# "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:** 368
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7341 "2022-11-15T11:24:14Z")
Wordle 514 3/6 **S** _L_ **A** _N_T =\> Dayum, that’s a good start. So if it isn’t **SNA** I **L** =\> then it must be **SNARL** Exact same sequence as @newtosite πŸ™‚ . ---
**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 15, 2022, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7342 "2022-11-15T12:19:09Z")
Wordle 514 6/6\* ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD SWARF STARK SCARY SHARP SNARL Damn. So many choices after guess 2. Very nearly went with SMARM as my last guess. ---
**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 15, 2022, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7343 "2022-11-15T12:41:07Z")
Wordle 514 4/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISE SPAWN SNACK SNARL ---
**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 15, 2022, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7344 "2022-11-15T13:11:25Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > WordleBot Wordle 514 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART DIARY ALARM GNARL SNARL ---
**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 15, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7345 "2022-11-15T15:20:09Z")
Wordle 514 3/6 ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE UNARM SNARL - either this or β€˜snark’. I have chosen. . .wisely. ---
**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 15, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7346 "2022-11-15T15:37:38Z")
Wordle 514 2/6 πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ARIEL SNARL Went against my usual strategy. Normally I’d have put another vowel in my second word (MORAL, MURAL, CAROL, etc), but for some reason I really wanted the N in there. It worked out. My last four days have been 5-2-5-2. I’m all over the place. ---
**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 15, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7347 "2022-11-15T18:19:42Z")
Wordle 514 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TWINE URBAN SONAR SNARL ---
**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 16, 2022, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7348 "2022-11-16T00:47:00Z")
Wordle 514 3/6 🟩🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT SNAIL SNARL Exact same sequence as BOTH Rufus and newtosite! (Three with the same guesses: surely that’s a first, here.) Anyway: this one took three minutes, which is the way I like it. (Obviously Guess 1 isn’t always as lucky as it was today.) ---
**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 16, 2022, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7349 "2022-11-16T00:55:18Z")
More with the 3s. Wordle 514 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CHARM SNARL This one was due to a lot of luck. Well, that and my propensity to eliminate β€˜S’ and β€˜L’ from consideration if possible. This was the only word I found that would let me do that in one go. ---
**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 16, 2022, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7350 "2022-11-16T03:09:12Z")
**Wordle 514 3/6** ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TEACH SLAIN SNARL ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7351 "2022-11-16T07:23:22Z")
Wordle 515 6/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LADEN CAPER GAMER WAVER BAKER And checking common letters also does no good. Just lucky to get it at all. I don’t see how I could have done much better.Not sure even a test word would have helped. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7352 "2022-11-16T07:57:32Z")
> **Wordle 514 4/6\* 11/15/2022** > > ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > M_A_P_L_E β†’ More common consonants, and another vowel, perhaps? > T_R_ **A** I **L** β†’ A right in the middle means it may be the only vowel. R?A?L goes nowhere, so let’s try ??ARL… > G **NARL** β†’ Why did I think of this first before the word that uses an S? > **SNARL** > > Coulda had it in 3, if I had thought a bit longer. ---
**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 16, 2022, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7353 "2022-11-16T08:55:10Z")
Wordle 515 6/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY WHACK FAKER BAKER ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7354 "2022-11-16T09:23:54Z")
Wordle 515 4/6 SL_A_NT CHO_RE_ GIMPY **BAKER** I was lucky to hold this to a 4, as there were certainly other possibilities for my 4th guess. Got a little nudge in the right direction from the Death Pool thread. πŸ™‚ ---
**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 16, 2022, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7355 "2022-11-16T10:39:53Z")
Wordle 515 3/6\* 🟩🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD BREAK BAKER Well, that’s better. ---
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Wordle 515 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE PAGER - One of those \_A\_ER words MIGHT - Looking for letters WALKS - Still looking for letters, found the K BAKER ---
**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 16, 2022, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7357 "2022-11-16T11:48:39Z")
Wordle 515 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IDEAL TRACE BAKER ---
**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 16, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7358 "2022-11-16T13:03:19Z")
Wordle 515 6/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 In the immortal words of Ted Striker: what a pisser HEART RACER LAYER PAPER WADER BAKER ---
**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 16, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7359 "2022-11-16T15:46:33Z")
Wordle 515 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› 🟧🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OUNCE LEAST BREAK BAKER Very glad I didn’t fall into the \_A\_ER trap. You might say I caught a lucky BREAK at three. ---
**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 16, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7360 "2022-11-16T16:20:06Z")
Wordle 515 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Don’t know how I managed to pick the correct first and third letters in one shot. SPATE CLEAN EAGER BAKER [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=367) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=369)