# "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:** 272
**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 9, 2022, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5421 "2022-08-09T10:39:58Z")
Wordle 416 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD GLOAM SATIN WATCH PATTY Hmmmm … ---
**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 9, 2022, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5422 "2022-08-09T11:20:27Z")
Wordle 416 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS PATTY - not many (if any) possibilities. ---
**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 9, 2022, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5423 "2022-08-09T11:57:04Z")
Wordle 416 4/6\* ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MARSH BADGE PAINT PATTY ---
**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 9, 2022, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5424 "2022-08-09T12:11:15Z")
Wordle 416 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART TASTY FATTY PATTY hmmm. tasty fatty patty. Now I want lunch. ---
**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 9, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5425 "2022-08-09T13:18:41Z")
Wordle 416 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH SPLIT PANTY PATTY After EARTH, I had the xAxTx. So, could be TASTY FACTS NASTY PASTY PANTY SALTY. To eliminate T Y F C N S P L I could play SPLIT or FANCY. After SPLIT, I had the P. So, could be PANTY or PATTY. I’m happy with the 4. ---
**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 9, 2022, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5426 "2022-08-09T13:20:03Z")
Wordle 416 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Lyric Stony Meaty Patty ---
**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, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5427 "2022-08-09T13:23:45Z")
> [@Author\_Balk](#): > > PATTY - not many (if any) possibilities. You lucked out. I count 28 or so possible answers, including HAPPY, DATUM, and MAGMA ---
**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 9, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5428 "2022-08-09T14:25:19Z")
Well, this one was nearly the end of me. Wordle 416 6/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE NASTY BATTY FATTY CATTY PATTY For some reason, I had the hardest time accepting PATTY as something other than a name. Finally, the penny dropped. Phew indeed! ---
**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 9, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5429 "2022-08-09T14:26:11Z")
Are you fucking kidding me? Sheesh! Wordle 416 6/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH TASTY BATTY CATTY FATTY PATTY ---
**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 9, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5430 "2022-08-09T14:54:25Z")
Wordle 416 4/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALIEN GROAT MATCH PATTY Figured I was looking at either the \_ATCH trap or the \_ATTY trap. I was down to PATTY, BATTY, and FATTY, so I wasn’t worried about a fail, but the right guess got me the par. Could have been _much_ worse. ---
**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, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5431 "2022-08-09T15:39:32Z")
> **Wordle 416 3/6\* 8/9/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > UNFI_T_ β†’ About what I expected from that start. > _T_E_A_RS β†’ Is there an O in there? Can’t make one fit. It’s a little early for a repeat letter, but I’ll give it a try… > **PATTY** > > Lucky guess! F, R and a third T were already gone, but B, C and (maybe) M were also options. ---
**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 9, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5432 "2022-08-09T15:54:28Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > You lucked out. I count 28 or so possible answers… I checked the list and found there were five choices. The first letter of my second word eliminated a couple that you mentioned. The five words were: DATUM, GAMUT, BATTY, FATTY and PATTY. (and FATTY and BATTY may be skipped because they are insults. Fatty acid is okay. Calling someone a fatty is not. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5433 "2022-08-09T20:53:32Z")
#416 4/6 SLANT CRIMP DOUGH PATTY After the first two words, I had the A,P, and T, but didn’t have any of them located. So there are about 30 ways you can arrange the three amongst the five spots, after taking away the positions they aren’t allowed to be in. That’s a lot of ways! Not many to write down (I’m a combinatorist, stuff like this is up my alley), but a lot to go through and see which available letters could make sense in the remaining blanks of those 30 possibilities. Really way more than I was going to do in this case. But even with those I looked at semi-closely, I had PATTY, TOPAZ, and TAPED as possibilities. I was torn, because the first one was the one I liked the best, but if I guessed it and was wrong, it wouldn’t help me choose between the other two. And there were potentially more possibilities that PATTY wouldn’t help eliminate. So brave Sir Robin bravely ran away with his third guess, and chose a word that couldn’t be the solution, but would narrow it down as much as possible for guess #4. Anyway, it did the job. ---
**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 9, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5434 "2022-08-09T21:03:16Z")
**Tomorrow’s** is a perfectly serviceable four. Wordle 417 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 9, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5435 "2022-08-09T23:47:41Z")
Wordle 416 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT TAPER PATCH PATIO PATTY Getting the PAT quickly let me avoid the β€˜\_ATTY’ trap, thank goodness. ---
**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 10, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5436 "2022-08-10T01:18:58Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Not gonna fall for it, Wordle. Wordle 417 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 417** > > TAPER > DINGO β†’ It’s an …ING trap! > FLUSH > CLING ---
**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 10, 2022, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5437 "2022-08-10T01:23:21Z")
> [@Author\_Balk](#): > > I checked the list and found there were five choices. The first letter of my second word eliminated a couple that you mentioned. You’re right. I somehow missed that letter. There’s also AUGHT and KAPUT, which may not be valid answers. ---
**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 10, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5438 "2022-08-10T04:20:20Z")
Wordle 417 5/6 πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLOTS CLAMP CLERK CLUNG CLING Guessing clung before cling was an unforced error. I had been so focused on clink for the i guess, but clerk had eliminated that. So I started looking at u’s, saw clung, and immediately entered it. I realized my error before the third letter even revealed itself. ---
**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 10, 2022, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5439 "2022-08-10T05:31:28Z")
**Wordle 416 4/6** 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PHASE POLAR PATIN PATTY Darn it…almost went with Patty for my 3rd word, but wanted to check the I and N more so than double T and the Y. Oh well…I’ll take the 4. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5440 "2022-08-10T06:42:01Z")
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