# "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:** 399
**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 19, 2022, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7961 "2022-12-19T05:04:43Z")
Wordle 547 3/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST TREAD TAPER ---
**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 19, 2022, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7962 "2022-12-19T05:19:20Z")
**Monday, December 19th** Wordle 548 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟨🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRIMP STALE SLATE Wordle is teasing me about that 2 I didn’t get yesterday, but the pleasing symmetrical pattern makes me happy. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7963 "2022-12-19T05:20:38Z")
Wordle 548 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO PLANT SLATE ---
**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 19, 2022, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7964 "2022-12-19T05:54:06Z")
**Wordle 547 4/6** ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STAIN TAFFY TAMER TAPER ---
**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 19, 2022, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7965 "2022-12-19T08:03:10Z")
Wordle 548 3/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH STATE SLATE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7966 "2022-12-19T08:04:10Z")
Wordle 548 2/6 **SLA** N_T_ **SLATE** I’d still be waiting on the coffee to brew. πŸ™‚ ---
**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 19, 2022, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7967 "2022-12-19T08:04:43Z")
Wordle 548 2/6 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slant Slate For a minute I thought I’d get it in one! I obviously got lucky with my first guess. ---
**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 19, 2022, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7968 "2022-12-19T08:09:36Z")
Nicely done you two! ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7969 "2022-12-19T08:19:13Z")
Wordle 548 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟨🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VIOLA LEAST STALE SLATE Could so easily have been a 3 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7970 "2022-12-19T10:04:42Z")
Nothing to it, when your first word sets you up that well. πŸ˜ƒ ---
**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 19, 2022, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7971 "2022-12-19T11:06:01Z")
Wordle 548 4/6\* ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD GLAZE SLATE PLATE ---
**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 19, 2022, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7972 "2022-12-19T11:50:46Z")
Wordle 548 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟨🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE GHOST STALE - looks like the 3rd so far that got STALE first SLATE ---
**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 19, 2022, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7973 "2022-12-19T12:46:40Z")
Wordle 548 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟨🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISE SHARE STALE - 4th SLATE ---
**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 19, 2022, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7974 "2022-12-19T12:52:55Z")
Wordle 548 3/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PLATE SLATE ---
**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 19, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7975 "2022-12-19T15:34:38Z")
Wordle 548 2/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ARISE SLATE Nice to hit two vowels with the start word. I saw the S\_A\_E trap right away but decided to check out some common consonants before resorting to a test word. Luck was on my side today! ---
**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 19, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7976 "2022-12-19T16:32:33Z")
Wordle 548 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE STAKE SLATE ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7977 "2022-12-19T17:05:47Z")
> **Wordle 547 3/6\* 12/18/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CHO_R_D β†’ Not much to work with. Try two vowels, and two common consonants? > **TA** S **ER** β†’ Well. Trap? K, M, P, T, X all possible; X very likely given Wordle’s predlilections so I think I’m safe, let’s try > **TAPER** > > Gotta love those words with lots of common letters. > **Wordle 548 3/6\* 12/19/2022** > > 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟨🟩🟨🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _TA_P_E_R β†’ Good letters to start with. Try S, and L or N? > **S** _T_ **A** _L_ **E** β†’ Well, that resolves it. Also, (in retrospect), 5th to do this. > **SLATE** > > I think I did this other other way around when STALE was the solution word. ---
**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 19, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7978 "2022-12-19T18:43:47Z")
Wish I’d trusted my first instinct. I coulda had a 2! Wordle 548 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE PLATE SLATE ---
**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 19, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7979 "2022-12-19T20:56:14Z")
Wordle 548 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHASE SNAKE STARE SPATE SLATE ---
**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 19, 2022, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7980 "2022-12-19T23:53:18Z")
Wordle 548 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROAST STAMP SLATE It was either SLATE or SWATH for guess 3, and I luckily tried the former first. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=398) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=400)