# "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:** 347
**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 24, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6921 "2022-10-24T18:56:47Z")
Embarrassingly lucky again today. There were 17 other word possibilities when I guessed the right one. Wordle 492 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE BATON FAULT Just testing out another vowel, letter placement on the known quantities and a couple popular consonants. So pure luck. ---
**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 25, 2022, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6922 "2022-10-25T04:19:40Z")
Wordle 493 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLOTS MOPER DOUGH FOGGY ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6923 "2022-10-25T04:38:15Z")
Wordle 493 X/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 RATIO SOUND MOHEL BOOZY COCKY POPPY Not even close. I tried so many letters but kept striking out. A complete and utter fail. ---
**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 25, 2022, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6924 "2022-10-25T05:12:48Z")
**Wordle 492 4/6** ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHART LEAST BLOAT FAULT Would’ve helped if I paid attention…played the A in the 3rd spot again when it wasn’t valid. Such as it is, I’ll take the 4. ---
**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 25, 2022, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6925 "2022-10-25T07:21:42Z")
Wordle 493 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY WHACK FOGGY ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6926 "2022-10-25T08:52:39Z")
Wordle 493 4/6 SLANT CH_O_RE DUMP **Y** **FOGGY** Another of these β€˜what’s left?’ solutions. ---
**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 25, 2022, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6927 "2022-10-25T10:40:20Z")
Wordle 493 3/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Usage bingo foggy take that WB ---
**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 25, 2022, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6928 "2022-10-25T11:10:21Z")
Wordle 493 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE - nothing TOILS - One letter BUDGE - searching for letters - one more letter FOGGY ---
**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 25, 2022, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6929 "2022-10-25T11:56:36Z")
Wordle 493 4/6\* 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FRAUD FEINT FLOCK FOGGY ---
**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 25, 2022, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6930 "2022-10-25T12:30:33Z")
Wordle 493 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL WOUND MOMMY (we just had MUMMY, why not? FOGGY ---
**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 25, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6931 "2022-10-25T14:18:07Z")
Ugly. Wordle 493 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POISE TORCH DONUT GOOFY FOGGY ---
**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 25, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6932 "2022-10-25T14:21:53Z")
Wordle 493 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD QUILT SCOOP FOGGY That was … different. ---
**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 25, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6933 "2022-10-25T14:48:12Z")
Wordle 493 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ABOUT NOISE MORPH FOGGY Happy with a four here as well. None of the common consonants were hitting, so I figured a double letter must be in play. According to Scoredle, there were 37 words left. Only about 10 of those were likely Wordle answers, but still a good bit of luck on my side. ---
**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 25, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6934 "2022-10-25T18:41:51Z")
Gotta agree with @Chefguy. Ugly. Wordle 493 6/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLOUD BONNY MOSSY POPPY FOGGY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6935 "2022-10-25T19:26:27Z")
> **Wordle 493 3/6\* 10/25/2022** > > 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > **F** AULT β†’ Only the F hit? OK… > **F** RIES β†’ I & E are out, so O & Y are the only vowels left. I may have a chance to finish this, since I’ve already eliminated L & R so it must be FO- to start. FOODY seems a little too slangy (and is usually spelled with -IE). FONDO? Naw. FO??Y gives one possibility… > **FOGGY** > > Placing the F early and running out of vowels saved me on this one. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6936 "2022-10-25T22:06:46Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Placing the F early and running out of vowels saved me on this one. I’m more of a consonant guy, but focusing on vowels does have the advantage that you can go through them faster. Took me three turns rather than two to get through most of the consonants. πŸ™‚ ---
**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 25, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6937 "2022-10-25T22:41:16Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > > [@Sherrerd](#): > > > > and even more luckily, I didn’t think of β€œmuzzy.” > > Gotta admit, that’s a new word to me. But it’s been around awhile; it’s in my 50 year old American Heritage dictionary. I may have seen it before and simply assumed it was a word the writer had invented on the spot. It’s got a certain onomatopoetic quality to it. If I’d thought of it I’d have thought it was a vaguely-British term meaning β€œmother.” (It had been used that way for a character in the 1967 film _Thoroughly Modern Millie_.) But there we are: learn something new every day. Wordle 492 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROAST ADEPT VAULT FAULT Maybe so many of us guessed VAULT before FAULT out of a belief that Wordle tends to avoid β€˜negative’ words. (Or maybe not.) Wordle 493 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT ROUGH BOGGY FOGGY FOGGY is probably more common than BOGGY, but there’s that habit of going through the alphabet causing me problems, again. ---
**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 26, 2022, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6938 "2022-10-26T00:43:29Z")
Wordle 493 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE- nothing CROUP - Ok, so there’s an O somewhere WHINY - finally! a Y at the end FOGGY I thought of DOGGY first, but today I drove to work at 8 AM in one of the foggiest mornings I’ve seen in years, so decided to go with the fog… ---
**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 26, 2022, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6939 "2022-10-26T04:02:30Z")
**Wordle 493 4/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHEAT SPOIL ROUND FOGGY Well, this was a surprise. After my 3rd word, I figured this had to be a double-letter word, and probably ending in Y, but was it double O or double letters after the O? I usually like to make a list of all of the options that I can think of, but Foggy immediately popped into my head and I just decided to go for it, and lo’ and behold…all greens! ---
**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 26, 2022, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6940 "2022-10-26T04:03:34Z")
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