# "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:** 353
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7041 "2022-10-31T09:41:06Z")
Wordle 499 4/6 > [@RTFirefly](#): > > S_LA_N_T_ > CHORE _TA_L **LY** =\> Finally different! I was starting to wonder if Wordle hadn’t reset overnight. **APTLY** That was weird. ---
**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 31, 2022, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7042 "2022-10-31T10:58:44Z")
Wordle 499 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS FATAL APTLY ---
**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 31, 2022, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7043 "2022-10-31T11:30:37Z")
Wordle 499 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD GLOAT LATCH APTLY Why is LATIN not in the word list ?! (when DUTCH _is_ in the list.) ---
**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 31, 2022, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7044 "2022-10-31T11:58:17Z")
Wordle 499 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE MATCH ANTSY APTLY ---
**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 31, 2022, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7045 "2022-10-31T11:58:46Z")
Wordle 499 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART ATOLL After this guess, I had A-TL- and it led to only one conclusion that I know of APTLY ---
**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 31, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7046 "2022-10-31T14:59:35Z")
Wordle 499 4/6 πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AGILE ADULT ATOLL APTLY Slightly tricky. Once I got to A\_TL\_, there was only one possibility. But it still took me a minute to find it; it’s not really an everyday word. ---
**Author:** ![Beesnest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7047 "2022-10-31T15:24:04Z")
I can see how Wheelz progressed from word one to the solution but I am very suspicious of the Wordlebot guy. Today he solved in 3 steps but I don’t see how he jumped from his usual opening word to the solution. Guess my analog broken brain does not spin fast enough. Wordlebot slate,taint,aptly Me: wheat,flour,spicy,aptly Even with all 5 letters the solution did not come easy ---
**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 31, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7048 "2022-10-31T16:04:21Z")
Wordle 499 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE BLOAT STALL - stupidly put the A in the same place as the first word APTLY ---
**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 31, 2022, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7049 "2022-10-31T17:20:29Z")
After 2 tries I had letter placement narrowed down to no other choice but the answer. It took awhile for me to realize that. Wordle 499 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE TAWNY APTLY ---
**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 31, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7050 "2022-10-31T22:19:19Z")
Wordle 499 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROAST TABLE APTLY β€˜A’ had to be either first or last; β€˜T’ had to be in position 2 or 3. After tedious attempts at β€˜\_ITLA,’ β€˜\_UTLA,’ etc., then more tedious attempts at β€˜\_TULA’ and β€˜AT\_LA’ etc., I finally hit on APTLY. Adverbs aren’t that common in Wordle, so it took a long time. > [@EllisDee](#): > > That’s the shortcut for italics text, like if you do asterisks instead it’s bold. You can force any character to be displayed literally instead of interpreted as a code by putting a forward slash \ in front of it. … Thanks! I’m already making use of this. ---
**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 31, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7051 "2022-10-31T22:37:44Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Thanks! I’m already making use of this. Happy to help. Minor note: That’s a backslash, not forward slash. I always mix up which one is called which. Just an FYI for if you explain it to someone else. ---
**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 31, 2022, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7052 "2022-10-31T22:51:54Z")
Yeah, I’m a bit fuzzy on those names, too. (I’d probably be explaining via typing rather than in verbal conversation, so it’s all good.) ---
**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:** [November 1, 2022, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7053 "2022-11-01T01:07:14Z")
Wordle 499 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OKAPI PECAN SPRAT APTLY ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7054 "2022-11-01T04:16:57Z")
Wordle 500 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SNIDE LINEN PINEY ---
**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:** [November 1, 2022, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7055 "2022-11-01T05:26:41Z")
Wordle 500 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CREST MAPLE PENNY PINEY After 2 I looked and looked but didn’t see anything, including noticing and rejecting piney multiple times. So I took a break, came back an hour later and quickly saw penny, convinced that was the answer. Piney, really? Boo. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7056 "2022-11-01T05:47:54Z")
Wordle 500 4/6 SLA_N_T CHOR_E_ =\> not much so far G **I** M_P_ **Y** =\> replacing DUMPY as my 3rd word, worked out well today **PINEY** ---
**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:** [November 1, 2022, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7057 "2022-11-01T06:53:33Z")
**Wordle 499 5/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHOIR SLANT LATTE PETAL APTLY Took me a bit to see it…two days in a row now, though the word came to me a lot faster than it did yesterday, but one more guess to get it. Just realized I played the E on my 4th word when it wasn’t valid…could have had it in 4, _maybe_. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7058 "2022-11-01T07:21:09Z")
> **Wordle 499 4/6\* Halloween 2022** > > ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > W_ALT_Z β†’ Three letters hit; wasn’t expecting W & Z to be among them anyway. > S_TA_ **L** K β†’ Got the L placed. Must be another vowel somewhere… > F_A_U **L** _T_ β†’ An error on my part to put the A in the same spot again. But a memory from yesterday came to mind… > **APTLY** > Oddly (or aptly) enough, this was my third guess yesterday. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2022, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7059 "2022-11-01T08:31:56Z")
Dumb mistake!! Wordle 500 X/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› EARTH LIONS NIECE BINGE DAMPS β€” here I’m thinking dined fined wined pined mined PINED β€” DUMB MISTAKE! The D was already eliminated. _ **DAMMIT!!** _ ---
**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:** [November 1, 2022, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7060 "2022-11-01T10:50:27Z")
Wordle 500 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A lot of yellows for game 500… CRANE LEMON INEPT PINEY [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=352) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=354)