# "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:** 278
**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 14, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5541 "2022-08-14T23:00:08Z")
Wordle 421 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AROSE TAUNT CLAIM KHAKI Very, very tough. After guess 3 I knew the β€œI” had to be in position 1, 2, or 5. I ran through the whole alphabet (non-cancelled letters, anyway) for any possibilities for the first two and then was left with that β€œposition 5,” which had to be a foreign-loan word. Threre are not a lot of those. (OKAPI, SWAMI, UMAMI, and KHADI have been mentioned. I’ve never heard of that fourth one; such an educational game!\*) Anyway, finally got there. \*a type of cloth promoted by M. Gandhi, apparently. ---
**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 15, 2022, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5542 "2022-08-15T02:54:08Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Could I write lyrics for Lady Gaga? Wordle 422 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 422** > > STAKE > WOULD > POKER ---
**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 15, 2022, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5543 "2022-08-15T04:18:07Z")
Wordle 422 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRISP REPOT POWER POKER Hitting on R and P on the first word generally means I follow it up with trope, but unfortunately the R was yellow. Repot’s just as good. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5544 "2022-08-15T04:19:50Z")
Wordle 422 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO HORDE LONER SMOCK POKER I ended up in a trap after three and went on a letter hunt. I had it down to two options. I seriously don’t know how people are getting these in three. I feel like I’m lucky to get it at all. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5545 "2022-08-15T05:48:38Z")
Wordle 422 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TIRED POWER POSER POKER Could’ve been a 2, would have been ecstatic with a 3, will settle for 4. ---
**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 15, 2022, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5546 "2022-08-15T08:38:57Z")
Wordle 422 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD GRIME ULCER POKER ---
**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 15, 2022, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5547 "2022-08-15T08:48:34Z")
Wordle 422 5/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY WHACK POKER ---
**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 15, 2022, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5548 "2022-08-15T11:08:47Z")
Wordle 422 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE OILER RAMPS - searching for letters, found the P POKER ---
**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 15, 2022, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5549 "2022-08-15T11:56:59Z")
Man, I hate it when you get three letters right off, and then can’t convert to a word right away. Too many possibilities on this one. Wordle 422 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHORE MOWER LOVER BOXER POKER ---
**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 15, 2022, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5550 "2022-08-15T11:59:55Z")
Wordle 422 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SNORE OPERA POKER ---
**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 15, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5551 "2022-08-15T14:17:01Z")
Wordle 422 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Abide Gruel Power Poker ---
**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 15, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5552 "2022-08-15T14:52:51Z")
Wordle 422 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AMUSE OILER BENDY PLUNK POKER Seems to me we’ve done the \_O\_ER thing a few times already. My first test word came up empty and I still had half a dozen possible words. Sheesh. Lots of work for this one. ---
**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 15, 2022, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5553 "2022-08-15T14:58:33Z")
(discussing wordle 422) > [@Wheelz](#): > > Seems to me we’ve done the \_O\_ER thing a few times already. After solving I remember feeling like power had already been an answer, meaning that would have been a wasted guess for me at 3. But then I thought I was just remembering having used it as a guess the last time that pattern came up. Kind of took the scenic route to agreeing with you there; we’ve seen that pattern before at least once, possibly multiple times. Straining my memory, I think maybe mower was one of the answers. ---
**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 15, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5554 "2022-08-15T16:24:01Z")
Power was about three weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5555 "2022-08-15T16:28:08Z")
> **Wordle 422 3/6\* 8/15/2022** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _K_HAKI β†’ Wasn’t expecting much; wasn’t disappointed. Getting a singular K is a minor coup, though… > D_RE_C_K_ β†’ Really though it would be a CK ending. So K is second or middle! Perhaps an ER ending… > **POKER** > > The K did end up being significant. I was so hung up on ending with a CK that I didn’t think of a better second word… ---
**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 15, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5556 "2022-08-15T16:52:53Z")
> [@QMatic](#): > > Could’ve been a 2, would have been ecstatic with a 3, will settle for 4. You’re singing my song. Wordle 422 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLERK (flip a coin) JOKER (loser) POKER At least the coffee’s still hot. ---
**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 15, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5557 "2022-08-15T20:58:25Z")
A nice three for **tomorrow’s**. Wordle 423 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5558 "2022-08-15T21:33:57Z")
> Seems to me we’ve done the \_O\_ER thing a few times already. Well, POWER was just a few weeks ago… Wordle 422 4/6 SLANT CHORE DOPER POKER There was no way I was going to get this in fewer than 4, and I feel I played this one well to get it in that many tries, after drawing a blank on my starting word. Getting the ORE with my second word, with none of them in the right positions, left me about 18 possibilities, just assuming the vowels in the 2nd and 4th slots. You’ll be amused by the word I used to narrow things down with my third try. That got me down to just POWER and POKER, but since one of those had been used already, it had to be the other one. ---
**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 15, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5559 "2022-08-15T22:56:53Z")
Wordle 422 6/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROAST DOILY MOVER ABACK JOKER POKER The β€œ\_O\_ER” trap required me to test at least six consonants for the words that would fit and hadn’t yet been winning words. Of course that wasn’t possible, so I settled for testing B, C, and K. Still took two more guesses–a real β€œwhew.” ---
**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 16, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5560 "2022-08-16T01:06:34Z")
Close one. Wordle 422 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHAIN GROPE ROPED POWER POKER [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=277) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=279)