# "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:** 339
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6761 "2022-10-15T19:06:10Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > That’s seven of them I had 4 of those possibilities left with 2 guesses remaining. Fortunately I am unfettered by hard mode rules, and so I found a word that was guaranteed to resolve which of B, C, H, & M was the remaining letter: COMBS. Serves me right for opening with lazy, inefficient guesses I suppose, but did manage to preserve the streak. ---
**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, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6762 "2022-10-15T19:11:30Z")
> **Wordle 483 4/6\* 10/15/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ > 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > FLOOR → That’s… disheartening. > S_T_E_A_M → Got two, unplaced. Not a lot to go on… do we have an I? > _A_N **T** I_C_ → Hmm, A before T, C after, still an H out there… uh oh, I have a trap. \_ATCH, with B, C, H, P and W still in play. No way to play a test word on hard mode, so… I got lucky with a double letter yesterday, so I’ll try one (of two to chose from) today… > **CATCH** > > I wonder what Wordlebot would say about my luck today… at least I had already eliminated L & M. ---
**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, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6763 "2022-10-15T23:27:50Z")
Wordle 483 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OUTER SATIN FATAL CAMPY CATCH “CAMPY,” of course, was the test word for the \_ATCH trap. Luckily (as mentioned upthread) HATCH and WATCH had already been solutions. > For some reason Discourse isn’t letting me quote Aspenglow’s post–the one with the additional verses: _If one is not_ _A clever snot_ Anyway: surely if we submit all these to the NYT we may expect to see them printed… ---
**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, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6764 "2022-10-15T23:35:09Z")
I am grateful just to have solved this one today. I. Am. So. SICK!! Effin’ COVID jabs. Wordle 483 5/6\* ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE TAWNY FAULT PATCH CATCH It could have gone much worse. > [@Sherrerd](#): > > Anyway: surely if we submit all these to the NYT we may expect to see them printed… No doubt. 😉 ---
**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, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6765 "2022-10-15T23:39:13Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > No doubt. 😉 - Your cynicism is undoubtedly well-founded: the _Times_ is NOT going to print anything that could lead people to laugh at their bot. RESPECT THE AUTHORI-TIE OF THE BOT! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6766 "2022-10-16T00:30:26Z")
What, no discussion of whether ‘natch’ is really a word? It’s in my ancient American Heritage dictionary - listed as slang, of course, but it’s there. Maybe I’ll try it out as a starting word one of these days. If I used ROLES as my second word, that combo would have the same ten letters as my usual two starting words. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6767 "2022-10-16T00:53:38Z")
Well, in my case it was moot because I’d already ruled out N. ---
**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 16, 2022, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6768 "2022-10-16T01:41:47Z")
I thought I’d played already, then found out I hadn’t. Wordle 483 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MERIT AUNTY BATCH LATCH CATCH I’m getting a trifle annoyed with the doubled-letter words, and non-too-happy with the words that have about 10 different options for the 5th letter. [grumpy] ---
**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 16, 2022, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6769 "2022-10-16T02:21:44Z")
Wordle 483 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE COUNT CATCH luckily COUNT gave me the 1st letter and I avoided the \_ATCH trap. The 1st 2 guesses showed that the T had to be the 3rd letter since there are no 5 letter words starting with CT. So it had to start with CAT, it couldn’t be CATTY so CATCH it was. ---
**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 16, 2022, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6770 "2022-10-16T02:32:43Z")
**Wordle 483 2/6** 🟩🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHEAT CATCH Well, that was a fortuitous start word…could only be one word from there. 🙂 ---
**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 16, 2022, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6771 "2022-10-16T04:05:30Z")
Wordle 484 3/6 ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟨 🟨⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAMP PLATE SPADE Another quick and easy 3; that’s two in a row. Starting to build a little confidence back. > [@SeaSun](#): > > Well, that was a fortuitous start word… That’s like cheating! ---
**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 16, 2022, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6772 "2022-10-16T04:47:34Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > That’s like cheating! 😆 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6773 "2022-10-16T07:30:55Z")
Wordle 484 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO PLANE SPACE SPADE ---
**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 16, 2022, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6774 "2022-10-16T08:19:41Z")
Wordle 484 4/6\* ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD GLADE SHADE SPADE ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6775 "2022-10-16T09:38:56Z")
So close to a two! Wordle 484 3/6 🟨🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ASIDE SHADE SPADE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6776 "2022-10-16T09:40:05Z")
Wordle 484 4/6 N_A_TCH ROL_ES_ _D_UM_P_Y **SPADE** Picked the wrong day to try NATCH and ROLES as my starting words, rather than my usual SLANT and CHORE, which would have given me S\_A\_E in position, rather than having those three letters but no idea where they were. Anyway, Wordle accepts ‘natch’ as a word, and my curiosity probably cost me a 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 16, 2022, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6777 "2022-10-16T10:17:13Z")
Wordle 484 4/6 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY SPADE ---
**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 16, 2022, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6778 "2022-10-16T11:24:49Z")
Wordle 484 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE GHOST - Hast to be a S\_A\_E word (the G eliminated USAGE). The H and T eliminated the SHA\_E and STA\_E words. Leaving a word that they had removed, and two others (that I could see). I pick the wrong one SUAVE SPADE ---
**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 16, 2022, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6779 "2022-10-16T12:23:24Z")
Wordle 484 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Having a spate of fives lately. ---
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Wordle 484 4/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SNAKE SPACE SPADE [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=338) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=340)