# "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:** 302
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6021 "2022-09-07T10:36:28Z")
Wordle 445 3/6 S_L_ANT =\> Thought I’d start doing this bit of bolding greens and italicizing yellows CHO **R** _E_ **LEERY** =\> Was really thinking this would tell me for sure where the E and L were; got lucky ---
**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 7, 2022, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6022 "2022-09-07T11:10:55Z")
Wordle 445 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE OILER LEERY - Similar to a previous post. Telling me where the E was and finding checking a spot for L and R. ---
**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 7, 2022, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6023 "2022-09-07T12:14:43Z")
Tough nut today. Wordle 445 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART WEIRS MERRY DECRY LEERY ---
**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 7, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6024 "2022-09-07T14:52:51Z")
Wordle 445 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 MAUVE OILER LEERY I’m not even sure I had any other options, but I saw LEERY immediately and just typed it in instead of my usual overthinking, and there it was! A very quick three. ---
**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 7, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6025 "2022-09-07T15:11:16Z")
Another day, another 4. Wordle 445 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE BUYER REPLY LEERY ---
**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 7, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6026 "2022-09-07T15:16:52Z")
Wordle 445 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I shouldn’t play when I’m distracted. πŸ™„ POISE SERUM DEATH - Head smack NEVER EERIE - Another head smack LEERY ---
**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 7, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6027 "2022-09-07T18:20:09Z")
Wordle 445 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FARCE SOBER ERUPT REIGN LEERY ---
**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 7, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6028 "2022-09-07T19:47:15Z")
Got **tomorrow’s** in a nice tidy three. Wordle 446 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6029 "2022-09-07T21:06:37Z")
Test - kept hitting β€˜reply’ in another thread and the button acted as if it didn’t work ETA: works fine here, just not there. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6030 "2022-09-07T22:52:36Z")
> **Wordle 445 4/6\* 9/7/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 > ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > TAUNT β†’ No love from the Ts. Ah, well. Let’s try a common-letter word… > SHO **R** _E_ β†’ Not bad. Two more vowels to try. Can I find a word with both of them? > FI **ERY** β†’ Yes! I can’t see that it’s much of a trap, but I think I need a second E. EVERY, or… > **LEERY** > > A fairly lucky guess for the 4. > > Also, @Aspenglow had the sequence IRATE-BUYER-REPLY-LEERY which sounds like a lot of my interactions with Craigslist… ---
**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:** [September 8, 2022, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6031 "2022-09-08T02:25:16Z")
Wordle 445 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRATE LIONS LEPER LEERY Ugh, double letters again ---
**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 8, 2022, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6032 "2022-09-08T02:33:03Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Back to normal, I guess. Wordle 446 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > GRAPE > CHANT > CLAIM > CLASS ---
**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:** [September 8, 2022, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6033 "2022-09-08T03:28:47Z")
Wordle 445 5/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH REIGN DECOR WEARY LEERY After step 3 I could think of only two words to fit the β€œ_E\_R_” pattern (with several letters disallowed): JEWRY and WEARY. I was 100% certain it wouldn’t be the first one, and the second was disallowed due to the A…but I wanted to know if my guess that Y had to be the last letter was correct, and so went forward. After what seemed forever I finally saw LEERY. What a slog! ---
**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:** [September 8, 2022, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6034 "2022-09-08T03:42:08Z")
**Wordle 445 4/6** ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCARE FIERY QUERY LEERY This one had me sweating bullets a bit. I had a list of 6 words it could be after my 2nd word. I could have done a sleuth word, but couldn’t really come up with a good one with the letters I needed to check (V, Q, L, M, U, and second E). I chose to just try my chances and got lucky! ---
**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 8, 2022, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6035 "2022-09-08T04:33:59Z")
Wordle 446 3/6 πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CREST CHASM CLASS For some reason I just forgot about A. I struggled coming up with a second word using all the other vowels, but all of them seem to end with an E. Finally I saw chasm and just punched it in without realizing there were more A possibilities. (Also clash, but chasm eliminated that.) ---
**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 8, 2022, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6036 "2022-09-08T04:40:03Z")
> [@SeaSun](#): > > couldn’t really come up with a good one with the letters I needed to check (V, Q, L, M, U, and second E) It would only partially test the second E, but punching those letters into an anagram solver returned velum. Not the paper; that has two L’s. Apparently the one L version has a long E sound and means the soft palate, or other membranous structures similar to it. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6037 "2022-09-08T04:49:49Z")
Wordle 446 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHALE FLASK CLASS ---
**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 8, 2022, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6038 "2022-09-08T07:01:59Z")
Wordle 446 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY WHACK CLASS ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6039 "2022-09-08T07:11:36Z")
Wordle 446 5/6\* 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AGILE SMALL BLAST FLASH CLASS Feel like I should have done better. Wasn’t really focused at the start and made silly mistake on 2 repeating a letter in a known wrong position. ---
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6040 "2022-09-08T07:57:03Z")
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