# "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:** 419
**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 9, 2023, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8361 "2023-01-09T07:56:45Z")
Wordle 568 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slant Abhor Forma Opera ---
**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 9, 2023, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8362 "2023-01-09T09:55:42Z")
Wordle 569 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADIEU SNORT GLYPH PIECE PIXIE ---
**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 9, 2023, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8363 "2023-01-09T10:01:54Z")
Wordle 569 5/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHIRE MIDGE PIECE PIXIE ---
**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 9, 2023, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8364 "2023-01-09T11:03:24Z")
Wordle 569 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD SLIME NICHE PIQUE PIXIE ---
**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 9, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8365 "2023-01-09T12:12:36Z")
Wordle 569 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS MIDGE - somebody else had this at 3 PIQUE - somebody else had this at 4 PIXIE ---
**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 9, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8366 "2023-01-09T13:02:23Z")
Tough one. Wordle 569 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHAIN SPOIL EQUIP PETIT PIXIE ---
**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 9, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8367 "2023-01-09T13:13:11Z")
Wordle 569 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART MINES PIECE PIXIE ---
**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 9, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8368 "2023-01-09T13:24:02Z")
Wordle 569 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE NICHE BIOME PIQUE PIXIE ---
**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 9, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8369 "2023-01-09T14:08:38Z")
Wordle 569 6/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLOPS TAPER PENNY PEEVE PUDGE PIXIE After penny I could only see pudge, but I didn’t think that would be a valid wordle answer so I kept looking. Took forever, but I finally I saw peeve. When that missed I figured it had to be pudge because I never saw anything else. This is my 14th 6, which now exceeds my 13 2s. Ouchie. ---
**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 9, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8370 "2023-01-09T16:06:09Z")
Wordle 569 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ASIDE NICHE BILGE PIQUE PIXIE I was officially worried after three. Turns out PIQUE and PIXIE were my only real options at that point. But it took me a looong time to see PIQUE (when that P turned over I was sure I had it 😠) and even longer to see PIXIE. Tough one. ---
**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 9, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8371 "2023-01-09T16:07:51Z")
Just realized that my third word – my attempt at actually getting the answer instead of checking letters – replayed a letter in a known bad position. Doh! ---
**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 9, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8372 "2023-01-09T16:08:51Z")
Scoot over, 5s. I’m right here with yas today! Wordle 569 5/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SPINE PIECE PIQUE PIXIE With a chortle, WordleBot informed me after the fact that after my second try, I had it down to 3 choices. Which I obviously tried in the wrong order. πŸ₯΄ Ah, well. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8373 "2023-01-09T16:16:17Z")
Wow, got a really solid result this time. Wordle 569 3/6\* PITON PIECE PIXIE Very much helped by a lucky choice of first word. ---
**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 9, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8374 "2023-01-09T17:07:04Z")
I’m on a roll lately with threes. Looks like a lot of you had trouble with this one. Wordle 569 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟧 ⬜🟦⬜🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL - which really leaves only one possibility PIXIE ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8375 "2023-01-09T17:13:22Z")
Got today’s in three, which is better than my average. It was at the top of my mind because today’s solution was my third guess on Friday, when I only had the last two letters. ---
**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 9, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8376 "2023-01-09T18:05:53Z")
I _hate_ when that happens, and I’ve done it more than once. ---
**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 9, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8377 "2023-01-09T20:00:55Z")
**Wordle 569 4/6** I’m back after a much needed break…didn’t take long to miss playing πŸ˜‰ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SAINT PIECE PIQUE PIXIE I was happy to see three greens with my second word, and even happier when I saw I only had two choices, but unfortunately went with the wrong one. I’ll take the 4 though! @Aspenglow, looks like we both were on the same wavelength with our last three choices. Not a bad order considering we haven’t had a Q in yonks (in spite of it being rare), but just not what Wordle wanted today. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8378 "2023-01-09T20:43:04Z")
Wordle 569 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Made heavy weather of it today. SLATE PRIDE POWIE PENIE PIXIE After PRIDE I just couldn’t figure those last two letters in P - - IE, so I tried various combinations of the remaining letters until I stumbled upon two weird words that I have never heard of, then I finally saw it. That wasn’t pleasant, but I made it. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8379 "2023-01-09T21:32:08Z")
> **Wordle 569 3/6\* 1/9/2023** > > ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > O_PE_RA β†’ All right, that’s a start, knocked out a pair of vowels… Try another with some common consonants… > S_PI_N **E** β†’ But move the P next time, willya! Darn it. Let me try PI??E, now what fits that? One word with a rare letter and a repeat, but darn it, I’ve got to try something… > **PIXIE** > > To call me surprised when I saw the green X come up would be an understatement. ---
**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 9, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8380 "2023-01-09T22:45:00Z")
Wordle 569 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slant Brief Pound Piece Pixie [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=418) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=420)