# "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:** 413
**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 2, 2023, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8241 "2023-01-02T08:16:23Z")
**Wordle 561 4/6** ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 REACT SINGE OPINE WHINE Really didn’t think she’d go with this word either. I had Ovine, Opine and Whine for my choices, and I went with what I felt would be most likely, as I always do. Didn’t pay off this time, but getting it in 4 is miles better than my disastrous fail yesterday, so I’ll take it. > [@EllisDee](#): > > No way would they put judge and nudge as answers like 3 days apart, but I couldn’t stop myself. I didn’t think they’d go with another word starting with EX just two days apart either, but they did…so really, it wasn’t a bad move on your part. πŸ˜‰ Thanks for the sympathy on my fail…I tell myself it’s just a game, but that doesn’t always take the sting out. My first one was way back when I first started playing, and I took it as a learning experience and was able to avoid it for 9 months, so there’s that at least. πŸ™‚ ---
**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:** [January 2, 2023, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8242 "2023-01-02T09:08:24Z")
Wordle 562 3/6\* πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHARE SMIRK SKIRT In the past 6 months or so, I’ve been getting many more 3s and 2s than before. I’m not sure if it is somehow easier, or if I’ve gotten a lot better. I do think through my tries more than I used to, I suppose. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2023, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8243 "2023-01-02T09:59:53Z")
Wordle 562 3/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slant Short Skirt ---
**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:** [January 2, 2023, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8244 "2023-01-02T10:11:13Z")
Wordle 562 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADIEU SNORT SHIRT SKIRT ---
**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:** [January 2, 2023, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8245 "2023-01-02T11:51:55Z")
Wordle 562 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TIROS SHIRT - I’m in the shirt before skirt group. SKIRT ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8246 "2023-01-02T12:06:18Z")
Wordle 562 3/6 **S** LAN **T** **S** HO **RT** **SKIRT** For my third word, I had a choice of SPURT and SKIRT. I chose the latter because I liked the SHORT SKIRT sequence. πŸ˜ƒ Nice to start off the year with a pair of 3’s. Looks like @Newtosite and I had the same sequence today. πŸ™‚ ---
**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:** [January 2, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8247 "2023-01-02T13:22:48Z")
Wordle 562 2/6 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE SKIRT ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8248 "2023-01-02T13:36:25Z")
SHORT SKIRT, RAISE SKIRT…it’s a good morning here in the Wordle thread! ---
**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:** [January 2, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8249 "2023-01-02T14:24:14Z")
Wordle 562 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD SCORN SHIRK SKIRT ---
**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:** [January 2, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8250 "2023-01-02T14:25:55Z")
This has to be a new tongue twister: shirk short skirts I can’t just not say it quickly, I’m having trouble saying it at all. (Okay, now I got it, but still.) ---
**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:** [January 2, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8251 "2023-01-02T14:52:05Z")
Wordle 562 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPURT SNORT SKIRT ---
**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:** [January 2, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8252 "2023-01-02T16:06:54Z")
Wordle 562 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PIANO GUILE THICK SKIRT My SKIRT may or may not be SHORT, but it _is_ THICK. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8253 "2023-01-02T16:07:11Z")
Wordle 562 3/6\* 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHEAR STORK SKIRT ---
**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 2, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8254 "2023-01-02T17:33:54Z")
Heh. I’ll just wander on over to the β€˜fours’ group today. πŸ™‚ Wordle 562 4/6\* πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE THIRD FLIRT SKIRT ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8255 "2023-01-02T19:06:33Z")
> **Wordle 562 3/6\* 1/2/2023** > > ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > WH **I** NE - I in the middle, with no E. Could be a single vowel, but dare I risk it? I’ll try an O > FO **I** _S_ **T** β†’ Slide an R between I & T, move the S to the start, I’ve already used H, so… > **SKIRT** > > SMIRT was another possibility. Actually, it wasn’t, but I did put it down in a game of Scrabble once and actually didn’t get challenged (it wasn’t a very competitive set of players…) ---
**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:** [January 2, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8256 "2023-01-02T21:14:11Z")
Wordle 562 4/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜⬜ 🟧⬜⬜🟧🟧 🟧⬜🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPORT SHIRT SKIRT ---
**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:** [January 2, 2023, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8257 "2023-01-02T23:44:39Z")
Wordle 562 2/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROAST SKIRT A lucky first guess (part of my usual rotation of starting words) gave me a lot of information. And though I could think of quite a few longer words containing R and S and ending in T (SQUIRT etc.), SKIRT was the only five-letter one that came to mind. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2023, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8258 "2023-01-03T05:27:24Z")
**Tuesday, January 3rd** Wordle 563 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAMS RECAP ANTIC A satisfying greenless solve. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8259 "2023-01-03T05:34:42Z")
Wordle 563 2/6 ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO ANTIC Lucky first word. There may have been some ending in TIA but they didn’t come immediately to mind. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8260 "2023-01-03T07:01:19Z")
Wordle 563 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DRAPE FAITH ANTIC a β€œsatisfying greenless solve” with satisfying pyramid to boot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=412) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=414)