# "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:** 288
**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 24, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5741 "2022-08-24T23:43:30Z")
Wordle 431 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH SINGE NOVEL NEEDY After guess 3 it was clear that a beginning with β€œNE” was likely; there just aren’t that many five-letter words that exclude the already-excluded letters. ---
**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 25, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5742 "2022-08-25T01:47:31Z")
Wordle 431 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRAIT CHUNK SYNOD NEEDY ---
**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 25, 2022, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5743 "2022-08-25T02:23:49Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Wordle 432 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 432** > > ALIEN > TORUS β†’ BLOWN, CLOWN, and FLOWN trap > CABIN > CLOWN ---
**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 25, 2022, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5744 "2022-08-25T04:06:20Z")
Wordle 432 4/6 πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLASP CLEFT CLICK CLOWN Glad it wasn’t cloud. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5745 "2022-08-25T04:36:06Z")
Wordle 432 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHONE BLOWN CLOWN ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5746 "2022-08-25T05:36:04Z")
Wordle 432 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TREAD PIOUS BLOCK CLOWN If I’d tried BLOWY as my 3rd I would have had a more pleasing green pyramid. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5747 "2022-08-25T08:49:41Z")
Unusual result for me today: Wordle 432 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Nothing for the first two, then got it on the third! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5748 "2022-08-25T09:37:28Z")
I think we’re all [bozos on this bus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmWFrMq3qNY). Worldle 432 2/6 SLANT CLOWN My first word narrowed things down way more than it looked at first glance, AFAICT, I was down to the \_LOWN mini-trap. But BLOWN was a previous solution, so I had a 50-50 chance of that sweet 2. ---
**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 25, 2022, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5749 "2022-08-25T10:04:46Z")
Wordle 432 3/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Wring Owned Clown ---
**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 25, 2022, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5750 "2022-08-25T10:30:09Z")
Wordle 432 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD QUILT GLOOM PLONK CLOWN ---
**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 25, 2022, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5751 "2022-08-25T11:18:26Z")
Wordle 432 3/6 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE LINTS - so it starts with C, ends in N has an L and no A, E or I. CLOWN - I think the only other possible word is COLON ---
**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 25, 2022, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5752 "2022-08-25T14:04:16Z")
Wordle 432 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART LIONS CLOUD CLOWN ---
**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 25, 2022, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5753 "2022-08-25T14:58:23Z")
A 3! Wordle 432 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS CLOWN ---
**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 25, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5754 "2022-08-25T15:23:01Z")
Wordle 432 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PEACH - meh TRICK- uh-oh CLOUD - lucky stab in the dark CLOWN ---
**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 25, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5755 "2022-08-25T16:22:35Z")
A nice 3. I’ll take that! Wordle 432 3/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLOUD CLOWN Lucky third choice. WordleBot advises there were 4 others, and I knew them all. ---
**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 25, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5756 "2022-08-25T16:46:23Z")
Wordle 432 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ACUTE SONIC CRONY CLOWN A fun four; not too hard, not too easy. 🀑 Hitting the C right away saved a lot of aggravation. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5757 "2022-08-25T17:34:33Z")
> **Wordle 432 6/6\* 8/25/2022** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _N_EEDY β†’ Took up two letter guess slots to find out there’s no E. > S_N_ **O** UT β†’ SNAIL would have been a better guess, on reflection, but OK. > GR **O** A **N** β†’ I’m pretty sure that’s not an I between those letters. > B **LOWN** β†’ Trap! But… I think I’m save. F or C? > F **LOWN** β†’ Darn, wrong one. > **CLOWN** > > I always hate to take a 6, but that one could have gotten ugly, so I’m OK with it. ---
**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 25, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5758 "2022-08-25T21:10:16Z")
**Tomorrow’s** is a joke. Wordle 433 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 25, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5759 "2022-08-25T21:27:25Z")
Wordle 432 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CHOMP CLOUD CLOCK CLOWN ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5760 "2022-08-25T22:20:08Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > WordleBot advises there were 4 others, and I knew them all. I see CLOCK and CLOMP, but unless WordleBot includes words like CLOGS and CLODS (which it shouldn’t if it’s got half a brain), I’m mystified about the others. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=287) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=289)