# "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:** 300
**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:** [September 5, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5981 "2022-09-05T14:02:27Z")
Wordle 443 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Adult Enemy Chirp Whoop ---
**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:** [September 5, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5982 "2022-09-05T14:23:07Z")
Wordle 443 4/6\* 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WEIRD WHACK WHOSO WHOOP ---
**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:** [September 5, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5983 "2022-09-05T14:56:01Z")
Wordle 443 4/6 🟦🟦⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟧⬛🟦 ⬛🟧🟧⬛🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 HOUSE BROTH CHOMP WHOOP I almost never _don’t_ check for more vowels after this kind of start, but I figured the H had to be part of a digraph. It just took me three tries to find the right one. I’ll take the four, considering. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5984 "2022-09-05T18:13:52Z")
Wordle 443 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH SHEEP CHOMP WHOOP Not bad considering I started with only one letter, and it being in the wrong place. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5985 "2022-09-05T18:17:52Z")
Another day, another 4. Wordle 443 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLOUD SHOWY WHOOP ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5986 "2022-09-05T19:34:13Z")
Got off to a slow start but had a sudden burst of speed Wordle 443 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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:** [September 5, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5987 "2022-09-05T21:03:10Z")
**Tomorrow’s** is not my finest hour. Wordle 444 6/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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:** [September 6, 2022, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5988 "2022-09-06T04:16:27Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Wordle 444 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 444** > > STEAM > TRAIN > TANGO > TAUNT > [@GuanoLad](#): > > **Tomorrow’s** is not my finest hour. Wordle is making fun of you. And me. And all of us. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5989 "2022-09-06T04:26:01Z")
Wordle 444 6/6 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO MANGE JAUNT HAUNT VAUNT TAUNT Wordle is mocking me. Not only did I miss the T on guess two but I went through the entire alphabet to make sure I didn’t need to eliminate letters and only came up with two possible guesses, completely missing the actual answer. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2022, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5990 "2022-09-06T04:29:12Z")
Wordle 444 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAMP TAPER UNIFY TAUNT After 2 I could see taunt, taint, tally, taffy and taboo. We don’t need no stinkin’ hard mode! Unify would identify the first four, with the assumption that no hits would mean it’s taboo. Or some word I didn’t see. Fortunately it was one of the first four. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5991 "2022-09-06T06:11:49Z")
Wordle 444 4/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AGLOW STAIR TAPED TAUNT ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5992 "2022-09-06T06:35:15Z")
> **Wordle 443 4/6\* Labor Day (US) 2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > INTER → lotta common letters but no hits. This may be a weird word… > S **HO** AL → OK, that’s a bit better. No SHO/THO, perhaps CHO? > C **HO** CK → Shouldn’t have gone for one with a repeated letter; still, practically has to be WHO?? now… > **WHOOP** > > CHOMP would have been a better third word, both in terms of what was known at the time and what the solution ended up being. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2022, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5993 "2022-09-06T07:50:21Z")
Wordle 444 4/6 ⬛🟩⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY TAUNT ---
**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:** [September 6, 2022, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5994 "2022-09-06T09:58:39Z")
Wordle 444 4/6\* ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Heady Cocoa Altar Taunt ---
**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:** [September 6, 2022, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5995 "2022-09-06T10:04:10Z")
Wordle 444 6/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD GLOAM ← don’t know why i thought if this. PANIC VAUNT ← or this HAUNT TAUNT ← very, _very_ nearly went with JAUNT Yes. Phew. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5996 "2022-09-06T10:21:57Z")
Wordle 444 4/6 SLANT DOUGH VAUNT TAUNT Shoulda been a 3. This is what I get for working it out in my head while lying in bed with insomnia. That’s my only explanation for how a Monty Python fan like me missed the solution on the third guess. “Now go away, or I shall taunt you a second time.” ---
**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:** [September 6, 2022, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5997 "2022-09-06T11:09:38Z")
Wordle 444 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TAILS TAUNT ---
**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:** [September 6, 2022, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5998 "2022-09-06T12:04:54Z")
Wordle 444 6/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Lack of consideration of letters used twice almost got me HEART ABOUT JAUNT DAUNT VAUNT TAUNT ---
**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:** [September 6, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5999 "2022-09-06T14:43:00Z")
Wordle 444 4/6 ⬛⬛🟧⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟧🟧🟧 ⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 LOUPE GRUNT HAUNT TAUNT Working too quickly, I completely missed JAUNT, VAUNT, and DAUNT, so this could have turned very bad. On the other side of the coin, I almost put down TAUNT at three, but the other word I thought of was SHUNT, so I figured HAUNT would be sure to show me _something_. Guess it worked out OK. (A 4 on puzzle 444 seems appropriate!) ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6000 "2022-09-06T15:12:08Z")
Wordle 444 X/6\* ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 Argh [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=299) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=301)