# "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:** 276
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5501 "2022-08-13T04:53:03Z")
Wordle 420 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AISLE GROUP FUNKY HUNKY Can help but feel my 3rd was a more pleasing word than the answer. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5502 "2022-08-13T04:56:58Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > The streak comes to an end in my 199th game. That is cruel luck. This is not only a personal loss for yourself, but also a community loss. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5503 "2022-08-13T06:46:39Z")
I started with music, which gave me the first vowel. I got tripped up with the \_unky possibilities, and picked funky and junky as my last two. I thought about the winning word, but rejected it as not likely enough. ---
**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 13, 2022, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5504 "2022-08-13T10:06:55Z")
Wordle 420 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD QUILT MUNCH HUNKY More splendidness. ---
**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 13, 2022, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5505 "2022-08-13T11:27:55Z")
Wordle 420 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY HUNKY ---
**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 13, 2022, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5506 "2022-08-13T12:02:45Z")
Wordle 420 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE LINTS I saw the \_UNKY words. I decided to try one of them. It would show that it is one or them, or give information about U and Y., I picked the \_UNKY word that had the most common letter (I think) and got lucky,. HUNKY ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5507 "2022-08-13T13:37:12Z")
Wordle 420 4/6 SLANT CHORE DUMPY HUNKY Went from having little to go on after two guesses, to having it basically nailed after three. Having the H rather than the K kept me out of the \_UNKY trap. While HUNK is certainly a common word, I rarely if ever see its adjectival form. So I’d question whether the solution itself is a common word. ---
**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 13, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5508 "2022-08-13T14:03:05Z")
Wordle 420 3/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Comet Braid Hunky Unlucky Unlucky Extremely lucky with 38 solutions remaining according to wordlebot. ---
**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 13, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5509 "2022-08-13T14:13:14Z")
Well that was unexpected! Of all the words I could have picked somehow got it in two. Wordle 420 2/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ENTRY HUNKY ---
**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 13, 2022, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5510 "2022-08-13T14:22:42Z")
Wordle 420 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ORGAN SHUNT LUNCH HUNKY ---
**Author:** ![Scougs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scougs/32/3158_2.png) [@Scougs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scougs)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5511 "2022-08-13T14:36:01Z")
My standard first word is ORATE . On the very rare occasions that this is all grey, I go for PINKY , where I was two stops away via FUNKY . Quite lucky, really. ---
**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 13, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5512 "2022-08-13T14:42:33Z")
Drumroll, please: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52282824816_0db5c4ced3_b.jpg "EA2C9758-21F0-4704-86A5-11F33756987B") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/195486993@N02/52282824816/) (Though I feel kind of bad posting this now after @EllisDee’s excruciating news. Sorry, ED.) Wordle 420 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟧⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟧🟧⬛🟧 🟧⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ORATE MUSIC FUNNY HIJAB HUNKY My 200th sure wasn’t a gimme. I thought it was going to be JUNKY, but wasn’t confident enough to plunk it down over the four other possibilities (B, P, G, or H). Took a while to cram three of those consonants into a five-letter word. It wasn’t a six, but I felt like it was a “Phew!” moment regardless. ---
**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 13, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5513 "2022-08-13T16:22:45Z")
Another 4 person, me. Wordle 420 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLOUD BUSHY HUNKY Sorry, @EllisDee. Will you begin again tomorrow? You have a good average, at least! Congrats, @Wheelz! Carry on. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5514 "2022-08-13T16:53:02Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > While HUNK is certainly a common word, I rarely if ever see its adjectival form. So I’d question whether the solution itself is a common word. It is quite common slang here in the UK so perhaps a holdover from the original pre NYTimes word list? ---
**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 13, 2022, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5515 "2022-08-13T20:09:34Z")
Wordle 420 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DEBIT PRANK KNOWN FUNKY HUNKY ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5516 "2022-08-13T20:37:33Z")
That makes sense, then. Wardle’s from/on your side of the pond, and I’ve noted a number of solutions that are words rarely used in America but have a definite British feel to them. AFAIK, the list hasn’t changed other than to remove some solutions that the NYT felt were objectionable, most famously ‘penis.’ ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5517 "2022-08-13T20:39:32Z")
> **Wordle 420 6/6\* 8/13/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > LABEL → Nada. Nada? > ROIST → Again? At least I’ve eliminated nine letters. Which vowel is left? > P **U** DG **Y** → Both of them. OK. What pair of consonants goes between U & Y? > M **U** C **KY** → Got one of them. Middle letter must be an N, so… two possibilities left > F **UNKY** → Not that one. Try the last one… > **HUNKY** > > It wasn’t until I saw @EllisDee’s post I realized I had missed one other possibility. Wish I could transfer my luck to keep that streak going! ---
**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 13, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5518 "2022-08-13T21:49:17Z")
Amazing! ---
**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 13, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5519 "2022-08-13T23:15:30Z")
An inauspicious start for **tomorrow’s**. Wordle 421 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 14, 2022, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5520 "2022-08-14T00:58:13Z")
**Wordle 420 3/6** ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHORE FAITH HUNKY Well, that was a surprise! I was trying to check the U and Y and wasn’t even sure that’d be an answer word, especially given it’s considered a slang word. Nice to get a 3 for a change too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=275) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=277)