE > SLOPE > ELOPE ---
**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 25, 2022, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5104 "2022-07-25T04:19:18Z")
Wordle 401 2/6 So symmetrical. ⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAPS ELOPE Killer opening word for this answer, which I saw immediately. Spent maybe 30 seconds looking for alternatives before saying screw it. I think this may be my second 2 in months; pretty stoked. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5105 "2022-07-25T04:40:50Z")
Wordle 401 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO DOUSE CLONE BLOKE PYGMY ELOPE Another trap! If I went through it systematically, I think the only other answer was GLOVE, but I panicked about seeing the possibilities of GL, FL and PL so I went for another letter search on five. I don’t think I can take too many more of these. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5106 "2022-07-25T04:47:12Z")
Wordle 400 2/6 !!! I got lucky! I couldn’t believe it when I saw all the tiles turning green! Wordlebot says “with 164 solutions still to choose from, this was an extremely lucky guess.” And I got it in just in time, at 11:55 PM. SLATE POWER After getting the E in SLATE, I tried to think of a word with an O, an R, any other fairly common letter, and an E that wasn’t at the end. POWER was the first word I though of that fit all of those slots, but I never expected it to be the answer. ---
**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 25, 2022, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5107 "2022-07-25T05:47:20Z")
Wordle 401 3/6\* ⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Crept Shape Elope ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5108 "2022-07-25T06:02:24Z")
Wordle 401 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL PLUME ELOPE ---
**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 25, 2022, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5109 "2022-07-25T07:04:09Z")
**Wordle 400 4/6** ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEACH STORE ORDER POWER I can’t believe I got this in 4…I had a _really_ long list of words it could be after my 3rd word. So I just went with the one that I was feeling the most…either I’m psychic or luck just was on my side. 😉 > [@EllisDee](#): > > Aw crap, apologies everyone. No worries…can happen to anyone! Heck, I put up my guess words not long ago without spoiler blur! But I caught it in time to edit, thankfully. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5110 "2022-07-25T09:59:21Z")
#401 4/6 SLANT CHORE GLOVE ELOPE The \_LO\_E ‘trap’ I fell into after my first two guesses fortunately wasn’t _that_ much of trap, with only 4 words I could come up with that fit, and one of them, BLOKE, was a previous solution, so really only 3 to choose from: GLOBE, GLOVE, ELOPE. ---
**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 25, 2022, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5111 "2022-07-25T10:12:20Z")
Wordle 401 4/6 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY ELOPE ---
**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 25, 2022, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5112 "2022-07-25T10:20:03Z")
I think you are misremembering. BLOKE hasn’t been a Wordle since this thread started last December. BLOCK wasn’t a Wordle either. FLOCK was (on 7/18), but not BLOCK. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5113 "2022-07-25T10:25:59Z")
BLOKE was the solution to Wordle #250. It’s one I particularly remember, because to me it’s the quintessential example of Wardle having a rather Brit-leaning vocabulary. ETA: Not sure what FLOCK and BLOCK are about. My ‘trap’ was \_LO\_E, which put both of those out of bounds. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5114 "2022-07-25T10:40:30Z")
In a different online conversation, I was reminded of a Wordle from a few days ago, so I finally Googled the reason I was familiar with the word: _‘I am being eaten alive!’ cried Pippin. 'Midgewater! There are more midges than water!’_ _'What do they live on when they can’t get hobbit?’ asked Sam, scratching his neck._ Not sure if there’s any need to put spoilers around reference to Wordles that are at least two days old, but just in case. ---
**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 25, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5115 "2022-07-25T13:27:11Z")
Wordle 401 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD CHIME FLUKE SLOPE ELOPE ---
**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 25, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5116 "2022-07-25T14:48:21Z")
Impressive three today. Wordle 401 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART LIENS ELOPE ---
**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 25, 2022, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5117 "2022-07-25T14:58:14Z")
Wordle 401 3/6 ⬛🟦⬛⬛🟧 ⬛🟧🟧⬛🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ROUSE CLONE ELOPE BLOKE remains burned into my memory so I knew it wasn’t that. I flipped a coin between ELOPE and GLOBE. Somehow missed seeing GLOVE though, so I could have landed anywhere from 3 to 5. I’ll take a little luck! ---
**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 25, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5118 "2022-07-25T15:07:25Z")
Urgh. Wordle 401 5/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CHOSE GLOVE BLOKE ELOPE My fourth try was a waste. Wasn’t BLOKE a previous solution? I think it was, so I knew it was wrong but tried it anyway. Stewpid. ---
**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 25, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5119 "2022-07-25T16:08:28Z")
Wordle 401 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FORUM CHOSE ABODE ELOPE ---
**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 25, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5120 "2022-07-25T16:20:04Z")
Ahh yes that’s right. I see it now. That was back on February 24. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=255) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=257)