# "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:** 351
**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 29, 2022, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7001 "2022-10-29T11:31:44Z")
Wordle 497 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE SLEET BOWEL LIBEL ---
**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 29, 2022, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7002 "2022-10-29T12:05:33Z")
Wordle 497 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SAUTE FIERY LIKEN LIBEL ---
**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 29, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7003 "2022-10-29T13:27:02Z")
Wordle 497 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DEATH CRIME SKEIN PIXEL LIBEL ---
**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 29, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7004 "2022-10-29T14:55:50Z")
Wordle 497 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ADIEU RIVET LIKEN LIBEL I thought this one might give people more trouble than it did. Looks like fours are the order of the day (Sorry, **Morgyn** ). The placement of the I and E would seem to bring up myriad options. But then again, a good lot of them end with R, which most of us got out of the way early. ---
**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 29, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7005 "2022-10-29T15:06:37Z")
Wordle 497 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE LEPER LIVEN LIMEY - Just curious if this would be a valid word LIBEL ---
**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 29, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7006 "2022-10-29T15:49:33Z")
Wordle 497 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS LIKED LIBEL ---
**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 29, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7007 "2022-10-29T15:51:50Z")
Wordle 497 4/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE WIELD LIKEN 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, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7008 "2022-10-29T16:33:10Z")
Well, earth lions were always kinda weird. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7009 "2022-10-29T21:27:52Z")
> **Wordle 497 5/6\* 10/29/2022** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SN_E_AK β†’ Only one hit, but some common letters eliminated… > P **I** _E_TY β†’ Why O Why did i forget to move the E? Second day in a row I’ve done that. At least I got the I… > F **I** _L_ **E** R β†’ Not bad, placed both vowels and I’ve got an L for one of two spots… > **LI** V **E** D β†’ Placed the L. Not much left to go between the I & E… but if it’s a B, I must repeat the L… > **LIBEL** > > I thought this solution would have some good guess-phrases come up; **Bullitt** (and **RTFirefly** ) did not disappoint. ---
**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 29, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7010 "2022-10-29T23:24:52Z")
Wordle 497 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OUTER HAVEN EXCEL IMPEL LIBEL Back to the hard-fought Five. \< sigh \> ---
**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 30, 2022, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7011 "2022-10-30T02:58:22Z")
**Wordle 497 4/6** ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRAIN WHILE IMPEL LIBEL ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7012 "2022-10-30T04:46:00Z")
Wordle 498 3/6 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SAUTΓ‰ WALTZ This was the weirdest thing. All my logical senses were telling me to try something ending with TH or TY, use a common letter like N or D, but this little voice kept whispering to try WALTZ. Freaky. ---
**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 30, 2022, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7013 "2022-10-30T07:33:50Z")
Wordle 498 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH PASTA CACTI MALTY WALTZ ---
**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 30, 2022, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7014 "2022-10-30T07:34:56Z")
Sure enough. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7015 "2022-10-30T07:42:38Z")
Wordle 498 4/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE MALTY WALTZ Made it to the third step, then spent 15 minutes staring at the screen trying to think of a word with β€œALT” in the middle and no other vowels. ---
**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 30, 2022, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7016 "2022-10-30T11:04:45Z")
Wordle 498 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS FATAL WALTZ ---
**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 30, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7017 "2022-10-30T12:39:37Z")
I’m legitimately stuck on 498. I can’t find any word that fits the feedback I have. After getting stumped last night I slept on it, and now this morning I’m more stuck than ever. I started typing letter combination possibilities into Google, and did come up with balut, which I’ve never heard of before but is apparently a thing so I tried that with my 4th guess. No joy. In disgust I went to an anagram solver and put in all the possibilities as I saw them. Not one single word matches my feedback. I only have two guesses left, and not a single clue as to what the word could possibly be. And the third tier consonants I’m left with don’t easily form words with each other for me to check; at best I could maybe check three consonants out of the eight or so remaining, but I would be literally choosing those three at random, and that would be my 5th guess. Currently at a bit of a loss, and for the first time in my wordle career I’m feeling the clock ticking. Fingers crossed! (Not helping my ego that everyone else seems to have gotten it without a problem.) ETA: I think I might be able to cobble together those colored squares so I can show what feedback I have. Lemme try… Wordle 498 ?/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ CRISP METAL TALLY BALUT I’m just not seeing anything that matches \_ALT\_. Nalto? Walth? ---
**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 30, 2022, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7018 "2022-10-30T12:54:18Z")
Wordle 498 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPATE FAITH WARTY WALTZ ---
**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 30, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7019 "2022-10-30T13:26:05Z")
Wordle 498 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE LAUGH MADLY CANAL WALTZ ---
**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 30, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7020 "2022-10-30T13:38:20Z")
Wordle 498 6/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD FINAL LATCH VAULT SALTY WALTZ Phewness. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=350) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=352)