# "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:** 303
**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 8, 2022, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6041 "2022-09-08T09:49:24Z")
Wordle 446 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Early Slain Glass Class ---
**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 8, 2022, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6042 "2022-09-08T11:10:34Z")
Wordle 446 3/6 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS - ignoring the two greens and finding more letters. Has to be CLA\_S. Other than plural words the only word I see is CLASS ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6043 "2022-09-08T11:30:50Z")
Wordle 446 3/6 _S_ **LA** NT =\> Could be clash, clasp, class, flash, flask (glass has been used) **CLAS** H =\> Down to class and clasp. Am I feeling lucky? **CLASS** =\> Won the coin toss ---
**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 8, 2022, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6044 "2022-09-08T12:01:28Z")
Wordle 446 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BLANK PLAID GLASS CLASS ---
**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 8, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6045 "2022-09-08T14:32:10Z")
Wordle 446 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Better focus than yesterday, which wouldn’t take much. Alphabet coin toss made me miss getting it in three. HEART SLANG GLASS CLASS ---
**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 8, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6046 "2022-09-08T15:57:05Z")
Wordle 446 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD SLACK ← Woohoo !! 3 for me today … CLASH ← ?! Bastard ! CLASP ← ??? Double Bastard !!! CLASS ffs ! ---
**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 8, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6047 "2022-09-08T15:59:39Z")
Me and another 4. I figure I should write a song. Wordle 446 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE POACH SCALY CLASS ---
**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 8, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6048 "2022-09-08T16:30:07Z")
Wordle 446 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 NOISE MARSH CLASP CLASS Like **pjd** , I thought I had a three. (But only after the letters started turning over.) CLASH was already eliminated, so at least the four was in the bag. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6049 "2022-09-08T16:45:54Z")
> **Wordle 446 4/6\* 9/8/2022** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _L_EERY β†’ Need some more common letters > P **LA** IT β†’ Lucky double match! With A in the middle, there may be no other vowels… let’s hit some more consonants > _S_ **LA** NG β†’ Hmm. Wordle hates plurals, so ?LAS? is likely. Can’t think of a BLAS? word (not BLAST or BLASE). FLASH maybe. or CLASH, or… > **CLASS** > > CLASH was probably a better triage word, but I have a bias towards repeat letters. ---
**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 8, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6050 "2022-09-08T16:54:01Z")
Not so good, but still successful. Wordle 446 6/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OCEAN ARTIC CALYX CLAMP CLASH CLASS ---
**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 8, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6051 "2022-09-08T21:01:47Z")
My starter word for **tomorrow’s** was contemporarily themed, but it turned out I had it backwards. Wordle 447 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
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Wordle 446 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN CHAOS CLASS A lucky guess 2 (to test two more vowels plus a consonant-combo, after a dud guess 1) led to a fairly obvious word to try for guess 3–and it worked out. ---
**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 9, 2022, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6053 "2022-09-09T02:38:08Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** My first guess was decidedly sub-optimal, but I thought it appropriate. Wordle 447 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 447** > > QUEEN β†’ R.I.P. > LIEGE > THEME β†’ There is one, isn’t there? ---
**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 9, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6054 "2022-09-09T03:00:27Z")
Wordle 446 3/6 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRATE LIONS CLASS Pleased to get it in 3, even though it contains yet another double letter, a pet peeve of mine ---
**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 9, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6055 "2022-09-09T04:23:35Z")
**Wordle 446 4/6** 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COAST CLASH CLASP CLASS C’mon Wordle…four days in a row of double letters? At this point, I know they are just trying to mess with us. My start word was great…three greens. But then I had another long list of words it could be. I decided to go with the CL words since there were three of them, and good choice, but now was left with choosing between two words again, and again choosing wrong. I was actually happy to get it in 4 though, considering how many possible words there were after my start word. @EllisDee, that is a good idea to use an anagram solver for next time I need a sleuth word! I usually try to use my own brain power, but it doesn’t always cooperate. πŸ˜‰ ---
**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 9, 2022, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6056 "2022-09-09T04:33:14Z")
Wordle 447 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLIPS TORAN TEETH THEME I don’t know what a toran is. I tried all permutations of amrot but there doesn’t appear to be a word there. So I switched M for N, and the very first attempt hit. I think by any measure that technique is fair play – brute forcing the five letters you want until you stumble onto a valid guess – but I’m starting to wonder if there’s any functional difference between that and just using an anagram solver. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6057 "2022-09-09T04:50:22Z")
Wordle 447 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUSTY THEME Just another lucky guess. I assume that there were other options but I say this word and went with it. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6058 "2022-09-09T06:05:59Z")
Wordle 447 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GROAN IMPEL THEME Not sure how I got here in 3 ---
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Wordle 447 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY THEME ---
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