# "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:** 424
**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 14, 2023, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8461 "2023-01-14T09:20:11Z")
Wordle 574 5/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADIEU SNORT GLYPH COMFY KOALA ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2023, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8462 "2023-01-14T11:05:21Z")
Wordle 574 3/6 S_L_ **A** NT _L_E **A** _K_Y **KOALA** ---
**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 14, 2023, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8463 "2023-01-14T11:47:49Z")
Wordle 574 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ABIDE SALON FLOAT KOALA ---
**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 14, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8464 "2023-01-14T13:08:14Z")
Wordle 574 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD QUAIL SLANT LOACH KOALA ---
**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 14, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8465 "2023-01-14T13:19:55Z")
Wordle 574 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS - giving _OAL_ KOALA ---
**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 14, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8466 "2023-01-14T15:11:36Z")
Wordle 574 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 This one was a real bear HEART MOANS KOALA ---
**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 14, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8467 "2023-01-14T16:09:08Z")
Wordle 574 4/6 ⬜⬜🟧⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟦 🟦🟧🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL LOATH - should have gone with my first inclination, which was PANDA ---
**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 14, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8468 "2023-01-14T16:56:27Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > PANDA Wrong worthless animal… ---
**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 14, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8469 "2023-01-14T17:16:37Z")
Headsmack. ---
**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 14, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8470 "2023-01-14T17:49:55Z")
Wordle 574 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CANOE ROYAL KOALA I felt smart getting this as quickly as I did, though I see there are plenty of other threes today. Turns out there wasn’t much left at the end, but I did spot KOALA almost instantly, so I’m feeling good about that. ---
**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 14, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8471 "2023-01-14T18:15:02Z")
Move over, 3s!! Wordle 574 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CHALK KOALA A second day when WordleBot advised that KOALA was the only possible answer after my second try, so I’ve been lucky there. I did of course have to try every other letter combination first to make sure. ---
**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 14, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8472 "2023-01-14T20:18:16Z")
**Wordle 574 3/6** ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRATE BLANK KOALA Could only be one word after my 2nd, though it took me a bit to see it. πŸ™‚ @gkster I’ll have to go look for that thread. @Morgyn has a cute kitty avi too. I may have to join that club and put mine up. ---
**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 14, 2023, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8473 "2023-01-14T20:25:56Z")
Good first word today. Wordle 574 2/6\* 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 KARMA KOALA ---
**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 15, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8474 "2023-01-15T00:57:37Z")
Wordle 574 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OUTER FOAMY COACH KOALA LONG time between guesses 3 and 4. With so many common letters ruled out, I had a tough time; for some reason I was certain there must be an S in the solution and so got stuck on looking for a word that would fit. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2023, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8475 "2023-01-15T01:38:00Z")
> **Wordle 574 4/6\* 1/14/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > HUM_A_N β†’ Not much of a start, but knocking out both M and N has to be a plus… Try some vowels. > R_A_ISE β†’ Not much there. O & A are still around… but it may be single-vowel word. > B_L_ **A** C_K_ β†’ OK, this is weird. Neither -ALK nor KLA- fit, so the L & K need to be separated. L-AK- goes nowhere, ditto -KAL- (without the S, otherwise SKALD) or -KA-L… but K-AL- could be > **KOALA** > > OK everybody, you have your writing prompt for Australian Wildlife 101… ---
**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 15, 2023, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8476 "2023-01-15T04:56:40Z")
Wordle 574 4/6\* 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST CLAIM BRAWL KOALA Tough one, took me a while @SeaSun here’s the link: [Cat avatars on the Dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151) ---
**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 15, 2023, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8477 "2023-01-15T05:04:03Z")
Wordle 575 3/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHIRE SPIRE ---
**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 15, 2023, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8478 "2023-01-15T05:04:45Z")
Wordle 575 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLANS STORE SPIRE Nice and quick. ---
**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 15, 2023, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8479 "2023-01-15T06:10:40Z")
Well, this is a disappointment. Wordle 575 X/6\* 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 SAVOY SHINE SMILE SPICE SPINE (yes, I know! I wasn’t paying attention) SPIKE (I thought this or SPIRE and lost the coin toss. Poop.) ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2023, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8480 "2023-01-15T06:33:39Z")
Wordle 575 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO PRIDE SPIRE A lucky second guess left me with only one option. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=423) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=425)