# "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:** 411
**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 31, 2022, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8201 "2022-12-31T05:07:09Z")
**Saturday, December 31st** Wordle 560 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLOMP METAL MADLY MANLY Saw manly first but kept looking and decided madly was more wordle-ish. Not going with the first thing I saw has now cost me a guess two days in a row. ---
**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 31, 2022, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8202 "2022-12-31T05:26:15Z")
**Wordle 559 4/6** ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STALE FINAL POLAR MOLAR Was a toss-up between the P and M and just picked the wrong one…darn it. Could have been two other words too from what I could see (allay\* and cloak), so at least I chose correctly with the OLAR. \*At first, I actually considered allay as there has only been one letter Y all month…Tracy seems to have forgotten its existence. But I felt it was too much of a risk to play a word with _two_ double letters, so I waited on it. Good thing. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8203 "2022-12-31T05:47:09Z")
Wordle 560 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LANED CANAL MANLY ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8204 "2022-12-31T09:24:52Z")
Wordle 560 3/6\* ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLAME MODAL MANLY ---
**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 31, 2022, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8205 "2022-12-31T10:23:07Z")
Wordle 560 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slant Anvil Manly ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8206 "2022-12-31T11:11:27Z")
Wordle 560 4/6 S_LAN_T =\> Well maybe because it’s the FI **N** _AL_ =\> day of the year? Good idea, but nope. _L_ **AN** CE **MANLY** ---
**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 31, 2022, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8207 "2022-12-31T11:29:49Z")
Wordle 560 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD ALONG LANKY MANLY ---
**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 31, 2022, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8208 "2022-12-31T13:06:53Z")
Wordle 560 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISE HUMAN MANGY MANLY ---
**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 31, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8209 "2022-12-31T15:42:24Z")
Wordle 560 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OILER LAUGH MANLY My gut paid off for a change! I was looking at \_A\_AL words (NATAL, CANAL, BASAL, etc.), when something inside me called out β€œY!” I’m not keeping track like @SeaSun; it just felt like time for a Y word. There were still several options, so I’ll take a bit of luck for this three. ---
**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 31, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8210 "2022-12-31T16:24:30Z")
Wordle 560 4/6 ⬜⬜🟦🟦⬜ ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟦 🟦🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE BANAL LANKY MANLY ---
**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 31, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8211 "2022-12-31T16:40:14Z")
Wordle 560 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RIGHT BLANC PANEL MANLY ---
**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 31, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8212 "2022-12-31T16:53:49Z")
Wordle 560 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART just one letter damn CLOAK just two in the wrong places NAILS that’s better, now thinking of myself I get… MANLY ---
**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 31, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8213 "2022-12-31T18:37:06Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Hey, @Author_Balk! Let me know when you _don’t_ get a three! πŸ˜‰ You’re really good at this Actually, I think I’ve taken all the fun out of the game. At least for the NYT games. I do the same first word. I guess it’s the same reason I always do the queen opening in chess. I know how it flows from there. I found that I was spending a lot of time coming up with second words with the same first word and answer. So, I chose a second word for each result and based on practice games tweaked the second word based on lessons learned. When over half the people lost on PARER, I had four greens on the second word. I did some analysis and with those second words I just need to pick a word that works and will get three or less over 45 percent of the time. Basically, my game is usually just playing the third word. The game is often "what third word would give me the best chance to get the answer in four words. Wordle 560 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TONAL MANLY - I think LANKY is the only other possible word. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8214 "2022-12-31T19:22:20Z")
I just finished today’s Duotrigordle and I managed to do something I haven’t done before. I have the display set up so it shows the thirty-two words in four rows of eight words. I usually skip from row to row as I solve the words. But today I was able to complete each row of eight before moving down to the next row. ---
**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 31, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8215 "2022-12-31T21:36:09Z")
Wordle 560 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADIEU SNORT GLYPH MANLY ---
**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, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8216 "2022-12-31T21:51:11Z")
> **Wordle 560 3/6\* New Year's Eve 2022** > > 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > **M** O_LA_R β†’ Good start. Try the A as the first syllable, then L is 4th or 5th… if I try an E ending, it would have MA?LE, so maybe > **MA** P **L** E β†’ So perhaps an -LY ending, could be MADLY or > **MANLY** > > Not a bad one to end the year on. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8217 "2023-01-01T00:05:37Z")
> [@Author\_Balk](#): > > So, I chose a second word for each result Can you elaborate on this? There are 3^5 = 243 possible results from one’s first word (green/yellow/grey for each letter). I figure you must reduce that number a bit somehow. Do you treat greens and yellows the same? That would knock it down from 243 to 32. Or have you just considered the possibilities you’ve actually encountered so far? I use the same second word almost all the time that I get two or fewer hits (green or yellow) from my first word (with 3 or more I customize), but I’ve been realizing that sometimes it’s just not the best fit. So the idea of thinking through my choices of second word ahead of time has some appeal, just trying to keep it from being more work than it’s worth. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8218 "2023-01-01T05:37:14Z")
Wordle 561 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LINED NEIGH WHINE ---
**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:** [January 1, 2023, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8219 "2023-01-01T06:15:18Z")
Well, as WordleBot said of one of my word picks, my feelings about this game were, β€œnot my favorite.” Wordle 560 5/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE LAUGH SALON LANKY MANLY I hope for better results in the new year! And for all of you, too. πŸ™‚ ---
**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:** [January 1, 2023, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8220 "2023-01-01T08:24:08Z")
**Wordle 560 X/6** Great way to ring in the new year. 😑 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 YEARN ANTSY FANCY BANDY NANNY LANKY This is my second FAIL since I started playing the game. And it appears I’m the only one who struggled with this one. πŸ™„ Go figure…here’s the β€œobsolete” Y _finally_, which I at least started with, but got stuck in a stupid trap. I couldn’t come up with a good sleuth word as I had way too many choices. I had little time to play the game before midnight too, so was doing it all in a hurry…so that’s my fault. Also, I really didn’t think she’d go with the word MANLY, not to mention we just had a word starting with the letter M, so I just put it last on my list. Was not fun. My 300th game is in a few days, and I haven’t really been too pleased with the new editor, so I might just call it good after that, but we’ll see. (didn’t have a great day to begin with, so I’m a little on the cranky side…hoping for a better day tomorrow) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=410) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=412)