# "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:** 314
**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 18, 2022, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6261 "2022-09-18T03:25:40Z")
**Wordle 455 3/6** ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STAIN COURT CHUTE Happy to get this one in 3…it’s been a while. ---
**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 18, 2022, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6262 "2022-09-18T04:13:28Z")
Wordle 456 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAPS SLICE STICK I really wanted clots for my second word because β€œlot” are the three letters I wanted to check. Couldn’t figure out any way to do that so I settled for slice, which worked out much better than clots would have. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6263 "2022-09-18T04:14:47Z")
Wordle 456 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TILDE UNITY STICK ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6264 "2022-09-18T07:02:57Z")
Wordle 456 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VIOLA PRIDE THINK STICK ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6265 "2022-09-18T07:19:00Z")
> **Wordle 455 3/6\* 9/17/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > PAR_E_R β†’ Still bitter. > S **H** IN **E** β†’ Interesting. Haven’t tried a T yet, but can’t find a TH??E word. If it starts with C, not CHORE or CHOSE, but with a U… > **CHUTE** > > Got this one in just before midnight. Nice break after yesterday’s bloodbath… > **Wordle 456 4/6\* 9/18/2022** > > 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ > 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _C_HU_T_E β†’ Good start. Why not swap the two known letters’ spaces? > _T_RA **CK** β†’ ??TCK doesn’t work, so ?T?CK it is. Must start with an S. So O or I in the middle? > **ST** O **CK** β†’ Guessed wrong. > **STICK** > > Two wordles in ten minutes. ---
**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 18, 2022, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6266 "2022-09-18T09:26:01Z")
Wordle 456 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD QUILT THINK STICK ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6267 "2022-09-18T10:47:39Z")
[https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/306761094\_811419060272421\_677948121121529372\_n.jpg?\_nc\_cat=1&ccb=1-7&\_nc\_sid=730e14&\_nc\_ohc=JwIva\_JpsOoAX-\_\_C4i&\_nc\_ht=scontent-sea1-1.xx&oh=00\_AT9eunU8fb4bXzmQxaqWiji3YuWwF1aOx1l9J0834Hm\_\_w&oe=632B81EA](https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/306761094_811419060272421_677948121121529372_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=JwIva_JpsOoAX- __C4i&_nc_ht=scontent-sea1-1.xx&oh=00_AT9eunU8fb4bXzmQxaqWiji3YuWwF1aOx1l9J0834Hm__ w&oe=632B81EA) ---
**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 18, 2022, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6268 "2022-09-18T11:35:00Z")
Wordle 456 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE LOTIC STICK ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6269 "2022-09-18T11:47:06Z")
Wordle 456 4/6 SLANT STORM STUCK STICK No idea why I thought of STUCK before STICK. ---
**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 18, 2022, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6270 "2022-09-18T12:02:05Z")
Wordle 456 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POISE SWIFT STICK ---
**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 18, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6271 "2022-09-18T12:09:22Z")
Wordle 456 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY WHACK STICK ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6272 "2022-09-18T12:17:12Z")
Something I haven’t seen talked about: according to that notice from the NYT puzzle people, on average 91% of everyone solves any given Wordle puzzle in within six tries. Uh, doesn’t that sort of diminish the sense of accomplishing something, if virtually EVERYONE does it? Would anyone keep playing a type of Solitaire if you won 90% of the time? ---
**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 18, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6273 "2022-09-18T12:38:35Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > Would anyone keep playing a type of Solitaire if you won 90% of the time? Is that a real question? I played freecell for years without losing a game. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6274 "2022-09-18T12:47:05Z")
To quote myself this morning, β€œWordle 456 **4** /6.” I’ve lost exactly once, and that was in that debacle the other day. But I would rather win with a 2 or 3 than a 5 or 6. ---
**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 18, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6275 "2022-09-18T16:29:54Z")
Wordle 456 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 UNITE HOIST STICK STICK actually popped into my head at two, but my usual MO is to check for vowels first, so I set it aside. Not mad though, it’s been a minute since I got a three. (Scoredle says I had 14 possible guesses left, but most were plurals. There were also STIRP, STILB, STIPA, and a few others like that. So really I was just down to STICK, STILL, and STIFF.) ---
**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 18, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6276 "2022-09-18T17:04:16Z")
A 3. At last! Wordle 456 3/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE LIGHT STICK I was still in letter-elimination/placement phase and was quite surprised when STICK popped up as the answer. I’ll take it. ---
**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 18, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6277 "2022-09-18T17:07:07Z")
Bah. Wordle 456 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MAGIC CHIEF SCION SLICK STICK ---
**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 18, 2022, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6278 "2022-09-18T23:30:37Z")
Wordle 456 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AROSE SLING SHIFT STICK That T pretty much had to be in 2nd position, given that E couldn’t end the word (So no β€œSPITE” or such). β€œSTILL” and β€œSTIFF” had been eliminated (no L or F). STICK was a Wordle-winner-like word and the obvious one to try in the 4th guess. Nice and fast. Great cartoon, Smapti. Though I wonder what non-players make of it; they must be puzzled. ---
**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 19, 2022, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6279 "2022-09-19T00:55:02Z")
Almost forgot to play today, quite pleased with a three Wordle 456 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BOUTS STICK ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6280 "2022-09-19T01:29:00Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > A 3. At last! _3 at last! 3 at last!_ _Thank…_ ok maybe that’s a bit over the top πŸ˜‰ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=313) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=315)