# "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:** 344
**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 21, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6861 "2022-10-21T16:30:09Z")
Wordle 489 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE PRIDE BROKE TROVE - damn! GROVE Alphabet chase. ---
**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 21, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6862 "2022-10-21T17:30:58Z")
A very lucky 3 today. Wordle 489 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE DROVE GROVE My second guess basically solved it. Once I checked PROVE and learned it was already a used word, there was only one possibility left. ---
**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 21, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6863 "2022-10-21T17:39:02Z")
Wordle 489 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 MOUSE CRONE PIVOT GROVE A workmanlike four. Won the coin toss between GROVE and DROVE. Not much else to say about this one. ---
**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 21, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6864 "2022-10-21T22:57:00Z")
Wordle 489 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHOIR PRONE DROVE GROVE After trying to decide, GROVE or DROVE, and going with DROVE, I realized that GROVE was more probable since it’s not a past tense. Oh well. At least it wasn’t ERODE or FROZE ---
**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 21, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6865 "2022-10-21T23:50:30Z")
Wordle 489 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE CRONE BLOGS GROVE BLOGS was, of course, a test word, as after CRONE I had a list of possibles using B, D, F, G, K, L, P, V, and Z. I was down to DROVE, GROPE, and GROVE and chose the last for reasons similar to those already mentioned. ---
**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 22, 2022, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6866 "2022-10-22T00:13:23Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > FROZE Wow, I never even saw that possibility. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2022, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6867 "2022-10-22T04:02:18Z")
> **Wordle 489 4/6\* 10/21/2022** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > D_E_NIM β†’ First time I think I’ve ever knocked out N & M this early. OK, common letters… > STA_R_ **E** - Placed the E, hit an R. Must be another vowel in there somewhere to go with the (silent?) E… > P **RO** B **E** β†’ Try combinations of consonants, the first one that makes a word is… > **GROVE** > > I too missed FROZE as a possibility. ---
**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 22, 2022, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6868 "2022-10-22T04:17:00Z")
Wordle 490 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLASP SPOIL SPILL SPIEL Very quick, but annoying that I decided against guessing spell for my second word. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2022, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6869 "2022-10-22T05:05:52Z")
Wordle 490 4/6 **S** _L_ANT CHOR_E_ **S** M_E_L **L** **SPIEL** ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2022, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6870 "2022-10-22T05:09:16Z")
Wordle 490 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LINED IMPEL SPIEL ---
**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 22, 2022, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6871 "2022-10-22T05:42:02Z")
**Wordle 489 4/6** ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACE BRINE GROPE GROVE I saw I was in trouble straight away. My second word ruled out a lot of the possible words, but I still had a bunch to go through. I didn’t think Grope would be an answer word, but I had to check the G, P and O. I almost just took a chance and went with Grove, but I had 4 other choices, so I took the safe move. Ok with getting it in 4…could have been a lot worse! ---
**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 22, 2022, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6872 "2022-10-22T07:16:35Z")
Wordle 490 2/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 taser spiel I did not expect this at all! 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 22, 2022, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6873 "2022-10-22T08:37:53Z")
This was tricky for me! Wordle 490 6/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟨🟨🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **EARTH** **LIONS** β€” I now have 4 letters, E I L and S. I thought it might be one of (SLICE SLIDE SLIME) so I went with… **MEDIC** β€” nope, it’s not (SLICE SLIDE SLIME) In decreasing frequency, U G P Y F B W K Z V X J Q are the remaining letters. Wracking my brain, I can’t guess it so I continue with trying to eliminate consonants. **BUMPY** β€” got the P! **PLIES** **SPIEL** β€” phew! I guess I should’ve had it in 5. ---
**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 22, 2022, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6874 "2022-10-22T11:02:57Z")
Wordle 490 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE SLEET - found where the E is and two additional letters SPIEL ---
**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 22, 2022, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6875 "2022-10-22T12:22:00Z")
Wordle 490 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOIST SPICE SPIEL ---
**Author:** ![chiliwillybing](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chiliwillybing/32/12394_2.png) [@chiliwillybing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiliwillybing)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2022, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6876 "2022-10-22T13:15:04Z")
Wordle 490 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE SHIED SPIEL ---
**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 22, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6877 "2022-10-22T14:46:16Z")
Wordle 490 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 COATI BRINE WEIGH SPIED SPIEL Tough go of it today. Didn’t really want to go with a past-tense word at four, but I was stumped. Not my favorite answer 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 22, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6878 "2022-10-22T15:11:14Z")
Wordle 490 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SMOKE SLEEP SPIEL ---
**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 22, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6879 "2022-10-22T15:24:32Z")
> [@Newtosite](#): > > I did not expect this at all! Me either! Wordle 490 2/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE SPIEL - E and O don’t usually combine well, nor do E and U, which leaves E and I, since A is not usable. A lot of words that have E in the middle somewhere are eliminated because of the first word. Also: lucky guess. ---
**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 22, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6880 "2022-10-22T19:33:17Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Me either! Nor me! Wordle 490 2/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SPIEL Quite the shock and almost a disappointment. Almost. πŸ˜‰ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=343) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=345)