# "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:** 39
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/761 "2022-01-21T12:08:10Z")
Well for me, this one was terrible, until suddenly it wasn’t. Wordle 216 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEAST WOULD MIGHT PRICK ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/762 "2022-01-21T12:56:18Z")
I also tried the French one that gives you the first letter out of eight. Yesterday it was an eight-letter word starting with R, and I simply got stuck at the end even though I had most of the letters. Today I got more lucky, as some of the tries were very English-like, and it’s helpful to do it in easy mode. It does make for pretty colors. SUTOM #14 5/6 🟥🟡🟡🟦🟡🟦🟦🟦 🟥🟦🟡🟦🟦🟡🟥🟥 🟥🟦🟦🟦🟥🟦🟥🟥 🟥🟥🟡🟦🟥🟦🟥🟥 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 [https://sutom.nocle.fr](https://sutom.nocle.fr) ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/763 "2022-01-21T14:31:23Z")
I took a chance and got it in two. I couldn’t believe my luck. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/764 "2022-01-21T14:42:04Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > I took a chance and got it in two. I couldn’t believe my luck. Sometimes it’s better to be lucky, than good! ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/765 "2022-01-21T14:53:11Z")
Wordle 216 3/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Happy to do it in three after not hitting a single letter on the first try BEAST PLONK PRICK ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/766 "2022-01-21T15:19:27Z")
> **Wordle 216 3/6\*** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _R_OBOT → try out some vowels, and an S… > **PRI** ES → lucky guess! > > With the E out of play, no PRI[CDMZ]E was possible, and no O meant no PRIOR. I thought here about PRIVY (and forgot PRISM, so **Eyebrows\_of\_Doom** did better than me here), but ended up trying > > **PRICK** ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/767 "2022-01-21T15:28:29Z")
Wordle 216 6/6 (1/21/22) ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADIEU ROAST GRIPE PRISM PRICY PRICK Phew. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/768 "2022-01-21T15:44:17Z")
Same here: PLATE PRICK ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/769 "2022-01-21T15:49:41Z")
Trace From there, I went to most likely last letters, but I really stressed about whether the game would use the word, due to it’s slang meaning. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/770 "2022-01-21T17:42:36Z")
216, Jan 21: my most common, 4. SM **I** TE **PRI** ON **PRIC** Y PRICK ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/771 "2022-01-21T19:02:39Z")
> **[La palabra del día](https://lapalabradeldia.com/)** > > Un juego de palabras diario ---
**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:** [January 21, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/772 "2022-01-21T19:15:27Z")
Wait, you can go back and do the older ones? COOL. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/773 "2022-01-21T19:33:52Z")
No, those are all different languages (except Primel, which I only had the prior day of because I posted it on a mathy friend’s FB page). ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/774 "2022-01-21T19:36:42Z")
In first year engineering we had to program a graphic game of Master Mind. Not all that hard, even for a very mediocre programmer like me. But never much liked that game. I like this one a lot, even though it is not so different. Strange. Yet I have zero interest in trying out copycat versions or other languages - sometimes less is more. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/775 "2022-01-21T20:46:55Z")
Here’s tomorrow’s. I almost got it in three. Wordle 217 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Cugel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cugel/32/1199_2.png) [@Cugel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cugel)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/776 "2022-01-21T22:16:16Z")
Getting a bit samey for me.Most times, two goes gets the framework, which admits a number of possible solutions. Then it’s guesswork and luck. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/777 "2022-01-21T22:20:55Z")
I finished a Spanish game in 4, but it was challlenging. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/778 "2022-01-21T23:08:29Z")
> [@Cugel](#): > > Then it’s guesswork and luck. That’s how all puzzles work. I do wonder what you all think is supposed to happen. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/779 "2022-01-21T23:40:58Z")
Wordle 216 6/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟨🟩🟩⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Like someone above - I should have gotten it in 5, but didn’t think they would use that word! ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/780 "2022-01-21T23:43:58Z")
Haha! I didn’t think they would either. But I went ahead and pulled the trigger anyway and got it in 3. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=38) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=40)