# "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:** 410
**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 30, 2022, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8181 "2022-12-30T05:05:29Z")
**Friday, December 30th** Wordle 559 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CREPT SOLAR MOLAR Well this was just heartbreaking. I actually typed in molar for my second guess and fully intended to guess it. My strategy specifically commands it: always check either M or N. But at the last second I thought β€œS is just _so much_ more common than M, I’m feeling the S…” Doh! ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8182 "2022-12-30T05:49:58Z")
Wordle 559 3/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO MORAL MOLAR ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8183 "2022-12-30T08:27:06Z")
Wordle 559 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRIBE MORAS MOLAR I thought my second word was altogether just nicer than the solution word. ---
**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 30, 2022, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8184 "2022-12-30T08:38:46Z")
Wordle 559 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slant Layer Polar Molar ---
**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 30, 2022, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8185 "2022-12-30T10:16:24Z")
Wordle 559 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD GROAN FORAY MOLAR ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8186 "2022-12-30T10:16:32Z")
Wordle 559 4/6 S_LA_NT CH_OR_E =\> POLAR, MOLAR, MORAL, or VALOR (ROYAL and LABOR have been used) P **OLAR** =\> leaves just **MOLAR** That bites. πŸ˜‰ ---
**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 30, 2022, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8187 "2022-12-30T12:13:55Z")
Wordle 559 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE PARTY MOLAR - lucky ---
**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 30, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8188 "2022-12-30T12:36:44Z")
Wordle 558 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ This is what happens when one starts the game right at midnight, gets the A C H and O after 3 words, says to oneself β€œI’m CERTAIN that I can get this in 4!”, hours about one’s busy day, returns to it at 2230 hours… and falls asleep. DAMN! ADIEU (my new starter words) SNORT MUNCH Now heading off to Wordle 559. ---
**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 30, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8189 "2022-12-30T12:53:40Z")
Wordle 559 3/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE BOARD MOLAR ---
**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 30, 2022, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8190 "2022-12-30T13:32:05Z")
Yesterday’s was a hot mess and I never got the answer. Today’s was headed that way. Wordle 559 5/6 ⬜🟦🟦⬜⬜ ⬜🟦🟦🟦⬜ ⬜🟦⬜🟧🟦 🟧🟧🟦🟧🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SMART DREAM MORAL MOLAR ---
**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 30, 2022, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8191 "2022-12-30T14:04:43Z")
Sheesh. Wordle 559 6/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EXACT ALIGN LABOR SOLAR POLAR MOLAR ---
**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 30, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8192 "2022-12-30T18:07:43Z")
Wordle 559 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADIEU SNORT CLIMB MOLAR ---
**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 30, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8193 "2022-12-30T18:13:12Z")
Nothing to bark about. Looks like a β€˜four’ kind of day. Wordle 559 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE VAPOR SONAR MOLAR Hey, @Author_Balk! Let me know when you _don’t_ get a three! πŸ˜‰ You’re really good at this. ---
**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 30, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8194 "2022-12-30T18:16:22Z")
Four sure. ---
**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 30, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8195 "2022-12-30T19:47:27Z")
Wordle 559 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BROAD SONAR MOLAR ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8196 "2022-12-30T19:57:51Z")
Wordle 559 4/6\* πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROUSE CORAL POLAR MOLAR Unlucky. On try 3, I thought of MOLAR first, but going through the possibilities, I decided on POLAR. ---
**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 30, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8197 "2022-12-30T21:38:20Z")
Wordle 559 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟦🟧🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PIOUS OATEN ROACH MORAL MOLAR A late solve for me today. I think I do better in the morning. ---
**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 31, 2022, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8198 "2022-12-31T00:58:12Z")
Wordle 558 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN AUDIO COACH HAVOC At step 4 my mind kept going to β€œhatch,” but that was prohibited by the results of step 1 (no T). Finally I saw β€œhavoc.” > Wordle 559 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE RABID ARMOR MOLAR I’d guessed β€œmolar” just nine days back (December 21), so it occurred to me as a guess instead of the probably-more-common β€œpolar”. (β€œSolar” was already ruled out.) Interesting about the home game, Rufus; thanks for posting that. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8199 "2022-12-31T01:27:13Z")
> **Wordle 559 4/6\* 12/30/2022** > > ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ > 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟨🟩🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > H_A_V_O_C β†’ Two quick vowels. Time to try some consonants quick > _R_ **O** _A_ST β†’ One outta three ain’t bad. Plus, I placed the O. Two syllables, perhaps? LORAN would be a good scrabble word, but I think I need to go with M here… > **MO** _R_ **A** _L_ β†’ Well, that just about settles it. > **MOLAR** > > It’s the kind of fable ending you can sink your teeth into. ---
**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 31, 2022, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8200 "2022-12-31T04:48:23Z")
Wordle 559 4/6\* 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADORE ROAST MORAL MOLAR I’ve been out of action a few days and have to admit I feel lucky to have missed CONDO and IMPEL; I was up to _A\_O_ with HAVOC, was trying to work it out on paper, got sidetracked and then midnight came along. Glad to get a plain old 4 today. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=409) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=411)