# "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:** 40
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/781 "2022-01-22T01:56:34Z")
George Carlin said it’s all about the context. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/782 "2022-01-22T05:13:50Z")
My second word was basically a lucky guess! Wordle 217 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 THORN SINGE WINCE ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/783 "2022-01-22T05:33:18Z")
Well, it made another pretty pattern. > **Wordle 217 5/6\* Jan 22** > > ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟩 > ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 > ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 > ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STO_N_ **E** LA **NCE** FE **NCE** M **INCE** **WINCE** [![](https://i.gyazo.com/e26507e1dd7b5dd998b6acf9b0620dab.png) ](https://i.gyazo.com/e26507e1dd7b5dd998b6acf9b0620dab.png) If I get tomorrow’s in exactly 4 I’ll take that as a sign. ---
**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 22, 2022, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/784 "2022-01-22T05:34:47Z")
Doing the French long-word version again. Just under the wire on it. SUTOM #15 6/6 🟥🟡🟡🟦🟦🟥🟦 🟥🟡🟦🟡🟦🟦🟦 🟥🟡🟡🟦🟦🟥🟦 🟥🟦🟦🟦🟦🟥🟥 🟥🟥🟡🟦🟦🟥🟥 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 [https://sutom.nocle.fr](https://sutom.nocle.fr) Finished all the other ones as well, nothing remarkable happened. ---
**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 22, 2022, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/785 "2022-01-22T08:29:44Z")
Wordle 217 4/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩 ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 My streak since Christmas Eve is now at 30, and 100%. ---
**Author:** ![Boycott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boycott/32/6741_2.png) [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/786 "2022-01-22T09:41:37Z")
Wordle 217 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 22, 2022, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/787 "2022-01-22T10:20:56Z")
Train Finch Wince ---
**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 22, 2022, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/788 "2022-01-22T10:51:28Z")
Wordle 217 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟩🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GROAN PINED RINSE WINCE ---
**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 22, 2022, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/789 "2022-01-22T12:14:09Z")
Wordle 217 3/6\* ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Honestly I was more trying to eliminate letters with my third, but whoopee! S_WE_AR TO_WE_L **WINCE** ---
**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 22, 2022, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/790 "2022-01-22T12:17:13Z")
Nicely played! ---
**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 22, 2022, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/791 "2022-01-22T12:25:53Z")
Thanks! After I typed TOWEL, it occurred to me that I could have typed WOMEN - which would have given me a green and an extra yellow, but turns out I didn’t need it. I wonder if I still would gotten it in three? ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/792 "2022-01-22T12:33:52Z")
I’ve only played a few times. Took six tries today which made me wonder, what happens if you fail? Does it reveal the target word? ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/793 "2022-01-22T12:38:38Z")
Keeping right in there at 4… Wordle 217 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROAST JUDGE MINCE WINCE ---
**Author:** ![SoToasty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sotoasty/32/2803_2.png) [@SoToasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoToasty)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/794 "2022-01-22T13:08:17Z")
A bit longer for me today. Wordle 217 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRAIN PINOT LINES HINGE WINCE ---
**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 22, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/795 "2022-01-22T13:38:05Z")
Lewdle 04 3/6 🟩🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **[Lewdle - The bad word game](https://www.lewdlegame.com/)** > > The lewd, crude and especially rude word guessing game. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/796 "2022-01-22T13:44:14Z")
> [@tim-n-va](#): > > what happens if you fail? Does it reveal the target word? The one time I failed, it revealed the word to me but other people have reported not seeing the reveal. It only flashed on screen for a moment and then disappeared, so watch carefully as you finish entering your sixth try. > [@Zakalwe](#): > > I wonder if I still would gotten it in three? Maybe. In both cases you still had at least 4 different possible words to choose from. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/797 "2022-01-22T14:03:23Z")
Lewdle 04 2/6 ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I only got it in 2 because it refused to accept KINKY as a valid guess! ---
**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 22, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/798 "2022-01-22T14:54:54Z")
Wordle 217 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Luck in randomness. SPLAT MINCE WINCE ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/799 "2022-01-22T15:06:33Z")
@SoToasty mentioned in one of the other threads that Google now has an easter egg when you search for Wordle. ---
**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/800 "2022-01-22T15:52:49Z")
Tough one today. Wordle 217 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=39) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=41)