# "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:** 393
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7841 "2022-12-12T08:56:44Z")
Wordle 541 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLOUT GUILE PSALM APPLY I only just noticed on reading this back that I had re-used a known bad letter on my 2nd. ---
**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 12, 2022, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7842 "2022-12-12T10:52:54Z")
Wordle 541 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD AMONG AFFIX APPLY ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7843 "2022-12-12T10:56:11Z")
Wordle 541 4/6 S_LA_NT CHORE GIM_P_ **Y** **APPLY** ---
**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 12, 2022, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7844 "2022-12-12T11:38:24Z")
Wordle 541 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS MADLY APPLY ---
**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 12, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7845 "2022-12-12T12:57:08Z")
Wordle 541 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL APPLY ---
**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 12, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7846 "2022-12-12T13:28:12Z")
Wordle 541 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY AGONY AMPLY APPLY ---
**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 12, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7847 "2022-12-12T13:37:23Z")
Wordle 541 3/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ASIDE ABOUT APPLY ---
**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 12, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7848 "2022-12-12T15:47:29Z")
Wordle 541 4/6 πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AUDIT ALONE AMPLY APPLY Didn’t have much after two, but with all the vowels out, it wasn’t hard to figure out the terminal Y. ---
**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 12, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7849 "2022-12-12T16:20:59Z")
Wordle 541 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE HOIST - letter eliminating word PADDY APPLY ---
**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 12, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7850 "2022-12-12T18:15:33Z")
Well, I struggled with this one. Wordle 541 5/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE LAUGH VOCAL AMPLY APPLY What kind of idiot tries AMPLY before APPLY? One who detests double consonants, that’s what kind! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7851 "2022-12-12T18:41:42Z")
> **Wordle 541 6/6\* 12/12/2022** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > N_A_IVE β†’ Appears to be a low-vowels day. Try some common consonants… > RO_A_ST β†’ Struck out. Try to position the A and find whatever consonants I can put together… > **A** WFU_L_ β†’ I’m sure that thinking of this word had nothing to do with how I’m doing so far on this Wordle. At least I made some progress with this guess… > **A** _L_LA **Y** β†’ Usually I’m ready to try a double letter by the fourth guess. In this case, I tried two, and it did not go well. At least I hit the Y and I know where the L goes, so… > **A** M **PLY** β†’ This time I avoided the double letter, and it hurt me. Oh well, just one word left… > **APPLY** > > So I joined the **Aspenglow** club on this one. ---
**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 12, 2022, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7852 "2022-12-12T23:58:38Z")
Wordle 541 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROAST PHIAL APPLY A guess from my trusty list of β€˜_don’t have R, S, or T and also haven’t been solutions, yet_’ words at step 2 turned out to be lucky. ---
**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 13, 2022, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7853 "2022-12-13T00:04:14Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > So I joined the **Aspenglow** club on this one. A Club of Shame if ever there was one! πŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7854 "2022-12-13T01:50:57Z")
I’m gonna have to put together a list like that! ---
**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 13, 2022, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7855 "2022-12-13T05:01:55Z")
Wordle 541 2/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STALE APPLY I’ve been wondering about not using hard mode, but not today I’m still not sure how I got it in 2! ---
**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 13, 2022, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7856 "2022-12-13T05:08:05Z")
**Tuesday, December 13th** Wordle 542 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLOMP PROSE SPOKE Well that went well. When a P hits I like to check S over T (prose instead of trope) and that paid off nicely. ---
**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 13, 2022, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7857 "2022-12-13T05:29:34Z")
**Wordle 541 4/6** 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST DAILY AMPLY APPLY Should have gone with Mealy for my start word like I did yesterday…_almost_ did actually. Oh well…4 it is. > [@Aspenglow](#): > > What kind of idiot tries AMPLY before APPLY? One who detests double consonants, that’s what kind! Raises hand sheepishly. πŸ˜† ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7858 "2022-12-13T05:35:57Z")
Wordle 542 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SOUND SCOPE SPOKE ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7859 "2022-12-13T07:35:51Z")
Wordle 542 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRUDE PASTE SPOKE I surprised myself getting that in 3 ---
**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 13, 2022, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7860 "2022-12-13T10:11:22Z")
I worked hard to get this in the third guess. Wordle 542 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS SPOKE [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=392) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=394)