# "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:** 374
**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 21, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7461 "2022-11-21T15:27:01Z")
Things went better today. Wordle 520 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RHYME ALBUM AXIOM ---
**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 21, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7462 "2022-11-21T15:50:41Z")
[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52515091823_f3d35df16d_b.jpg "6CC42568-B250-4BC4-8BAA-F74FB64FA3C3") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/195486993@N02/52515091823/) Has anyone else here hit 300? I know I got lucky more than once - including yesterday - but I’m pretty pleased with myself. (Speaking of β€œdon’t hate meβ€πŸ˜) Wordle 520 3/6 πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ASIDE AMITY AXIOM I wasn’t thinking about a third vowel, or else I might have had a shot at a two. Happy with three though. I agree with @psychobunny, a good thinker today. ---
**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 21, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7463 "2022-11-21T15:51:16Z")
Wordle 520 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART MANIC ALIAS AXIOM ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7464 "2022-11-21T17:53:42Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Has anyone else here hit 300? I’ll hit 300 on Wednesday. I’ve only had one loss - PARER, of course - so assuming I don’t take a loss tomorrow or Wednesday, it’ll show my win% as 100% since 299/300 = 99.666… rounds to 100. I’ll post some more stats then. ---
**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 21, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7465 "2022-11-21T18:04:51Z")
The spell is broken with a more usual result. Wordle 520 4/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CABIN OUIJA AXIOM I’ve played 307 times and lost once. It was to the accursed PARER. Congratulations, @Wheelz, to an unbroken streak of 300. πŸ™‚ ---
**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 21, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7466 "2022-11-21T20:26:56Z")
This morning I was wondering when there will be comments about 300. I’m at 285 and there seems to be a lot of people who started just before me. So, I’m about 2 weeks away from 300. I have one early loss (HOARD) and I got PARER in 4 (PAGER was my second word) ---
**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 21, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7467 "2022-11-21T20:44:00Z")
Tomorrow will be my 300th game. I have one loss, which was on hunky and not parer. ---
**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 21, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7468 "2022-11-21T22:57:09Z")
Wordle 520 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE ABOUT ADIOS - Surprised this was accepted AXIOM ---
**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 22, 2022, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7469 "2022-11-22T00:58:27Z")
Wordle 520 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROAST VIOLA AXIOM Three vowels (as of step 2); not too many words would fit, particularly with the consonants that had been eliminated. Still, quite a β€˜thinker’ as some have said. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7470 "2022-11-22T04:22:20Z")
> **Wordle 520 5/6\* 11/21/2022** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > BR_A_VE β†’ Slow starter. Where should that A go? > S_A_T_I_N β†’ And now I have an I to worry about. Hmm… hungry. Try… > P_I_ZZ_A_ β†’ I should not Wordle on an empty stomach. OK, where is left for the A to go? Can I cover both? > **AXI** AL β†’ Yes I can, and that was a really good guess. I think all that’s left is… > **AXIOM** > > Had a real shot in the dark in there with the third guess, but the fourth guess was the clincher. ---
**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 22, 2022, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7471 "2022-11-22T05:03:10Z")
> [@Author\_Balk](#): > > Wordle 520 3/6 > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CRANE > TOILS > AXIOM - maybe the only possible word - assuming AMIGO isn’t one of the words Wordle 520 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCORN MOUTH OMEGA AXIOM WordleBot listed AMIGO as a possible word: " MOUTH was a solid guess here. It looks as if you’ve narrowed it down to only six remaining words: LIMBO IDIOM OMEGA AMIGO AXIOM or GIZMO ---
**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 22, 2022, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7472 "2022-11-22T05:05:53Z")
**Tuesday, November 22nd** Wordle 521 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLANS TROPE PRIME Pretty lucky here. After 2 I could see prime, prize and pride. Then I said screw it, I want to see if there’s an M, and I saw prime first anyway. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7473 "2022-11-22T05:08:37Z")
Wordle 521 4/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LINER CRIME PRIME ---
**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 22, 2022, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7474 "2022-11-22T05:56:13Z")
**Wordle 520 3/6** ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COAST MANOR AXIOM I wasn’t seeing anything, but finally grabbed that elusive X off the keyboard. πŸ˜‰ Congrats @Wheelz for your 300 streak. πŸ™‚ I’m now at 258 games. I have failed once (WATCH) way back in March. My win percentage is 100% though…it used to be 99% but changed back to 100% at some point a couple of months ago. Not sure how. I started playing around end of February, and have missed several games, so my streak keeps getting started over. ---
**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 22, 2022, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7475 "2022-11-22T08:18:17Z")
Wordle 521 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slant Fried Price Prime ---
**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 22, 2022, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7476 "2022-11-22T09:11:23Z")
Wordle 521 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY PRIME ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7477 "2022-11-22T10:44:16Z")
Wordle 521 4/6 SLANT CHO_R_ **E** G_IMP_Y **PRIME** Went from having 2 letters after the 2nd guess to having all five after the third. > [@SeaSun](#): > > I’m now at 258 games. I have failed once (WATCH) way back in March. My win percentage is 100% though…it used to be 99% but changed back to 100% at some point a couple of months ago. Not sure how. Rounding. One loss in 200+ games gives an unrounded percentage that’s closer to 100% than 99%, so it gets rounded up. ---
**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 22, 2022, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7478 "2022-11-22T11:50:49Z")
Wordle 521 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE PIVOT - PRIZE was an earlier word, PRIME is good, PRIDE goes before a fall so… PRIME ---
**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 22, 2022, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7479 "2022-11-22T13:12:45Z")
Wordle 521 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PRIDE PRIME lucky with the second choice, happy with the 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 22, 2022, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7480 "2022-11-22T13:39:28Z")
Lucky guess! Wordle 521 2/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE PRIME [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=373) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=375)