# "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:** 418
**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 8, 2023, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8341 "2023-01-08T05:09:21Z")
**Sunday, January 8th** Wordle 568 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAMS TAPER OPERA ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8342 "2023-01-08T05:54:24Z")
Wordle 568 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO GROAN ABHOR OPERA Hard to place the letters today. Like PIANO, I seem to always miss OPERA. Although I promise I don’t hate it as much as my guesses seem to indicate. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8343 "2023-01-08T10:24:20Z")
Wordle 568 2/6\* πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE OPERA ---
**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 8, 2023, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8344 "2023-01-08T10:53:02Z")
Wordle 568 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE CLEAR AVERT OPERA ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8345 "2023-01-08T11:06:13Z")
Wordle 568 3/6 SL_A_NT CH_O_ **R** _E_ **OPERA** > [@gkster](#): > > 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 I wasn’t happy with that solution either. It’s certainly not what I’d consider a commonly used word. I’m sure I’ve never heard it in actual conversation. It’s the sort of word that someone might use once in a long think-piece in the _Atlantic_ or some such periodical. And I suppose it might be a handy word for crossword puzzles. Wiktionary [has frequency tables of word use](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Frequency_lists#English), including one of the top 100,000 words appearing in all the works in Project Gutenberg. β€˜Belie’ is #16784 on the list; β€˜Belied’ is slightly higher, at 14961. (True, this is of all words, not just 5-letter words, but there sure are a lot of short words at the top of the list, and they get a lot less frequent further down.) Of the most frequent 100, 86 have 4 or fewer letters, 11 have 5 letters, and 3 have 6 letters. Of the 11, six (could, first, great, other, their, there) have already been Wordle solutions, and five (about, after, these, which, would) haven’t. ---
**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 8, 2023, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8346 "2023-01-08T11:18:31Z")
Wordle 568 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE PAGER - four yellows OPERA ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8347 "2023-01-08T11:42:36Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I wasn’t happy with that solution either. It’s certainly not what I’d consider a commonly used word. I’m sure I’ve never heard it in actual conversation. It’s the sort of word that someone might use once in a long think-piece in the _Atlantic_ or some such periodical. And I suppose it might be a handy word for crossword puzzles. I saw it in a comic book (with an undercover Captain America trash-talking the sumo wrestler he’s casually outclassing: β€œI always wanted to meet a fat guy whose speed did _not_ belie his bulk!”) ---
**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 8, 2023, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8348 "2023-01-08T12:24:21Z")
Wordle 568 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADIEU SNORT OPERA ---
**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 8, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8349 "2023-01-08T13:08:16Z")
Wordle 568 3/6\* ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD AVERT OPERA ---
**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 8, 2023, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8350 "2023-01-08T14:05:00Z")
This one went pretty well. Wordle 568 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STORY OCHRE OPERA ---
**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, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8351 "2023-01-08T14:14:47Z")
> **Wordle 568 4/6\* 1/8/2022** > > ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 > ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > L_E_M_O_N β†’ Time for a consonant hunt - those may be the only vowels I need. Switch 'em and try… > V_O_T_ER_ β†’ Switch didn’t work, but I picked up the R. TROPE is out, but I can try… > G_ROPE_ β†’ So, O first, then P, E… oh, my, I did need another vowel… > **OPERA** > > As a confirmed Marxist of the Groucho variety, I should have seen this before. ---
**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 8, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8352 "2023-01-08T14:29:09Z")
Another three. Wordle 568 3/6 ⬜🟦🟦⬜🟦 ⬜🟧🟦⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL - at this point I have all the letters OPERA ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8353 "2023-01-08T15:29:42Z")
β€œMr. Gottlieb, Mrs. Claypool. Mrs. Claypool, Mr. Gottlieb.” ---
**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 8, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8354 "2023-01-08T15:48:00Z")
Wordle 568 2/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE OPERA Hey, @The_Other_Waldo_Pepper, what’s up? 😁 I don’t think I’ve ever found 3 vowels on the first word before. Took a few minutes of rearranging them and plugging in different consonants to hit on a valid word. Turns out my other options were OMEGA and CAMEO; if I’d seen either of those first, I probably would have tried them, so a bit of luck for the two! ---
**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 8, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8355 "2023-01-08T16:35:29Z")
No 3 for me! Wordle 568 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE RELAX SAFER OPERA WordleBot made fun of me for β€˜RELAX.’ Bite me, WordleBot. ---
**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 8, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8356 "2023-01-08T17:14:36Z")
Wordle 568 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART AVERT I knew there is no T, just trying to place the A and E. OPERA ---
**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 9, 2023, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8357 "2023-01-09T00:37:07Z")
Wordle 568 2/6 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AROSE OPERA A lucky first guess (part of my regular rotation) gave me four of the five letters; then it was just a matter of going through the alphabet. (Which actually took a longish time–nearly 20 minutes.) Still, nice to get one of my rare Twos. ---
**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 9, 2023, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8358 "2023-01-09T04:50:49Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Wordle 568 2/6 > > 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > AROSE > OPERA > > A lucky first guess (part of my regular rotation) gave me four of the five letters Rats! I was thinking of going with that opener too, but instead… Wordle 568 4/6\* 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE LEARN AVERT OPERA ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8359 "2023-01-09T05:17:06Z")
**Monday, January 9th** Wordle 569 4/6 SLANT CHOR **E** G **I** M_P_Y **PIXIE** Happy to get this one in 4. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8360 "2023-01-09T05:34:14Z")
Wordle 569 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO MEDIC SKEIN PIXIE Tough one today. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=417) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=419)