# "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:** 340
**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 16, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6781 "2022-10-16T14:47:25Z")
Wordle 484 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OPIUM SPARE SPACE SPADE The P was a surprise hit, then I thought I’d try getting A and E in there. Almost went with SPACE at two, but figured R was a better hedge. Turned out it didn’t matter. Honestly, I think I would have been more annoyed if it _had_ been SPACE and I’d second-guessed myself out of a two. > [@Chefguy](#): > > Having a spate of fives lately. I see what you did there. ---
**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, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6782 "2022-10-16T15:59:27Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Having a spate of fives lately. Thus spake Chefguy. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6783 "2022-10-16T16:32:53Z")
> **Wordle 484 4/6\* 10/16/2022** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > C_A_TCH β†’ OK. One vowel, so try a bunch of consonants… > **S** L **A** NT β†’ Shouldn’t have duplicated the T. Oh well. What goes between S & A? Not C, H, L, N or T… try a P? Is A the only vowel? Maybe… > \ ***SPA** RK β†’ …or probably not. Try a silent E on the end with the one consonant left that makes sense… > **SPADE** > > Could have also been SPASM. ---
**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, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6784 "2022-10-16T17:36:42Z")
Wordle 484 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TREND ADIEU BLADE SHADE SPADE ---
**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 16, 2022, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6785 "2022-10-16T23:29:13Z")
Wordle 484 5/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AROSE STAGE SCALE HAVEN SPADE I blithely typed in STAGE and SCALE, then realized there were likely many words not yet winners and not yet ruled out by eliminated letters, which would fit. So belatedly I started brainstorming, and got SHADE, SHAPE, SHAVE, SNAKE, SPADE, and SUAVE. Test word HAVEN eliminated all but SPADE. ---
**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 16, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6786 "2022-10-16T23:37:53Z")
A happy 3 today. Wordle 484 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SHAPE SPADE ---
**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 17, 2022, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6787 "2022-10-17T00:51:35Z")
Wordle 484 3/6 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE SCARE SPADE Happy to get it in 3 especially after WordleBot said that SPADE was a luck guess, with 8 other S\_A\_E words still remaining ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6788 "2022-10-17T04:34:08Z")
Wordle 485 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO UNLIT STEIN I’ll take it. ---
**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 17, 2022, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6789 "2022-10-17T04:42:48Z")
Wordle 485 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLANS SNORE SEVEN STEIN I’m getting deja vu from this one. ---
**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 17, 2022, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6790 "2022-10-17T06:51:24Z")
**Wordle 484 3/6** 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE CHALK SPADE Getting three greens on my first word _seemed_ great, but not so much - I had a list of 15 possible words. I had to toss out a sleuth word for my second word, and it turned out to be a good one, as it ruled out all but 2 words…_and_ I chose correctly. πŸ™‚ ---
**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 17, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6791 "2022-10-17T07:31:03Z")
Wordle 485 2/6 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slant Stein Yay! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6792 "2022-10-17T08:26:43Z")
Wordle 485 3/6 **S** LA_NT_ **STE** R **N** =\> It had to either be this, or… **STEIN** Good on ya, Newtosite, for making the right pick at #2! ---
**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 17, 2022, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6793 "2022-10-17T08:35:51Z")
I didn’t even think of stern! πŸ™‚ ---
**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 17, 2022, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6794 "2022-10-17T09:08:41Z")
Still, nicely done! Wordle 485 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS STEIN ---
**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 17, 2022, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6795 "2022-10-17T09:41:57Z")
Wordle 485 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD QUITE INEPT STEIN ---
**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 17, 2022, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6796 "2022-10-17T10:59:04Z")
Wordle 485 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE LEMON WIDEN STEIN - played some less common letters before the more common letters ---
**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 17, 2022, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6797 "2022-10-17T12:08:17Z")
Wordle 485 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPITE STEIN ---
**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 17, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6798 "2022-10-17T14:52:56Z")
Wordle 485 2/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OILER STEIN Nearly over before it started today. I admit this was pure blind luck, though I _almost_ talked myself out of STEIN to put the E at the end, but decided to stick with the common consonants. Good thing. Twos are fun. ---
**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 17, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6799 "2022-10-17T15:19:32Z")
Wordle 485 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE ENDOW TENET - thought I’d try a double double letter STEIN - process of elimination ---
**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 17, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6800 "2022-10-17T16:50:48Z")
Wordle 485 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLEAR THEME PIETY STEIN [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=339) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=341)