# "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:** 29
**Author:** ![Roger\_That](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roger_that/32/8505_2.png) [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/561 "2022-01-15T09:33:22Z")
Wordle 210 3/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 tied my best ever. also my fastest in terms of time. still have not lost. will be crushed when i have. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/562 "2022-01-15T10:26:19Z")
I’ve only played twice and today I got it in three. Yesterday took to 5. I was pretty surprised actually, but pleased. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/563 "2022-01-15T11:19:07Z")
Wordle 211 4/6 ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I got lucky with the first word but couldn’t convert. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/564 "2022-01-15T12:02:52Z")
Lots of 5 and 6s for me in the last half of this week. I’m not competing with anyone but myself, so I’m good. Another 5 today. Wordle 210 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEAST APPLY PARKS PANDA PANIC ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/565 "2022-01-15T14:02:36Z")
Wordle 210 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GHOST ADIEU RAINY PANIC ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/566 "2022-01-15T14:35:52Z")
I had some browser issues yesterday and cleared my cookies. My 16-17 day streak was gone when I went there today. πŸ₯΅ Do they have a login, I wonder? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/567 "2022-01-15T14:37:26Z")
Wordle 210 3/6\* ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 T **AN** GY β†’ good start, next KO some commons S **AN** ER β†’ try something with an β€˜I’ next **PANIC** Starting with yesterday’s did most of the work. > [@Richard\_Pearse](#): > > I got lucky with the first word but couldn’t convert. But what the heck was your third guess? ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/568 "2022-01-15T14:48:33Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > But what the heck was your third guess? That would be a spoiler for #211. I don’t think most of us want to know that yet. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/569 "2022-01-15T14:49:27Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I had some browser issues yesterday and cleared my cookies. My 16-17 day streak was gone when I went there today. πŸ₯΅ > > Do they have a login, I wonder? I’m not aware of any, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/570 "2022-01-15T14:52:24Z")
No, there’s no login and based on articles I’ve read about the game and the creator’s aims, don’t expect anything like that. The game runs entirely in your browser and there’s no backend database to store login info. So the lesson for everybody is, don’t clear your cookies for this site if you want to maintain your stats, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/571 "2022-01-15T14:57:57Z")
Wordle 210 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 19/20 overall, current streak 7, max streak 10 (I missed a day right after I started playing). SWEAT RANDY MANGO \<β€”I really thought this was it. PANIC > [@Roger\_That](#): > > still have not lost. will be crushed when i have. Yep. Still bugs the crap out of me that it’s not 100%. ☹ ---
**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:** [January 15, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/572 "2022-01-15T15:04:34Z")
Besides not clearing cookies, also do not miss a day or your streak will get reset. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/573 "2022-01-15T15:05:34Z")
Which was inevitable at some point, anyway. No biggie, still fun. Got it in three guesses today. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/574 "2022-01-15T15:07:01Z")
If anyone is interested in another site that lets you do unlimited ones and even increase the letter total, here is a site I call β€œWordle Unlimited”. [Not as slick, but still fun.](http://foldr.moe/hello-wordl/) ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/575 "2022-01-15T16:17:06Z")
Five, this time. Jan 15, #210. _A_UTOS REG_A_L _C_ **AN** DY M **ANIC** PANIC ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/576 "2022-01-15T16:56:42Z")
First time I ever got it in 2. Wordle 210 2/6\* ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I started with my usual word RATIO. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/577 "2022-01-15T16:58:36Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Besides not clearing cookies, also do not miss a day or your streak will get reset. I do it on my phone sometimes and my PC sometimes, so my stats are wrong anyway. ☹ ---
**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:** [January 15, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/578 "2022-01-15T17:00:43Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > First time I ever got it in 2. > > Wordle 210 2/6\* > > ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > I started with my usual word RATIO. Nicely played! ---
**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:** [January 15, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/579 "2022-01-15T17:01:21Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > > [@Bullitt](#): > > > > Besides not clearing cookies, also do not miss a day or your streak will get reset. > > I do it on my phone sometimes and my PC sometimes, so my stats are wrong anyway. ☹ Oh that just sucks. I’ve been lucky in that I’ve always played on my phone. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/580 "2022-01-15T17:29:20Z")
It’s interesting that in β€œhard” mode, getting very lucky with three on the first guess can be suboptimal if there remain numerous possible solutions, since you can only eliminate two of the remaining letters at each subsequent guess. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=30)