# "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:** 349
**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 27, 2022, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6961 "2022-10-27T10:28:08Z")
Wordle 495 3/6 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE CAROL CARRY - I think CARAT is the only other possible word ---
**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 27, 2022, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6962 "2022-10-27T11:31:09Z")
Wordle 495 3/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE BARON CARRY ---
**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 27, 2022, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6963 "2022-10-27T12:07:38Z")
Wordle 495 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Took a while this time HEART ADORN DAIRY MARRY CARRY ---
**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 27, 2022, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6964 "2022-10-27T12:34:43Z")
Wordle 495 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD CAIRN CARRY ---
**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 27, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6965 "2022-10-27T13:28:16Z")
Wordle 495 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH CARGO CARRY ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6966 "2022-10-27T14:50:26Z")
Wordle 495 2/6\* 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AIERY CARRY Perhaps my fastest run ever. Took about 30 seconds. Apparently this is only the 4th time I have done it in two. ---
**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 27, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6967 "2022-10-27T15:07:13Z")
Looks like three is the norm today. Wordle 495 3/6 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE CHART CARRY ---
**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 27, 2022, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6968 "2022-10-27T16:27:12Z")
Wordle 495 4/6 πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ACUTE CHAIN CROAK CARRY Another workmanlike par for me. ---
**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 27, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6969 "2022-10-27T17:31:24Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Looks like three is the norm today. \< sigh \> Or not. Wordle 495 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SCRAP CAROB CARRY WordleBot says the average today is 4.0, so at least I’ve got that. I’m average! πŸ˜‰ ---
**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 27, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6970 "2022-10-27T17:37:21Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > WordleBot says the average today is 4.0, so at least I’ve got that. I’m average! πŸ˜‰ Four is my normal territory on any given day. ---
**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 27, 2022, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6971 "2022-10-27T17:42:32Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Four is my normal territory on any given day. - Mine, too. ---
**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 27, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6972 "2022-10-27T21:54:56Z")
Not so good today, alas. Wordle 495 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DORIC FARCE CARAT CARNY CARRY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6973 "2022-10-27T22:12:20Z")
> **Wordle 495 5/6\* October 27, 2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > FLOUT β†’ Struck out on the start word > _R_ **A** ISE β†’ One vowel in second character position. Maybe I should try a repeated A… > P **AR** KA β†’ No luck, but placed the R. Perhaps a double R - and try a Y? > M **ARRY** β†’ PARRY is already out, so it must be > **CARRY** > > A fast five on this one - below par, but it was a nice, nonconventional challenge. ---
**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 27, 2022, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6974 "2022-10-27T23:23:57Z")
Wordle 495 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHOIR CARRY I felt lucky to get it in 3, since 4 is also my normal territory and, as Aspenglow pointed out, WordleBot says the average today is 4.0 ---
**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 28, 2022, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6975 "2022-10-28T00:23:26Z")
Wordle 495 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN WHIRL DURRA CARRY Yet another β€œaverage” here. I knew DURRA was highly unlikely to be the answer, but I couldn’t think of anything else to try. ---
**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 28, 2022, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6976 "2022-10-28T02:15:20Z")
**Wordle 495 3/6** ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHARE ACORN CARRY Really thought Acorn would be it, given the season. πŸ˜‰ But alas, not to be. Carry it is then. πŸ™‚ (I now realize it could have been Capri, as in the pants, but all I saw was Carry at the time). ---
**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 28, 2022, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6977 "2022-10-28T04:27:48Z")
Wordle 496 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAMS STEAL SNEAK Solid 3. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6978 "2022-10-28T05:18:03Z")
Wordle 496 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHADE SNEAK ---
**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 28, 2022, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6979 "2022-10-28T08:13:35Z")
Wordle 496 4/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS SEDAN SNEAK ---
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Wordle 496 3/6 **S** L_AN_T =\> Could be sandy, sneak, or sonar. Maybe others? **S** O_N_ **A** R =\> eliminates sandy, so… **SNEAK** I came up with three possibilities after my first guess, and my main worry was that there were more out there that I wasn’t seeing. Especially because there were a ton of _proper_ nouns that would have fit: Saxon, Sudan, Sanka, Saran (wrap), (Carl) Sagan, (Lou) Saban, (Sam) Snead…I couldn’t believe I was finding all these, but could only identify three common nouns that fit. Very strange. So I was quite relieved when the solution was one of those three. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=348) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=350)