# "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:** 267
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5321 "2022-08-04T04:08:24Z")
Wordle 410 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS MOUTH YOUTH I almost had it in 3, was looking for a word with a Y in it for the 3rd guess but decided to go with MOUTH and not YOUTH. I see from the comments above that I’m not the only one! ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5322 "2022-08-04T04:35:22Z")
Wordle 411 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE SOUTH RHYME After SOUTH I was thinking of WHERE, which according to WordleBot was the only other possible solution; luckily I went with RHYME instead. I feel lucky to get this one in 3! ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5323 "2022-08-04T06:30:33Z")
Wordle 411 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLEAN PRICE STORE REVUE RHYME ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5324 "2022-08-04T09:43:26Z")
Wordle 411 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ASIDE COURT NYMPH RHYME My standard three guess words yielded all five letters, so it was simple to rearrange them ---
**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 4, 2022, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5325 "2022-08-04T11:14:34Z")
Winning streak is now 150. I’m wondering if a person plays 200 or 201 games with one loss, will the winning percentage round up to 100 percent. If so, it will be like my early loss will be forgiven, I’ll find out later this month. Wordle 411 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS - No A, I or O. Is it two E’s and/or U? REVUE - must be a Y RHYME ---
**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 4, 2022, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5326 "2022-08-04T11:15:00Z")
Wordle 411 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD GRIPE ROUSE RHYME ---
**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 4, 2022, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5327 "2022-08-04T11:44:08Z")
Wordle 411 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟨⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Afoul Their Shred Rhyme ---
**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 4, 2022, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5328 "2022-08-04T11:49:15Z")
Wordle 411 4/6 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART CHEER SHRED RHYME ---
**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 4, 2022, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5329 "2022-08-04T12:23:30Z")
Wordle 411 4/6 🟨⬛🟨⬛🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY RHYME ---
**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 4, 2022, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5330 "2022-08-04T12:50:43Z")
Wordle 411 4/6\* ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHURN SHRED THEIR RHYME @chela, I am highly amused by your 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:** [August 4, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5331 "2022-08-04T16:29:33Z")
A happy three today. Wordle 411 3/6\* ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CHORE RHYME Placing the ‘H’ in second position along with eliminating the ‘R’ in the fourth position solved it. And so WordleBot confirmed after the fact. ---
**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 4, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5332 "2022-08-04T17:23:25Z")
Wordle 411 3/6 ⬛🟦⬛⬛🟧 ⬛🟦⬛🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AMUSE PRIME RHYME That seemed easier than it should have been. Not complaining. ---
**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 4, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5333 "2022-08-04T20:34:32Z")
I failed at **tomorrow’s**. I think I rushed it. I also think I’m starting to tire of the game. Wordle 412 X/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 4, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5334 "2022-08-04T23:50:49Z")
Wordle 411 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN READY RHYME A word beginning with R and with a Y not in last position: my brain got stuck on ROYAL (which has already been a solution, and which was ruled out because of the A and the lack of an E anyway) and didn’t get unstuck for a long time. ---
**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 5, 2022, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5335 "2022-08-05T02:22:32Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Hate this one. Wordle 412 6/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 412** > > TOUCH > AIRED > FUNKY > JUMPY > BULGY > BUGGY ---
**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 5, 2022, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5336 "2022-08-05T04:54:28Z")
Wordle 412 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLOMP STARE DINGY BUGGY Got my perfect 10 letter opening with zero hits. That’s a first. I saw dingy first, then whiny, then dying. After finding three I stop looking because that means I’m still researching. Figured any of those three were as good as any other so went with the first one I saw. Was surprised there was no I, but also no N made \_uggy obvious. ---
**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 5, 2022, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5337 "2022-08-05T05:15:07Z")
**Wordle 411 5/6** ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNARE PROBE RIFLE REVUE RHYME ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5338 "2022-08-05T05:54:50Z")
Missed posting yesterday’s; was 3/6. > **Wordle 411 4/6\* 8/4/2022** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 > ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _Y_OUT_H_ → Need to figure out vowels > _H_AI_RY_ → Got the Y. Is there an E in there as well? > S **HY** _ER_ → RHY?E, gotta be > **RHYME** > > Wordle seems to be getting rather Y-happy lately. Makes it nice with my starting strategy; past two days I’ve started out with a yellow on a tough letter. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5339 "2022-08-05T06:44:40Z")
Wordle 412 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO DUNES LUCKY WHOMP FUZZY BUGGY I was sure that this was the end of my streak. I tried to eliminate as many letters as possible at four but there were just too many options. I had almost no letters left at the end. I was worried it would be a triple letter like PUPPY or MUMMY so I really wanted to eliminate those letters. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5340 "2022-08-05T07:08:51Z")
Wordle 412 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCONE PLAID GUMMY BUGGY I was a bit concerned after 2 and to resort to double letters when I hadn’t got a single yet seemed a bit desperate so I’ll take the par on this one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=266) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=268)