# "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:** 280
**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 17, 2022, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5581 "2022-08-17T03:05:30Z")
**Wordle 423 4/6** ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACE GRIEF GREEN GRUEL I forgot to play yesterday. So the streak starts over. πŸ™„ The real irksome thing about not playing is I know I would have played the same start word I played the previous day, and that would have given me four letters in yellow. I most likely would have gotten it in 2 or 3 at the most from there, as there were only two possible words. Such as it is. Today is another day…and it was a fairly quick and painless 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 17, 2022, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5582 "2022-08-17T04:08:55Z")
Wordle 424 2/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CREST TWICE I really wanted to check L instead of W (and a instead of i) but I couldn’t figure out how to get an L in there with the T. Then I started feeling like twice was actually the answer, so went for it. Yay 2! ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5583 "2022-08-17T04:09:32Z")
Wordle 424 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO NIGHT SPITE TWICE ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5584 "2022-08-17T06:25:35Z")
Wordle 424 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VALUE PRIDE WHINE TWICE ---
**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 17, 2022, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5585 "2022-08-17T07:20:24Z")
Wordle 424 5/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY WHACK TWICE ---
**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 17, 2022, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5586 "2022-08-17T10:25:45Z")
Wordle 424 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD CHOSE MINCE JUICE TWICE ---
**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 17, 2022, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5587 "2022-08-17T10:29:24Z")
Wordle 424 5/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Outed Great Stile Thine Twice ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5588 "2022-08-17T10:43:02Z")
Wordle 424 3/6 SLANT CHORE TWICE After the first two words, I had the silent E at the end, and the C and T somewhere. Wrote down the nine possibilities for where the C and T could be, and the solution was the only word that jumped out at me, so I went with it. Figured I’d at least narrow things down. πŸ™‚ ---
**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 17, 2022, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5589 "2022-08-17T10:58:10Z")
Wordle 424 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE SPICE TWICE - which was my third word about a month ago when the word was VOICE ---
**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 17, 2022, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5590 "2022-08-17T12:34:43Z")
Wordle 424 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Made work of this one. HEART STEEL ABATE TINGE TWICE ---
**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 17, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5591 "2022-08-17T14:36:32Z")
Wordle 424 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALIEN SMITE TWICE Something starting with TR would actually have been a smarter third guess, but for some reason I felt really good about TWICE. Had it not been correct, my fourth word would have been more carefully considered. But a little luck got me the quick and easy three! ---
**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 17, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5592 "2022-08-17T16:52:34Z")
Well, this was unexpected. I can claim no real skill today other than wanting to test letters in various positions. My butt barely got comfortable in the seat! Wordle 424 2/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE TWICE I’m the windshield! I’m the windshield! πŸ˜ƒ Quite a story your word list told, @Wheelz.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 17, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5593 "2022-08-17T17:27:17Z")
Wordle 424 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCOUT HATCH TRICK TWICE ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5594 "2022-08-17T17:56:28Z")
> **Wordle 424 4/6\* 8/17/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > GRU_E_L β†’ Where does the E go? (ego?) > S_T_AR **E** β†’ At the end. And no R. So try TH to start… > **T** H **I** N **E** β†’ Nice! But what’s the second letter? Not E, O or Y, not R or H, I think there’s only one other letter that can go there… > **TWICE** ---
**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 17, 2022, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5595 "2022-08-17T21:20:00Z")
There may be complaints about **tomorrow’s.** Wordle 425 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 17, 2022, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5596 "2022-08-17T22:51:23Z")
Wordle 424 4/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH TEMPO TINGE TWICE Fast and rather enjoyable today (though of course _not_ an impressive score). ---
**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 18, 2022, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5597 "2022-08-18T01:31:50Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Wordle is a Marie Osmond fan? Wordle 425 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 425** > > DRONE > CHINA > PLANT > STANK > TWANG ---
**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 18, 2022, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5598 "2022-08-18T01:54:11Z")
**Wordle 424 3/6** ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SAINT WRITE TWICE Got lucky with my second word…the answer could only be one word from there (ruled out Twi **n** e with my first word). ---
**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 18, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5599 "2022-08-18T04:07:01Z")
Wordle 425 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLIPS TAMER THANK TWANG Unambiguous and quick. There is no universe in which I would guess (or even see) twang before thank, so I’ll happily 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 18, 2022, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5600 "2022-08-18T04:35:01Z")
Wordle 425 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 ⬜🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CHANT STANG TWANG They wouldn’t start with TW twice in a row. The T has to be second. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=279) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=281)