# "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:** 381
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7601 "2022-11-29T05:33:48Z")
Wordle 528 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO DUNES UPEND UNDUE I really thought I had it on three. ---
**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 29, 2022, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7602 "2022-11-29T08:22:43Z")
Wordle 528 5/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY WHACK UNDUE ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7603 "2022-11-29T08:24:26Z")
Wordle 528 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRIME OVULE UNDUE Apologies if my briefly un-blurred spoiler upset anybody. I haven’t been posting for a while and I just plain forgot. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7604 "2022-11-29T09:57:18Z")
Wordle 528 4/6 SLA_N_T CHOR **E** _NU_ **D** G **E** **UNDUE** Maybe the solution is a common word if you’re a lawyer. ---
**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 29, 2022, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7605 "2022-11-29T11:26:01Z")
Wordle 528 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE LINTS NUDGE - Same 3rd word as the previous post UNDUE ---
**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 29, 2022, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7606 "2022-11-29T13:12:17Z")
Wordle 528 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟨🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Another NUDGE RAISE COUPE NUDGE UNDUE ---
**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 29, 2022, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7607 "2022-11-29T13:13:12Z")
Wordle 528 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟨🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPATE DRONE NUDIE UNDUE ---
**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 29, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7608 "2022-11-29T14:46:17Z")
I’m up too damn early. (Yeah, that’s the ticket!) A 4 today. Wordle 528 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE HOUSE BULGE UNDUE ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7609 "2022-11-29T15:12:39Z")
Wordle 528 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPEAR GLIDE DUNCE UNDUE I spent a few minutes wondering “Is that really a word? Isn’t it UNDO?” then I realized that this solution shouldn’t cause me UNDUE stress. ---
**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 29, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7610 "2022-11-29T15:15:50Z")
Wordle 528 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART POWER CLEVE UNDUE somewhat lucky guess- we know there are is no a, o, and only 1 e. Put my money on the u and it paid off. ---
**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 29, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7611 "2022-11-29T15:44:44Z")
Wordle 528 3/6 ⬛⬛🟦⬛🟧 ⬛🟦⬛⬛🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CAUSE PURGE UNDUE Hmmm, I’ve got two spots left for that U; where should I put it next? How about both? Both is good. ---
**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 29, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7612 "2022-11-29T16:04:14Z")
Wordle 528 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD GLIDE DOUSE UNDUE ---
**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 29, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7613 "2022-11-29T23:11:33Z")
Wordle 528 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT NEIGH DOYEN UNDUE DOYEN was a long-shot as a Wordle solution, but it did give me the D (as well as cut off a lot of other options). I’d have gone for UNDER next except that E in fourth position was prohibited. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7614 "2022-11-30T00:02:54Z")
> **Wordle 528 3/6\* 11/29/2022** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > T_E_PI_D_ → Good start. Let me go looking for vowels > A **N** O_D_ **E** → Good luck gets the N. Only one spot left for the D, as DN- is a nowhere prefix. Only unused vowel left is U. Could it start with END-? No? Then UND-E… UNDYE? No. Two Us? > **UNDUE** > > I promised myself I would go with my first instinct this time… and it worked, oddly enough. ---
**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 30, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7615 "2022-11-30T01:29:19Z")
Almost forgot to play again. Wordle 528 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PATCH REIGN ENJOY UNDUE ---
**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 30, 2022, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7616 "2022-11-30T05:36:47Z")
**Wednesday, November 30th** Wordle 529 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLOTS STARE STUNT STUMP STUDY It’s a trap! ---
**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 30, 2022, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7617 "2022-11-30T05:50:39Z")
**Wordle 528 4/6** ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEARN STONE NIECE UNDUE Took me a while to see it. I was so focused on words starting with N for my 3rd word and had three to choose from (Niche, Niece, and Nudge)…almost went with Nudge as I now see 3-4 others here did, but wouldn’t have mattered, still would have gotten it in 4, which is fine. I still have more 3’s this month than 4’s (which hasn’t happened since May), but the 4’s are quickly catching up…only one away from a tie and one day left to close out the month - better get a 3 tomorrow. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7618 "2022-11-30T06:06:20Z")
Wordle 529 6/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO QUEST STUCK STUMP FENDY STUDY This was a rough one. QUEST was an odd choice but I needed the vowels. After the next two choices I saw STUFF, STUDY, and STUNG. I was looking for a word with as many letters to delete as possible. I randomly put in FENDY and was surprised that it was accepted. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7619 "2022-11-30T07:31:48Z")
Wordle 529 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRIME AGLOW BUDDY STUDY ---
**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 30, 2022, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7620 "2022-11-30T08:08:56Z")
Wordle 529 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟨🟨⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY STUDY [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=380) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=382)