# "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:** 315
**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 19, 2022, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6281 "2022-09-19T02:00:33Z")
**Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today** What the fuck? Wordle is really, really pushing it now. Wordle 457 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 457** > > STEAL > UNITE > TWICE > TRICE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6282 "2022-09-19T04:06:16Z")
Wordle 457 3/6 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TRICK TRICE ---
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**Wordle 456 4/6** 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNAIL SPITE SKIRT STICK ---
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Wordle 457 X/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 Parse Write Tribe Trike Trine Tride Trice. Wow. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6285 "2022-09-19T08:05:03Z")
Wordle 457 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DEATH ENTRY TRIES TRIBE TRICE I was looking for an apt starter for today. ---
**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 19, 2022, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6286 "2022-09-19T09:37:04Z")
Ouch! That’s 3 losses in less than 30 days. Wordle 457 X/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© EARTH LIONS TRIED TRIBE TRIKE TRIPE ---
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> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > What the fuck? Wordle is really, really pushing it now. Seconded. Wordle 457 4/6 SLAN_T_ _C_HO_R_ **E** =\> got it down to TRUCE and TRICE, but the latter’s archaic as shit now **TR** U **CE** =\> AYFKM, Wordle?! **TRICE** Seriously, it’s been at least forty years since I’ve run across the expression β€˜_in a trice_’ in a book, even. I’ve probably never heard anyone actually _say_ it. And AFAICT the word doesn’t even _exist_ outside that expression. Grrr. Argh. ---
**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 19, 2022, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6288 "2022-09-19T09:41:35Z")
My third three in three days1 Wordle 457 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ASIDE COURT TRICE ---
**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 19, 2022, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6289 "2022-09-19T10:47:04Z")
Wordle 457 2/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 It’s been a while since I got a two. CRANE Could be PRICE, TRICE, TRUCE, others? TRICE seems go give the best information of the three. TRICE ---
**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 19, 2022, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6290 "2022-09-19T11:17:27Z")
Wordle 457 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD GRIME WRITE TRIPE ← bastard ! TRICE ---
**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 19, 2022, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6291 "2022-09-19T11:54:14Z")
Wordle 457 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STOIC PITCH TRICK TRICE - really? REALLY?! ---
**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, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6292 "2022-09-19T11:56:36Z")
Yay, I got the word! Now what the hell is it? Wordle 457 6/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART TRESS TRIED TRIPE TRIBE TRICE ---
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Wordle 457 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLOTS REACT TRUCE TRICE And again, this is some bullshit. WTF?! ---
**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 19, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6294 "2022-09-19T13:56:21Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Yay, I got the word! Now what the hell is it? Am I the only one who grew up with the β€˜countdown’ of Once, twice, trice? Like when swinging something/one heavy in a game, like β€˜go on three’? ---
**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, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6295 "2022-09-19T13:57:57Z")
I thought the word was thrice, not trice. Like if you water your plants thrice daily and already did it once, then you need to do it twice more since once from thrice is twice. ---
**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 19, 2022, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6296 "2022-09-19T14:16:23Z")
Well, on the playground where I was when I was at the appropriate age for those type of games (maybe California, maybe Alabama, Dad got shifted around by his company a lot in those days) it was definitely β€˜trice.’ Not to say we kids might not have gotten it wrong. ---
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Wordle 457 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ABOUT THINE WHACK TRICE Glad I went for a test word at 3, as TRICE would have certainly been my last inclination. I _think_ I only had four possible words left (TWICE, TRIPE, TRIKE, TRICE), so it would have been a 6, but 4 is better. And I might have missed something. (Edit: Forgot about TRITE. Scoredle says I also had TRIDE, TWIRE, and TWITE, but if one of those had been the answer, I’d quit Wordle forever.) ---
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> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > Am I the only one who grew up with the β€˜countdown’ of Once, twice, trice? Like when swinging something/one heavy in a game, like β€˜go on three’? That’s incorrect. β€œIn a trice” means to do something quickly or soon. β€œThrice” means three or third, as in β€œonce, twice, thrice”. ---
**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 19, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6299 "2022-09-19T15:18:14Z")
The above should probably be spoilered. ---
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Oh, those annoying all-but-one-letter, multiple-possibilities words … Wordle 457 6/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RANGE MITRE TRITE TRIBE TRIPE TRICE [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=314) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=316)