# "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:** 385
**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 3, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7681 "2022-12-03T15:18:26Z")
Wordle 532 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PULSE HARSH FIRST TORSO ---
**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 3, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7682 "2022-12-03T15:41:46Z")
Wordle 532 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 HOUSE MOIST TORSO Had to run through the keyboard with T in both positions _twice_ before I saw TORSO. It was my only choice, but still tough to get. Nice mental workout. ---
**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 3, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7683 "2022-12-03T15:44:58Z")
Yes, let’s carry on with the 3s! Wordle 532 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SHORT TORSO Quick one today, the coffee’s still hot. WordleBot says I’m smarter than I look. (Not really.) ---
**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 3, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7684 "2022-12-03T16:03:29Z")
Wordle 532 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Happy to oblige with another 3. I’d have been happy with a 4, but a 3 even more so. HEART TRICK TORSO ---
**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 3, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7685 "2022-12-03T16:11:11Z")
Wordle 532 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Very lucky guess with the second word. CRANE STORM TORSO ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7686 "2022-12-03T19:20:04Z")
> **Wordle 532 4/6\* 12/3/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ > 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CHAFE β†’ Clean miss. Try two more vowels and common consonants > P_R_I_O_N β†’ Not bad. Another vowel, and S & T? > _R_ **O** U **S** _T_ β†’ I don’t need U. R must go in middle, so T at start, TORS- means > **TORSO** > > If I had gone with RO(I/U)ST instead of PRION for the second guess, I might have gotten it in 3. ---
**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 3, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7687 "2022-12-03T23:11:23Z")
Wordle 532 3/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OUTER TORCH TORSO My usual-rotation starter gave me three letters, and guessing a β€˜start with the T’ word for choice 2 gave me the solution. (Was there any other word that could have fit after choice 2?) ---
**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 4, 2022, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7688 "2022-12-04T03:59:09Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Was there any other word that could have fit after choice 2? The only other word I can see that would fit is torts, but as a plural ending in s that would only be a valid guess, not a valid solution. ---
**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 4, 2022, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7689 "2022-12-04T05:44:26Z")
**Sunday, December 4th** Wordle 533 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLOPS THORN ADORE Couple departures from my usual strategy here: I used a rare H in my second word (normally trying for clamp store) and also didn’t check even a second vowel, much less a third. Both were because neither of my normal follow-ups in this situation (trope, metro) followed hard mode rules. Neither change seemed to particularly help or hurt me this time, though it felt a little unnerving having only checked a single vowel. ---
**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 4, 2022, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7690 "2022-12-04T06:01:07Z")
**Wordle 532 4/6** 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ORATE STORM ROTOR TORSO ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7691 "2022-12-04T06:49:52Z")
Wordle 533 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SOLAR ACORN ADORE ---
**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 4, 2022, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7692 "2022-12-04T07:28:50Z")
Wordle 532 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 4, 2022, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7693 "2022-12-04T08:26:58Z")
Wordle 533 2/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 This one really surprised me! Crane Adore ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7694 "2022-12-04T08:44:12Z")
Wordle 533 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRIME GLARE NACRE ADORE ---
**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 4, 2022, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7695 "2022-12-04T09:38:32Z")
Wordle 533 3/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS ADORE ---
**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 4, 2022, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7696 "2022-12-04T11:58:18Z")
Wordle 533 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE PARSE ADORE ---
**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 4, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7697 "2022-12-04T12:28:41Z")
Wordle 533 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE CRATE AGREE ADORE ---
**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 4, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7698 "2022-12-04T14:32:50Z")
Wordle 533 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPARE ADORE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7699 "2022-12-04T14:55:03Z")
Wordle 533 3/6 SL_A_NT CH **ORE** **ADORE** =\> I only saw one other possibility, and that’s AMORE. πŸ˜‰ From yesterday: > [@Sherrerd](#): > > Was there any other word that could have fit after choice 2? > [@EllisDee](#): > > The only other word I can see that would fit is torts, but as a plural ending in s that would only be a valid guess, not a valid solution. My dead-trees dictionary had torsi as an alternative plural of the solution, but that’s got to be way too obscure to be a solution. So effectively no. ---
**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 4, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7700 "2022-12-04T15:45:10Z")
Wordle 533 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 LOUSE TRONE CHORE ADORE I didn’t think TRONE was actually a word (it’s a type of scale, apparently), but I wanted to get T, R, and N. I’ll have to remember that one for future use. Had a shot at a 3 if I’d done my usual vowel check, but I’m OK with the par here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=384) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=386)