# "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:** 308
**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 13, 2022, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6141 "2022-09-13T15:48:39Z")
Wordle 451 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPORT PUNCH HAPPY ALPHA ---
**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 13, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6142 "2022-09-13T16:22:48Z")
Four seems to be the popular pick. And I extend my streak o’ fours. Wordle 451 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE AGONY ALBUM ALPHA At least it’s done for today. ---
**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 13, 2022, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6143 "2022-09-13T20:48:50Z")
**Tomorrow’s** sucked. That’s it. I give up. Wordle 452 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6144 "2022-09-13T21:24:55Z")
Sorry to hear that. But when a game stops being fun, it’s time to take a break. ---
**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 13, 2022, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6145 "2022-09-13T23:48:25Z")
Wordle 451 5/6 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CLOAK ALIBI ALLEY ALPHA Like Rufus I began with SLANT, but I did less well from there. ---
**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 14, 2022, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6146 "2022-09-14T03:29:02Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Maybe this can be a song by Garfunkel and Oates. Wordle 452 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 452** > > SLANT > TUMOR > THYME ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6147 "2022-09-14T04:23:48Z")
Wordle 452 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TUNED THYME Wait just a second. Didn’t we just have THEME? Wordle is being too tricky. ---
**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 14, 2022, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6148 "2022-09-14T05:30:28Z")
Wordle 452 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLOMP STEAM THYME Yay, finally a 3! I messed up the second word by moving the green M. I should have guessed teams instead of steam. Wouldn’t have changed anything, though. Yay! So happy to get a 3. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6149 "2022-09-14T06:38:47Z")
> **Wordle 451 4/6\* 9/13/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > BOOZE β†’ whiff. Try commons > ST_A_IR β†’ near whiff. Likely two vowels > _P_ **L** _A_UD β†’ why o why did I repeat the A in the middle? At least I have L placed and P. Not CLAMP - don’t want to repeat my middle A folly a third time. ?LYAP - nah. Sat and thought for a while here. > **ALPHA** ---
**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 14, 2022, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6150 "2022-09-14T06:48:31Z")
**Wordle 451 4/6** ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPARE PAINT AMPLY ALPHA After my third word, I had two words to choose from again, but this time I chose correctly. Finally! > [@Author\_Balk](#): > > A streak like the one now will only happen one more time - in 2027. So it sounds like this could very well be random then, and not an evil ploy by NYT to mess with us. We currently are at 9 days out of 13 for September, so I wonder what the lifespan is of this one out of a thousand double-letter word streak (or curse as some may call it πŸ˜‰)…feels like it’ll never end. πŸ˜† ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6151 "2022-09-14T07:15:51Z")
Wordle 452 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PILOT STEAM THEME THYME A rather mundane 4 ---
**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 14, 2022, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6152 "2022-09-14T08:09:42Z")
Wordle 452 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY THYME ---
**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 14, 2022, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6153 "2022-09-14T08:18:52Z")
Wordle 452 3/6 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Taser Theme Thyme ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6154 "2022-09-14T09:43:52Z")
Wordle 452 4/6 As I was starting to work on this, I kept thinking: haven’t I already done this one? Not exactly, but close enough to #447 for deja vu to seriously kick in: SLAN_T_ =\> Slow start C **H** OR **E** =\> Better! But where’s the T? Could be theme or thyme, but white works too W **H** I_T_ **E** =\> theme was Wordle #447, white’s a more common word than thyme, right? THYME =\> 🎢 _no thyme left for you…_ 🎢 > [@RTFirefly](#): > > Wordle 447 3/6 > > SLAN_T_ =\> Slow start > C **H** OR **E** =\> Better! But where’s the T? Could be theme or thyme, but white works too > **THEME** =\> Figured if I was wrong, I’d still have it in 4. But guessed right ---
**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 14, 2022, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6155 "2022-09-14T10:17:54Z")
Wordle 452 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD EQUIP CLOVE THEME THYME ---
**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 14, 2022, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6156 "2022-09-14T10:35:36Z")
Wordle 452 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS - Same first two words and results as last week THYME - Since THEME was the word last week. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6157 "2022-09-14T11:47:19Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > Maybe this can be a song by Garfunkel and Oates. I’m thinking maybe the new Guess Who tribute band, Guess the Wordle. ---
**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 14, 2022, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6158 "2022-09-14T11:54:53Z")
Wordle 452 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART THINE THOSE THYME ---
**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 14, 2022, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6159 "2022-09-14T12:08:05Z")
Another lucky first guess. Wordle 452 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 JERKY MAYBE THYME ---
**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 14, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6160 "2022-09-14T14:49:47Z")
Wordle 452 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PATIO BRUTE STYLE THYME After my recent spate of fives, a four looks pretty good. I actually enjoyed the mental workout today. A bit challenging, but gettable. I’m not through with Wordle just yet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=307) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=309)