# "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:** 427
**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 17, 2023, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8521 "2023-01-17T13:07:03Z")
Wordle 577 4/6 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ASIDE ADULT ADAPT ADOPT ---
**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 17, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8522 "2023-01-17T13:50:12Z")
Wordle 577 3/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ ⬜🟦🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL ADOPT ---
**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 17, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8523 "2023-01-17T17:15:36Z")
Well, bollocks. Wordle 577 5/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE ANGST ALLOT ABOUT ADOPT Congrats to all the 3s!! ---
**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 17, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8524 "2023-01-17T17:54:13Z")
Wordle 577 4/6 πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PATIO TOPAZ APORT ADOPT Gah. I drove the green and then three-putted. With four letters in the first word, you’d think this would be a gimme. After looking for a _long_ time, the only words I found with P, A, T, and O were TOPAZ and APORT. Don’t know how I missed that D, but there you have it. ---
**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 17, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8525 "2023-01-17T18:53:12Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Gah. I drove the green and then three-putted. Now that is a quality analogy. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8526 "2023-01-17T19:16:21Z")
> **Wordle 577 5/6\* 1/17/2023** > > ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 > 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > FR **O** CK β†’ Hah! A one-vowel word? Who knows. I should at least start to try some others… > SM **O** _T_E β†’ Picked up the T, but where does it go? Would like to try an N, too, but I’ll settle for an L and an A… > GL **O** _A_ **T** β†’ Looks it starts with an A, then. Can think of two words left… > **A** B **O** U **T** β†’ I hope I don’t have to fish for another with my sixth guess… > **ADOPT** > > I accuse my starting word. ---
**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 17, 2023, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8527 "2023-01-17T23:13:29Z")
**Wordle 577 3/6** ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STONE BROTH ADOPT Well that was a nice surprise! After my 2nd word, I had a list of 5 words to choose from (4 additional ones were already answers, thankfully), and I just went with the one I was feeling the most, which paid off this time. ---
**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 17, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8528 "2023-01-17T23:28:30Z")
Wordle 577 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slant About Adopt ---
**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 18, 2023, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8529 "2023-01-18T00:53:00Z")
Wordle 577 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT BEGAT ADOPT Similar to @Newtosite --with About having been a better choice than Begat. After my guess 2 it was clear A had to be in either 1st or 2nd position, and I decided to try 1st-position words, first. (And a lot have already been solutions. So far they don’t seem to be repeating, as was threatened a while back…) ---
**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 18, 2023, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8530 "2023-01-18T04:33:11Z")
Wordle 577 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST ABOUT ADOPT WordleBot & I had all the same guesses; it said β€œSensational. We are as one.” ---
**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 18, 2023, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8531 "2023-01-18T05:05:51Z")
JANUARY 18 - Wordle 578 4/6\* πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHART CHARM CHARD …did not know β€˜shart’ was a valid 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 18, 2023, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8532 "2023-01-18T05:50:51Z")
Wordle 578 5/6 πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLOMP CRATE CHAIR CHARS CHARD That’s some bullshit. I’ve never encountered the word chard before. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8533 "2023-01-18T06:57:03Z")
Wordle 578 4/6 SL **A** NT **CH** O **R** E **CHAR** Y **CHARD** Since CHARM had already been used, it came down to a choice between two pretty obscure words, CHARD and CHARY. (I knew of both, but _c’mon_.) If you’re gonna have an editor, NYT, and your editor isn’t going to screen out a solution like this, why bother having one? ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8534 "2023-01-18T07:12:32Z")
Wordle 578 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CRANE CHARM CHARD ---
**Author:** ![Cugel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cugel/32/1199_2.png) [@Cugel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cugel)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8535 "2023-01-18T08:30:59Z")
Wordle 578 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE CHARM CHARY CHARD Hadn’t heard of chard either, and later discovered that charr, chara and chark might be words as well ---
**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 18, 2023, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8536 "2023-01-18T11:18:10Z")
Wordle 578 4/6 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE CHART CHARM - still not it CHARD - finally ---
**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 18, 2023, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8537 "2023-01-18T11:47:53Z")
Wordle 578 2/6\* ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD CHARD 😲 Took about 5 seconds ! ---
**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 18, 2023, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8538 "2023-01-18T12:37:36Z")
I thought for sure I’d have it in 3. Wordle 578 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NICHE CHART CHARM CHARY CHARD ---
**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 18, 2023, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8539 "2023-01-18T13:10:12Z")
Same here, with almost matching word list. Wordle 578 5/6\* 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ARISE CHART CHARM CHARY CHARD IMHO that was a bogus word. Now I’ll go look up CHARD (and CHARY). ---
**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 18, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8540 "2023-01-18T13:28:19Z")
Wordle 578 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRONY STARE CHARM CHARD Another CHARM CHARD. I’m surprised that some folks have never heard of chard. I grow it in my garden every year, the fresh new leaves are delicious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=426) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=428)