# "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:** 376
**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 23, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7501 "2022-11-23T17:56:25Z")
A good day, especially compared to yesterday! Wordle 522 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HOARD DIRTY DRIVE ---
**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 23, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7502 "2022-11-23T19:00:16Z")
Wordle 522 4/6\* ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRATE PRIME BRINE DRIVE Some deja vu from yesterday–and, big duh, forgot that PRIME was yesterday’s word ---
**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 23, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7503 "2022-11-23T21:57:37Z")
Wordle 522 4/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH RIDGE BRIDE DRIVE Yet another BRIDE DRIVE. (Be careful, lady! Lots of traffic out there!) Just a par, but fast and fun. As for Thanksgiving relevancy: hmm. GRAVY? TABLE? STUFT? AWKWARDHISTORICALASSOCIATIONS? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7504 "2022-11-23T23:15:24Z")
> **Wordle 522 3/6\* 11/23/2022** > > ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > P **RI** M **E** β†’ Ah, the trap I avoided yesterday has come for me. OK, BRIBE/BRIDE/BRINE/DRIVE/TRIBE/TRIKE/TRITE/WRITE. Lotta Bs & Ts, so… > T **RI** B **E** β†’ So it must be… > **DRIVE** > > I was really sweating after guess 2 that I had missed a word. > [@Aspenglow](#): > > IRATE > BRIDE > DRIVE _Kill Bill_, right? > [@Wheelz](#): > > **SunUp** ’s day should be interesting. 😁 How right you are! ---
**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 24, 2022, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7505 "2022-11-24T05:17:04Z")
**Thursday, November 24th** Wordle 523 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CREPT BIDET LEAST FEAST I couldn’t see any research word after 1 so tried for the win with bidet. Turns out I should have kept looking, because I ended up finding an excellent research word in terms of using the letters I wanted to check. I just couldn’t wrap my head around thinking of words that end in T. I’m more of a β€œwords that start with” kind of guy. ---
**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 24, 2022, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7506 "2022-11-24T06:02:00Z")
Wordle 523 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Happy Thanksgiving ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2022, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7507 "2022-11-24T06:54:05Z")
Wordle 523 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LEANT YEAST BEAST FEAST Should have gone with the one more appropriate for the holiday. ---
**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 24, 2022, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7508 "2022-11-24T07:23:52Z")
**Wordle 522 5/6** ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL COWER REIGN BRIDE DRIVE Add me to the Bride \> Drive group…7 of us went that route. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2022, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7509 "2022-11-24T08:25:18Z")
Wordle 523 6/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE STAKE BEAST YEAST FEAST I disapprove of the Times getting cutesy with the word choices. If the word for December 25 is β€œSANTA”, β€œGOOSE”, or β€œGIFTS”, I will be left with no choice but to write a strongly worded letter. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2022, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7510 "2022-11-24T09:19:49Z")
Wordle 523 3/6 _S_L **A** N **T** =\> beast, feast, yeast, boast, roast, toast, avast (coast has been used) **F** OR_TE_ =\> narrows it down to **FEAST** =\> well of course! Yes, they are getting cutesy > [@Author\_Balk](#): > > Happy Thanksgiving Well played, sir! I guess among my possibilities, ROAST BEAST would have been more appropriate for Christmas… ---
**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 24, 2022, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7511 "2022-11-24T10:03:35Z")
Wordle 523 X/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› EARTH LIONS STEAM DUMPY WHACK TEASE ---
**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 24, 2022, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7512 "2022-11-24T11:40:25Z")
Wordle 523 2/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE FEAST ---
**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 24, 2022, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7513 "2022-11-24T12:56:17Z")
Wordle 523 4/6\* ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD TEACH YEAST ← damn, saw this first… FEAST ---
**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 24, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7514 "2022-11-24T13:47:46Z")
Wordle 523 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 - Shoulda known CRANE DEATH HEART FEAST ---
**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 24, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7515 "2022-11-24T15:57:21Z")
Wordle 523 5/6 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART LEAST BEAST YEAST FEAST should have known, given the day. ---
**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 24, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7516 "2022-11-24T17:31:40Z")
Wordle 523 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OLIVE BREAD MEANT FEAST Another β€œshould have guessed” here. Quick par though, not bad. ---
**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 24, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7517 "2022-11-24T18:22:24Z")
Yupyupyup! Shoulda listened. A 4 that should have been a 3. Or maybe even a 2. Wordle 523 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE LEAPT YEAST FEAST ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7518 "2022-11-24T18:26:59Z")
Wordle 523 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Gravy Thank Plate Feast I suspected as muchπŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7519 "2022-11-24T19:05:16Z")
> **Wordle 523 3/6\* US Thanksgiving Day 2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > DRIV_E_ β†’ Try common consonants and a vowel… maybe A? > L **EAST** β†’ Trap? BEAST? YEAST? or… daily theme… > **FEAST** > > So, yeah, I think they’re getting cutesy (Shortzian?) with their ordering of answers. @chela: Nice one. ---
**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 24, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7520 "2022-11-24T19:25:15Z")
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