# "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:** 32
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/621 "2022-01-17T02:52:03Z")
Wordle 211 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Extremely lucky second guess. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/622 "2022-01-17T05:14:46Z")
A good day for me and wordle variants. Le Mot (@WordleFR) #8 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Wordle 212 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WORDLEπŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ 350 3/6 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ETA on the French one, I lost the green letter from the first row because I was checking for a duplicate and I didn’t know enough French to make it work. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/623 "2022-01-17T08:42:48Z")
Wordle 212 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEAST SHONE SHIRE @Maserschmidt - bloody show off. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/624 "2022-01-17T08:53:21Z")
Wordle 212 5/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/625 "2022-01-17T09:15:48Z")
Wordle 212 2/6\* ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Two threes in a row, and now a two? I’m on a roll… ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/626 "2022-01-17T09:17:57Z")
BTW - yet another Wordle variant is [Byrdle](https://rbrignall.github.io/byrdle/), for those of you with a reasonable knowledge of choral music. I’ve discovered the game does take proper names (one recent answer was ZADOK). ---
**Author:** ![Boycott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boycott/32/6741_2.png) [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/627 "2022-01-17T09:18:15Z")
Wordle 212 3/6 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCRAP SORRY SHIRE ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/628 "2022-01-17T10:55:08Z")
Wordle 212 3/6\* Jan 17th > **Click to see yet more spoilerific green color blocks.** > > πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© > πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **S** TO **RE** **SH** A **RE** **SHIRE** Well we already knew this game was hobbit-forming. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/629 "2022-01-17T11:08:43Z")
I just came here to say I’ve got it in two for the last two days running, and I’m now off to see if there’s a TV quiz show of the same game I can sign up for and finally make my millions. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/630 "2022-01-17T11:30:25Z")
Wordle 212 4/6\* > **Color Blocks** > > πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ > πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› > πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Would’ve been three, but they went for the more obscure word. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2022, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/631 "2022-01-17T11:36:18Z")
Wordle 212 4/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I’m 25 for 25. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2022, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/632 "2022-01-17T11:42:04Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > My first time ever playing the game, I got it in 4: > > TEAMS > SPOON > SORTA > SOLAR > > I’m surprised I pulled it off. I’m a writer, but I’m terrible at word games. I am very surprised that your third word was accepted as a word! ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/633 "2022-01-17T11:44:23Z")
> [@SanVito](#): > > I just came here to say I’ve got it in two for the last two days running, and I’m now off to see if there’s a TV quiz show of the same game I can sign up for and finally make my millions. ITV in the UK uses exactly the same format for guessing five letter words in a show called Lingo. It’s in its second season now, but it is a revival from the original show from the eighties. I found a clip and it’s pretty similar to Wordle though they give you the first letter… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/y3l2KKSbZWA/hqdefault.jpg "Lingo (1988)(1)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3l2KKSbZWA&t=221) ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/634 "2022-01-17T11:52:28Z")
I’m also generally using a different first word each time, so no patterns in these (though I do have some more common that I start with. Hmm.). Maybe could have managed 4 today, but this is what I got. Wordle 212 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FEAST JUDGE SHONE SHINE SHIRE ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/635 "2022-01-17T11:59:00Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > I wonder whether it’s possible to win without knowing the language at all; which would mean having no idea whether any given letter combination might be a word. I know some French and some German. Basically enough that I could get a couple of letters, but not enough so that I could make a leap from that to β€œother words that have these letters” especially not in French with the various silent letters. I suspect reading knowledge of languages is more helpful than spoken language because this is a visual language game. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/636 "2022-01-17T12:02:56Z")
How come your second guess didn’t include one of your correct letters from the first? ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/637 "2022-01-17T12:19:51Z")
Because I thought I’d take a chance and go pretty different from my first word and see if I could get/eliminate some less common letters. Didn’t work out great, but could have. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/638 "2022-01-17T14:03:18Z")
I see! My β€˜strategy’ (which is overstating it quite a lot) is simply to try and construct words with the letters I know to be right. It has worked pretty well for me so far. ---
**Author:** ![SoToasty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sotoasty/32/2803_2.png) [@SoToasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoToasty)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/639 "2022-01-17T14:16:02Z")
Good first guess today. Wordle 212 3/6\* 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STORE SPIRE SHIRE ---
**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:** [January 17, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/640 "2022-01-17T14:21:55Z")
> [@3AxisCtrl](#): > > Is there a way to display statistics showing how all players have done on past puzzles? I’d like it if they showed you how people did on the current puzzle after you solve it. Like: So far 4578 people have completed today’s puzzle. X got it in one word x got it in two words x got it in three words x got it in four words x got it in five words x got it in six words x failed to discover the word Then you could really feel proud or ashamed. πŸ˜‰ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=31) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=33)