# "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:** 417
**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 6, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8321 "2023-01-06T23:50:44Z")
Wordle 566 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE GUILE BELIE After step 2, it was worth looking for words that end in IE for that third guess. And of such words, how many that fit the rules are five letters long? BELIE was worth a try though I didn’t really expect it to be the solution. Surprise! ---
**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:** [January 7, 2023, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8322 "2023-01-07T03:18:54Z")
Wordle 566 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE PROLE BELIE I put in BELIE because it fit, but not expecting it to be the solution. A nice surprise! ---
**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 7, 2023, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8323 "2023-01-07T04:04:39Z")
Wordle 566 6/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 This was a doozy for me. ADIEU SNORT GLYPH COMFY BIBLE BELIE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8324 "2023-01-07T05:05:48Z")
Wordle 567 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHONE LODEN LEMON ---
**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 7, 2023, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8325 "2023-01-07T05:22:20Z")
Wordle 567 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAPS MOTEL LEMON This one took forever. Damn near 20 minutes. Motel is a new second word for me, which took a hot minute to come up with. Then for lemon I almost had to sleep on it. I’m always wrong when I say this, but I think lemon was the only possibility left. ---
**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 7, 2023, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8326 "2023-01-07T06:17:13Z")
Wordle 567 3/6\* ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Could have been a couple three words in the end, but I went for the most innocuous I could think of. BEGIN HERON LEMON ---
**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 7, 2023, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8327 "2023-01-07T08:08:31Z")
Wordle 567 2/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slant Lemon Lemon was the first word I thought of, but I never expected it to be the answer! πŸ˜€ ---
**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 7, 2023, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8328 "2023-01-07T08:42:11Z")
Wordle 567 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADIEU SNORT GLYPH COMFY LEMON ---
**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 7, 2023, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8329 "2023-01-07T10:46:14Z")
Wordle 567 3/6\* ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD WENCH LEMON ---
**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 7, 2023, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8330 "2023-01-07T11:18:57Z")
Wordle 567 2/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 The second 2 of the day. CRANE LEMON ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8331 "2023-01-07T12:06:11Z")
Wordle 567 3/6 S_L_A **N** T **L** _ONE_R **LEMON** =\> Life handed it to me. Passed up my usual second word of CHORE: didn’t seem to be a place for an H, and the only words could think of with C,L,N had already been used. Still wanted the vowels and the R, and LONER checked them and narrowed down where the L and N could be. ---
**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 7, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8332 "2023-01-07T13:04:01Z")
Wordle 567 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Another LONER LEMON ALONE LONER LEMON ---
**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 7, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8333 "2023-01-07T15:56:17Z")
Wordle 567 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬› 🟦🟧🟦🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 HOUSE TENOR MELON LEMON A unique situation: After two, I had four possible words (LEMON, MELON, FELON, DEMON). No matter which of the four was ultimately the solution, _any_ of the other three would have led me to it on the next word. An β€œanti-trap,” if you will. ---
**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 7, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8334 "2023-01-07T15:56:56Z")
Wordle 567 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART NEWLY MELON gee I wonder what it could be now… LEMON ---
**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 7, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8335 "2023-01-07T18:03:31Z")
Brain wasn’t quite engaged this morning. Yet another 4. I’m so average! Wordle 567 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SHELF LUMEN LEMON ---
**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 7, 2023, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8336 "2023-01-07T18:31:21Z")
Finally out of the slump, however briefly. Hey, β€˜slump’ is a good word! Wordle 567 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟦🟦 ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL LEMON ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8337 "2023-01-07T22:52:35Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Hey, β€˜slump’ is a good word! Apparently Josh Wardle thought it was a good enough word, it was Wordle #202. πŸ™‚ ---
**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 8, 2023, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8338 "2023-01-08T00:37:48Z")
Wordle 567 4/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OUTER ENDOW MESON LEMON MESON is probably unlikely as a Wordle solution, but it came to me before LEMON did, so: there it is. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8339 "2023-01-08T01:49:13Z")
> **Wordle 567 4/6\* 1/7/2022** > > ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > B **E** _L_IE β†’ One and only one E, and a misplaced L. Next… > **LE** AST β†’ Both placed, but looks a little traplike. But, I really got stuck here looking for a word with common letters, so I tried… > **LE** GGY β†’ And while I was puzzling over which of N or M I should try, I realized I should try both, so… > **LEMON** > > My third guess was kind of lame, but it shook me out of my previous thought patterns, at least. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2023, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8340 "2023-01-08T04:21:17Z")
Wordle 567 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE OUTED LEMON I didn’t think that OUTED was a likely solution but wanted a word with an O, U and a couple of likely vowels. And I don’t think it happens too often that I guess the solution without a single green beforehand. And re. 1/6/23’s word, the only use of BELIE I can think of is in Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130: β€œI think my love as rare / As any she belied by false compare”, which is why I didn’t expect BELIE to be the solution [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=416) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=418)