# "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:** 383
**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:** [December 1, 2022, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7641 "2022-12-01T11:25:17Z")
Wordle 530 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE LOTIC (I confess, I put letters I wanted into an anagram generator) OCTET EJECT ---
**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:** [December 1, 2022, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7642 "2022-12-01T11:43:52Z")
Wordle 530 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD GLOVE ETHIC EJECT ---
**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:** [December 1, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7643 "2022-12-01T12:49:45Z")
Wordle 530 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IDEAL CREST EJECT ---
**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:** [December 1, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7644 "2022-12-01T17:12:11Z")
Wordle 530 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BESET EVENT ELECT EJECT ---
**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:** [December 1, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7645 "2022-12-01T17:48:32Z")
Wordle 530 4/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 COATI TRUCE ELECT EJECT ---
**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:** [December 1, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7646 "2022-12-01T18:33:57Z")
Horrid word. I really struggled with this one. Wordle 530 5/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SPENT KNELT THEFT EJECT Took me _forever_ to start trying words that begin with β€˜E’!!! Obviously. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7647 "2022-12-01T18:41:02Z")
Wordle 530 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE EPOCH EDICT - Hmm. .looking like a double β€˜E’ word ELECT EJECT ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7648 "2022-12-01T21:48:25Z")
> **Wordle 530 4/6\* 12/1/2022** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > S_T_UDY β†’ Slow start, but I get to try one of my favorite second guesses > _T_RAIN β†’ Nine letters eliminated after two guesses. Really need a vowel, and there’s just two left… > HO_TE_L β†’ Can’t think of anything ending in -TE or -TT with what letters are left, and -ET is similarly out. -RT, -LT, out also. INEPT doesn’t work. -ECT? Will need another E, so… > **EJECT** > > I was sitting looking at HOTEL for a long long time. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2022, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7649 "2022-12-01T22:45:49Z")
Wordle 530 3/6\* 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLEAR SCENT EJECT ---
**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, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7650 "2022-12-01T23:50:00Z")
Wordle 530 5/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN THEFT ADEPT ELECT EJECT Yet another β€œELECT EJECT.” This one took a while. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7651 "2022-12-02T01:59:16Z")
Wordle 530 4/6\* ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL OVERT THEFT EJECT Took me a long time to figure this one out. ---
**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 2, 2022, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7652 "2022-12-02T05:00:58Z")
**Wordle 530 4/6** ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEARN CHOSE EVICT EJECT I had to think about this one a bit. I avoided the β€œElect” penultimate guess with my start word, but I would have done the same otherwise. ---
**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 2, 2022, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7653 "2022-12-02T05:25:25Z")
**Friday, December 2nd** Wordle 531 3/6 πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAPS CRATE CHAFE This one took way longer than it should have. It’s practically an anti-trap, forcing me to check good letters that immediately narrowed it down to the only possibility. The problem was I kept thinking the word was chaff, not chafe. Finally after several minutes too many I googled chafe to verify it wasn’t a word. Felt pretty dopey. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7654 "2022-12-02T05:34:44Z")
Wordle 531 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO GLAND CHASE CHAFE I am never going to be able to get below a four unless I get very lucky. ---
**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 2, 2022, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7655 "2022-12-02T08:06:56Z")
Wordle 531 5/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY WHACK CHAFE ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7656 "2022-12-02T08:17:46Z")
Wordle 531 3/6 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Crane Chase Chafe I got lucky with my first word. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7657 "2022-12-02T09:04:31Z")
Wordle 531 3/6 SL **A** NT **CH** OR **E** **CHAFE** =\> the only possibility After a string of 4’s, I won’t complain about an easy 3. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7658 "2022-12-02T10:02:34Z")
Wordle 531 3/6\* ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCALE BRACE CHAFE ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7659 "2022-12-02T10:44:10Z")
Wordle 531 3/6 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 The same words as Newlosite CRANE CHASE CHAFE ---
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