# "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:** 260
**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 28, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5181 "2022-07-28T14:33:12Z")
I’m another lucky one. Wordle 404 3/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE STOCK STOMP I knew there were more choices (WordleBot advised there were 6. I’d only come up with 4.), but today’s solution is a favorite word so I went with it first. Lucky indeed! ---
**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 28, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5182 "2022-07-28T14:42:17Z")
Wordle 404 3/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 THEIR STOUT STOMP ---
**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 28, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5183 "2022-07-28T14:52:55Z")
Wordle 404 5/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Ugh. ---
**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 28, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5184 "2022-07-28T18:37:03Z")
Wordle 404 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 COATI THOSE STOMP There were many, many possibilities for my third guess. The plan was to use STOMP to verify the positions of the S and T, then test for more consonants. Didn’t need to! Quite the lucky three, I must say. ---
**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 28, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5185 "2022-07-28T21:04:25Z")
Another three for **tomorrow’s**. Well done me. Wordle 405 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 28, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5186 "2022-07-28T22:53:32Z")
Wordle 404 4/6 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN STACK STUMP STOMP β€¦β€œSTAMP” having been ruled out by guess #2, this turned out to be a fairly fast par. > > [@gkster](#): > > I got sidetracked by a beloved character in the Aubrey-Maturin series Literacy doth extract a price!!! ---
**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 29, 2022, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5187 "2022-07-29T02:08:20Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** I think Wordle might be a little mad. Just a little bit. Wordle 405 2/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 405** > > PRUNE > UPSET ---
**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 29, 2022, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5188 "2022-07-29T04:04:19Z")
Wordle 405 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAMP PESTO UPSET Nice and quick. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5189 "2022-07-29T04:36:58Z")
Wordle 405 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TUNED UPSET I feel like I am back in the game a little. Not too upset. ---
**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 29, 2022, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5190 "2022-07-29T04:49:32Z")
Wordle 405 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEIST ONSET UPSET Average just squeaked back under 4 again. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5191 "2022-07-29T05:15:28Z")
Spoiler tags please ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5192 "2022-07-29T05:18:08Z")
Wordle 405 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GAMUT BURST UPSET My opener was chosen on a whim, but I think I played it well from then on. ---
**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 29, 2022, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5193 "2022-07-29T05:34:33Z")
**Wordle 404 4/6** 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE STOIC STONY STOMP @Aspenglow can you put spoiler blur on TriPolar’s Game #405 post that is revealing the answer word (a few posts above mine). Yikes. So much for tomorrow’s game. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5194 "2022-07-29T06:51:40Z")
> **Wordle 404 4/6\* July 28, 2022** > > 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _MOT_TO β†’ Wow, all three unique letters in yesterday’s are also in today’s… > **STO** R_M_ β†’ Lucky with the S and with placements… STOM? > **STOM** A β†’ Why I went with this I’ll never know. > _STOMP_\* > > O the embarrassment. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5195 "2022-07-29T07:18:33Z")
Five yellows! Wordle 405 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE SETUP UPSET ---
**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 29, 2022, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5196 "2022-07-29T11:11:34Z")
Wordle 405 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE SLEET UPSET ---
**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 29, 2022, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5197 "2022-07-29T11:40:53Z")
Wordle 405 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Antic Debts Steer Upset ---
**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 29, 2022, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5198 "2022-07-29T11:53:30Z")
So sorry everyone. I’ll be more careful. ---
**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 29, 2022, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5199 "2022-07-29T12:05:01Z")
Wordle 405 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPENT UPSET ---
**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 29, 2022, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5200 "2022-07-29T12:19:47Z")
Wordle 405 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD CHIVE POKES UPSET [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=259) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=261)