# "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:** 42
**Author:** ![SoToasty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sotoasty/32/2803_2.png) [@SoToasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoToasty)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/821 "2022-01-23T12:19:10Z")
Wordle 218 4/6\* ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Odd one for me today. Getting the one letter first was a help, but maybe a hindrance as well. TREAD FROWN BRISK CRIMP. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/822 "2022-01-23T12:35:05Z")
Better day for me today. Once I had those three letters, I couldn’t come up with any word other than this that didn’t use a letter I’d eliminated or put one that was right back in a spot that wasn’t right. Luck, to be sure, but I’ll still take it. Wordle 218 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUEST MILCH CRIMP ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/823 "2022-01-23T12:37:43Z")
Wordle 218 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLUES COMMA CRIMP Luck, and that very few options are left when only one vowel is left, and one knows the locations of 2 consonants. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/824 "2022-01-23T12:44:01Z")
Wordle 218 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩⬛🟨⬛ 🟨🟩🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 My graph is 0,1,6,10,4,6 - with 1 miss (that STILL stings). 28 played, 96% win, 15 current/max streak. @not_what_you_d_expect - I was going to use your fourth word as my second, but didn’t think the program would take it for some reason. Darn it. That would have lead to a 3 for sure. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/825 "2022-01-23T14:15:40Z")
Today’s was the first I couldn’t get. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/826 "2022-01-23T14:19:39Z")
Well you knew someone would do it sooner or later. Sweardle day 16 2/4 🟨⬛🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 [sweardle.com](http://sweardle.com) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/827 "2022-01-23T14:28:54Z")
I barely made it. Rough! ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/828 "2022-01-23T14:52:01Z")
#218, Jan. 23rd. Three, this time. _PI_OUS T **RI** _P_E CRIMP ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/829 "2022-01-23T15:02:41Z")
I don’t see how you could get it in one or two tries without being mostly luck. Much less might be involved for three or more guesses. I’m averaging 3.67, and by the last guess am generally picking from fewer than two or three common options. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/830 "2022-01-23T15:13:34Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Has anyone setup a second or multiple Worlde sites? > > I’m an English teacher and would love to legit play with my class on screen, but my daughter and I have been doing the “one real Wordle” at home each night. > > Any sites have the same puzzle or allow you to do multiple ones in one day? I think it was mentioned that one can change the date in one’s computer or device to get the past wordles, one Redditor though decided to be helpful and have the past wordles for all to play, although with a slightly different display (use the checkmark button to enter your word): > **[Metzger Media Projects](https://metzger.media/games/wordle-archive/?levels=select)** > > Home for all Metzger Media code projects. ---
**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/831 "2022-01-23T15:20:45Z")
Wordle 218 2/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/832 "2022-01-23T16:10:36Z")
> **Wordle 218 4/6\* 1/23/2022** > > ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > W_I_N_C_E → Something to build on. Can’t think of a T word, so… > **C** H **I** LD → 2/5 but nothing else. Gotta try R & S out. > **CRI** S **P** → only one more word I can think of. > **CRIMP** ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/833 "2022-01-23T16:59:37Z")
Wordle 218 4/6 (1/23/22) ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADIEU-- my standard starting word, let me know that there’s an I as the third letter, but no A, E, or U in the puzzle at all. In a five-letter word, that indicates to me that there’s probably only the one vowel. BRIGS-- struggled to think of a word with I as the middle letter. Ended up picking up the R. PRINT-- from here, it was figuring out what could go before R and I. Print seemed like an obvious choice. It wasn’t the correct answer, but it got me a P out of place. CRIMP-- I really struggled on this one. But I didn’t have a whole lot of options left. If there’s no B, and it can’t be P at the start of the word, what else could it be? I went through the other letters in my head, and came up with C, and then CRIMP. Correct answer. Tied for my best performance ever. I’ve never gotten it in 2 or 3. ---
**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 23, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/834 "2022-01-23T18:02:41Z")
Wordle 218 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/835 "2022-01-23T19:27:39Z")
Rookie mistake. If you get the last four, you never just guess another one with those four. If you can get, say, ?OOKS, you never go for BOOKS, then LOOKS, then HOOKS, then ROOKS, then KOOKS, then COOKS. You instead try BLOCK. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/836 "2022-01-23T19:37:27Z")
Tomorrow’s was tough for me. Wordle 219 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/837 "2022-01-23T19:56:39Z")
That only works if you’re not playing on hard mode. So, perhaps it’s an “expert mistake”? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/838 "2022-01-23T20:29:20Z")
Yes. I’m playing all of them on the hard setting except the French ones. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/839 "2022-01-24T04:15:51Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > Rookie mistake. I believe the rookie mistake is playing in rookie mode. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/840 "2022-01-24T05:28:21Z")
Wordle 219 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Kind of a lucky guess on the third word. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=41) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=43)