# "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:** 307
**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 12, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6121 "2022-09-12T15:07:10Z")
Wordle 450 5/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OUNCE TROPE ABODE BIOME BOOZE Bah. I should have caught on to the double O sooner. Took me way too long to see. I don’t keep track of previous winning words, but BLOKE was a memorable one, so at least I didn’t waste a guess on that (which I totally would have otherwise). ---
**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 12, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6122 "2022-09-12T21:10:08Z")
Starting to lose interest in playing the game. May waver a bit going forward. Here’s **tomorrow’s.** Wordle 451 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 12, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6123 "2022-09-12T21:14:44Z")
Ugh. I had a dreadfully bad game. My own fault. Wordle 450 6/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CHOSE SLOPE GNOME EVOKE BOOZE Screwed up on my third try by repeating a letter I already knew was eliminated. And I, too, failed to try the double β€˜O’ words sooner. Lucky for me, Try Number 6 was the only option remaining – and it _still_ took me forever to figure it out!! ---
**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 12, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6124 "2022-09-12T23:41:12Z")
Wordle 450 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROAST BOING BOOBY BOOZE After guess 2 I was pretty flummoxed. Decided after a while I wanted to try a Y-ending and the only word I could think of was BOOBY…which I half-thought would be disallowed (despite the existence of the birds). But it took, and I belatedly looked it up–it’s been a winning word! And so has BOOZY!!! (β€œBooze” was the only logical guess, after that.) BOOZE, BOOZY, and BOOBY: truly Wordle’s finest hours. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6125 "2022-09-12T23:59:42Z")
> **Wordle 450 4/6\* 9/12/2022** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 > 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > TI_B_IA β†’ Not the letter I’d have expected to hit… > PR **O** _B_ **E** β†’ OK, only two spots left for the B. Still Britishisms for words? > **B** L **O** K **E** β†’ Missed that one. But, can’t see many consonants to go in second, so probably another vowel. U? Nah. Double O? So, BOOLE, BOONE (both proper nouns) or > **BOOZE** > > Another repeated letter answer. ---
**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 13, 2022, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6126 "2022-09-13T01:51:30Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Wordle wants to show you it’s the boss. Wordle 451 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 451** > > PROUD > LEAPT > SPLAY > ALPHA ---
**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 13, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6127 "2022-09-13T02:41:47Z")
Last minute comeback Wordle 450 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Those squares in the first five rows represent the same two letters. After getting them, I couldn’t get another hit. So in my final try, I was working with just two clues and a whole bunch of misses. ---
**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 13, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6128 "2022-09-13T04:20:35Z")
**Wordle 450 6/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPARE CLONE QUOTE GATED EVOKE BOOZE Yet another double letter word. No way a random word generator, or whatever they use, is spitting out that many double letter words in one month. And while Booze is a common word, it’s considered slang, which I thought they didn’t use (so I didn’t play it till last), but apparently they do. After my 3rd word, I had to do a β€œsleuth word” to check several words, else I could easily fail with too many words to choose from. It worked in that it left me with two possible words, and I chose what I thought was most likely, but nope. Ugh. At least it wasn’t a fail, but it wasn’t fun. ---
**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 13, 2022, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6129 "2022-09-13T04:27:17Z")
Wordle 451 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CREPT PALMS APPLY ALPHA Another day, another 4. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6130 "2022-09-13T04:29:57Z")
Wordle 451 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LEANS AMPLY ALPHA A bunch of weird guesses but I will take the four. ---
**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 13, 2022, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6131 "2022-09-13T04:41:53Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Starting to lose interest in playing the game. Me too. It hasn’t been as fun ever since NYT took over. If they just let a random word generator pick the daily words, it’d be more balanced, which is how it used to be. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6132 "2022-09-13T08:17:14Z")
Wordle 451 4/6\* ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GLOAT ALBUM ALDER ALPHA I had a bad feeling after 3 that I was in a deadly trap, but actually there were very few options so an unspectacular 4. ---
**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 13, 2022, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6133 "2022-09-13T09:28:07Z")
Wordle 451 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD SHOAL LATCH ALPHA ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6134 "2022-09-13T09:53:50Z")
Wordle 451 3/6 S **L** _A_NT =\> a good start C_H_ORE =\> ok, the H is probably last, maybe a PH, wait, maybe it can be right after the L… **ALPHA** ---
**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 13, 2022, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6135 "2022-09-13T11:25:34Z")
Wordle 451 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS - Ignore the A and looking for other letters. Found the L LUMPY - Still ignoring the A and looking for other letters. Found the P. And E, I, O, U and Y are eliminated. ALPHA ---
**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 13, 2022, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6136 "2022-09-13T11:58:59Z")
I checked the word list regarding words with double letters (not necessarily consecutive). About 32 percent of all words have double letters. A streak like the one now will only happen one more time - in 2027. But, this is basically a one out of a thousand situation. You would expect this to happen about one out of a thousand days. We just happen to be in the one out of a thousand situation. ---
**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 13, 2022, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6137 "2022-09-13T12:05:42Z")
Woot! Lucky first word for me! Wordle 451 2/6\* 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PHIAL ALPHA ---
**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 13, 2022, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6138 "2022-09-13T12:10:41Z")
Wordle 451 4/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 To quote the immortal Ted Striker- what a pisser. A word that starts and ends on A. Who’da thunk it? HEART SHOAL LAUGH ALPHA- amost went with ALOHA but avoided it. ---
**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 13, 2022, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6139 "2022-09-13T12:42:00Z")
Wordle 451 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY ALPHA ---
**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 13, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6140 "2022-09-13T15:07:59Z")
Wordle 451 5/6 πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ABOUT ALIEN ALARM ALLAY ALPHA Three fives in a row for me. Unless I missed something, I had one option with the A in the four-spot and one with the A in the five-spot, so it was down to a coin flip. At least I made a pretty design. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=306) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=308)