# "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:** 268
**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 5, 2022, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5341 "2022-08-05T09:51:58Z")
Wordle 412 3/6\* 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD BOING ← i love this word ! BUGGY ← not many other options, if any. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5342 "2022-08-05T10:15:43Z")
Catching up: #410 5/6 SLANT CHORE TOUGH MOUTH YOUTH One of those times you think you’ve got it at the third try, and then again at the fourth, and you’re wrong both times. Had a 6-5-5 streak of futility at this point. #411 3/6 SLANT CHORE RHYME I broke down and went to the dictionary to see what words began with RH. Sometimes, a frood’s just gotta do what a frood’s gotta do. ---
**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 5, 2022, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5343 "2022-08-05T11:00:09Z")
Wordle 412 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS DUMPY BUGGY - If I checked correctly there are two words on the list without A, E, I or O and without the nine consonants in my first three words. So, I had narrowed it down to BUGGY and FUZZY and picked the right one i ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5344 "2022-08-05T11:06:24Z")
#412 4/6 SLANT CHORE DUMPY BUGGY I’m pretty happy about this one. My first two standard words have 10 of the 11 most frequent letters that have appeared in Wordle solutions (at least in the first 322 of them; I need to update), and my first three have 15 of the top 16 letters. (The exception, in both cases, being β€˜I’.) But this time, my first two words yielded **zero** matches, and my third word got me only two letters - fortunately in the right positions! Anyway, I could only think of one word using my remaining letters that worked, and it turned out to be the answer. I’ll cheerfully take the 4. πŸ™‚ ---
**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 5, 2022, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5345 "2022-08-05T11:47:30Z")
Wordle 412 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FROST PHAGE MUGGY BUGGY ---
**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 5, 2022, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5346 "2022-08-05T11:59:20Z")
Wordle 412 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 What a pisser to strike out in the first two guesses. HEART SPOIL MUDDY CUBBY BUGGY ---
**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 5, 2022, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5347 "2022-08-05T12:44:19Z")
Wordle 412 5/6\* πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Basil Botch Berry Bunny Buggy > [@Morgyn](#): > > I am highly amused by your list. I believe there’s definitely haiku material on this thread 😁 ---
**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 5, 2022, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5348 "2022-08-05T12:52:20Z")
Wordle 412 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY β€” could be FUZZY BUGGY CUBBY FUZZY BUGGY ---
**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 5, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5349 "2022-08-05T13:27:08Z")
Well, that was unpleasant. Wordle 412 5/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLOUD SKUNK BUMPY BUGGY Didn’t take long, but damn, I guess we’ve entered the β€˜Y’ phase of Wordle. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5350 "2022-08-05T14:56:28Z")
Wordle 412 3/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Got this one pretty easy after a lucky first two guesses BEAST BOUGH BUGGY ---
**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 5, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5351 "2022-08-05T15:11:23Z")
Wordle 412 6/6 β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AUDIT OUNCE BULLY BUMPY SHAGS BUGGY This is what happens when I Wordle before coffee. Like **GuanoLad** , I was rushing it. It was _probably_ either BUSHY or BUGGY at five, but damned if I was going to let BUZZY kill my streak, so I took the six and lived to Wordle another day. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5352 "2022-08-05T17:33:15Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > damn, I guess we’ve entered the β€˜Y’ phase of Wordle. I know, right? COYLY, YOUTH, RHYME, and now BUGGY all in a row. That letter was only used 48 times in the first 322 Wordles. (I really must update my stats.) ---
**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, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5353 "2022-08-05T19:06:04Z")
> **Wordle 412 4/6\* 8/5/2022** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > RH_Y_ME β†’ Lately Wordle has had more Y’s than in inquisitive toddler > T_Y_POS β†’ Strikeout! Try Y on the end, a couple more vowels… > _G_A_U_D **Y** β†’ UY seems a rare ending. GY probably better, but that would put the U in second rather than as an UN- prefix… and M’s been used, so > **BUGGY** > > > [@RTFirefly](#): > > > > I know, right? COYLY, YOUTH, RHYME, and now BUGGY all in a row. > > Starting off with a yellow Y has really validated my β€œstrategy” of starting with yesterday’s word… ---
**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 5, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5354 "2022-08-05T21:29:04Z")
There’s a chance some folk might get **tomorrow’s** in one. Though I didn’t. Wordle 413 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 5, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5355 "2022-08-05T22:58:28Z")
Wordle 412 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE COLIC PUDGY BUGGY Another β€˜two guesses without a single hit’ player, here. Disconcerting! ---
**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 6, 2022, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5356 "2022-08-06T01:59:28Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Fascinating Wordle 413 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 413** > > RIGHT > SWINE > ALIEN ---
**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 6, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5357 "2022-08-06T04:09:26Z")
Wordle 413 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CROPS METAL GLADE ALIEN Pretty standard 4. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5358 "2022-08-06T05:04:16Z")
Wordle 413 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO DIVAN ALIGN ALIEN I really thought I had it in three. ---
**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 6, 2022, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5359 "2022-08-06T06:34:22Z")
**Wordle 412 4/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ANISE GROUT MUGGY BUGGY Wordle is really lovin’ the Y’s…four days in a row now! Almost had this one in 3 but changed my mind at the last second, darn it. I’ll take the 4 though. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2022, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5360 "2022-08-06T07:14:48Z")
Wordle 413 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE ALIEN In Wordle, noone can hear you scream. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=267) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=269)