# "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:** 319
**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 22, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6361 "2022-09-22T17:04:04Z")
Wordle 460 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OCHRE PANSY BASIN SAINT ---
**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 22, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6362 "2022-09-22T17:04:15Z")
Wordle 460 2/6 🟦⬛🟧⬛🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALIEN SAINT A nice start, but I did _not_ expect a two. I was just trying to place letters at that point. Thought about FAINT and PAINT, but figured the S had a better chance of hitting. And then, boom! A pleasant surprise. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6363 "2022-09-22T19:32:53Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Another dumb luck. 3 for me today. That was my exact same three word progression! Run of the mill minds thing alike! 😉 ---
**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 22, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6364 "2022-09-22T20:59:09Z")
LOL, how ordinary of us! 😃 ---
**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 22, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6365 "2022-09-22T23:15:56Z")
**Wordle 460 2/6** 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHONE SAINT Woohoo, I got it in two! 🙂 Great start word, but I had a long list of words to try for my second word, which I expected, and I got lucky with choosing the best word from my list - it had the most letters used in all of the words so I could narrow things down, and narrowed down I did! ;). > [@RTFirefly](#): > > So far, no ads are showing up on my iPhone. Well, I was being a dummy…I discovered that I had my adblocker turned off, though no idea why as I never mess with that on the Wordle site. Problem solved. 😉 ---
**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 22, 2022, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6366 "2022-09-22T23:52:23Z")
> [@SeaSun](#): > > … I knew it was just a matter of time before they started putting ads on the game board. I have an ad blocker and it still showed up with the video auto-playing (have auto-play off too). Can’t say that wasn’t a bit annoying, but easy enough to stop the video and scroll down to only see the board. I was so annoyed by yesterday’s winning word that I forgot to mention that ads started that day. (You and I must be the only two playing on a non-phone device.) On my comp the NYT has set the page up so that it’s not possible to scroll down past the distracting video…grrr. Well, that’s American business. Wordle 460 3/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN SLANT SAINT Lucky guesses for 1 and 2. And, how refreshing: a ‘normal’ winner! ---
**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 23, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6367 "2022-09-23T00:52:43Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > On my comp the NYT has set the page up so that it’s not possible to scroll down past the distracting video…grrr. I was able to scroll down just _barely_ enough so the ad portion didn’t show. For my ad blocker, I use uBlock Origin add-on, and it works great. You can turn it on or off for each site you want it activated on (the icon is always up top to access). ---
**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 23, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6368 "2022-09-23T00:56:42Z")
> [@SeaSun](#): > > …For my ad blocker, I use uBlock Origin add-on, and it works great. You can turn it on or off for each site you want it activated on (the icon is always up top to access). Thanks–I’ll check that out. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2022, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6369 "2022-09-23T04:15:48Z")
Wordle 461 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO GROUP GLORY ---
**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 23, 2022, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6370 "2022-09-23T05:56:49Z")
Wordle 461 4/6 ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLOPS BADGE GLOWY GLORY Abandoned hard mode to steal a three, only to choke it away in comical fashion. After 1 I could see alone/along, aloud, bloke, blood/flood, blown/flown, glove, and also (less likely) blowy/flowy/glowy. If those were the only options, badge as a second guess had a decent chance to positively identify the answer. Unfortunately badge eliminated all of them, leaving me scratching my head. (How is it not glove?!) Finally I was like, well I don’t see anything else, guess it has to be glowy. Doh! Maybe next time I should check R. I hear that might be a pretty popular letter. What a maroon. Trombone wha-whaaa. ---
**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 23, 2022, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6371 "2022-09-23T07:30:38Z")
Wordle 461 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Taser Grown Glory ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2022, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6372 "2022-09-23T07:48:17Z")
Wordle 461 2/6\* 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GLOBE GLORY ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2022, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6373 "2022-09-23T09:28:41Z")
Wordle 461 3/6 S **L** ANT CH **OR** E **GLORY** An easy 3. Spent most of my time on the third guess, making absolutely sure that the obvious solution was really the only possibility. As Aspenglow would say, coffee’s still hot. ---
**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 23, 2022, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6374 "2022-09-23T10:08:07Z")
Wordle 461 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD SPURN WHIRL LORRY GLORY ---
**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 23, 2022, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6375 "2022-09-23T11:55:37Z")
My win streak hits 200. Wordle 461 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TIROS GOURD - I saw a several possible words with D and/or G GLORY ---
**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 23, 2022, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6376 "2022-09-23T12:06:50Z")
Wordle 461 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SCORN GLORY Hallelujah! ---
**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 23, 2022, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6377 "2022-09-23T13:41:19Z")
Wordle 461 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟨🟩⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS GROWL GLORY ---
**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 23, 2022, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6378 "2022-09-23T13:48:43Z")
Wordle 461 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 No idea how I arrived at the answer. SWAG, mainly. SPUME OATER CHORD GLORY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6379 "2022-09-23T15:07:04Z")
> **Wordle 460 3/6\* 9/22/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > REC_A_P → Not much to go on. Common consonants next… > L **A** _T_CH → Why did I reuse the C? Too late at night… OK, try something with an I that fits… > **SAINT** > > A very lucky 3. > **Wordle 461 4/6\* 9/23/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SAINT → Strikeout! OK, try to get some vowels… > C_O_VE_R_ → Got one, and an R. Try the O in the middle, but what else? > P_R_ **O** X **Y** → Lucky on the Y! OK, R?O?Y goes nowhere (ROOFY, but can’t have an O second) so we need ??ORY. STORY is out. So… > **GLORY** > > When I’m sleepy, I need to be lucky, and I was twice here. Better get back to my morning routine… ---
**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 23, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6380 "2022-09-23T16:18:35Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > As Aspenglow would say, coffee’s still hot. LOL, mine’s lukewarm today. Wordle 461 4/6\* ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟨 ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Hey, a 4! IRATE SCOUR WHORL GLORY WordleBot was withering in its praise. It made sure to tell me that while my third guess was brilliant because it is a valid word and eliminated all words but the answer, it isn’t a word that’s considered a Wordle solution. So this is what I get for not using Wordle-related lists. FML. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=318) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=320)