# "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:** 336
**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 12, 2022, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6701 "2022-10-12T03:29:48Z")
**Wordle 479 4/6** ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACE LAUGH SALON VALID ---
**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 12, 2022, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6702 "2022-10-12T04:25:47Z")
Wordle 480 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRISP TONIC IONIC I’m really happy I guessed tonic instead of antic with my second guess. Took two trips through the alphabet trying to figure out the first letter. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6703 "2022-10-12T04:38:57Z")
Wordle 480 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LOGIN SONIC IONIC ---
**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 12, 2022, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6704 "2022-10-12T07:19:22Z")
Wordle 480 6/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY WHACK CONIC IONIC ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6705 "2022-10-12T09:25:14Z")
Wordle 480 3/6 SLA_N_T _C_H_O_RE =\> can’t be CONIC, SONIC, or TONIC, and MONIC isn’t exactly common, so… **IONIC** ---
**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 12, 2022, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6706 "2022-10-12T10:10:58Z")
Wordle 480 6/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD QUILT COMIC SONIC CONIC ← Stupid boy ! IONIC ---
**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 12, 2022, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6707 "2022-10-12T10:35:58Z")
Wordle 480 4/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TONIC SONIC IONIC - I got four greens on second word. It still took four tries ---
**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 12, 2022, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6708 "2022-10-12T12:05:59Z")
Wordle 480 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART LIONS IONIC ---
**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 12, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6709 "2022-10-12T14:08:24Z")
Wordle 480 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHOMP FOCUS DORIC - wrong column IONIC ---
**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 12, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6710 "2022-10-12T14:49:08Z")
Wordle 480 4/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ORATE SOUND CONIC IONIC You’d think ? **O**?_N_? would leave a _lot_ of options on the table, but it turns out, not so much. I had to stare for a while before I thought of CONIC and IONIC. Kicking myself a little because I almost chose IONIC first, but my gut told me to switch to CONIC at the last second. Stupid gut. ---
**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 12, 2022, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6711 "2022-10-12T22:23:23Z")
Wordle 480 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPARE CHIMP TOXIC LOGIC IONIC ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6712 "2022-10-12T22:46:20Z")
> **Wordle 480 6/6\* 10/12/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > VAL **I** D β†’ A placed I to begin. Cool. > REM **I** T β†’ Only a placed I after two guess. Getting cold… > U_N_H **I** P β†’ Where does the N go? Can’t think of options at the end, or the beginning, so try it in the middle… and if there’s another vowel, try an O > S **ONIC** β†’ Oh my. I guess we have a repeated letter today… > C **ONIC** β†’ Yes, we have a repeated letter, but I guessed the _wrong_ letter to repeat… > **IONIC** > > Fortunately I had already eliminated TONIC ---
**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 12, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6713 "2022-10-12T22:54:53Z")
Wordle 480 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH BOING NONIS IONIC After BOING I got to the 45 minute mark–my personal limit–without thinking of a plausible 3rd guess fitting the parameters. So I got NONIS from a list of β€˜5-letter words with O as the second letter’ (I scrolled down to the N’s since I had an N, O, and I to place). NONIS is a kind of evergreen bush, apparently–and highly unlikely to be a Wordle solution–but I figured it would narrow things down, as indeed it did. TONIC was out due to Guess 1; SONIC had already been a solution; and I thought of IONIC (and didn’t think of CONIC). ---
**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 12, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6714 "2022-10-12T23:40:26Z")
**Wordle 480 3/6** ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACE CUMIN IONIC ---
**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 13, 2022, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6715 "2022-10-13T00:13:00Z")
Ugh. As usual, try everything until only 1 answer remains. Wordle 480 4/6\* πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE IMPLY ICING IONIC ---
**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 13, 2022, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6716 "2022-10-13T04:24:36Z")
Wordle 481 6/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAMP TALES WHALE FERAL IDEAL EQUAL Yikes. Tough word for me in general and also I screwed up the third guess by reusing A in third position. Phew indeed! ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6717 "2022-10-13T04:41:30Z")
Wordle 481 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO GLADE PENAL WHEAL EQUAL I guess I should have gone for the vowels first. Not the easiest one for me. I have trouble with Q in the middle of a word, especially when I don’t see a U. ---
**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 13, 2022, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6718 "2022-10-13T08:57:06Z")
Wordle 481 4/6 πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY EQUAL ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6719 "2022-10-13T10:07:41Z")
Wordle 481 5/6 S_LA_NT CHOR_E_ L_E_G **AL** ID_E_ **AL** =\> After my IDEAL and LEGAL guesses failed, I was beginning to wonder if I was **EQUAL** to the challenge of today’s puzzle. 😁 ---
**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 13, 2022, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6720 "2022-10-13T11:10:21Z")
Wordle 481 4/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD GAVEL STEAL EQUAL [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=335) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=337)