# "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:** 338
**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 14, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6741 "2022-10-14T16:07:07Z")
Wordle 482 4/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OPERA ROUST CHOIR FLOOR After using three turns just to get two letters in place, I was proud of myself for saving par. Turns out FLOOR was the only possible word left anyway. Took me a while to see it though. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6742 "2022-10-14T17:07:14Z")
I was trying to think of other 5-letter words ending in OOR, but SPOOR was the only one I could come up with, and of course you’d eliminated that with your second guess. > Even WordleBot was impressed. πŸ˜‰ (Not really.) It takes a lot to impress a bot ---
**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 14, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6743 "2022-10-14T23:47:32Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > It takes a lot > to impress a bot . They feel, in truth, Humans have no couth. > Wordle 482 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE ROUGH FLOOR ROUGH let me test two more vowels; after that I was looking for a consonant-pair beginning. With H eliminated as second half of a pair, I tried L: BLO\_\_, CLO\_\_, FLO\_\_, PLO\_\_. FLOOR was the most obviously-Wordle-ish choice that had not already been a solution. ---
**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 15, 2022, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6744 "2022-10-15T00:20:25Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > They feel, in truth, > Humans have no couth. I gots couth! I gots couth I ain’t even used yet! ---
**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 15, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6745 "2022-10-15T00:26:26Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > I gots couth! > I gots couth I ain’t even used yet! . If you have to _say_ it, then … > (I had to look that up; haven’t read Lawrence Sanders in years…) ---
**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 15, 2022, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6746 "2022-10-15T00:40:25Z")
**Wordle 482 4/6** ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRATE MINOR FLOPS FLOOR After my second word, I had 4 possible words that I could see, so I went for a sacrificial word to guarantee getting it in four. You gotta do what you gotta do. πŸ˜‰ ---
**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 15, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6747 "2022-10-15T01:06:54Z")
Wordle 482 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHOIR FLOOR And take that, Wordlebot! β€œYou had two words to pick from and you chose the right one! Excellent work. And you bested me β€” I would’ve guessed FLOUR” ---
**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 15, 2022, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6748 "2022-10-15T01:31:40Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > It takes a lot > to impress a bot If one is not A clever snot > [@Sherrerd](#): > > They feel, in truth, > Humans have no couth. And yet, forsooth! They’ll steal your tooth If worth a lot – And won’t get caught. ---
**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 15, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6749 "2022-10-15T03:35:01Z")
Then … what? My dad used to say it. He’d do something or other, we’d accuse him of being uncouth, and that’s how he’d respond. He also used to say (and I’m attempting to spell this more or less phonetically) that he was β€œhandsome, dee-bone-air, swavey, and modest to a fare-thee-well.” ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6750 "2022-10-15T04:10:22Z")
Wordle 483 4/6 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LATCH CHUMP CATCH I am happy with par. After the second guess I had 6 options (B,C,H,M,P,W). I remembered W was already a word. So I wanted to eliminate at least three with either C or H being first to see if they were doubles. If that had struck out I would have gone with a word starting with H and with a B in it , maybe HOBBY?. ---
**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 15, 2022, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6751 "2022-10-15T04:18:01Z")
Wordle 483 3/6 πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLIPS CRATE CATCH Woohoo! Not just a 3, but a quick and easy 3. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6752 "2022-10-15T04:32:45Z")
> **Wordle 482 3/6\* 10/14/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > EQUA_L_ β†’ Three vowels gone! Can I test two more along with the L? > T_O_I_L_S β†’ Yes. Where to try the L? Center, second or start? Only one O, and it’s not in position 2… do I have repeat Os or even a double? It’s a bit early, but let’s try… > **FLOOR** > > I put some skull sweat into it, but it was still pretty lucky. ---
**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 15, 2022, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6753 "2022-10-15T07:06:43Z")
Wordle 483 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH MATCH PATCH CATCH ---
**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 15, 2022, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6754 "2022-10-15T07:53:28Z")
Wordle 483 6/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slant Patch Watch Match Batch Catch I almost got this in two. I was going to try β€œcatch” for the second word, but it has two β€œc’s” and I don’t want to repeat letters when I’m throwing out guesses. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6755 "2022-10-15T09:33:35Z")
Wordle 483 3/6 SL_A_N_T_ **C** _H_ORE =\> getting that C as the _first_ letter was big, no \_ATCH trap **CATCH** β€œThere was only one catch, and it was Catch-22.” ---
**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 15, 2022, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6756 "2022-10-15T11:58:42Z")
Wordle 483 4/6 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE - Good day to start with a C TAILS CATTY - I saw two words. If there are others at least this will let me know where the T is CATCH - it’s the other word ---
**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 15, 2022, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6757 "2022-10-15T12:58:07Z")
Wordle 483 6/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Nearly ended the streak today. The old twice used letter trick nearly got me. HEART BATHS MATCH LATCH WATCH CATCH ---
**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 15, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6758 "2022-10-15T13:19:53Z")
Wordle 483 6/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD ASPIC CLOAK CAJUN CATTY CATCH ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6759 "2022-10-15T13:20:00Z")
I see \_ATCH words beginning with B,C,H,L,M,P, and W. That’s seven of them - more choices than available guesses, natch. πŸ˜‰ And of course in Thurber’s The 13 Clocks, the Duke of Coffin Castle threatens to slit foes β€œfrom your guggle to your zatch” and feed them to the Todal. ---
**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 15, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6760 "2022-10-15T14:50:43Z")
Wordle 483 3/6 πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CAUSE CABIN CATCH Hitting on CA right off the bat was nice. I saw CABIN, CATCH, and CATTY, which would have made CATCH a more logical second guess, but for some reason I had a feeling it was going to be CABIN. My feeling was wrong. But I was quite lucky to get this three, as I’d missed seeing CARRY, CAROL, CARAT, CARGO, CADDY, CAROM, and a few other less likely words. Whoops. I blame last night’s tequila. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=337) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=339)