# "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:** 364
**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:** [November 10, 2022, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7261 "2022-11-10T12:52:06Z")
Wordle 509 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ABIDE CHIME PRIZE QUITE UNITE ---
**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:** [November 10, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7262 "2022-11-10T13:07:55Z")
Wordle 509 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SMOTE ELITE UNITE ---
**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:** [November 10, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7263 "2022-11-10T14:51:26Z")
Wordle 509 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE NOBLE SNIDE UNITE ---
**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:** [November 10, 2022, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7264 "2022-11-10T17:20:36Z")
Wordle 509 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PIANO INTER UNITE Coffee’s still hot. I don’t have much of a dog in the fight about repeated answers, as I’ve never referred to the list and don’t intend to. But for those who do, by the time, say, 2000 or so so words have been eliminated from consideration, it becomes quite a different game, doesn’t it? I’d honestly prefer to leave the field open and thus keep the game challenging as more time passes and more words have been used. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7265 "2022-11-10T17:30:46Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Coffee’s still hot. Mine, too. πŸ™‚ Wordle 509 3/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE QUITE UNITE ---
**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:** [November 10, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7266 "2022-11-10T18:19:29Z")
Wordle 509 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slant Enter Unite ---
**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 10, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7267 "2022-11-10T20:11:33Z")
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**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 10, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7268 "2022-11-10T20:15:00Z")
> [@Author\_Balk](#): > > CRANE > LINTS > UNITE - I think it’s the only possible word. Yep, looks like the only one to me too. (Just realized this post spoils the answer so edited to hide. Sorry, my bad!) > **Click to expand** > > It’s not lost on me that my β€œclamp store” strategy of checking M instead of N cost me two guesses here. Since I checked all 10 letters on this one (clams trope) I ended up burning guesses on white and quite, both of which should have been eliminated by hitting an N. > > I prefer M because I think – but do not know – that M is a more common trap letter than N. But now I’m starting to wonder if that’s even true. The original inspiration for my strategy was the SHA\_E trap, where M is a solution but N is not. But that’s literally just one example. \_IGHT has both, and I’m sure some include N but not M. > > I’m once again getting kind of curious to run an analysis to identify the 10 most common trap letters. I think I might actually try to do it this time if only because the logic puzzle of how to identify the traps is appealing. I legitimately may not be able to figure out a satisfactory solution. At least one that runs in seconds (or maybe minutes) instead of weeks. > > My strategy worked great for the better part of a hundred guesses, averaging \<3.7. But now the subsequent 125 games have been more like \>3.8, so I think that initial hot streak may have just been luck. Still more 2s & 3s than 5s & 6s, but WAY more 4s. So I feel like trying out a new strategy might be just what the doctor ordered. (I linked the wrong post in the previous reply, so I deleted it by changing it to β€œ\” (no quotes) and it appears blank now. I kinda like that.) ---
**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:** [November 10, 2022, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7269 "2022-11-10T23:26:54Z")
Wordle 509 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN TENET OATEN UNITE I’d bought some fancy bread earlier in the week so decided to give OATEN a try–not a typical Wordle word for most of the game’s run, but who knows, now? (Other options I could think of for step 3 were precluded by having been solutions before; until I hear otherwise I’ll assume it’s going to work that way.) > > [@RTFirefly](#): > > … In the absence of such information, I’d personally keep using my list and avoiding past solutions until we hit the first repeat. Exactly. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2022, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7270 "2022-11-11T04:49:42Z")
Wordle 509 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LIONS INTER UNITE WordleBot said that was the only possible solution left ---
**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 11, 2022, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7271 "2022-11-11T06:11:03Z")
Wordle 510 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAPS METAL MEDAL Well that was fast. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7272 "2022-11-11T07:49:52Z")
Wordle 510 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHADE MEDAL Why is it I only get low numbers when I am lucky. Anyway, appropriate word for Veteran’s Day. I wonder if the NYT is going to do theme words. ---
**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 11, 2022, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7273 "2022-11-11T08:07:51Z")
**Wordle 509 4/6** ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHEAT TIMER STILE UNITE ---
**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 11, 2022, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7274 "2022-11-11T08:54:06Z")
Wordle 510 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE STEAL MEDAL - A little luck ---
**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 11, 2022, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7275 "2022-11-11T09:06:13Z")
Wordle 510 4/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY MEDAL ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7276 "2022-11-11T09:07:34Z")
I hate to break this nice streak of 3’s but: Wordle 510 4/6 S_LA_NT _LA_RCH GI_M_PY **MEDAL** ---
**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:** [November 11, 2022, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7277 "2022-11-11T12:12:35Z")
Wordle 510 3/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO MADLY MEDAL ---
**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:** [November 11, 2022, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7278 "2022-11-11T12:42:26Z")
Wordle 510 3/6\* ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD PEDAL MEDAL Hmm. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7279 "2022-11-11T12:49:59Z")
Wordle 510 4/6 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PENAL LEGAL MEDAL ---
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Wordle 510 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟨🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE EXPAT DELAY MEDAL - Appropriate for the day [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=363) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=365)