# "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:** 274
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2022, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5461 "2022-08-11T07:08:06Z")
Wordle 418 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I should have trusted my gut; after the first word, I immediately thought of β€œglean,” but then I decided β€œclean” was more likely. Could’ve gotten it in two. ☹ ---
**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 11, 2022, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5462 "2022-08-11T07:12:19Z")
Wordle 418 5/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS ANKLE CLEAN GLEAN ---
**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 11, 2022, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5463 "2022-08-11T07:24:14Z")
> [@Newtosite](#): > > Could’ve gotten it in two. ☹ Isn’t that so frustrating? ---
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2022, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5464 "2022-08-11T07:55:03Z")
It sure is! ---
**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 11, 2022, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5465 "2022-08-11T10:07:55Z")
> [@Newtosite](#): > > I immediately thought of β€œglean,” but then I decided β€œclean” was more likely. Could’ve gotten it in two. Ha ! I just did _ **exactly** _ the same thing (changed GLEAN to CLEAN !) - except i’d have got 3 instead of 4 Wordle 418 4/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD SNEAK CLEAN GLEAN ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2022, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5466 "2022-08-11T10:34:13Z")
#418 3/6 SLANT CLEAN GLEAN Same story as everybody else. πŸ˜ƒ ---
**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 11, 2022, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5467 "2022-08-11T10:56:50Z")
Wordle 418 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Mine is almost identical to five days ago. Same first word - CRANE - same result Same second word - LADEN - The only difference five days ago is the fourth letter was green. GLEAN - five days ago it was ALIEN ---
**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 11, 2022, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5468 "2022-08-11T11:49:47Z")
Wordle 418 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PLACE GLEAN ---
**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 11, 2022, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5469 "2022-08-11T11:52:16Z")
Wordle 418 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPORT CLEAN GLEAN The first guess was completely wrong. Picked the second guess out of thin air. ---
**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 11, 2022, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5470 "2022-08-11T13:12:11Z")
Wordle 418 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Ideal Fleas - this guess didn’t eliminate any choices Glean ---
**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 11, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5471 "2022-08-11T14:55:35Z")
β€˜Average’ is my middle name. Wordle 418 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SHEAF CLEAN GLEAN ---
**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 11, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5472 "2022-08-11T16:04:42Z")
Wordle 418 3/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 LOUPE CLEAN GLEAN A pleasantly surprising three. With CLEAN, I just wanted to add another vowel and a common consonant; didn’t expect four β€œgreens.” It’s nice when that happens. ---
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5473 "2022-08-11T20:29:04Z")
Great minds think alike. 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 11, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5474 "2022-08-11T21:26:15Z")
Wordle 418 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PARTY CHAIN WOMAN GLEAM ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5475 "2022-08-11T22:21:40Z")
Wordle 418 2/6\* 8/11/2022 ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 C **L** I_NG_ **GLEAN** I figured after the first guess came up so good I had a shot at a two. Starts of NL and ?LN went nowhere (second one could have been ULNAR, but I needed to place the G) and ?LG wasn’t going to end up ALGAE, so GL?N? or GL??N were it, and since it wasn’t GLINT (β€œI” was already eliminated) the answer was all that was left. ---
**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 11, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5476 "2022-08-11T22:58:09Z")
Wordle 418 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN CLEAN GLEAN Yet another β€˜thought of glean and clean and chose the more-common word first’ play, here. Still, the whole shebang took only three minutes, which works for me! ---
**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 11, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5477 "2022-08-11T22:58:17Z")
I thought I had **tomorrow’s** in three. Darn thing. Wordle 419 4/6 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 12, 2022, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5478 "2022-08-12T01:11:20Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Some aren’t going to be happy with this. Wordle 419 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 419** > > TRAWL > LEGIT > LABEL ---
**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 12, 2022, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5479 "2022-08-12T04:17:49Z")
Wordle 419 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAPS LATER LABEL I couldn’t see any other possibilities after 2. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5480 "2022-08-12T04:55:06Z")
Wordle 419 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LANES LAPEL LABEL [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=273) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=275)