# "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:** 387
**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 5, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7721 "2022-12-05T15:50:41Z")
Wordle 534 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 IRATE OLDEN WOVEN WOMEN WOKEN Luck didn’t go my way on this one, though I knew there were limited choices and no danger of a fail. Once I got the O, the only possibility that didn’t begin with W was COVEN. Therefore WOVEN was the logical next guess. After that, I lost the coin flip on the two remaining words. Some days are like that. ---
**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 5, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7722 "2022-12-05T16:31:39Z")
Wordle 534 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Son of a . . .I thought of the answer word back on the third try, but for some reason ignored the voice in my brain. CRANE ONSET NOVEL DOZEN WOKEN ---
**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 5, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7723 "2022-12-05T16:49:46Z")
Wordle 534 3/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SPECK WOKEN This one took a lot of time and I still enjoyed a lot of luck. Finding the β€˜K’ on the second try helped immensely, as was discovering the β€˜E’ couldn’t be placed in the third or last position – though WordleBot wasn’t impressed. After that, it was a slog. I couldn’t find a single word that worked until I happened upon β€˜WOKE’ – and then the β€˜N’ smiled at me. Still, I didn’t expect it to be _the_ word, just one for testing letter placement. ---
**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, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7724 "2022-12-05T16:59:53Z")
> I couldn’t find a single word that worked until I happened upon β€˜WOKE’ I always had you figured for one of those β€˜WOKE’ types. πŸ˜‰ ---
**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 5, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7725 "2022-12-05T17:01:13Z")
LOL, you’re pretty astute! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7726 "2022-12-05T19:36:27Z")
> **Wordle 534 5/6\* 12/5/2022** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 > ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > AD_O_R_E_ β†’ Not a bad start word, and it makes a good start here. Try more common consonants… > ST_ENO_ β†’ Picked up an N. Try vowels in common sports inside a two-syllable word… > C **O** V **EN** β†’ Hit! It’s a little traplike, but there aren’t many consonants left. Two possibilities with W-, so… > **WO** M **EN** β†’ Guessed the wrong one. > **WOKEN** > > I think **Wheelz** and I had very similar plays today. ---
**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 5, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7727 "2022-12-05T23:00:04Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > > [@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. Given that the NYT is now making explicit that their policy is β€˜no plurals as solutions,’ I think they might face an armed uprising if they tried to slip in an β€˜ends-in-i’ plural-form. Pitchforks and torches! > Wordle 533 2/6 🟩🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AROSE ADORE Luckiest starter ever, except for that one time that my in-rotation starter happened to be the solution. > Wordle 534 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROAST BOING NOVEL WOKEN Less luck today, though my earlier perusal of news stories–including one about an ambitious Southern governor who’s just offered a definition of β€œwokeness,” might well qualify as luck. ---
**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 6, 2022, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7728 "2022-12-06T01:19:44Z")
Wordle 534 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPORE NOTED MONEY WOKEN Someone noted upthread that this month’s solutions are skewed towards Os, so I started with SPORE instead of my usual LEAST or CRATE, and luckily after MONEY I didn’t see the 2 other possibles, WOVEN and COVEN ---
**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 6, 2022, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7729 "2022-12-06T05:19:24Z")
**Tuesday, December 6th** Wordle 535 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAMP STEAM MAVEN ARMED AMBER This is what happens when I don’t check R. ---
**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 6, 2022, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7730 "2022-12-06T05:34:40Z")
**Wordle 534 5/6** ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 INLET RAMEN QUEEN TOKEN WOKEN Four O’s in the last three days. I find that annoying. Only 4 O’s in November (two were in one word), and now they slam us with them. Guess I should have known better and played it on my 3rd word at least, but I just was feeling Queen - it ruled out several words though, so that was good. Then I was choosing between the T and W and I just chose wrong. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7731 "2022-12-06T06:20:17Z")
Wordle 535 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHOVE IMPEL AMBER ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7732 "2022-12-06T07:11:47Z")
Wordle 535 5/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO ASHEN ADDER AUGER AMBER It took me forever and a few bad guesses to see it. Also had an unforced error on two. I am never going to get them in three like most of the people here. ---
**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 6, 2022, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7733 "2022-12-06T08:57:33Z")
Wordle 535 6/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY WHACK BEFOG AMBER ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7734 "2022-12-06T10:44:53Z")
Wordle 535 4/6 SL_A_NT =\> SLANT hasn’t been picking up many letters lately, it happens CHO_RE_ =\> maybe \_A\_ER? PAGER has most of GIMPY’s consonants, let’s try it P_A_G **ER** =\> So A\_\_ER, not many 2-letter consonant combos left, let’s try **AMBER** ---
**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 6, 2022, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7735 "2022-12-06T11:34:52Z")
Wordle 535 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Game 300 for me. 299 wins Winning streak 274 1: 1 - Feast on Thanksgiving - doesn’t really count 2:: 15 3: 127 4: 120 5: 31 6: 5 Next milestone is in about 2 months, 1 year anniversary. CRANE PAGER ALTER AMBER ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7736 "2022-12-06T12:22:44Z")
Congrats on game #300! That’s one sweet scoreboard, too! πŸ™‚ ---
**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 6, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7737 "2022-12-06T12:35:35Z")
Wordle 535 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANE CHEAT BEARD AMBER ---
**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 6, 2022, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7738 "2022-12-06T13:02:46Z")
Wordle 535 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART RANGE BREAD ANGER (I knew no N or G, just wanted to place the others) AMBER (Should have been more alert) ---
**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 6, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7739 "2022-12-06T13:26:43Z")
Wordle 535 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IDEAL PEACH WATER ANGER AMBER ---
**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 6, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7740 "2022-12-06T14:37:30Z")
Wordle 535 2/6\* 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD AMBER Wow ! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=386) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=388)