# "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:** 317
**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 20, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6321 "2022-09-20T15:02:18Z")
Wordle 458 2/6 πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AISLE ALIKE Woo-hoo! Can’t even remember my last two. My first time using AISLE as a starter and it turned out to be lucky. I _almost_ went with ALIVE, but something told me, no, try ALIKE first. I outsmarted Wordle for a change! (And, I like symmetrical patterns. A good day.) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6322 "2022-09-20T15:11:57Z")
Wordle 458 3/6 S **L** _A_NT CHOR **E** **ALIKE** Like several others here, I was down to a choice between the solution and ALIVE. I won the literal coin toss this time - I was so undecided that I actually flipped a coin to make my decision. ---
**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 20, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6323 "2022-09-20T15:27:57Z")
Will happily take a 3 today. Wordle 458 3/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE ANISE ALIKE Glad I didn’t see ALIVE. I’d have probably tried that before today’s answer. ---
**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 20, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6324 "2022-09-20T15:35:39Z")
I did it in one, but I inadvertently cheated. I opened this thread before doing the puzzle and the mouse-over revealed the answer. I did it anyway, just to be called a β€œgenius”. ---
**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 20, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6325 "2022-09-20T18:11:36Z")
Wordle 458 5/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD MAPLE ALGAE ALIVE ALIKE ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6326 "2022-09-20T20:10:19Z")
> **Wordle 458 6/6\* 9/20/2022** > > ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 > ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > TR **I** C **E** β†’ OK, good on the vowels - but there’s a lot of consonants out there. > WH **I** N **E** β†’ Don’t know why I didn’t do SHINE. Well, next guess… > S **LI** M **E** β†’ Hit on the L! Too many possibilities still out there… > G **LI** D **E** β†’ Strikeout. I’m late to notice, but I need to check some vowel possibilities. OLIVE? or… > **ALI** V **E** β†’ Hit the A, not the V. Not many consonants left, and only one that fits… > **ALIKE** > > 19 greens out of 30 spaces. I wonder what the record is for most greens on a single wordle? If someone hit a 6-way trap on their first guess, then went the distance, that would be 25. ---
**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 20, 2022, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6327 "2022-09-20T22:51:23Z")
Wordle 458 3/6 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT ALIBI ALIKE β€œALIKE” and β€œALIVE” seemed equally likely to me, so I went alphabetical. Sometimes works; sometimes doesn’t. ---
**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 20, 2022, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6328 "2022-09-20T23:52:32Z")
Wordle 458 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BACON VITAL FLAIR ALIAS ALIKE ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6329 "2022-09-21T00:33:49Z")
Wordle 458 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRATE AISLE ALIKE I didn’t notice ALIVE, so a little lucky ---
**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 21, 2022, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6330 "2022-09-21T01:59:57Z")
**Wordle 458 3/6** ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MANOR ANGLE ALIKE > [@Mark\_Finn](#): > > So close to a two! But my fourth three in a row! Nice! Getting it in 3 is like getting it in 2 these days. πŸ˜‰ I’ve only had four 3’s the entire month. πŸ˜† ---
**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 21, 2022, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6331 "2022-09-21T04:11:27Z")
Wordle 459 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟨🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAPS PACER RECAP I should have guessed recap second; it’s pacer backwards and a much more obvious word. Still, I haven’t had many 3s lately so I will take it. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6332 "2022-09-21T05:00:56Z")
Wordle 459 3/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO REACH RECAP ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6333 "2022-09-21T07:20:10Z")
Wordle 459 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FIERY PROBE REAPS RECAP ---
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Wordle 459 3/6 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Crane Caper Recap ---
**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 21, 2022, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6335 "2022-09-21T08:36:06Z")
Wordle 459 5/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY WHACK RECAP ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6336 "2022-09-21T08:58:26Z")
Wordle 459 4/6 SL_A_NT _C_HO_RE_ =\> RACER, RACED, PACER, RECAP? RACER or RECAP most likely. **R_A_C** _E_R =\> Nope, it’s **RECAP** Yesterday I won the coin toss for a 3, today I didn’t. It all evens out. ---
**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 21, 2022, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6337 "2022-09-21T10:19:09Z")
Wordle 459 4/6\* ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD RELAX REPAY RECAP ---
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Wordle 459 3/6 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE -Looks like only two possible words RACER - not this one RECAP - it’s the other ---
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Wordle 459 2/6\* 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 My starting word, which I’ve never changed from my first game, really paid off today. ---
**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 21, 2022, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6340 "2022-09-21T11:59:10Z")
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