# "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:** 345
**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 22, 2022, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6881 "2022-10-22T20:00:18Z")
Wordle 490 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD PLUME EXPEL SPIEL ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6882 "2022-10-22T20:04:41Z")
Wordle 490 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I haven’t been participating here for a while, but when I got this one I was curious how people did. I could not think of any other word for my third try, but for some reason I was thinking this word was too obscure. I think it may be because I know it as a more common word in a foreign language. Anyway, my tries were: QUITE DRIES SPIEL ---
**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 22, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6883 "2022-10-22T23:50:10Z")
Wordle 490 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OUTER HAVEN EMCEE RILEY SPIEL Tough slog today. β€œRILEY” turns out to be something more than a name (with meaning of β€˜angry’ or β€˜roiled’); I wanted to try Y as the last letter and test I as a second vowel, so found it. Today’s answer is surely a borrow-word, but then we do get those with Wordle occasionally. ---
**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 23, 2022, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6884 "2022-10-23T01:19:51Z")
> [@eschrodinger](#): > > Wordle 490 3/6\* > > I haven’t been participating here for a while, but when I got this one I was curious how people did. I could not think of any other word for my third try, but for some reason I was thinking this word was too obscure. I think it may be because I know it as a more common word in a foreign language. Wordle 490 3/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHOIR SPIEL Like eschrodinger I wasn’t sure if this was a possible choice, since it brought me right back to high school German class, until I thought of the other meaning, as in someone delivering their spiel. It was the only answer I could see; still, I held my breath as the tiles turned green ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6885 "2022-10-23T02:05:33Z")
Not sure I should share, but I have used the second word multiple times and it really came in handy today. Wordle 490 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE πŸ† πŸ˜‰ 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 23, 2022, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6886 "2022-10-23T02:26:29Z")
**Wordle 490 4/6** ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COAST HUSKY SPINE SPIEL ---
**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 23, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6887 "2022-10-23T04:07:51Z")
Wordle 491 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAMS PRIME MUMMY Well that went well. Guess I’m not that worried about when puppy comes up after all. > **stupid discourse** > > I accidentally posted this to the wrong thread. I’m on my phone, so I copied that post to the clipboard, came over to this thread and tried to post it here but it won’t let me. Says the body is too similar to something I just posted in a different thread. So I’m adding this paragraph to make it sufficiently different so I can save this, then go delete the mispost from the other thread. > > I removed the contents from the offending post, but discourse won’t let me remove this additional text. Says it’s still too similar to something I posted too recently. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6888 "2022-10-23T04:21:32Z")
Wordle 491 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO DUNES LUCKY BUGGY JUMPY MUMMY I was fully expecting not to get this. Not a dongle yellow, though. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6889 "2022-10-23T04:50:50Z")
I didn’t get it. I think mummy was a cheap answer, when I had no indication that M was used 3 fricking times! My last three answers were mucky/muddy/muggy, and I think the winning word was a cheap shot. ---
**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 23, 2022, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6890 "2022-10-23T07:20:00Z")
Wordle 491 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY GUMMY MUMMY ---
**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 23, 2022, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6891 "2022-10-23T07:43:14Z")
Wordle 491 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slant Price Dough Muffy Mummy (that’s the only thing it could be, I think) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6892 "2022-10-23T10:36:48Z")
Wordle 491 4/6 SLANT =\> drew a blank CHORE =\> again! guess I won’t get this in 3 D **UM** P **Y** =\> that’s better! Could be GUMMY, or the more seasonally appropriate… **MUMMY** ---
**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 23, 2022, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6893 "2022-10-23T11:04:00Z")
Wordle 491 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS DUMPY - third person so far who with DUMPY as the third word GUMMY MUMMY - second person so far with the same last three words ---
**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 23, 2022, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6894 "2022-10-23T12:03:40Z")
Wordle 491 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SAUCE TULIP RUMOR DUMMY MUMMY ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6895 "2022-10-23T13:26:27Z")
Wordle 491 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Sheesh! ---
**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 23, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6896 "2022-10-23T14:10:38Z")
Wordle 491 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL FUZZY BUDDY MUMMY ---
**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 23, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6897 "2022-10-23T14:48:13Z")
Wordle 491 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 LOUSE AUDIT PUNCH RUMMY MUMMY I immediately thought Q when the U fell into the second spot. Then I realized, I’ve eliminated all the other vowels! Maybe I should have gone with the terminal Y one sooner, but PUNCH knocked out four more consonants so it was helpful. Still, when 60% of the answer is the same letter - sheesh. And I had GUMMY and YUMMY still left, so in the end I had a 1 in 3 chance of losing my streak. It wasn’t a six, but I’m still going to say, β€œPhew!” ---
**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 23, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6898 "2022-10-23T15:08:24Z")
Cripes! Wordle 491 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POISE - my usual go-to, CRANE wouldn’t have done any better LAUGH - eliminated all vowels except U and Y MUCKY MUZZY - wordlebot told me I have an impressive vocabulary πŸ˜ƒ MUDDY MUMMY ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6899 "2022-10-23T16:25:08Z")
Nothing but green Wordle 491 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
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How rude. Wordle 491 5/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLOUD SPUNK GUMMY MUMMY [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=344) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=346)