# "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:** 350
**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 28, 2022, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6981 "2022-10-28T11:00:34Z")
Wordle 496 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE LADEN - still three yellows SNEAK - apparently the only other word left is ENEMA and I don’t want that ---
**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 28, 2022, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6982 "2022-10-28T11:06:53Z")
Wordle 496 2/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALONE SNEAK ---
**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 28, 2022, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6983 "2022-10-28T11:12:48Z")
Wordle 496 4/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD PETAL SHEAF SNEAK ---
**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 28, 2022, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6984 "2022-10-28T11:45:54Z")
Wordle 496 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FORCE BLEAK SNEAK ---
**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 28, 2022, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6985 "2022-10-28T12:08:47Z")
Wordle 496 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART CLEAN SNEAK ---
**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, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6986 "2022-10-28T12:28:08Z")
Never mind. If you saw my long rambling post here about nobody guessing speak, the explanation was β€œa bunch of people checked N.” Duh. ---
**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 28, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6987 "2022-10-28T13:30:45Z")
I like it when the day starts like this. Wordle 496 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CHEAP SNEAK No one I know, though. ---
**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 28, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6988 "2022-10-28T13:43:43Z")
You may not know him personally, but we all seem to talk about him quite a bit. ---
**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 28, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6989 "2022-10-28T14:09:47Z")
TouchΓ©. Well done! πŸ˜ƒ ---
**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 28, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6990 "2022-10-28T16:46:27Z")
Wordle 496 2/6 β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 UNITE SNEAK Pretty much over before it began. Scoredle listed 50 possible guesses; I counted 13 that weren’t plurals or too obscure to be likely, so basically blind luck today. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6991 "2022-10-28T20:16:40Z")
> **Wordle 496 5/6\* 10/28/2022** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ > 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > C_A_RRY β†’ OK start, perhaps an E and some common consonants… > T_ASE_D β†’ Not bad, but I should have moved the A around. Alas… well, build with what we have… > **S** H **EA** F β†’ Placed all three yellows. I don’t _think_ this is a trap… > **S** P **EAK** β†’ Only one letter left… > **SNEAK** > > I thought my second guess was a mistake, but it turned out OK. STEAM would have worked better though. ---
**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, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6992 "2022-10-28T23:46:02Z")
Wordle 496 3/6 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE SPEAK SNEAK First three in two weeks–seems like longer! ---
**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 29, 2022, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6993 "2022-10-29T03:55:42Z")
Wordle 496 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRATE AMEND SNEAK I’ve been rereading Lord of the Rings and the scene where Gollum called Shelob’s Sneak, so the word was in my mind ---
**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 29, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6994 "2022-10-29T04:07:11Z")
**Wordle 496 2/6** 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHINE SNEAK It’s always fun getting it in 2. πŸ™‚ It was the first word that came to me to try after my start word, so I went 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 29, 2022, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6995 "2022-10-29T04:08:10Z")
Wordle 497 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLOPS METAL WHEEL LIBEL ---
**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 29, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6996 "2022-10-29T04:20:59Z")
Wordle 497 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO GLUEY LIBEL WordleBot: You got it! With 26 words still to choose from, this was a bit of a lucky guess. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2022, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6997 "2022-10-29T05:08:49Z")
Wordle 497 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SNIDE IMPEL LIBEL ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2022, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6998 "2022-10-29T07:25:05Z")
Wordle 497 4/6 S_L_ANT CHOR_E_ DUMPY **LIBEL** After three guesses, all I had was a measly two letters, and I didn’t have the positions of either one. And I still managed to solve it in 4. :pats self on back, sprains arm: ---
**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 29, 2022, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6999 "2022-10-29T08:44:59Z")
Wordle 497 3/6\* 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD GLOBE LIBEL ---
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Wordle 497 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPEED LINEN LIBEL [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=349) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=351)