# "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:** 330
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6581 "2022-10-05T03:20:44Z")
> **Wordle 472 5/6\* 10/4/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > STIN_G_ β†’ That’s… not much. And not the letter I’d have expected > _G_L_O_AM β†’ Wasn’t sure it was a word… but for the O, I’ll take it > V **O** _GU_E β†’ Only one place left for the G now… ?OUG?, no H yet… > R **OUGH** β†’ Trap! B, C or D with two guesses left… what the heck, alphabetical order, so > **BOUGH** > > I should have seen the trap coming; but on hard mode, there would have been little I could do about it. As it was, I got lucky. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6582 "2022-10-05T03:49:35Z")
Wordle 472 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRATE LIONS DUMPY BOUGH A surprise to get it in 4, after the 1st 3 guesses turned up just 2 yellows and just trying any letter combos that were left ---
**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:** [October 5, 2022, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6583 "2022-10-05T04:46:16Z")
Wordle 473 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAMS MASON MARSH Finally a quality 3. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2022, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6584 "2022-10-05T07:04:05Z")
Wordle 473 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH MARCH MARSH ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6585 "2022-10-05T07:23:40Z")
Wordle 473 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLOUT PRIME MARCH MARSH ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6586 "2022-10-05T10:26:41Z")
Wordle 473 4/6 _S_L_A_NT C_H_O_R_E H **ARSH** **MARSH** First one in a while that I kinda misplayed. Saw HARSH early, and somehow overlooked the solution which I would have probably tried first if I’d seen it. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2022, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6587 "2022-10-05T11:04:08Z")
Wordle 473 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE PARTY MARSH - Lucky - there are other _AR_\_ words ---
**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:** [October 5, 2022, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6588 "2022-10-05T11:26:08Z")
Wordle 473 3/6 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART MARCH MARSH ---
**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:** [October 5, 2022, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6589 "2022-10-05T11:30:39Z")
Wordle 473 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD ARGON LARCH MARSH ---
**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:** [October 5, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6590 "2022-10-05T14:56:59Z")
Wordle 473 5/6 πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ASIDE SHOAL TRASH HARSH MARSH > [@RTFirefly](#): > > Saw HARSH early, and somehow overlooked the solution which I would have probably tried first if I’d seen it. Same here. I was playing too quickly; β€œThere’s only one \_ARSH word, I’m done.” Then came the WTF moment when the H turned over black, quickly followed by the β€œOh, duh” moment. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6591 "2022-10-05T15:08:16Z")
Wordle 473 2/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Inconceivable! Ovate Marsh ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6592 "2022-10-05T15:38:26Z")
> **Wordle 473 5/6\* October 5, 2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 > 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > BOUG **H** β†’ That cuts things down some. -TH, -CH, -SH endings? > W_RA_T **H** β†’ Good luck with R & A… now where do they go? > _R_ **A** NC **H** β†’ One right. Must be -SH ending. So ?ARSH… try a repeat? > H **ARSH** β†’ Nope. But only one possibility left, I think… > **MARSH** > > Went awfully quickly for a 5. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6593 "2022-10-05T18:03:07Z")
Yay for 3s! Wordle 473 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE RANCH MARSH ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6594 "2022-10-05T19:48:49Z")
Of course you’re going to be IRATE about your RANCH if it turns out to be a MARSH. πŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6595 "2022-10-05T19:54:13Z")
Yeah, where I went wrong was after my first 2 guesses I had the A,H,R,S (though none of the positions), and when I looked at HARS\_, it was obvious that the last letter for that possibility would have to be H. So when I considered \_ARSH, my mind had already filled in the H as the first letter, and I didn’t even think about there being other possibilities. (Where’s that head-slap emoji from the old board when you need it? πŸ˜ƒ ) ---
**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:** [October 5, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6596 "2022-10-05T21:01:51Z")
Wordle 473 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 stern brash marsh ---
**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:** [October 5, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6597 "2022-10-05T21:23:15Z")
Yowza! Wordle 473 2/6 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH MARSH ---
**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:** [October 5, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6598 "2022-10-05T22:58:41Z")
Wordle 473 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VIOLA ACUTE SMASH MARSH ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6599 "2022-10-05T23:49:06Z")
Wordle 473 4/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LARGE MARCH MARSH ---
**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:** [October 5, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6600 "2022-10-05T23:51:42Z")
Wordle 473 3/6 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH MARCH MARSH Identical play to Bullitt’s on this day. And would have been identical to Chefguy’s except for my β€˜if you have two possibilities try them in alphabetical order’ habit. Oh well; at least it took only five minutes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=329) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=331)