# "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:** 286
**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 22, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5701 "2022-08-22T21:02:50Z")
Almost got **tomorrow’s** in two, and yet not. Wordle 430 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 22, 2022, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5702 "2022-08-22T23:52:17Z")
Wordle 429 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROAST CRUET EVERT MERIT Only a par score, but took just five minutes so I’ll take it. > [@EllisDee](#): > > > [@Sherrerd](#): > > > > I couldn’t think of a test word that used any three of B, P, T, W > > Twerp is probably in the guess list. My first thought was Tebow but that’s a name, not a word. TWERP didn’t occur to me–good one! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5703 "2022-08-23T00:07:43Z")
Hadn’t thought of Tebow in years, and my first thought was of Jimmy Fallon’s β€œ[Tebowie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThjzAXlYnHg&list=RDThjzAXlYnHg&start_radio=1)” ---
**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 23, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5704 "2022-08-23T01:18:35Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > That’s one reason I doubt I’ll ever play the hard version: there’s no escape from a trap like that, other than guessing which of several possible solutions is the right one. It’s the only time I hate Hard Mode, and yours is a good reason to avoid it. πŸ™‚ * * * Frustrating one. Wordle 429 4/6\* πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟨🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE TIGER REMIT MERIT ---
**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 23, 2022, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5705 "2022-08-23T02:29:42Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Took me too long to get this one. Wordle 430 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 430** > > TOUGH > BOARD > COPSE > WOMEN > WOVEN ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5706 "2022-08-23T02:35:11Z")
> **Wordle 429 4/6\* 8/22/2022S** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 > 🟨⬜🟨🟩🟨 > 🟨🟩🟨🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > WAS_TE_ - I got T & E, so it wasn’t a waste… > _T_H_E_ **I** _R_ β†’ RETI?, RE?IT, I’ve got a word for the latter - will I pay for it? > _R_ **E** _M_ **IT** β†’ I guess this is the ending I earned… > **MERIT** ---
**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 23, 2022, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5707 "2022-08-23T04:14:37Z")
Wordle 430 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLOMP ROSET HONEY DOZEN WOVEN Roset was just rearranging the letters in store such that O was no longer in the center. Other than that, it’s a trap! ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5708 "2022-08-23T04:18:38Z")
Wordle 430 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO MODEL COVEN WOVEN ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5709 "2022-08-23T05:25:33Z")
Wordle 430 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPOUT ORGAN DEMON WOVEN After 3 I knew where the O was and figured the E was likely in position 4. WOVEN and COVEN were all I could come up with as possibles. ---
**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 23, 2022, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5710 "2022-08-23T07:03:24Z")
Wordle 430 5/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY WHACK WOVEN ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5711 "2022-08-23T09:39:45Z")
Wordle 430 5/6 Looks like I’m far from the only one who found this one challenging. SLART NICHE DUMPY XENON WOVEN ---
**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 23, 2022, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5712 "2022-08-23T10:00:56Z")
Wordle 430 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Agent Mines Woken Woven ---
**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 23, 2022, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5713 "2022-08-23T10:49:57Z")
Wordle 430 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD GNOME WOVEN ---
**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 23, 2022, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5714 "2022-08-23T11:12:19Z")
Wordle 430 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE LEMON I see DOZEN, OFTEN, TOKEN, WOKEN and WOVEN. WOKEN - the only word of the five which would guarantee a 4 if it’s wrong. - assuming there aren’t other words. WOVEN ---
**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 23, 2022, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5715 "2022-08-23T12:08:40Z")
Wordle 430 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART POEMS LOVED COVEY WOVEN ---
**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 23, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5716 "2022-08-23T14:47:46Z")
Wordle 430 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALIEN WOKEN WOMEN WOVEN Mine looks a lot like @GuanoLad’s. Almost a two, ended up a four. WOKEN was my best guess at two, I think. It eliminated more of the words on my list of β€œEN” words than any other. From there it was just a coin flip. I’ve won a few of those lately, so I guess I was due to lose one. ---
**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 23, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5717 "2022-08-23T15:51:50Z")
No harm, no foul, another 4. Wordle 430 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE FLESH VENOM WOVEN ---
**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 23, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5718 "2022-08-23T20:59:23Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Mine looks a lot like @GuanoLad’s. Almost a two, ended up a four. We used the same exact words for those three. **Tomorrow’s** is a four. I’m okay with it. Wordle 431 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5719 "2022-08-23T21:32:33Z")
> **Wordle 430 5/6\* 8/23/2022** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > M_E_RIT β†’ Not much from that start > PHAS_E_ β†’ Or there. Something with an L? > GLU **E** D β†’ Nope. Nor a U. Let’s try an O, N and C. CONEY? or… > C **OVEN** β†’ Not many consonants left… > **WOVEN** > > Lot of elimination to get there… ---
**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 23, 2022, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5720 "2022-08-23T23:05:56Z")
Wordle 430 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT NUDGE ENJOY WOVEN Took way too long. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=285) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=287)