# "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:** 320
**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 23, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6381 "2022-09-23T16:54:07Z")
Wordle 461 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE CLOUT FLOOR GLORY I became convinced there was a double O in play; was kicking around FLOOR, FLOOD, and BLOOD. Luckily, I chose the word with an R in it. Not much GLORY in a four, but it was a good workmanlike solve. ---
**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 23, 2022, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6382 "2022-09-23T17:50:33Z")
Wordle 461 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUART CHORE SWORD IVORY GLORY ---
**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, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6383 "2022-09-23T23:47:37Z")
Wordle 461 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE RIGOR GROWL GLORY The dunce cap for me, today: I completely ignored that I had a green R, treating it instead like a yellow R. If not for that dim-bulb move, I could have had a 3 (maybe). Oh, well. ---
**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 24, 2022, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6384 "2022-09-24T04:06:02Z")
**Wordle 461 3/6** ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MORAL FLOUR GLORY Good start word. I then came up with a list of 6 words (that I could see). Five of them ended in R, and one ended in Y, so I thought it best to check that R placement at the end. I was glad to see it didn’t end in R…the answer was clear from there! After I played yesterday’s game, I realized it was my 200th game! πŸ₯³ What’s interesting is Wordle is now showing my win percentage at 100%, but I have 1 fail. I also have missed playing 3 games in total, but I don’t think that affects the percentage…just the streak, which I’m now currently at 18 days (my longest is 74 games). Guess Distribution after 200 games: 1 = 1 (got spoiled, so doesn’t really count πŸ˜‰) 2 = 11 3 = 59 (includes today) 4 = 72 5 = 41 6 = 16 Fail = 1 ---
**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 24, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6385 "2022-09-24T04:09:27Z")
Wordle 462 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRISP TRONE BRUTE GRATE This one hurts in hindsight because I really wanted to guess β€˜great’ at 2 but refused because g is too low percentage. No idea what a trone is, but google voice recognizes it now and those were five letters that I wanted. C’est la vie. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6386 "2022-09-24T04:54:09Z")
Wordle 462 4/6 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TRAMP CRATE GRATE ---
**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 24, 2022, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6387 "2022-09-24T07:25:12Z")
Wordle 462 2/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH GRATE ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6388 "2022-09-24T07:35:35Z")
Wordle 462 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLOUT TRAIN WRATH CRATE GRATE I had seriously considered GRATE as guess 3 but something was telling me no, oh well… ---
**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 24, 2022, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6389 "2022-09-24T07:39:04Z")
Wordle 462 4/6 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 crane grade grape grate Really thought I’d get this in two. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6390 "2022-09-24T10:40:24Z")
Wordle 462 3/6 SL **A** N_T_ CHO_R_ **E** **GRATE** After two guesses, I was down to GRATE, IRATE, PRATE, and TRADE. Aspenglow’s lucky day, perhaps? But GRATE was the first one of the \_RATE words that had come to my mind, so I went with that, and the roll of the dice came up my way. A lucky 3. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6391 "2022-09-24T11:34:18Z")
I’d say 4/6 wasn’t bad - you were definitely in one of those traps. There were also GRAZE and GRAVE that fit your GRA\_E start. And in Jabberwocky, if the mome raths outgrabe, is β€˜grabe’ a word? πŸ˜‰ ---
**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 24, 2022, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6392 "2022-09-24T11:35:56Z")
Wordle 462 6/6\* ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD GRAPE ← Uh oh… GRAVE GRAZE GRACE GRATE Bastard ! ---
**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 24, 2022, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6393 "2022-09-24T12:31:00Z")
Wordle 462 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLAME SPATE CRATE IRATE -Bah, went with the less obvious choice GRATE ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6394 "2022-09-24T14:47:20Z")
Wordlebot says my first word was distinctive and also lucky. Wordle 462 2/6\* πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 24, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6395 "2022-09-24T14:51:23Z")
Wordle 462 2/6 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 My standard starting word paid off today and I went with the first next guess that popped into my head. This could’ve taken me out till four to get. This is my ninth β€œtwo” out of 221. ---
**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 24, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6396 "2022-09-24T15:06:11Z")
Wordle 462 4/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ANISE WHALE GRAFT GRATE I definitely chose the right test word at three! This was not just luck, but was based on the frequency of letters in the long list of possible answers I came up with. Saved par from what could have been a nasty trap. ---
**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 24, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6397 "2022-09-24T15:20:02Z")
This could have gone so very badly. Wordle 462 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WHILE ARGUE GRADE GRATE ---
**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 24, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6398 "2022-09-24T18:01:54Z")
Wordle 462 3/6 ⬜🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART TRACE GRATE ---
**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 24, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6399 "2022-09-24T18:53:59Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > My standard starting word paid off today and I went with the first next guess that popped into my head. This could’ve taken me out till four to get. This is my ninth β€œtwo” out of 221. This is exactly how I played today, too. Wordle 462 2/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE GRATE For once, impulsiveness paid off. My thought process after my opening word: β€œGreat! GRATE!!” ---
**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 24, 2022, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6400 "2022-09-24T23:06:59Z")
> [@Newtosite](#): > > Wordle 462 4/6 > > ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > crane > grade > grape > grate > > Really thought I’d get this in two. ☹ There are too many possibilities. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=319) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=321)