# "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:** 266
**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 3, 2022, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5301 "2022-08-03T01:53:02Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** I’m not going to fall for it, Wordle. Wordle 410 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 410** > > DRAIN > FLOUT > TOUCH > MESSY > YOUTH ---
**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 3, 2022, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5302 "2022-08-03T04:03:57Z")
Wordle 410 3/6\* 🟨🟨⬛🟨🟨 🟨🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Ought Touch Youth ---
**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 3, 2022, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5303 "2022-08-03T04:06:11Z")
Wordle 410 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRITS PLATE MOUTH YOUTH So fast; well under a minute. Not a particularly great score, but satisfying. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5304 "2022-08-03T04:45:41Z")
Wordle 410 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TONED POUTY YOUTH ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5305 "2022-08-03T06:19:52Z")
Wordle 410 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LITRE MONTH SOUTH YOUTH A solid but unspectacular 4 ---
**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 3, 2022, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5306 "2022-08-03T06:52:39Z")
**Wordle 409 4/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ANISE TORCH COCKY COYLY I’ll take the 4 on this one! Had a long list of possible words after my 3rd word, but if I know Wordle, it’s gotta be the double Y word. 😉 ---
**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 3, 2022, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5307 "2022-08-03T11:09:46Z")
Wordle 410 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS BOOTH MOUTH YOUTH ---
**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 3, 2022, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5308 "2022-08-03T11:48:22Z")
Wordle 410 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRONG TOUCH MOUTH YOUTH ---
**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 3, 2022, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5309 "2022-08-03T12:03:22Z")
Wordle 410 6/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Had to get out of a rhyming rut to get this one. HEART THING BOOTH MOUTH SOUTH YOUTH ---
**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:** [August 3, 2022, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5310 "2022-08-03T12:18:18Z")
Wordle 410 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A nice win after yesterday’s total failure. SPORT TOUGH YOUTH ---
**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 3, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5311 "2022-08-03T15:15:26Z")
Stupid puzzle. Wordle 410 5/6\* ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLOTH SOUTH MOUTH YOUTH Hoist on my own petard. “They wouldn’t use another ‘Y’ so soon after so many ‘Y’s’ yesterday, would they?” Oh, yes. Yes, they would. ---
**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 3, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5312 "2022-08-03T15:54:16Z")
Wordle 410 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD QUILT STUMP YOUTH ffs Discourse, get a grip ---
**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 3, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5313 "2022-08-03T16:02:21Z")
Wordle 410 5/6 ⬛🟧🟧⬛⬛ ⬛🟦⬛⬛🟧 ⬛⬛🟦🟧🟧 ⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 LOUSE PUNCH BROTH MOUTH YOUTH Finding OU on the first word was not a blessing. I wrote a list of 23 possible words after that, and YOUTH was not on it! PUNCH and BROTH eliminated almost everything else, though, and _then_ I saw YOUTH, but still decided to try MOUTH first. Tough one, but a win nonetheless. ---
**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 3, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5314 "2022-08-03T19:31:50Z")
Wordle 410 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH TOOTH MONTH YOUTH After EARTH, I really wanted to get this in 2! It could be these words: TOOTH MONTH CLOTH SLOTH YOUTH, maybe others? I figured, damn that Wordle, it’ll probably be TOOTH with the double-double. But, no. Damn that Wordle! ---
**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 3, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5315 "2022-08-03T20:59:35Z")
**Tomorrow’s** was frustrating. Wordle 411 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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:** [August 3, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5316 "2022-08-03T22:57:02Z")
Wordle 410 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH SLOTH MOUTH YOUTH Yet another ‘try MOUTH before YOUTH’ example. And COUTH was another possibility, but I went with the more-common-words choices first. ---
**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 4, 2022, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5317 "2022-08-04T01:11:33Z")
**Wordle 410 3/6** ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE TOUCH YOUTH Always nice to get it in 3. My second word was a good choice with leaving me just two possible words (mouth or youth). I was feeling the Y again, in spite of two of them yesterday…I _know_ how Wordle rolls! So I went with it…another good choice. 🙂 ---
**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 4, 2022, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5318 "2022-08-04T02:52:26Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Wordle just wants to get down. Or maybe it’s me. Wordle 411 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 411** > > BRISK > TOWER > READY > RHYME ---
**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 4, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5319 "2022-08-04T04:07:37Z")
Wordle 411 3/6 ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟨⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CREPT MORSE RHYME Wasn’t sure if it would let me guess Morse, as in Morse code, but I was happy to check those letters. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5320 "2022-08-04T04:08:21Z")
Wordle 411 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO RULED RENEW RHYME It took a little while to come up with a word that started with R and either another consonant or a Y. I will take the four-again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=265) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=267)