# "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:** 400
**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 20, 2022, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7981 "2022-12-20T03:45:08Z")
We should always be so lucky. πŸ™‚ ---
**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 20, 2022, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7982 "2022-12-20T04:42:28Z")
Wordle 548 2/6\* 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALONE SLATE Several times I’ve used SLATE as my start word, but of course not today! Oh well, a 2 is splendid. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7983 "2022-12-20T05:26:00Z")
Wordle 549 3/6 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TRICK THIRD This time the third is literally the charm. ---
**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 20, 2022, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7984 "2022-12-20T05:57:33Z")
**Wordle 548 4/6** 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LOAMY GLACE FIRST SLATE I had a list of 10 words it could be after my 2nd word. Yikes. Had to go with a sleuth word to check letters, which wouldn’t cover all of them, but enough to help narrow things down. The word I chose paid off…could only be one word from there. I’ve used this word for my start word a few times…too bad it wasn’t today. πŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7985 "2022-12-20T07:49:28Z")
Wordle 549 3/6\* ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRIEF SHIRT THIRD ---
**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 20, 2022, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7986 "2022-12-20T09:31:41Z")
Wordle 549 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS THIRD That’s four 3s in a row, five 3s in the last six, and six 3s in eight, and seven 3s in ten! For me that’s pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7987 "2022-12-20T09:39:12Z")
Wordle 549 3/6 SLAN_T_ C **H** O **R** E =\> TH\_R\_ so THUR\_ or more likely THIR\_, maybe I can get this on the **THIRD** try ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7988 "2022-12-20T09:46:10Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > That’s four 3s in a row, five 3s in the last six, and six 3s in eight, and seven 3s in ten! For me that’s pretty good. I’ll take a streak like that any old time! Right now I’m on a nice mini-streak of 3-3-4-2-3, breaking what had been a bit of a dry spell. ---
**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 20, 2022, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7989 "2022-12-20T10:11:41Z")
Wordle 549 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD SWORD THIRD ---
**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 20, 2022, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7990 "2022-12-20T11:56:46Z")
Wordle 549 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I was thinking we had this word before because I had made a comment. Then I saw another comment. I said something like third time is a charm when the word was charm. CRANE TIROS THIRD - time is a charm (copying) ---
**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 20, 2022, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7991 "2022-12-20T12:25:20Z")
Wordle 549 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRONY STAIR TIRED THIRD ---
**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 20, 2022, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7992 "2022-12-20T13:12:03Z")
Wordle 549 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART THORN THIRD ---
**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 20, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7993 "2022-12-20T14:30:28Z")
Wordle 549 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAPS METRO THIRD Took me forever to see third. Had to stop and come back to it twice. I even attempted to play U-turn first, but thankfully Wordle rejected it as not a word. I didn’t see anything else it could possibly be. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7994 "2022-12-20T14:50:10Z")
QUIRT came to mind, but it’s a bit off the beaten track for the NYT; wouldn’t surprise me if it had been on Wardle’s list. But it’s the only word I could think of besides the solution, given your first two words. ---
**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 20, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7995 "2022-12-20T15:25:52Z")
Wordle 549 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE ROUST THIRD Wordlebot was uncharacteristically terse about the whole thing. ---
**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 20, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7996 "2022-12-20T15:43:01Z")
Wordle 549 3/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 RATIO TIGER THIRD After TIGER, I was wanting to make it TRI\_\_. Fortunately, I didn’t find TRICK until after I saw the TH possibility, at which point THIRD jumped right out at me. Lots of threes today, fittingly. ---
**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 20, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7997 "2022-12-20T16:04:40Z")
Joining the Club of Threes. Wordle 549 3/6\* πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SHIRT THIRD @Chefguy, you must’ve pissed off WordleBot. It was full of praise for me today. (Not necessarily justified.) ---
**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 20, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7998 "2022-12-20T16:50:55Z")
Yeah I saw that too but dismissed it out of hand as a valid guess but not a valid answer. I probably shouldn’t have; it’s a perfectly innocent word in the context of horseback riding. ---
**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 20, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7999 "2022-12-20T17:32:08Z")
Wordle 549 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 That’s nice. PURGE SHARK THIRD ---
**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 20, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8000 "2022-12-20T18:42:21Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > @Chefguy, you must’ve pissed off WordleBot. It was full of praise for me today. (Not necessarily justified.) It boiled down to β€œLucky guess, asshole.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=399) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=401)