# "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:** 293
**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 29, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5841 "2022-08-29T23:21:13Z")
Wordle 436 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROAST NEIGH CHIDE CHIEF Nothing for guess 1 then three for guess 2; tested consonant pair and got lucky. It had to be “CHIE\_” after guess 3, and the only word that occurred to me was the winner. ---
**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 30, 2022, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5842 "2022-08-30T03:03:43Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** No, it’s not Alzheimer’s. Wordle 437 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 437** > > YOUTH > CREAM > OFTEN > ONSET ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5843 "2022-08-30T04:13:16Z")
Wordle 437 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TOUCH STOMP ONSET Once again, I decide not to check all the vowels but do OK anyway. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5844 "2022-08-30T05:08:54Z")
> **Wordle 436 4/6\* 8/29/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > GAUZ_E_ → Really thought I would hit on that Z… not. > _HE_ **I** ST → One of my favorite second guess words; did not disappoint > **CHI** L_E_ → E in fourth by process of elimination; CHIE? can only mean > **CHIEF** > > I really didn’t expect my third guess to be valid - uncommon, proper noun - and if it hadn’t been I might have had a shot at 3. ---
**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 30, 2022, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5845 "2022-08-30T06:06:03Z")
**Wordle 436 3/6** ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 REMIT NICHE CHIEF ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5846 "2022-08-30T06:46:13Z")
Wordle 437 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AGILE ETHOS ONSET Took me ages to get past my second guess. ---
**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 30, 2022, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5847 "2022-08-30T08:29:38Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > I really didn’t expect my third guess to be valid - uncommon, proper noun CHILE[/spoiler] is an alternative spelling of [spoiler]CHILI ---
**Author:** ![Beesnest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5848 "2022-08-30T09:59:26Z")
Wordle 437 6/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I took all my chances with bizarre words before final.coset is a new word to me but I thought it might be it because of the story of the techie guy who made up the list. ---
**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 30, 2022, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5849 "2022-08-30T10:01:45Z")
Wordle 437 3/6\* 🟩⬛⬛🟩🟨 🟩⬛🟨🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Oaken Owned Onset ---
**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 30, 2022, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5850 "2022-08-30T10:02:09Z")
Not very smart of me. I should’ve had this in 3. Wordle 437 4/6 🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS STONE — dumb! xxONx we already know doesn’t work! ONSET ---
**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 30, 2022, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5851 "2022-08-30T11:37:36Z")
Someone made a comment about the list being made by a techie guy. Apparently about a week ago the New York Times skipped over a word that might be considered techie that the average person may not know. The word was octal . I’m not sure if that needs to be spoiled. Wordle 437 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE LEMON HONEY - ingredients for something? ONSET ---
**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 30, 2022, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5852 "2022-08-30T11:49:08Z")
Almost but not quite a disaster. Wordle 437 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DRAIN BUNCH PEONY NOVEL ONSET ---
**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 30, 2022, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5853 "2022-08-30T12:00:36Z")
Wordle 437 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD MELON \<–Stupid boy. The E can’t be there, can it ? NOISE ONSET ---
**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 30, 2022, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5854 "2022-08-30T12:02:13Z")
Made work of this one. Wordle 437 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART EXULT COVET OBJET ONSET ---
**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 30, 2022, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5855 "2022-08-30T12:14:10Z")
Wordle 437 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAPS STORE ONSET This took me forever. I even had to give up and sleep on it, and then it took me forever again this morning. I’m guessing onset was the only valid answer after 2. Man that was hard to see. ---
**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 30, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5856 "2022-08-30T14:47:44Z")
Wordle 437 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟦🟦 🟦🟦⬛🟧⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AMUSE SOBER ONSET This took a bit of brain power, but not a ton. Fun to have to work for it a little and still manage a three. ---
**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 30, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5857 "2022-08-30T15:02:56Z")
Wordle 437 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POISE SENOR - I’m very surprised to see this as a valid word ONSET ---
**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 30, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5858 "2022-08-30T15:09:48Z")
Behind the curve today. Wordle 437 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 ⬛⬛🟨🟨🟩 ⬛🟨🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CHEST BESOT ONSET ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5859 "2022-08-30T21:15:05Z")
> **Wordle 437 6/6\* 8/30/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ > 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CHI **E** F → Not a bad start. -ED or -ER ending? Naw, let’s try some common consonants > _ST_R **E** P → Try BYTES? No, ??SET is a better try… > UP **SET** → … but that wasn’t. I already tried the P just last word! OK, think of some words with another vowel. Repeated Es? > BE **SET** → Nope. Double S? with a previously unused vowel? > AS **SET** → Nope. One try left. Gotta be an O. But ?OSET doesn’t scan. O?SET could be… > **ONSET** > > That was closer to a loss than it had to be. ---
**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 30, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5860 "2022-08-30T21:38:53Z")
Two minutes before I leave for work and I realised I forgot to play **tomorrow’s** Wordle. Maybe I should work quickly more often. Wordle 438 2/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=292) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=294)