# "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:** 270
**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 7, 2022, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5381 "2022-08-07T12:16:50Z")
Wordle 414 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE PAGER I picked SMEAR over a couple of other S\_EAR words based on a character in one of the Naked Gun movies. ---
**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 7, 2022, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5382 "2022-08-07T12:40:44Z")
> [@chela](#): > > On that, I would agree!πŸ˜‡πŸ§”β€β™€οΈ πŸ™‚ Wordle 414 5/6\* ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD TAPER SHEAR ← Oh, here we go ! SWEAR SMEAR ← 3rd time lucky. ---
**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 7, 2022, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5383 "2022-08-07T12:55:10Z")
Wordle 414 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART oh goody, 3 letters. should be a piece of cake GRAPE or not RACER woot. 3 guesses in and one letter placed SWEAR finally down to one more letter SMEAR ---
**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 7, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5384 "2022-08-07T13:09:18Z")
Wordle 414 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Onset Swear Spear Smear ---
**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 7, 2022, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5385 "2022-08-07T13:48:54Z")
Wordle 414 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WHIRL ACTOR RADAR SMEAR ---
**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 7, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5386 "2022-08-07T14:31:25Z")
Wordle 414 3/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 MOUSE STEAM SMEAR Quick and easy today. Congrats on the 200th, @Aspenglow! ---
**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 7, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5387 "2022-08-07T15:38:18Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Congrats on the 200th, @Aspenglow! Thanks, @Wheelz! We take our small victories where we find them. πŸ™‚ Today was a bog standard 4. Could have gone better, could have gone worse. There was still one choice after I got the word, so I’ll take the 4 and be happy. Wordle 414 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SHEAR SWEAR SMEAR ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5388 "2022-08-07T15:56:39Z")
A fair number of 2’s yesterday and today. I didn’t manage that, but I got 3’s both days, and I’ll take it. πŸ™‚ #413 3/6 SLANT CLEAN ALIEN #414 3/6 SLANT SPERM SMEAR ---
**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 7, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5389 "2022-08-07T20:45:59Z")
**Tomorrow’s** was frustratingly short of a two. Wordle 415 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 7, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5390 "2022-08-07T20:57:12Z")
Wordle 414 3/6 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 7, 2022, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5391 "2022-08-07T23:57:17Z")
Wordle 413 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OUTER SHEEN MAVEN ALIEN Standard game, basically. Wordle 414 4/6 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AROSE SHEAR MAPLE SMEAR This shows the limitations of my habit of not really taking time to strategize. After getting four letters I should have brainstormed all the possibilities and then found a test word; as it was I didn’t deploy a test word until step three. Oh, well: we play in the way we enjoy and don’t play in ways we enjoy less, I guess. πŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5392 "2022-08-08T00:49:45Z")
> **Wordle 414 6/6\* 8/7/2022** > > 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩⬜🟨🟨🟨 > 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _A_LI_E_N β†’ A pretty typical opening with such a word… let’s get some consonants > **S** T_ARE_ β†’ OK, not bad… juggle the last three around and try an H… > **S** H **EAR** β†’ Trap? I think there’s only three words left, so I shouldn’t die… try the one with the different rhyme sound > **S** W **EAR** β†’ That wasn’t it. Weapon? > **S** P **EAR** β†’ Should have tried the M. > **SMEAR** > > On easy mode, WHOMP would have been a good third guess for me. ---
**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 8, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5393 "2022-08-08T01:37:01Z")
**Wordle 414 6/6** 🟩⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE BAVIN SPEAR SWEAR SHEAR SMEAR Had to really work for this one…I thought I was in the wrong trap! After my first word, I was thinking it was SA\_ER, and I had 7 words to choose from. So I came up with a word that would check three of the seven words (had to look it up to be sure it was even a word - lol). And that showed me it wasn’t SA\_ER! Now I’m in a _different_ trap. Thankfully I had enough tries left to cover all four of the words it could be, and I just rolled the dice on which one to play each time…go figure it was the last choice, but at least I didn’t fail! ---
**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 8, 2022, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5394 "2022-08-08T02:07:22Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** I can play this game, Wordle. Wordle 415 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 415** > > BEARD > PIVOT > QUILT > UNFIT ---
**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 8, 2022, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5395 "2022-08-08T04:27:10Z")
Wordle 415 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAMS TROPE NINTH UNFIT After two all I saw were ninth and digit, in that order, but it took a while to find either. Then it took forever to see unfit. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5396 "2022-08-08T04:51:50Z")
Wordle 415 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TEPID UNLIT UNFIT ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5397 "2022-08-08T06:16:40Z")
Wordle 415 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLEAT SKIRT MIGHT CUBIT UNFIT I was down to two LIKELY possibilities, UNFIT and INUIT ---
**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 8, 2022, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5398 "2022-08-08T06:50:21Z")
> [@QMatic](#): > > I was down to two LIKELY possibilities, UNFIT and INUIT I tried Inuit but it said that wasn’t a valid guess. ---
**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 8, 2022, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5399 "2022-08-08T07:47:03Z")
Wordle 415 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY WHACK UNFIT ---
**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 8, 2022, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5400 "2022-08-08T07:53:17Z")
This one was a thinker. Wordle 415 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE UNFIT [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=269) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=271)