# "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:** 263
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5241 "2022-07-31T06:01:02Z")
> **Wordle 406 4/6\* 7/30/2022** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ > 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _U_PSET β†’ Not the letter I would have expected to match… > RO **U** GH β†’ At least a lot of letters are gone… > _F_ **LU** NK β†’ ?LUF? or ?LU?F… maybe they’re ?LUFF, in which case… > **BLUFF** > > I think you could make a story out of my guesses in reverse. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5242 "2022-07-31T06:05:20Z")
If a letter isn’t placed, it’s not required to be in the guess. Only letters whose position is known have to be kept in subsequent guesses on hard mode. I’m not sure why Wordle works this way, and I play hard mode like letters guessed but not positioned correctly still have to be part of all subsequent guesses I make. Just a condition I try to impose upon myself (though sometimes I forget or slip my fingers, and either don’t play such a letter or I play it again in the same place I knew where it was not). ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5243 "2022-07-31T06:50:37Z")
Wordle 407 3/6\* 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAIM CHAMP CRAMP So close to two 2s in a row. Still, got to be happy with a 3. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5244 "2022-07-31T07:01:26Z")
I just experimented with today’s Wordle using Hard Mode in a different browser. I began with ABUSE which had only one letter, the letter A, from the solution and that in the wrong position. I then tried PYLON and Wordle complained and said β€œGuess must contain A” ---
**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 31, 2022, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5245 "2022-07-31T07:17:30Z")
**Wordle 406 5/6** 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LANCE BROIL BULLY BLUNT BLUFF ---
**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 31, 2022, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5246 "2022-07-31T07:25:41Z")
This is a new one for me - no yellows. Wordle 407 5/6 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE CRAZY CRACK CRAMP ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5247 "2022-07-31T09:40:09Z")
#407 4/6 After the first two words, I was down to exactly two possibilities. Lost the mental coin toss, so got a 4 instead of a 3. So it goes. SLANT CHORE CRACK CRAMP I now have 93 4’s in 186 Wordles played. Exactly half. ---
**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, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5248 "2022-07-31T09:43:42Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Lost the mental coin toss, so got a 4 instead of a 3. So it goes. Could have been worse, could have been crazy. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5249 "2022-07-31T09:50:00Z")
Only if/when they start doing repeats - it was Wordle #41, almost exactly a year ago. ---
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Wordle 407 3/6 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE - three greens but still a lot of options SHAKY - looking for words like CRASH, CRASS, CRAZY, CRACK, etc. Nothing CRAMP - and there was still CRAFT and CRAWL - that I can see ---
**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 31, 2022, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5251 "2022-07-31T12:31:14Z")
Wordle 407 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART GRAVE FRAIL BRAND CRAMP ---
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Wordle 407 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD GRAVY TRAIN CRAWL CRAMP ---
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Wordle 407 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Inert Gravy Fraud Cramp ---
**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 31, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5254 "2022-07-31T14:40:53Z")
Wordle 407 4/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ASIDE CRANK WALTZ CRAMP I found four possible CRA\_\_ words: CRAWL, CRAFT, CRAZY, and CRAMP, and I _think_ that’s all. I could have stayed in self-imposed hard mode and landed anywhere from 3 to 6, or WALTZ my way to a guaranteed 4. Glad I made the choice I did, since CRAMP was last on my list. ---
**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 31, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5255 "2022-07-31T15:07:03Z")
Wordle 407 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE BRASH WRACK CRAMP ---
**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 31, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5256 "2022-07-31T16:54:15Z")
Wordle 407 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLAME DRAMA TRAMP CRAMP ---
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From my point of view, **tomorrow’s** is not a real word. Wordle 408 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
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Wordle 407 5/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AROSE BRAND CRAFT PLUMP CRAMP β€˜PLUMP’ being a test word, of course. This went quickly but not well (in the sense of getting a low score). ---
**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:** [August 1, 2022, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5259 "2022-08-01T02:08:50Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Oho, it’s one of words. No, no, not that kind of word. _Those_ words. Wordle 408 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 408** > > AEGIS > YACHT > BLOAT > DRAFT > QUART ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5260 "2022-08-01T04:15:35Z")
Wordle 408 4/6 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TRACK STARE QUART Took me a few minutes of running through the possibilities to get it. I still wonder if there were any other options. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=262) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=264)