# "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:** 384
**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 2, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7661 "2022-12-02T12:57:35Z")
Wordle 531 3/6 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SHAME CHAFE ---
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Wordle 531 5/6\* ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD GLAZE SHAME THANE CHAFE ---
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Wordle 531 3/6 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE CHASE CHAFE ---
**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 2, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7664 "2022-12-02T17:19:54Z")
I was ready for a 3, too. Wordle 531 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CHASE CHAFE ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7665 "2022-12-02T17:29:00Z")
Looks like I wasn’t the only one to find this an easy 3 today. Wordle 531 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SHADE CHAFE ---
**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 2, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7666 "2022-12-02T20:33:06Z")
Wordle 531 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 MAUVE CRANE CHASE CHAFE I counted three CRANE-\>CHASE-\>CHAFEs so far. Same as me but an extra word to start. I actually saw CHAFE before CHASE, but thought the latter was more likely. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7667 "2022-12-02T21:08:09Z")
> **Wordle 531 4/6\* 12/2/2022** > > 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ > 🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _E_JE_C_T β†’ OK start. Try an A, and a couple common consonants… > **C** L_EA_R β†’ Placed the E where there had already been one! Think better next time. At least the C is placed, and the A was a good guess… > **C** _A_G_E_Y β†’ CESAR? Naw. Can’t think of many 5 letter words starting with CE, so try the E on the end, A in the middle, H after C since no L or R… hmm… > **CHAFE** > > Not sure why I had a blind spot where the S was on that last guess. I might have tried CHASE if I had thought of it first. ---
**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 2, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7668 "2022-12-02T22:56:48Z")
Wordle 531 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GNOME TAUPE ALIKE CHASE CHAFE I think I’d have gotten it faster if I’d used FLAKE for the 3rd word. Oh, well. ---
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Wordle 531 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE WHALE CHAFE I’d thought of CHAFE before thinking of WHALE, but WHALE appealed because it let me test both β€˜second letter L’ and β€˜second letter H.’ (Given that a word ending \_ \_ALE _other_ than β€˜whale’ seemed ruled out.) ---
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Wordle 531 3/6\* ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST CRANE CHAFE ---
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**Saturday, December 3rd** Wordle 532 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAMS STORE ROUST TORSO Thought I had it with roust, then even though that left me with TORS\_ it still took me a full 2 minutes to come up with torso. Nice job, Wordle. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7672 "2022-12-03T05:18:07Z")
Wordle 532 3/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TURBO TORSO I thought I might have a two. Never going to happen apparently. ---
**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 3, 2022, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7673 "2022-12-03T05:46:28Z")
**Wordle 531 3/6** ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LATER BEACH CHAFE For my second word, Beach just popped into my head…then I thought they _could_ go with that considering people are dreaming of the beach now that it’s cold and snowy in many places, or if you are in β€œopposite land” somewhere, it’s summer, so it’d apply then too. πŸ˜‰ I am not sure I like having to now think in terms of possible β€œtheme words”, but I’d have gone with the word in any case. Could only be two words from there…I chose the least likely one, and it paid off (take _that_ Wordle!). πŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7674 "2022-12-03T07:48:02Z")
Wordle 532 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLING GUEST TRASH TORSO ---
**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 3, 2022, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7675 "2022-12-03T10:18:59Z")
Wordle 532 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS WORST TORSO I could’ve gotten this in 3. ---
**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 3, 2022, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7676 "2022-12-03T11:42:38Z")
Wordle 532 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD ROIST TORSO ---
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Wordle 532 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TIROS TORSO ---
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Wordle 532 4/6 _S_LAN_T_ CH_OR_E **TOR** U_S_ **TORSO** ---
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Wordle 532 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IDEAL SOUTH WORST TORSO ---
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