# "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:** 382
**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 30, 2022, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7621 "2022-11-30T11:16:30Z")
Wordle 529 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS STUDY - There are several options. Picked the right one. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7622 "2022-11-30T11:21:45Z")
Wordle 529 4/6 **S** LAN_T_ CHORE **STU** MP =\> Thought this might be the solution, so I took a shot **STUDY** =\> Well if you STUDY, you won’t get STUMPed ---
**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, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7623 "2022-11-30T12:37:57Z")
Wordle 529 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOIST ASTER DUSTY STUDY ---
**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 30, 2022, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7624 "2022-11-30T12:41:57Z")
Wordle 529 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ABIDE MOODY STUDY ---
**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 30, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7625 "2022-11-30T12:53:58Z")
Wordle 529 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD DONUT STUDY My favorite type. ---
**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 30, 2022, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7626 "2022-11-30T13:12:11Z")
Wordle 529 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Made work of this one. HEART STICK STOOP ok, gotta be a U then, huh? STUNG STUDY ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7627 "2022-11-30T14:01:45Z")
_Slate_ [isn’t a fan](https://slate.com/technology/2022/11/wordle-editor-ruining-wordle.html) of the NYT’s recent cutesiness in its editing of Wordle solutions. ---
**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 30, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7628 "2022-11-30T15:18:14Z")
Wordle 529 5/6 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I’m sure Wordlebot will chastise me. SLATE STOMP STINK STUFF STUDY ---
**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 30, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7629 "2022-11-30T15:23:27Z")
I’m right there with yas. _Not_ a wonderful Wordle morning. WordleBot wasn’t _too_ harsh, though. Wordle 529 5/6\* ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SHOUT STUCK STUMP STUDY ---
**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 30, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7630 "2022-11-30T15:42:09Z")
Wordle 529 3/6 ⬛⬛🟧🟦⬛ 🟧🟧🟧⬛⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 MOUSE STUNK STUDY Nice hit on the middle U. There _could_ have been another vowel but in this case I thought going for consonants would be more useful, and I was right. After STUNK it was either STUDY or STUFF, so no drama here today. ---
**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, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7631 "2022-11-30T15:50:43Z")
> **Wordle 529 3/6\* 11/30/2022** > > 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _U_N_D_UE → Good start. Try another vowel, and shuffle known letters with common consonants… > A_D_ **U** L_T_ → Middle U! So, only vowel? If I want to try an S, I would have STU?D or STUD?, the latter could be > **STUDY** > > Now that Wordle has gotten cutesy with solutions, I wonder if this has to do with fall term exam week coming up… ---
**Author:** ![Beesnest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7632 "2022-11-30T15:58:24Z")
Wordle 529 2/6 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > tardy 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Warm fuzzy for me. Not my usual start word. I was mad about yesterday-which I got in 6 after I mistyped my 5th guess. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7633 "2022-11-30T17:55:18Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Now that Wordle has gotten cutesy with solutions, I wonder if this has to do with fall term exam week coming up… Exam week, huh? FINAL hasn’t been used yet. Wonder if there’s a good 5-letter word having to do with all-nighters. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2022, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7634 "2022-12-01T00:49:48Z")
Wordle 529 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH TOILS STUDY After TOILS I couldn’t be certain the solution would start with STU, but it did seem fairly likely. Out of the words I saw immediately (STUDY, STUFF, STUMP, STUNT, STUNG–I missed STUNK and STUCK), STUDY seemed most Wordle-like, so I gave it a shot. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2022, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7635 "2022-12-01T05:21:26Z")
**Wordle 529 5/6** 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STOLE STRAP STUCK PODGY STUDY Great to hit the ST in green out the gate, except way too many words it could be. I _almost_ took a chance on Study for my 4th word, but I took the safer move and tossed out a sleuth word. So 5 it is to end the month, which was actually a pretty good month for me overall, so I can’t complain too much. 2 = **1** , 3 = **12** , 4 = **11** , 5 = **4** , 6 = **1** (and I missed playing one game). ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7636 "2022-12-01T05:29:52Z")
Wordle 530 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TUNES DWELT EJECT Unfortunately, my average is slightly over 4 with a run of high numbers recently. This one took some thinking. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2022, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7637 "2022-12-01T05:52:07Z")
Wordle 530 4/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRIMP SCALE DECOY EJECT Had the hardest time placing the C. Speaking of that C, hitting it on the first word meant I couldn’t check all 10 letters. Bad day to drop T. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7638 "2022-12-01T06:46:13Z")
Wordle 530 4/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRIAL MOUNT BESET EJECT ---
**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:** [December 1, 2022, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7639 "2022-12-01T08:04:05Z")
Wordle 530 5/6 🟩⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY WHACK EJECT ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7640 "2022-12-01T11:04:52Z")
Wordle 530 4/6 SLAN **T** _C_HOR_E_ =\> just seeing EDICT, EVICT, and EJECT from here **E** DI **CT** =\> narrows it down to **EJECT** =\> only the 5th J in a solution: Q has appeared 6 times, X,Z 9 times each One very common letter has been all but absent since the NYT took over. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=381) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=383)