# "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:** 36
**Author:** ![PackerMan2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/packerman2/32/2894_2.png) [@PackerMan2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PackerMan2)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/701 "2022-01-19T16:20:37Z")
Woo Hoo! Got it in two for the first time. Arrived at it with similar starting words as the others. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/702 "2022-01-19T16:46:30Z")
Wordle 214 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Once a day is enough, since I also have the NYT Spelling Bee and other things to do. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/703 "2022-01-19T19:09:58Z")
RATIO MOIST POINT ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/704 "2022-01-19T19:18:24Z")
Wordle 215 6/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 That was painful. I find that I just don’t _see_ some words. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/705 "2022-01-19T19:38:02Z")
> [@orcenio](#): > > [Evil Wordle](https://swag.github.io/evil-wordle/) - Has no correct word, but a word list. The lettres in your guesses are rejected in a manner which allows the puzzle to keep the largest amount of remaining words on the list. This maximizes the amount of guesses it takes to find the final possible word. My shortest win was 7 guesses. This is tough! Managed to do one in 6 guesses but had to give up in a couple of games. It must be impossible to win inside a certain number of guesses. Based on feedback on the creator’s Twitter nobody’s done it in less than 5 guesses. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/706 "2022-01-19T19:44:29Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > BTW - yet another Wordle variant is [Byrdle](https://rbrignall.github.io/byrdle/), for those of you with a reasonable knowledge of choral music. I’ve discovered the game does take proper names (one recent answer was ZADOK). You soandso, now I have to do this one every day too. 😁 Byrdle 8 3/6 🟑🟒βšͺβšͺβšͺ βšͺ🟒🟒βšͺβšͺ 🟒🟒🟒🟒🟒 RATIO PARTS [DARKE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Darke) Rather proud of myself. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/707 "2022-01-19T19:47:54Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > what a nuisance to have to get into a different evening gown every time! I have been playing it wrong the whole time. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/708 "2022-01-19T20:14:14Z")
Welcome to the future. Wordle 215 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/709 "2022-01-19T21:30:52Z")
Yeah, I tried again and got me a 6 too. Don’t know what devil the person prayed to, to get it in 5 thou. [![](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/815014601640378392/933473142482022410/6tries.png) ](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/815014601640378392/933473142482022410/6tries.png) ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/710 "2022-01-19T21:45:05Z")
The guy on Twitter that did it in 5 did it thusly: AIDES GL_OR_Y W **OR** TH M **ORON** **BORON** ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/711 "2022-01-19T22:13:28Z")
Evil Wordle: β€œboron”. I won after 5 guesses ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 …and in fact you can recreate it by using the same guesses! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/712 "2022-01-19T22:19:43Z")
Seems to me like we’ve gone over this before. Could you guys talk about your alternatives to Wordle in another thread please. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/713 "2022-01-20T00:21:09Z")
And use spoiler tags? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/714 "2022-01-20T01:32:26Z")
Wordle 666/6\* πŸŸ₯⬛⬛⬛πŸŸ₯ ⬛πŸŸ₯⬛πŸŸ₯⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ₯πŸŸ¨β¬› ⬛⬛πŸŸ₯⬛⬛ ⬛⬛πŸŸ₯⬛⬛ ⬛πŸŸ₯πŸŸ₯πŸŸ₯⬛ πŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/715 "2022-01-20T01:32:34Z")
I should never have dragged it out like I did. ☹ Wordle 214 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/716 "2022-01-20T03:41:16Z")
πŸ‘ΉπŸ”₯ β˜ β€¦ ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/717 "2022-01-20T03:45:24Z")
If Wordle 666 isn’t β€˜Satan’, then why are we doing this? ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/718 "2022-01-20T03:53:12Z")
Because ADVERSARY would be 8 letters and that’s just too hard ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/719 "2022-01-20T05:08:59Z")
I can’t even begin to say how annoying the German one was, so many options. WORDLEπŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ 353 6/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Le Mot (@WordleFR) #11 6/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Wordle 215 4/6\* 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Wordle (ES) #14 5/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/720 "2022-01-20T05:25:24Z")
I got very lucky with my first guess for this one. Wordle 215 3/6 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATES RUNTY ROBOT [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=35) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=37)