# "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:** 257
**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 25, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5121 "2022-07-25T16:59:54Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > It’s one I particularly remember, because to me it’s the quintessential example of Wardle having a rather Brit-leaning vocabulary. Having the answer list (I don’t use it while solving a puzzle) I see that they have skipped over some Brit terms. A recent one was BOBBY. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5122 "2022-07-25T17:16:36Z")
Yesterday I completely inadvertently made a coherent sentence. (Puzzle #400). FLAME THEIR UNDER COVER POWER ---
**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, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5123 "2022-07-25T19:21:45Z")
> **Wordle 401 4/6\* 7/25/2022** > > 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _PO_W_E_R β†’ I feel like Air Group Captain Lionel Mandrake here, trying different combinations of P O & E > D_EPO_T β†’ 'Cause I’m a train enthusiast, and also DOPER was already excluded > S **LOPE** β†’ Ooh, good guess! Must be a repeated letter… > **ELOPE** > > @hajario : sounds like something a member of a revolutionary cell might say… ---
**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, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5124 "2022-07-25T19:51:50Z")
Probably because it’s a proper name, which was where it came from in the first place. ---
**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 25, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5125 "2022-07-25T23:46:37Z")
Wordle 401 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROAST CLONE GLOVE ELOPE At word 3 I was in the exact same position as was RTFirefly, with β€œGLOVE, GLOBE, ELOPE” being the possible solutions I could see. Obvious tactic: trying one of the first two to eliminate the other, leaving ELOPE as the last word standing. So to speak. ---
**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 26, 2022, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5126 "2022-07-26T00:40:22Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Easy peasy, lemon squeezy. Wordle 402 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 402** > > WHEAT > CRUSH > CINCH ---
**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 26, 2022, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5127 "2022-07-26T04:03:30Z")
Wordle 401 3/6 SLATE PLUME ELOPE Can anyone explain the reasoning behind Wordlebot here? I don’t get the numbers. "Your guess cut the number of remaining solutions to one. This is pretty good, but guessing BIPOD or BINGO here eliminates more solutions than your guess PLUME 69 percent of the time. But you’ve narrowed it down to one possible solution. You should solve the puzzle on your next turn." I’m not sure why Wordlebot says that BIPOD or BINGO are better guesses? I don’t know that I would have gotten the solution using either of those words. ---
**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 26, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5128 "2022-07-26T04:09:13Z")
Wordle 402 3/6 πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAMS CLOTE CINCH I didn’t expect clote to be a real word, but it used the right letters so I figured I’d give it a shot. ---
**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 26, 2022, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5129 "2022-07-26T04:52:57Z")
Wordle 402 4/6 πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 That spoiler tab is unresponsive for me πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ Anyway4 yay. Don’t believe my third word was on the list, I’ll run it by the bot see what wisdom is given. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5130 "2022-07-26T04:54:48Z")
Wordle 402 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LINED PINCH WINCH FINCH CINCH This is the third trap in a row and the third six in a row. It made sense to play hard mode with only three possibilities after guess three, but it is still making me crazy. All I want now is just one five. I am tired of worrying that I missed something on the last guess. ---
**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 26, 2022, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5131 "2022-07-26T05:56:25Z")
**Wordle 401 4/6** 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEASH CLONE GLOBE ELOPE I was real happy with my second word and thought I had a chance of getting it in 3, but I then had a list of four words I felt it could be (Bloke, Globe, Glove, Elope), unless I was missing something. And Globe could rule out three of them, so it was the best choice for my 3rd guess. And that’s what happened…so Elope it was. EDIT to add: Ok, now reading the comments for today’s game, I see that Bloke was an answer word previously. I wasn’t sure if it would be considering it’s β€œinformal British”. Doesn’t matter as I wasn’t going to play it over Globe, and that word ruled it out. But it just goes to show, we can’t make assumptions on what Wordle decides for answer words. πŸ˜‰ ---
**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 26, 2022, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5132 "2022-07-26T07:42:46Z")
Wordle 402 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS PINCH CINCH ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5133 "2022-07-26T09:20:55Z")
#402 3/6 SLANT CHORE and from here, this one was a CINCH ---
**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 26, 2022, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5134 "2022-07-26T10:17:56Z")
Wordle 402 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD QUILT COMIC CHICK CINCH ---
**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 26, 2022, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5135 "2022-07-26T11:48:14Z")
Phew indeed. Wordle 402 6/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SHIPS MIGHT WINCH FINCH CINCH ---
**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 26, 2022, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5136 "2022-07-26T13:48:35Z")
I had a quick interaction with Wordle this morning. Yikes! Maybe I’m starting to think like Wordle! 😱 Wordle 402 3/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CHILD CINCH WordleBot said my second guess eliminated all choices except the correct answer, from 130 after my opening word. So the second word was a pretty good choice. The coffee’s still hot. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5137 "2022-07-26T14:14:40Z")
Wordle 402 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANE NORTH FINCH WINCH CINCH ---
**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 26, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5138 "2022-07-26T14:52:38Z")
Wordle 402 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 MAUVE BROIL SWIFT PICKY CINCH Certainly _not_ a CINCH for me today. I generally don’t mind the first guess or two eliminating letters, but having only a single misplaced I after three was rather frustrating. Fortunately, it came together in time. But not my favorite game experience on this one. ETA: SHIFT would have been a wiser guess than SWIFT. There are probably better choices that that too. So I admit I made my own bed by playing a little too fast and loose. Not that big a deal though. ---
**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 26, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5139 "2022-07-26T21:00:52Z")
I forgot to post yesterday’s. No comment on **tomorrow’s**. Wordle 403 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 26, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5140 "2022-07-26T22:49:25Z")
Wordle 402 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT NUDGE PRION CINCH Not fun, today (too time-consuming). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=256) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=258)