# "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:** 386
**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 4, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7701 "2022-12-04T16:09:15Z")
Wordle 533 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE LARGE AWARE ADORE ---
**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 4, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7702 "2022-12-04T16:36:34Z")
Wordle 533 3/6\* ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD PADRE ADORE ---
**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 4, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7703 "2022-12-04T17:02:23Z")
Wordle 533 3/6\* ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 And after telling myself not to use R in the second position, too. PROSE GROVE ADORE ---
**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, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7704 "2022-12-04T18:24:57Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > because neither of my normal follow-ups in this situation (trope, metro) followed hard mode rules. > [@Wheelz](#): > > 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. Nice find! I will totally add that to my list of follow-ups. I swear I stared at trome for several minutes willing it to be a word. I had already checked P so couldn’t use trope, and O in center position so I couldn’t use metro. Trone would have been the perfect second guess for me; I consider substituting N for M to be just as good. Why did Google voice properly interpret the word trome? Is that actually a word? That would be even better than trone… (On further inspection, Google says it’s not an English word.) ---
**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 4, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7705 "2022-12-04T18:50:53Z")
Yay for 3s!! Wordle 533 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE LARGE ADORE ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7706 "2022-12-04T20:30:33Z")
> **Wordle 533 4/6\* 12/4/2022** > > ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 > 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > T_OR_SO β†’ Only one O. Try the OR at the end (and tick off writers of the Queen’s English)? Sure. > L_A_B_OR_ β†’ Wrong placement, but picked up an A. Keep trying OR… > **A** G **OR** A β†’ Placed all the letters. Must be… > **ADORE** > > I really should have seen the answer before the third guess. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7707 "2022-12-05T00:07:20Z")
I should mention that yesterday’s solution tripled the number of instances of the letter O in Wordle solutions since NYT took over curating the solutions. ---
**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 5, 2022, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7708 "2022-12-05T03:23:22Z")
**Wordle 533 3/6** ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LINER DRAPE ADORE > [@RTFirefly](#): > > I should mention that yesterday’s solution tripled the number of instances of the letter O in Wordle solutions since NYT took over curating the solutions. They certainly were being rather stingy with the O’s all November! We may get barraged with them this month. πŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7709 "2022-12-05T03:36:36Z")
Tried it once. Didn’t get it. notimedotcom. ---
**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 5, 2022, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7710 "2022-12-05T04:39:30Z")
Wordle 533 4/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST CREAM BARED ADORE ---
**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 5, 2022, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7711 "2022-12-05T05:10:26Z")
**Monday, December 5th** Wordle 534 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRISP METAL HONEY DOZEN WOKEN Felt good about both honey and dozen. Wordle got me good today, but β€œwoken” strikes me as a little stilted for a wordle solution. Still, fair play. And on preview, we may be starting up a monsoon of O’s. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7712 "2022-12-05T05:34:17Z")
Wordle 534 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SOUND COLON WOVEN WOKEN Just a mini trap. It was either WOKEN or WOMEN so I could guess randomly. I am just waiting for everyone else to get it in three again. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7713 "2022-12-05T07:13:36Z")
Wordle 534 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GLOVE WOMEN WOKEN ---
**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 5, 2022, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7714 "2022-12-05T08:07:17Z")
Wordle 534 5/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY WHACK WOKEN ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7715 "2022-12-05T11:16:14Z")
Wordle 534 5/6 SLA_N_T CH_O_R_E_ GIMPY _EN_D_OW_ **WOKEN** Looks like I’m not the only one to have trouble with this one. ---
**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 5, 2022, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7716 "2022-12-05T11:37:31Z")
Ha ! That looks familiar ! Wordle 534 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD GLOVE WOMEN WOKEN ---
**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 5, 2022, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7717 "2022-12-05T12:13:04Z")
Wordle 534 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE LEMON WOKEN - more of a information word (TOKEN, WOVEN, DOZEN, OFTEN, etc.) Turns out to be the right word. ---
**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 5, 2022, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7718 "2022-12-05T12:58:24Z")
This was a nice start to the week. Wordle 534 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FRIED TOKEN WOKEN ---
**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 5, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7719 "2022-12-05T13:05:39Z")
Wordle 534 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ASIDE OFTEN WOMEN WOKEN ---
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Wordle 534 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Lucked my way into a 4 HEART BLEND NIECE WOKEN [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=385) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=387)