# "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:** 262
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5221 "2022-07-30T06:09:32Z")
That’s what prompted my question. ---
**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 30, 2022, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5222 "2022-07-30T07:50:28Z")
Wow, a very tricky one today! Wordle 406 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY WHACK — at this point the only unused letters are G F B Z V X J Q, and I only know there’s a U and an L. BLUFF — I think this is the only possible word (are there any others?). Fortunately it was correct ---
**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 30, 2022, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5223 "2022-07-30T07:51:08Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > ETA: 150 in a row! Nice! ---
**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 30, 2022, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5224 "2022-07-30T07:55:36Z")
> [@SeaSun](#): > > I didn’t know about the “flag the post” feature. Me neither. Good to know! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5225 "2022-07-30T10:03:24Z")
#406 4/6 Another of those ‘was able to get it because I didn’t have many letters left’ Wordles. SLANT CHORE DUMPY BLUFF Could have been FLUFF if that hadn’t already been used. > [@EllisDee](#): > > The asterisk after the number of guesses indicates hard mode. I’d been wondering what the asterisk meant. ---
**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 30, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5226 "2022-07-30T12:38:20Z")
Wordle 406 4/6\* 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD BONUS BULKY BLUFF ---
**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 30, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5227 "2022-07-30T13:10:10Z")
Wordle 406 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Mine is close to gkster. CRANE - same for both TOILS - vs,. LIONS LUMPY - vs DUMPY BLUFF - same for both ---
**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 30, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5228 "2022-07-30T14:06:00Z")
Wordle 406 5/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Stoic Learn Pully Fluff Bluff ---
**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 30, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5229 "2022-07-30T14:24:47Z")
Wordle 406 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL LUCKY BLUFF ---
**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 30, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5230 "2022-07-30T14:53:21Z")
Wordle 406 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟧⬛⬛ ⬛🟧🟧⬛⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ARISE MOUNT PLUCK BLUFF I was going to try a research word at three, but then realized PLUCK would probably give me good information _and_ had a chance of being correct. It did indeed give me the information I needed to get the par in “hard” mode, so I’m happy. > [@Bullitt](#): > > BLUFF — I think this is the only possible word (are there any others?). > [@RTFirefly](#): > > Could have been FLUFF if that hadn’t already been used. I thought of FLUFF as well. That would have sucked. Has there ever been an answer with a triple letter? ---
**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 30, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5231 "2022-07-30T15:54:34Z")
Wordle 406 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHRED PLAIN BLOCK BLUFF ---
**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 30, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5232 "2022-07-30T16:26:11Z")
Wordle 406 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 What a colossal brain fart on the third guess. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5233 "2022-07-30T20:14:14Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > I thought of FLUFF as well. That would have sucked. [How soon we forget!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game/956604/4731) ---
**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 30, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5234 "2022-07-30T20:28:24Z")
Another 4. I’ll take it. Wordle 406 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLOUD SLUMP BLUFF ---
**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 30, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5235 "2022-07-30T21:58:37Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > How soon we forget! 😆 ---
**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 30, 2022, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5236 "2022-07-30T22:48:29Z")
I feel like **tomorrow’s** has been done before. Wordle 407 5/6 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 30, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5237 "2022-07-30T23:03:54Z")
Wordle 406 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OUTER CLUMP FLUSH BLUFF “Flush” eliminated several possibles, including FLUFF (though that had already been an answer.) That left BLUFF. ---
**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 31, 2022, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5238 "2022-07-31T02:18:15Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Took me way too long to get this one. Wordle 407 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 407** > > WORDY > AUGER > RANCH > CRAFT > CRAMP ---
**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 31, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5239 "2022-07-31T04:07:12Z")
Wordle 407 3/6 🟩⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟨🟨⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLIPS CAPER CRAMP I had a real shot at a 1 on this one, as cramp is my second favorite starting word after clamp. A 1 in 18 shot, technically, since I have 18 openers I rotate through equally. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5240 "2022-07-31T04:36:31Z")
Wordle 407 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SNARE CRAWL CRAMP An average four. It could have gone much worse. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=261) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=263)