# "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:** 271
**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, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5401 "2022-08-08T08:26:46Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > I tried Inuit but it said that wasn’t a valid guess. I guess it was disqualified as a proper noun? ---
**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 8, 2022, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5402 "2022-08-08T11:09:32Z")
Wordle 415 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE LINTS INPUT UNFIT ---
**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 8, 2022, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5403 "2022-08-08T11:30:04Z")
Wordle 415 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART POSIT LICIT UNFIT ---
**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 8, 2022, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5404 "2022-08-08T11:36:01Z")
Wordle 415 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRINE LUPIN UNFIT ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5405 "2022-08-08T12:33:46Z")
Wordle 415 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 spray untie unfit Glad they are out of their β€œy” rut, though I gave it a good try at word 1. ---
**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 8, 2022, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5406 "2022-08-08T13:41:57Z")
Wordle 415 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Olive Stair Cubit Unfit ---
**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 8, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5407 "2022-08-08T14:45:07Z")
Wordle 415 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AMUSE TUNIC UNFIT Another three! I’m on a roll here. I’m pretty sure UNFIT and UNLIT were all I had left. Won the coin-flip this time. ---
**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 8, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5408 "2022-08-08T15:19:29Z")
Another four here. I’m on a roll, too. πŸ˜‰ Wordle 415 4/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE STOIC TULIP UNFIT ---
**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 8, 2022, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5409 "2022-08-08T15:48:51Z")
Wordle 415 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD QUILT UNFIT > [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > > **Summary** > > > > BEARD > > PIVOT > > QUILT My first word is always BEARD, then QUILT if BEARD scores nothing ! ---
**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 8, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5410 "2022-08-08T19:42:01Z")
Wordle 415 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STALE CRIMP YOUTH DONUT UNFIT Meh. Reminder to self, I’m unfit to play after just 3 hours sleep ---
**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 8, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5411 "2022-08-08T21:13:26Z")
I would argue **tomorrow’s** is not a word. Wordle 416 4/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5412 "2022-08-08T22:49:44Z")
#415 4/6 SLANT CRIMP NIGHT UNFIT After my standard first word netted two letters, I went to an older choice of second word, which turned out to be fortuitous: it got me a third letter where my usual choice of second word would have gotten me zip. I thought for sure my third guess was going to nail it, but no such luck. After that, I had the devil of a time finding _any_ word that would fit what I knew. I set it aside for much of the day, and finally got it when I came back to it in the evening. So I’m very pleased with this 4. ---
**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 8, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5413 "2022-08-08T23:00:02Z")
Wordle 415 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROAST GLINT UNFIT That one came naturally to me, having typed it many, many times in my politically-oriented posting. ---
**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 9, 2022, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5414 "2022-08-09T02:13:30Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Wordle should switch to seafood. Wordle 416 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 416** > > DRAIN > FACET > HASTY > PATTY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5415 "2022-08-09T04:01:27Z")
> **Wordle 415 5/6\* 8/8/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 > 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SMEAR β†’ Swing and a miss… > PO_IN_ **T** β†’ Not bad… but where do I go from here? Single-vowel word? > _NI_GH **T** β†’ Not that one. IN??T or ?N?IT are good options > **UN** L **IT** β†’ Missed it by _that_ much, > **UNFIT** ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5416 "2022-08-09T04:17:15Z")
Wordle 416 4/6 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO MATCH PATSY PATTY ---
**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 9, 2022, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5417 "2022-08-09T04:19:40Z")
Wordle 416 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAPS PANEL PATIO PATTY Standard 4. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5418 "2022-08-09T06:08:44Z")
Wordle 416 4/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STAIN PLEAT PARTY PATTY ---
**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 9, 2022, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5419 "2022-08-09T06:22:33Z")
**Wordle 415 5/6** ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟨⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE HOIST DIGIT FRUIT UNFIT ---
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Coulda had this one in three, but wound up with a four instead. Wordle 416 4/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE PADDY PATTY [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=270) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=272)