# "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:** 265
**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:** [August 2, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5281 "2022-08-02T04:09:05Z")
Well, nuts. I forgot to play on the 1st. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2022, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5282 "2022-08-02T04:10:29Z")
Wordle 409 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CLONE COULD COYLY ---
**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:** [August 2, 2022, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5283 "2022-08-02T04:51:05Z")
Wordle 409 6/6 πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLANS CHILD COBLE COLLY COOLY COYLY After the first guess I was locked into a C starter with an L but not in position two, and no A. This greatly limited the amount of research I could do with my second word. I saw color first, then child and finally chill. Figured child would positively identify among the three, but alas. I didn’t see coyly at all. I didn’t see any words at all, in fact, so I started googling all possibilities. Never heard of a coble before, but it’s an English term so I figured maybe. Same deal with colly, another word I’ve never heard but is apparently also an English word. (Both English as in the UK.) Pretty annoyed with that, but technically I have only myself to blame. I could have seen coyly but did not. At least I miracled a 6 out of it. Phew indeed. EDIT: Forgot to include guess 5, which was cooly. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2022, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5284 "2022-08-02T05:41:14Z")
> **Wordle 408 3/6\* 8/1/2022** > > ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > C_R_ **A** MP β†’ Will I need to try any other vowels? I can use my favorite second word… > _R_O **A** S **T** β†’ Lucky T. So, ??ART. Not SMART, CHART. Maybe HEART, or… > **QUART** > > I saw a few comments on it being a difficult word, so I went with the less common option at the end. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2022, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5285 "2022-08-02T06:24:57Z")
**Wordle 408 5/6** 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ANISE MARCH GROAT APART QUART ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2022, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5286 "2022-08-02T06:27:02Z")
Wordle 409 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ANGLE SCOLD COLLY COYLY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2022, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5287 "2022-08-02T07:12:54Z")
Just tried this myself the same way, and got the same results you did. Maybe I was thinking of one time when I had switched computers and didn’t have hard mode on. In any case, thanks for straightening me out on that. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2022, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5288 "2022-08-02T11:17:20Z")
Wordle 409 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS - have 3 greens now COULD - the easy word COYLY - the hard word ---
**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:** [August 2, 2022, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5289 "2022-08-02T11:18:39Z")
Wordle 409 5/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Enact Chiro Could Colly Coyly That went quickly but odd choices on my part. Eh, got the job done. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2022, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5290 "2022-08-02T11:46:51Z")
Wordle 409 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD QUILT FOLLY WOOLY COYLY Evil ! ---
**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:** [August 2, 2022, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5291 "2022-08-02T12:12:53Z")
Wordle 409 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL COULD COYLY ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2022, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5292 "2022-08-02T12:30:16Z")
RATIO PULSE CLOCK COYLY Took some time. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5293 "2022-08-02T13:38:45Z")
This one sure was a challenge. Wordle 409 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY LOLLY COYLY ---
**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:** [August 2, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5294 "2022-08-02T14:53:13Z")
Wordle 409 4/6 πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 COATI COVEN BULKY COYLY A hard-fought par. It took me quite some time to come up with BULKY, a word incorporating letters from every remaining CO\_\_\_ word I could think of. Hard mode would have spelled my doom on this one. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5295 "2022-08-02T16:21:17Z")
Hah! Take that, tricksy Wordle! Wordle 409 3/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLOUD COYLY Total miss with my opening word. According to WordleBot, my second word eliminated all but 2 choices. Guessed right without knowing what the other word was. (Later learned it was COLON). ---
**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:** [August 2, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5296 "2022-08-02T17:14:20Z")
Well, nuts. Wordle 409 X/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 HARSH BIOME POUND LOFTY JOWLY GOLLY ---
**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:** [August 2, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5297 "2022-08-02T21:13:10Z")
**Tomorrow’s** is a perfectly ordinary word, but I had a struggle to reach it. Wordle 410 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5298 "2022-08-02T22:17:01Z")
#409 5/6 and glad to escape with a 5. SLANT CHORE COLIC DUMPY COYLY After the first two words, COLIC was the only word I could think of that fit. (Other than COULD, which is a past solutlon.) So I was stunned when it wasn’t the answer; I was out of ideas. I used what’s usually my standby third word as my fourth guess just to narrow down the possibilities, and after that I was looking at CO\_LY, so I was able to fill in the remaining blank. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5299 "2022-08-02T22:57:49Z")
Wordle 409 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT LIMBO WHOLE DOLLY COYLY The time between guesses 4 and 5 seemed like an eternity of going through the alphabet letter by letter to look for possibilities. Probably only 20 minutes but seemed longer. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5300 "2022-08-03T00:14:37Z")
> **Wordle 409 6/6\* 8/2/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > QUART β†’ Strikeout early. > P **O** ISE β†’ Gone through the common vowels; is there a Y? > N **O** B **LY** β†’ Got it, and finished the WoF letters. But now… double O? > W **O** O **LY** β†’ Nope. Another possibility with double L? > F **O** L **LY** β†’ One guess left. GODLY would fit, but probably not a Wordle word. Not much left… except if there’s a repeated Y? > **COYLY** > > Phew is right. COOLY would have been a better fourth guess, probably could have had it in five. As it was, I almost missed it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=264) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=266)