# "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:** 408
**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 27, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8141 "2022-12-27T18:29:56Z")
Wordle 556 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ANISE MOUNT BONGO CONDO I stared at MOUNT for a long time wondering what to do next. Finally decided there had to be a repeated O, and my placement was fortunate. Not a bad par. I’m perfectly fine with CONDO as a word, but I’m surprised CONGO was an accepted guess (see **Morgyn** ’s solve), as it’s a proper noun. ---
**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 27, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8142 "2022-12-27T21:46:22Z")
Well! Another three. Took me long enough, though. Wordle 556 3/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLOUD CONDO I worked out CONDO quite quick after my second try, but I spent a long time trying every other letter combination before accepting it really was the only guess remaining. Which WordleBot confirmed after the fact. No complaints! ---
**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 28, 2022, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8143 "2022-12-28T01:23:45Z")
Wordle 556 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT NEIGH BROWN MOODY CONDO Like others here, I dislike β€˜condo’ as an option. It seems to open up the prospect of all sorts of slang abbreviations. I’m also surprised that CONGO was acceptable. Apparently it’s been applied somewhere to mean something other than a place-name…but what? ---
**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 28, 2022, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8144 "2022-12-28T05:22:34Z")
**Wednesday, December 28th** Wordle 557 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLANS LITER IMPEL It’s extremely rare that I don’t check either M or P, but luckily it didn’t hurt me. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8145 "2022-12-28T05:24:56Z")
Wordle 557 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LINED IMPEL ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8146 "2022-12-28T05:52:59Z")
> **Wordle 556 4/6\* 12/27/2022** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > JU_D_GE β†’ I was hoping for the E but got the D instead. Oh well…try two more vowels with S & T > STAI_D_ β†’ Nada. Well. Gotta be an O in there. Try two? LOONY, or… > _D_R_OO_L β†’ Two Os. And I need to split them up. OD??O? Naw. ?O?DO, haven’t tried an N yet, probably isn’t BONDO, so… > **CONDO** > > Kinda lucky I tried for both Os, got them but with neither placed. Not much left on the last guess. ---
**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 28, 2022, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8147 "2022-12-28T07:37:55Z")
**Wordle 556 4/6** 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHAIR CLOSE COUNT CONDO I was sure it’d be Count. I agree with others on the usage of slang abbreviations - they never were used before, and I purposely didn’t go with condo, or comfy, combo, and convo for that very reason. Though condo certainly is widely accepted as an β€œactual word”, whereas the others are pretty much truly slang. At least now we know she is using those types of words, so we can add them to the choices - it makes things a bit more challenging though, but that isn’t always a bad thing. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8148 "2022-12-28T08:06:56Z")
Wordle 557 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE IMPEL I’m pretty surprised at myself for coming up with this one so quickly, but that was the first word that popped into my head with all three of those letters and no other vowels or common consonants. ---
**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 28, 2022, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8149 "2022-12-28T08:48:33Z")
Wordle 557 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADIEU SNORT MULCH LIMEY IMPEL ---
**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 28, 2022, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8150 "2022-12-28T11:21:31Z")
Wordle 557 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD GLOVE TILES IMPEL ---
**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 28, 2022, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8151 "2022-12-28T11:26:15Z")
Wordle 557 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE TIMED IMPEL ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8152 "2022-12-28T12:17:17Z")
Wordle 557 4/6 S_L_ANT CHOR_E_ G_IMP_Y **IMPEL** ---
**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 28, 2022, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8153 "2022-12-28T13:04:09Z")
Wordle 557 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SIEVE PLIED IMPEL ---
**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 28, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8154 "2022-12-28T15:37:25Z")
An undeserved two. Wordle 557 2/6\* πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE IMPEL I was just testing letter placement and trying to eliminate common consonants. And there it was! Very lucky today. The coffee’s not only still hot, but the mug is full! ---
**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 28, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8155 "2022-12-28T17:23:50Z")
From a two to a five. Sheesh. Wordle 557 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦 🟦⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟦🟦🟦⬜ ⬜⬜🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE EVOKE SLEPT EXPEL IMPEL ---
**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 28, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8156 "2022-12-28T17:57:42Z")
Wordle 557 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ROUSE IDEAL IMPEL The other option was INTEL, which I figured would raise even more eyebrows than CONDO yesterday, so the choice was clear. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8157 "2022-12-28T18:13:33Z")
> **Wordle 557 5/6\* 12/28/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ > 🟨🟨🟨🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CONDO β†’ At, um, least there’s plenty for the next guess… > _LE_AST β†’ Swap the E & L, and try an I? > _EL_F_I_N β†’ I worked, but still nothing placed. Need to try the R… > _MIL_ **E** R β†’ Must end in -EL. ?IMEL goes nowhere… would try SPIEL if I had the S still available, but that brings the P to mind, so > **IMPEL** > > I was worried after the third guess, but with the M it fell into place. ---
**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 29, 2022, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8158 "2022-12-29T00:58:30Z")
Wordle 557 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH GUILE LIKEN IMPEL With three letters confirmed by step 2 I really should have gotten this in 3–but there it is. ---
**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 29, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8159 "2022-12-29T01:06:29Z")
Wordle 557 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slant Moule Leper Impel ---
**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 29, 2022, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8160 "2022-12-29T04:58:25Z")
Getting in under the wire, as tends to happen when your day is full of stuff meaning no net access. Wordle 557 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FRANK CLOSE PIXEL IMPEL [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=407) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=409)