# "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:** 421
**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 11, 2023, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8401 "2023-01-11T05:12:49Z")
**Wednesday, January 11th** Wordle 571 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAMP RATES ESSAY SNEAK SEDAN In a bit of a slump with my last three games being 6, 5, and now 5 again. And yet again, my preferred opener clamp fails to deliver. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8402 "2023-01-11T05:44:20Z")
Wordle 571 3/6 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ASIDE SAVED SEDAN With four letters in my first guess, it was a matter of unscrambling them and getiing them into the right order. Thus a 2 was possible if i guessed right. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8403 "2023-01-11T05:54:55Z")
Wordle 571 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHALE SPEAK SEDAN ---
**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 11, 2023, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8404 "2023-01-11T08:28:10Z")
Wordle 571 3/6 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slant Sneak Sedan ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8405 "2023-01-11T11:52:06Z")
Wordle 571 3/6 **S** L_AN_T **S** _AND_Y **SEDAN** My starting word narrowed things down enough that I had a decent shot at a 2. Close, but no cigar. ---
**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 11, 2023, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8406 "2023-01-11T11:55:08Z")
Wordle 571 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE LADEN SEDAN ---
**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 11, 2023, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8407 "2023-01-11T12:14:15Z")
Wordle 571 3/6\* ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD DECAL SEDAN ---
**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 11, 2023, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8408 "2023-01-11T12:21:23Z")
Wordle 571 3/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADIEU SNORT SEDAN ---
**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 11, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8409 "2023-01-11T12:58:31Z")
Wordle 571 3/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SAUCE SPEAR SEDAN ---
**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 11, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8410 "2023-01-11T15:10:41Z")
Wordle 571 4/6 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PENAL BEGAN SEDAN ---
**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 11, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8411 "2023-01-11T15:44:55Z")
Wordle 571 3/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ARIEL TEACH SEDAN I figured it had to be \_E\_A\_, and N made the most sense in the fifth spot. Still, it took me quite a while to see the solution. Another couple minutes and I would have gone with VEGAN, which would have been a mistake. I never did see BEGAN. ---
**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 11, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8412 "2023-01-11T16:41:44Z")
**Wordle 571 3/6** 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISE SCENT SEDAN Joining the 3’s club. πŸ™‚ ---
**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 11, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8413 "2023-01-11T17:44:39Z")
Someone has to be at the bottom of the barrel. Wordle 571 5/6 ⬜⬜🟦🟦🟦 🟦🟧🟦⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟦🟧⬜ ⬜🟧⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ---
**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 11, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8414 "2023-01-11T18:07:47Z")
Balls. Another 4. Wordle 571 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CHEAP DELAY SEDAN ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8415 "2023-01-11T18:28:17Z")
> **Wordle 571 4/6\* 1/11/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨 > 🟩⬜🟨🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > GRIMY β†’ Strikeout on the first time up. No R, at least. What’s a good second guess? > **S** T_A_L_E_ β†’ Not bad at all. Is this one syllable or two? Guess one… > **S** H_E_ **A** F β†’ It was two. Haven’t tried N yet, would fit well on the end, so the middle must make it… > **SEDAN** > > **Aspenglow** get’s my vote for today’s β€œbest story as told by Wordle guesses”; I think it has something to do with being angry at a late taxi. ---
**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 11, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8416 "2023-01-11T23:20:54Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Someone has to be at the bottom of the barrel. > Wordle 571 5/6 > > ⬜⬜🟦🟦🟦 > 🟦🟧🟦⬜⬜ > ⬜🟧🟦🟧⬜ > ⬜🟧⬜🟧🟧 > 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 You are not alone. Wordle 571 5/6\* πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE TAKEN PECAN RERAN SEDAN ---
**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 12, 2023, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8417 "2023-01-12T00:43:38Z")
Wordle 571 3/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH ASIDE SEDAN ASIDE, intended to let me check for common letters S and I, gave four letters–meaning a trip through the alphabet to find a word using those four plus one. Time-consuming, but luck was important, too. ---
**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 12, 2023, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8418 "2023-01-12T04:59:26Z")
Wordle 571 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE EATEN VEGAN SEDAN I actually saw SEDAN before VEGAN, but I’ve been staying with relatives and one of them is a recent vegan and I thought that might be a trendier word ---
**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 12, 2023, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8419 "2023-01-12T05:19:11Z")
**Thursday, January 12th** Wordle 572 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CREST LEANT LEAPT I wanted to guess leapt but then at the last second I realized that leant was also a word. β€œAlways check M or N” cost me a 2. Wordle mocks my rules. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8420 "2023-01-12T06:42:49Z")
Wordle 572 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LEANT LEAST LEAPT So frustrating! I was going to put LEAPT third but I wasn’t sure it was a real word so I went through the alphabet just to make sure I hadn’t missed anything. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=420) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=422)