# "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:** 406
**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 25, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8101 "2022-12-25T17:05:28Z")
Wordle 554 3/6 ⬜🟦🟦⬜🟦 🟧🟦⬜⬜🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE EAGER - This eliminated 88 of 89 possible answers, according to Wordlebot EXTRA ---
**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 25, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8102 "2022-12-25T19:36:09Z")
This one took longer than I thought it would, but I got there. Still in the Three Club today. Wordle 554 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE AFTER EXTRA Glad this is done for the day. Happy holidays, all! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8103 "2022-12-25T22:16:54Z")
> **Wordle 554 4/6\* Christmas Day 2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ > 🟨⬜🟩🟨🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > POIS_E_ β†’ Some good vowel eliminations, at least. Try a word with an A… > _TREA_D β†’ Should have taken a page from **Bullitt** and gone with EARTH here to try the H. I like an -ER ending, shuffle around A & T to get… > _A_F **T** _ER_ β†’ So, RET?A or RETA? (maybe RETAG?), but if E is first it’s EATR? or E?TRA, the last would be… > **EXTRA** > > Doesn’t seem to be a theme… ---
**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 26, 2022, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8104 "2022-12-26T01:13:43Z")
Wordle 553 4/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OUTER ENDOW GLOVE POISE Took a while. As with others posting here, I had in my mind that there might be some sort of Christmas Eve theming–which slowed down my guessing process. > Wordle 554 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AROSE REACH MAKER EXTRA This one was more about eliminating possible positions for the three letters I got at step one. > > [@RTFirefly](#): > > Maybe it should be suggested to the NYT that there should be a single time worldwide when each day’s new Wordle pops up. I really don’t care what time - nothing wrong with midnight GMT, for instance - but the real problem here is that different people around the world gain access to a given day’s Wordle at very different times. This seems like a good idea to me–it would do a lot toward eliminating inadvertent spoiling. There’s no particular advantage in playing the game early in the 24-hour period as opposed to later. So the only real objection the NYT might come up with would be β€˜the way it is now, everyone knows β€œmidnight, my time” is the time the new game is available, and if we changed it everyone would have to memorize a new availability time.’ But, again: how many players prioritize playing right after the new game becomes available? (Maybe it’s a huge number; I’ve no idea.) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8105 "2022-12-26T01:56:18Z")
If insomnia strikes (and it strikes me fairly often), it’s handy to have the new day’s Wordle up at 2 or 3 am. But it wasn’t like I never had insomnia before Wordle existed, so I’m sure I could manage if the new game wasn’t already available at midnight. ---
**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 26, 2022, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8106 "2022-12-26T02:43:08Z")
Midnight GMT is 4 pm where I live. I’m usually a morning solver, but I’d like to keep the option to play anytime throughout the day. One could potentially play at 3:55 today and then 4:05 tomorrow, and oops, I just lost my streak. That would piss me off. ---
**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 26, 2022, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8107 "2022-12-26T04:45:32Z")
Wordle 554 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LOSER CREAM APTER EXTRA ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8108 "2022-12-26T08:09:19Z")
Wordle 555 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO DUNES BUDGE JUDGE After three I was left with JUDGE, FUDGE, and PUDGE. I figured only two were likely so decided to take my chances. ---
**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 26, 2022, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8109 "2022-12-26T12:01:22Z")
Wordle 555 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS - for letters. None DUMPY - figured BUDGE, FUDGE, or JUDGE BEFOG - which starting letter. None, so it has to be: JUDGE ---
**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 26, 2022, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8110 "2022-12-26T12:05:01Z")
After 3 guesses I was pretty sure it was either fudge or judge or budge so used a throwaway word, fable, to ensure I got it in 5. Wordle 555 5/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH LIONS DUMPY FABLE JUDGE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8111 "2022-12-26T12:42:34Z")
Wordle 555 6/6 SLANT CHOR **E** _G_IMPY F **U** _G_U **E** B **UDGE** **JUDGE** My first 6 in forever. _Might_’ve been able to get this in 5 if I’d been more systematic about my fourth guess. ---
**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 26, 2022, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8112 "2022-12-26T12:56:00Z")
Wordle 555 6/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLIPS TAMER OZONE QUEUE FABLE JUDGE Ouch! Fucked this one up pretty badly. Didn’t even see the trap until the 5th guess, at which point I had to bail on hard mode. I should know that when my clamp store opener hits almost nothing, β€œ\_\_dge” is likely. I remembered β€œ\_\_nky” and β€œqu\_\_\_” but just totally spaced on dge. ---
**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 26, 2022, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8113 "2022-12-26T13:15:47Z")
Wordle 555 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISE ACUTE FUDGE BUDGE JUDGE ---
**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 26, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8114 "2022-12-26T13:19:24Z")
Wordle 555 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD SLIDE DUNCE FUDGE JUDGE ---
**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 26, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8115 "2022-12-26T14:36:47Z")
Wordle 555 6/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART POISE I know a recent wordle but fishing for vowels FLUME CURVE NUDGE JUDGE lucky not budge or fudge ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8116 "2022-12-26T14:40:43Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > HEART > POISE I know a recent wordle but fishing for vowels > FLUME > CURVE > NUDGE > JUDGE lucky not budge or fudge Naw, you knew it wasn’t fudge, because you knew it wasn’t flume. ---
**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 26, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8117 "2022-12-26T14:49:30Z")
Wordle 555 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROUGH BUDGE NUDGE JUDGE ---
**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 26, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8118 "2022-12-26T15:47:20Z")
Wordle 555 6/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 IRATE LOUSE DUNCE BUDGE PROOF JUDGE Two mistakes here. DUNCE was a foolish guess, as it’s kind of a stand-alone (i.e. no other \_UNCE or DUN\_E words). Then I shouldn’t have plopped down BUDGE at four without looking for other \_UDGE words. At that point, it was either eat the six or take a 1 in 3 chance of losing my 335 day streak. At least I’m not the only one eating a six today. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8119 "2022-12-26T17:02:14Z")
> **Wordle 555 6/6\* Boxing Day 2022** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _E_XTRA β†’ Slow start. Can’t think of a word to knock off two other vowels, so… > SMIL **E** β†’ Should I try a second E? Or other vowels? Almost tried COUPE here, but fortunately I went with… > F **UDGE** β†’ …which turned out to be a trap! Only two other words I can think of, though, so I believe I’ve got it… > N **UDGE** β†’ Not that one, so it must be… > B **UDGE** β†’ Dang it! Missed at least one. Look at consonants _again_… OK, I think I’ve got this > **JUDGE** > > Phew is right. I would have lost if I had tried COUPE at 3. ---
**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 26, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8120 "2022-12-26T17:05:05Z")
Joining the ranks of the disappointed today. Wordle 555 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟧 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟧 🟦⬜⬜⬜🟧 ⬜🟧🟦⬜🟧 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=405) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=407)