# "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:** 259
**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 27, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5161 "2022-07-27T16:30:47Z")
Wordle 403 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHOIR POSEY MOUNT MOTTO ---
**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 27, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5162 "2022-07-27T20:27:02Z")
A confident three for **tomorrow’s.** Wordle 404 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 27, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5163 "2022-07-27T21:03:48Z")
Wordle 403 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS BOOTH MOTTO ---
**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 27, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5164 "2022-07-27T23:00:04Z")
Wordle 403 2/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH MOTTO T in 4th position and the last letter cannot be A, E, or H…so I figure it’s got to be one of the remaining vowels, I, O, or U, or Y. I comes first alphabetically but how many common English words end β€œti”? (Borrow-words, sure.) So I try O, eventually getting a few options, with β€œmotto” being the most common word among them. (β€œLotto” is also common, of course, but less β€˜moral’.) So: a lucky start and the thought β€˜they haven’t had a double-double in a while’ resulted in β€˜motto.’ ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5165 "2022-07-27T23:47:46Z")
404: Wordle not found πŸ˜€ ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5166 "2022-07-28T01:54:53Z")
> **Wordle 403 4/6\* 7/27/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 > 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CINCH β†’ Nope, not that easy… > R **O** AS_T_ β†’ One of my go-to second guesses comes up good. Now: E & U are left of vowels. If I try an E, what can fit? Repeat Ts? > _T_ **OT** E_M_ β†’ MOTT?, not much left > **MOTTO** > > That was really lucky third guess. Wonder what Wordlebot would say about it? ---
**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 28, 2022, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5167 "2022-07-28T01:56:12Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Big disgrace. Wordle 404 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 404** > > MICRO > SMOKE > STOMP ---
**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 28, 2022, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5168 "2022-07-28T03:23:52Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Wordle 403 2/6 > > ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > EARTH > MOTTO > > T in 4th position and the last letter cannot be A, E, or H…so I figure it’s got to be one of the remaining vowels, I, O, or U, or Y. I comes first alphabetically but how many common English words end β€œti”? (Borrow-words, sure.) So I try O, eventually getting a few options, with β€œmotto” being the most common word among them. (β€œLotto” is also common, of course, but less β€˜moral’.) > > So: a lucky start and the thought β€˜they haven’t had a double-double in a while’ resulted in β€˜motto.’ After a streak of 3s, 5/6 SLATE ROBIN DOTTY POTTO MOTTO I got sidetracked by a beloved character in the Aubrey-Maturin series and came up with the least likely \_OTTO word: POTTO ---
**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 28, 2022, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5169 "2022-07-28T04:16:48Z")
Wordle 404 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GROIN QUOTE BOOST STOCK STOMP That finally took my average over 4 after 157 games. ---
**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 28, 2022, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5170 "2022-07-28T04:32:13Z")
**Wordle 403 4/6** ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STORE BATON MOTIF MOTTO ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5171 "2022-07-28T04:54:05Z")
Wordle 404 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO STOLE STOCK STOMP Another trap but I was lucky. The next guess would have had to be a letter hunt. I can see STOOD, STOUT, STONY and I may be missing some others. My next guess may have been DONUT. ---
**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 28, 2022, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5172 "2022-07-28T04:57:33Z")
Wordle 404 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRISP SWAMP SLUMP STOMP Boy that trailing P sure trapped me in the trap but good. Mostly it was my fault, as I kept guessing the moment I saw a word without looking for more. If I had stopped and thought of all three of the above S\_\_MP solutions, I would have absolutely chosen to play stomp first. Which means I had a legit shot at a 2 on this one but pooched it into a 4. ---
**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 28, 2022, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5173 "2022-07-28T05:40:11Z")
Wordle 404 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Ethic Stamp Stomp Wordlebot says so lucky! ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5174 "2022-07-28T05:47:53Z")
Wordle 404 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GLEAN SCOUR STOMP A bit lucky today but happy to take it. ---
**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 28, 2022, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5175 "2022-07-28T06:11:46Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Wordle 404 4/6 > […] > > If I had stopped and thought of all three of the above S\_\_MP solutions, I would have absolutely chosen to play stomp first. Correction: If I had stopped and thought of possibilities before guessing, I would have seen and guessed stamp first because in my mind A \> O \> E \> I \> U. Meaning I would then guess stomp before stump, so a 3 was possible, but no way would I have gotten a 2. ---
**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 28, 2022, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5176 "2022-07-28T07:32:01Z")
Wordle 404 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY STOMP ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5177 "2022-07-28T10:20:56Z")
#404 4/6 SLANT CHORE STOOP STOMP After two words, I was down to four choices for the solution: STOOD, STOOP, STOMP, and SOOTY. Can’t always guess right. ---
**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 28, 2022, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5178 "2022-07-28T11:13:40Z")
Wordle 404 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS STOUT - have first three letters STOOD STOMP - finally ---
**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 28, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5179 "2022-07-28T12:33:50Z")
Wordle 404 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD QUILT ← I tried PHONK - but it’s not on the list apparently ! STOMP My luck’s back ! ---
**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 28, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5180 "2022-07-28T13:52:43Z")
Wordle 404 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART TOILS STOOP STOMP [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=258) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=260)