# "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:** 391
**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 10, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7801 "2022-12-10T00:02:33Z")
Wordle 538 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slant Brace Braid ---
**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 10, 2022, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7802 "2022-12-10T03:08:30Z")
Wordle 538 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST CHARY BRAND BRAID Not sure how I missed BRAID in the 3rd round especially since I was looking for words with 2 vowels. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7803 "2022-12-10T05:52:30Z")
Wordle 539 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SYNOD CLONE KNOCK OK with a four on this one. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7804 "2022-12-10T08:38:06Z")
Wordle 539 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPATE WOULD GROIN KNOCK I had some difficulty finding any word to fit after 3. ---
**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 10, 2022, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7805 "2022-12-10T09:02:17Z")
Wordle 539 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLANS RECON KNOCK A quality 3! It’s been a hot minute since I’ve had one of these. ---
**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 10, 2022, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7806 "2022-12-10T11:32:33Z")
Wordle 539 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TONIC KNOCK - I think the only possible word ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7807 "2022-12-10T11:54:04Z")
Wordle 539 3/6 SLA_N_T _C_H **O** RE **KNOCK** =\> Couldn’t see any other possibilities. Good to get a 3. I’ve gotten precious few of them in the past three weeks - four 3’s, a 2, and three 5’s, with the rest 4’s. Still averaging under 4 for the period, but by a good deal less than I’d gotten used to. And to think that I was complaining that the NYT had made Wordle too easy! Waiter, do you serve crow 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 10, 2022, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7808 "2022-12-10T12:13:09Z")
Wordle 539 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY WHACK KNOCK ---
**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 10, 2022, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7809 "2022-12-10T12:43:50Z")
Wordle 539 3/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISE CROWN KNOCK ---
**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 10, 2022, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7810 "2022-12-10T13:57:23Z")
Wordle 539 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD QUILT SPOON MOONY ← wtf was i thinking ?! KNOCK ---
**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 10, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7811 "2022-12-10T15:45:35Z")
Very tough today Wordle 539 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL MOONY KNOCK ---
**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 10, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7812 "2022-12-10T16:52:20Z")
A 4. Meh. Wordle 539 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLOUD SHOCK KNOCK ---
**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 10, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7813 "2022-12-10T18:09:43Z")
Wordle 539 3/6\* 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISY OCEAN KNOCK ---
**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 10, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7814 "2022-12-10T19:42:51Z")
Wordle 539 4/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OPERA SNOUT KNOWN KNOCK I figured out it had to be a KN word and then lost yet another coin flip. Could have been worse, though; it could have been KNOLL, which I didn’t see. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7815 "2022-12-10T20:57:48Z")
> **Wordle 539 4/6\* 12/10/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > BRAID β†’ Clean miss. Lotta common consonants left, and I should probably try two vowels… > SH **O** UT β†’ Nine down, one found. I’ll abandon the vowel hunt for now… > FL **OCK** - Almost tried GLOCK here. It’s trap-ish, but I’ve used so many consonants there’s not much left. Do I have a repeat? > **KNOCK** > > Another one with no yellows. Kind of a fun four. ---
**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 10, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7816 "2022-12-10T22:19:07Z")
Wordle 539 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 11, 2022, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7817 "2022-12-11T00:28:08Z")
Wordle 539 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OUTER VIOLA PHONY SNOOD KNOCK So β€œO” only–no other vowels and no Y. And my search for consonant pairs still allowable after so many eliminated letters, ended up with only two β€œKN” words: KNOLL, eliminated by the second guess, and KNOCK. An ignominious Five. ---
**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 11, 2022, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7818 "2022-12-11T05:09:15Z")
Wordle 539 4/6\* 12/10/2022 LEAST IR **O** _N_Y G **NO** ME **KNOCK** This one took me forever! Ugh! ---
**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 11, 2022, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7819 "2022-12-11T05:29:19Z")
**Sunday, December 11th** Wordle 540 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRITS ALIEN NAIVE Uncharacteristically used a three vowel research word, and it worked. Hit both the A and the E. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7820 "2022-12-11T05:47:02Z")
Wordle 540 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO DAILY NAIVE I like ones like this that make me think about which letters can go together. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=390) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=392)