# "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:** 389
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7761 "2022-12-07T17:52:53Z")
> **Wordle 536 3/6\* Pearl Harbor Day 2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > AMBER → An anagram of BREAM. Well, anyway, let’s try something with O & I… > _STO_IC → OSTEO is out, I think the ST are an ending, O must be second - try something with a U? > **JOUST** > > A very lucky 3 for me. Upon reflection, my second guess should have been HOIST to try the H, which would have led directly to the answer. ---
**Author:** ![Hoops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoops/32/6408_2.png) [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7762 "2022-12-07T18:43:40Z")
A rare two for me in 536, by virtue of my standard starting word (which I doggedly stick with even though it isn’t that statistically advantageous): JOULE. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7763 "2022-12-07T18:48:28Z")
It really isn’t statistically advantageous: this is only the sixth time that the letter J has been part of a solution. ---
**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 7, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7764 "2022-12-07T22:39:11Z")
Wordle 536 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLOUD TOUGH MOUNT JOUST ---
**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 7, 2022, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7765 "2022-12-07T23:56:34Z")
Wordle 536 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH JOINT JOUST “BOING” is on my short list of ‘_words to try because they can test untested vowels, but don’t have R, S, or T because I’ve probably already checked those consonants._’ But today I DID need the T, so tried “JOINT” as a similar word. Lucky! ---
**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 8, 2022, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7766 "2022-12-08T04:10:12Z")
Wordle 536 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLICE TRASH BOSSY JOUST I forgot to play the T in my 3rd word…could have had this in 3. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7767 "2022-12-08T05:05:38Z")
Wordle 537 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LINER INFER ---
**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 8, 2022, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7768 "2022-12-08T08:03:46Z")
Wordle 537 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟨⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLIPS MERIT IRATE INFER ---
**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 8, 2022, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7769 "2022-12-08T08:07:23Z")
Wordle 537 4/6 🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS INNER INFER ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7770 "2022-12-08T08:21:39Z")
Wordle 537 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIOUS IMAGE INSET INFER ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7771 "2022-12-08T11:11:44Z")
Wordle 537 4/6 SLA_N_T CHO_RE_ G_I_MPY **INFER** Took a bit of work, but was still able to pull out the 4. It’s days like this that make it interesting. ---
**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 8, 2022, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7772 "2022-12-08T11:30:57Z")
Wordle 537 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD GRIME FIRES INFER ---
**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 8, 2022, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7773 "2022-12-08T11:47:53Z")
btw, has anyone tried [Bindle](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FKV0JdKVQAEfN4i?format=jpg&name=900x900) ? ---
**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 8, 2022, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7774 "2022-12-08T11:51:08Z")
Wordle 537 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE LINER INFER ---
**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 8, 2022, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7775 "2022-12-08T12:08:32Z")
Wordle 537 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ASIDE TIGER INNER INFER ---
**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 8, 2022, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7776 "2022-12-08T13:12:56Z")
Wordle 537 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART JOKER WISER INNER INFER ---
**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 8, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7777 "2022-12-08T15:21:21Z")
Google provided a list of most searched words, events, etc. of 2022. The most popular search is for “Wordle”. Of the 10 “most searched definitions”, eight of them were Wordle answers this year. > **[These are the words, movies and people that Americans searched for on Google...](https://www.npr.org/2022/12/08/1141485540/top-google-searches-2022)** > > Google compiled data on the people, entertainment and current events that Americans searched for the most in 2022. ---
**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 8, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7778 "2022-12-08T15:54:14Z")
Bah. Even Wordlebot couldn’t find anything good to say about this effort. Wordle 537 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE NERVE SANER UNDER INFER ---
**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 8, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7779 "2022-12-08T16:51:19Z")
A 2! My 28th out of 324 games played. Wordle 537 2/6\* 🟩🟨⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE INFER WordleBot said there were 3 other possible words besides the answer. I found one of them (INNER), but I wouldn’t have tried any of them before trying INFER. (They were ICIER and IDLER.) I still resist double consonants, which is often a mistake. But not today.🙂 ---
**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 8, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7780 "2022-12-08T17:47:42Z")
Wordle 537 3/6 ⬛⬛🟦⬛🟦 🟧🟧⬛🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AGILE INTER INFER Lucky second guess. Or smart - however you want to look at it. 😊 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=388) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=390)