# "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:** 309
**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 14, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6161 "2022-09-14T16:25:25Z")
Finally, a 3. Wordle 452 3/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE THOSE THYME I’m another who remembered THEME from last week. I remembered because I had tried THYME before THEME, and it was wrong. So it had to be the correct answer this week. ---
**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 14, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6162 "2022-09-14T17:03:47Z")
Wordle 452 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH THEME THYME ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6163 "2022-09-14T17:25:57Z")
Mine went: DAILY YOURS GEEKY THYME ---
**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 14, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6164 "2022-09-14T21:39:06Z")
[![](https://i.redd.it/oinrljl6ib071.jpg) ](https://i.redd.it/oinrljl6ib071.jpg) Here’s **tomorrow’s.** Wordle 453 2/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 14, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6165 "2022-09-14T22:58:44Z")
Wordle 452 4/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH THEFT THINE THYME Since THEME and THOSE have already been winners, and an E ruled out for position 3, I’m not sure there were any other options but THYME for step 4. ---
**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 15, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6166 "2022-09-15T00:56:34Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** Wordle tells me what it thinks of my abilities. Wordle 453 3/6 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 453** > > POUND > DOUGH > DOUBT ---
**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 15, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6167 "2022-09-15T04:09:06Z")
**Wordle 452 4/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNARE CLOVE WHITE THYME > [@RTFirefly](#): > > 🎢 _no thyme left for you…_ 🎢 πŸŽΆβ€¦on my way to better things 🎢 Not really…still playing. Though I thought fitting lyrics for how I’ve been feeling about Wordle lately πŸ˜† (and now I gotta go pull up that song…haven’t listened to it in a while - thanks for that!) ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6168 "2022-09-15T04:57:45Z")
Wordle 453 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE MOUNT DOUBT Was getting bored so I decided to try a new start word only to have to come up with a new second word. I should not have had so much doubt. ---
**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 15, 2022, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6169 "2022-09-15T05:20:01Z")
Wordle 453 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CROPS TONAL MOUTH DOUBT I don’t think I was ever getting a 3 on this one. If I had managed to check M instead of N in my second guess, my third guess would have almost certainly been donut, not doubt. So this is looking like a guaranteed 4 for my strategy all the way. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6170 "2022-09-15T06:30:40Z")
> **Wordle 452 4/6\* 9/14/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > ALP_H_A β†’ Not much from that - not even a second vowel. Moving on… > S **H** IR **E** β†’ Good luck with both the H placement and the fresh E! CHORE is not an option, try a leading T… > **TH** RE **E** β†’ why o why do I try something with an R again? Well, at least I’m down to one vowel and thus one word left… > **THYME** > > Fun fact: parsley, sage, and rosemary will not be Wordle answers (none have exactly five letters.) ---
**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 15, 2022, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6171 "2022-09-15T07:16:28Z")
Wordle 453 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART LIONS DUMPY DOUBT ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6172 "2022-09-15T07:44:01Z")
Wordle 453 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLOUT COURT MOUNT DOUBT ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6173 "2022-09-15T09:18:50Z")
Wordle 453 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ASIDE COURT DOUBT ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6174 "2022-09-15T09:38:17Z")
Wordle 453 4/6 SLAN **T** CH_O_RE **D** _U_MPY **DOUBT** A straightforward 4 that wasn’t gonna be any more or less. ---
**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 15, 2022, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6175 "2022-09-15T10:39:22Z")
Wordle 453 3/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD BLOOD ← What was i thinking ? It can’t possibly be this. DOUBT ← Glad i did it now ! ---
**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 15, 2022, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6176 "2022-09-15T10:53:57Z")
Wordle 453 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS BOOTH DOUBT ---
**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 15, 2022, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6177 "2022-09-15T12:12:21Z")
Sometimes a 4 can be satisfying if every guess turns one more letter green Wordle 453 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART MOIST COUNT DOUBT ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6178 "2022-09-15T12:27:26Z")
Took me five. RATIO THYME CLOTS DONUT DOUBT ---
**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 15, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6179 "2022-09-15T15:47:06Z")
Me, too, @teelabrown. Wordle 453 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHAMP SIEVE TROLL FOUNT DOUBT ---
**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 15, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6180 "2022-09-15T16:14:39Z")
Back to a 4. Since there were 3 other possibles when I got it, I feel fortunate today. Wordle 453 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLOUT JOUST DOUBT [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=308) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=310)