# "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:** 291
**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 27, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5801 "2022-08-27T22:15:01Z")
Happy with how **tomorrow’s** progressed. Wordle 435 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 27, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5802 "2022-08-27T23:47:42Z")
Wordle 434 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OUTER RULER RUDER Well, dang. An extremely lucky first guess gave me three letters in correct position. I took my time going through the alphabet (more than once!) and came up with three possibilities: QUEER, RULER, and SUPER. Other possible five-letter words that would fit seemed to be too obscure for Wordle, to have already been answers, or to be from a class (comparatives) that Wordle seldom–as noted in posts above–resorts to. So of course it did turn out to be a comparative, turning my likely 2 into a less-satisfying 3. !!! ---
**Author:** ![Beesnest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2022, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5803 "2022-08-27T23:57:18Z")
Wordle 434 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 wheat flour under ruder I should stop using a two word opener. My third choice seemed like the correct answer and people would not complain about it. I went through every dang letter I had available til I got the answer- no skill orinspired thinking. ---
**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 28, 2022, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5804 "2022-08-28T00:33:46Z")
**Wordle 434 5/6** ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟨🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHARE TIMER LOPER DRYER RUDER Got a little worried on this one…so many words ending in ER it could be. I felt pretty confident with Dryer, but nope. Seemed it could only be one word from there though, and glad to get it. ---
**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 28, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5805 "2022-08-28T02:34:07Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** There were a lot more words with those letters than I expected. Wordle 435 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 435** > > TORUS > ALIEN > QUAKE > GAUZE ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2022, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5806 "2022-08-28T03:30:36Z")
Wordle 434 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRATE LIONS DUMPY RUDER I see I’m not the only one to dislike this 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 28, 2022, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5807 "2022-08-28T04:50:11Z")
Wordle 435 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLOTS REMAP GAUGE GAUZE Really thought I had it with gauge, and then couldn’t see anything else so had to run through every possible letter to figure out what the actual answer was. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2022, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5808 "2022-08-28T05:37:38Z")
Wordle 435 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VIOLA ADEPT REACH MANGE GAUZE I really struggled with this one as after 3 guesses I still only had 2 yellow vowels. ---
**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 28, 2022, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5809 "2022-08-28T07:18:50Z")
Wordle 435 6/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS MAYBE VAGUE GAUGE GAUZE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2022, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5810 "2022-08-28T08:43:10Z")
Wordle 435 6/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LANES BADGE GAFFE GAUGE GAUZE A little too close for comfort. I usually eliminate all vowels earlier. I should have checked the U. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2022, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5811 "2022-08-28T09:08:12Z")
A lucky guess for a three. Wordle 435 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ASIDE COURT GAUZE Other possibilities were GAUGE and MAUVE. ---
**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 28, 2022, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5812 "2022-08-28T11:07:18Z")
Game 200. Wins 199. It rounded my winning percentage up to 100%. Winning streak 174. Wordle 435 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [CRANE TAILS Most of the words that I saw had a G and/or U. The G could be at beginning or not, the U could be 3rd or 4th. I figured the word to give the best information would have G, A, U and end with E (already green). Which lead to… GAUZE ---
**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 28, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5813 "2022-08-28T12:36:00Z")
Wordle 435 5/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Opium Entry Gruel Gauge Gauze Climbing back out of the doldrums today ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5814 "2022-08-28T14:48:03Z")
This one took me six. But still undefeated! ---
**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 28, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5815 "2022-08-28T15:03:51Z")
Wordle 435 4/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALIVE CRANE PAUSE GAUZE I actually thought of GAUZE before PAUSE, but went for the more common letters. Could have been worse, as I missed GAUGE. So I’ll happily take this four, especially after yesterday. ---
**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 28, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5816 "2022-08-28T17:12:17Z")
Wordle 435 4/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD ANGLE GAUGE GAUZE ---
**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 28, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5817 "2022-08-28T17:57:16Z")
Wordle 435 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Better than yesterday. FORGE GUIDE GAUGE GAUZE ---
**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 28, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5818 "2022-08-28T18:34:37Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Better than yesterday. My sentiments exactly. Wordle 435 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE VALUE PAUSE GAUZE ---
**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 28, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5819 "2022-08-28T21:27:25Z")
For **tomorrow’s** I very quickly got to a point where it could only be one possible word. Wordle 436 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 28, 2022, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5820 "2022-08-28T23:06:12Z")
Wordle 435 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AROSE PLANE CACHE GAUZE Having eliminated obvious consonant pairs, I figured it was likely either an β€œAI” word or an β€œAU” word. I tried the latter first. > [@Author\_Balk](#): > > Game 200. Wins 199. It rounded my winning percentage up to 100%. Winning streak 174. Congratulations! I’m surprised they give people back their 100% (via rounding)β€”I’d have guessed they’d decline to do that. (I have an impression of the creator and also of those running the game now as β€œsticklers”–perhaps that’s unfair.) _Of course_ a mere loss of one game out of 200 should be recognized, and I applaud them giving that recognition. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=290) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=292)