# "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:** 395
**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 14, 2022, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7881 "2022-12-14T11:56:16Z")
Wordle 543 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS SALSA - Not a double A USUAL - A double U ---
**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 14, 2022, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7882 "2022-12-14T12:43:37Z")
Wordle 543 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD ASPIC USUAL ---
**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 14, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7883 "2022-12-14T13:09:41Z")
Somewhat difficult one today. Wordle 543 4/6\* 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STAIN PARSE SULFA \<β€” this was dumb, I knew S wasn’t the first letter! USUAL ---
**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 14, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7884 "2022-12-14T14:25:52Z")
Wordle 543 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Note to self- figure out the vowels first HEART PLAID CALLS SNAIL USUAL ---
**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 14, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7885 "2022-12-14T16:44:38Z")
I decided to go more on instinct and not second-guess myself. That worked out today. For a change. Wordle 543 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLOAK USUAL ---
**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 14, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7886 "2022-12-14T16:49:51Z")
Wordle 543 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 NOISE STARK BASAL USUAL > [@BobLibDem](#): > > Note to self- figure out the vowels first Yep. I talked myself out of a 3 today. Was going to put SAUCY as my second word, but thought the terminal Y waould be a poor choice so early. Had I done that, USUAL would have been my only third option. ---
**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 14, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7887 "2022-12-14T18:19:58Z")
Wordle 543 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE ALOUD FAULT USUAL ---
**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 15, 2022, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7888 "2022-12-15T01:00:58Z")
Wordle 543 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH SLAIN USUAL Put in a fair amount of time looking for words starting with A or L, but eventually got around to β€œ\_S\_AL” and of course that led to β€˜usual.’ ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7889 "2022-12-15T05:03:56Z")
> **Wordle 543 4/6\* 12/14/2022** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _S_POKE β†’ Not much of a start. Common letters and two different vowels… > _S_T_A_IR β†’ But it would have helped to change where I guessed the β€˜S’… sigh… move 'em around this time > _AU_NT_S_ β†’ A hit on the guessed U - but I already tried a β€˜T’. SAUNA is out. Haven’t tried an L yet. Hmm… > **USUAL** > > Two misplays. I got rather lucky today. ---
**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 15, 2022, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7890 "2022-12-15T05:25:29Z")
**Thursday, December 15th** Wordle 544 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLASP LATER RIVAL So satisfying to go from only yellow to all green. ---
**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 15, 2022, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7891 "2022-12-15T05:54:15Z")
**Wordle 543 4/6** ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TEACH GRAIN DOULA USUAL Well there I go again playing a yellow letter in the same spot twice. Took me a while to see the word too, but got there in 4, so that’s fine. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7892 "2022-12-15T06:09:07Z")
Wordle 544 2/6 🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO RIVAL ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7893 "2022-12-15T08:15:57Z")
Wordle 544 4/6\* ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLAIT INLAY AXIAL RIVAL ---
**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 15, 2022, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7894 "2022-12-15T08:28:20Z")
Wordle 544 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS RIVAL ---
**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 15, 2022, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7895 "2022-12-15T11:24:43Z")
Wordle 544 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE PARTY MOLAR RIVAL ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7896 "2022-12-15T11:43:29Z")
Wordle 544 4/6 S_LA_NT CHO_R_E **R** UR **AL** **RIVAL** After my second guess, LARVA would have been a possibility, but I was surprised to find out it had already been used. Wardle’s list was…_interesting_. ---
**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 15, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7897 "2022-12-15T12:09:48Z")
Wordle 544 2/6 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE RIVAL ---
**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 15, 2022, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7898 "2022-12-15T12:56:41Z")
Wordle 544 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BRIAR RIVAL ---
**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 15, 2022, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7899 "2022-12-15T12:58:23Z")
VERY good day for me. Good first guess. Wordle 544 2/6\* 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE RIVAL @chiliwillybing, looks like we took the exact same route. ---
**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 15, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7900 "2022-12-15T14:23:36Z")
Yep! RAISE is one of my favorite starter words. I almost went for RIATA but figured that might not be a wordle word. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=394) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=396)