# "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:** 334
**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 9, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6661 "2022-10-09T15:30:46Z")
Wordle 477 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAM CHORD DOUGH HOWDY ---
**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 9, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6662 "2022-10-09T17:16:12Z")
Some days this game really irritates me. Wordle 477 5/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 ⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLOUD BONDS DOWDY HOWDY I had HOWDY before DOWDY, but I let Wordle outsmart me, thinking it was about time for another use of double consonants. Plus I thought DOWDY was a more Wordle word than HOWDY. Derp. ---
**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 9, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6663 "2022-10-09T17:27:32Z")
Wordle 477 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART HOLDS HOODY HOWDY Unfair- Minnie Pearl taught us all that it’s spelled how-DEEEEEEE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2022, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6664 "2022-10-09T22:14:15Z")
> [@Author\_Balk](#): > > I also had a hot streak during that time. Mine is 2 2s, 14 3s and 6 4s. Until today… Wow, that’s even hotter than mine! I’d noticed you’d been doing well, but _whew!_ > [@EllisDee](#): > > Meanwhile I continue to struggle. A couple/few weeks ago I mentioned that for the first time since very early on I had more 4s than 3s. (Someone fairly called me out for a humble brag.) Now who would do a thing like that? 😀 At the time, I was just trying to have more 2’s and 3’s than 5’s and 6’s. (I still have nearly as many 4’s as everything else put together.) Hope your luck changes. One thing I think that happens is even the best starting words (for those of us who use the same starting word every time) are going to have stretches where they don’t match up well with the solutions. During my hot streak, my starting word was setting things up really well most days. There’ve been other stretches where it’s drawn a blank about every other day, and best I can do is salvage 4’s, if that. > [@Aspenglow](#): > > I had HOWDY before DOWDY You’re supposed to have HOWDY before DOODY. 😉 ---
**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 9, 2022, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6665 "2022-10-09T23:52:51Z")
Wordle 476 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OUTER RIGOR VIGOR With R at the end and something other than E before it, I looked at my list of previous (unsuccessful) guesses and found RIGOR on September 23. Turned out to be a useful one. Wordle 477 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AROSE DOILY TODDY HOWDY At guess 4 I was looking at \_ONDY, \_OPDY, and \_OVDY—nothing looked likely except \_OWDY. And I had been saved from DOWDY by DOILY. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2022, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6666 "2022-10-09T23:59:54Z")
> **Wordle 477 6/6\* 10/9/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > VIG_O_R → OK, little rough starting, but… try something vowel-heavy… > AL_O_NE → No luck there. Only U & Y left. Want to try O in second, so go with U… > P **O** UC_H_ → First consonant. Not much place for a second O. Can’t believe I’ve still got S & T to try, but with O in second… this will be partly a waste. > **HO** STS → Really wasteful, though I did get the starting H. Let’s lock down that Y and give another double-letter try… > **HO** BB **Y** → One guess left. Fortunately, only one word I can see… > **HOWDY** > > Lotta misplays on that one. I feel like someone in Asimov’s _Foundation_ books, like I just drifted along until there was only one way out. Fortunately, I didn’t get hit by the Mule. ---
**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 10, 2022, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6667 "2022-10-10T02:03:26Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Wordle 477 4/6 > > an answer that I don’t consider a real word. Not happy. Same here, I did not guess the answer until the 5th turn for that reason. Ugh! ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6668 "2022-10-10T04:18:32Z")
Wordle 478 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHONE NOVEL DECOY ENJOY ---
**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 10, 2022, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6669 "2022-10-10T04:26:13Z")
Wordle 478 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAMS PILOT DEFOG ENJOY ---
**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:** [October 10, 2022, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6670 "2022-10-10T06:15:24Z")
**Wordle 477 5/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STALE CHUNK HIPPO HOBBY HOWDY ---
**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 10, 2022, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6671 "2022-10-10T07:10:33Z")
Wordle 478 4/6 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY ENJOY ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6672 "2022-10-10T10:22:03Z")
Wordle 478 4/6 SLA_N_T =\> SLANT is clearly off its hot streak now CH_O_R_E_ =\> still need more letters DUMP **Y** =\> like ENJOY better than ENVOY, let’s see what happens **ENJOY** =\> side note: last time I checked, J was the least frequent letter in Wordle solutions ---
**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 10, 2022, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6673 "2022-10-10T11:09:37Z")
Wordle 478 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE LEMON ENJOY - before ENVOY ---
**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 10, 2022, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6674 "2022-10-10T11:33:19Z")
Wordle 478 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD QUITE POKES ENVOY ENJOY ← After ENVOY !! ---
**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 10, 2022, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6675 "2022-10-10T12:41:19Z")
Wordle 478 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PENIS ENEMY ENVOY ENJOY ---
**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 10, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6676 "2022-10-10T14:55:58Z")
Wordle 478 4/6 🟦⬛⬛🟦🟦 ⬛🟦⬛🟧🟦 🟧🟧⬛🟧⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OVINE HERON ENDOW ENJOY Another four, and I’m OK with that. With ENDOW, I was trying to wrangle the 3 letters I had into the right spots. But that was just as likely to be the answer as ENJOY, so no regrets. Fortunately, I’d already ruled out ENVOY with my opener. ---
**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 10, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6677 "2022-10-10T16:39:39Z")
Wordle 478 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRAPH FOIST ENVOY ENJOY ---
**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 10, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6678 "2022-10-10T17:00:14Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > You’re supposed to have HOWDY before DOODY. 😉 I laughed. 😃 * * * Today looks like a good day to have a 4. Wordle 478 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SHELF DECOY ENJOY WordleBot keeps implying I’m an idiot, and I’m getting a little sick of that. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6679 "2022-10-10T18:42:52Z")
Clearly it’s one of those bots that’s spreading disinformation. 🙂 ---
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Duotrigordle Daily Duotrigordle #222 Guesses: 34/37 2️⃣8️⃣ 0️⃣4️⃣ 2️⃣7️⃣ 0️⃣5️⃣ 2️⃣6️⃣ 0️⃣6️⃣ 0️⃣7️⃣ 2️⃣5️⃣ 0️⃣8️⃣ 3️⃣2️⃣ 0️⃣9️⃣ 1️⃣0️⃣ 2️⃣4️⃣ 3️⃣0️⃣ 2️⃣3️⃣ 1️⃣1️⃣ 1️⃣2️⃣ 2️⃣2️⃣ 1️⃣3️⃣ 3️⃣4️⃣ 3️⃣3️⃣ 2️⃣0️⃣ 2️⃣1️⃣ 3️⃣1️⃣ 1️⃣6️⃣ 2️⃣9️⃣ 1️⃣9️⃣ 1️⃣7️⃣ 1️⃣4️⃣ 1️⃣8️⃣ 0️⃣2️⃣ 1️⃣5️⃣ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=333) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=335)