# "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:** 43
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/841 "2022-01-24T05:53:06Z")
This one was the toughest one yet. I was so stuck trying to think what it could possibly be after the 4th guess. Wordle 219 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TREAD WHIMS FUNKY CLONK KNOLL ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/842 "2022-01-24T09:18:25Z")
I was starting to fear I wouldn’t get this one, but I did on try 5. Whew. ---
**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 24, 2022, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/843 "2022-01-24T10:06:37Z")
Wordle 219 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SWEAR CLOUD GHOUL KNOLL I spent a lot of time on the last one. The third guess really left me with a head scratcher with the remaining letters. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/844 "2022-01-24T10:31:20Z")
They were deliberately tricksy with today’s one, and I appreciate it. Got it on the last try (6th). ---
**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 24, 2022, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/845 "2022-01-24T10:41:14Z")
Same here. This one was tricky, 6 for me. Wordle 219 6/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟩⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/846 "2022-01-24T10:47:40Z")
Does anyone even use that word except for when talking about Kennedy? ---
**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 24, 2022, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/847 "2022-01-24T10:56:24Z")
Wordle 219 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ABOUT SPORE FLINT CLOWN KNOLL Occasionally I’ll guess a word I know isn’t the solution, just to eliminate more letters from consideration. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/848 "2022-01-24T10:59:37Z")
Wordle 219 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟩⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE CLOUT LOONY KNOLL Thought I was going to struggle today but in the end I could only think of one possible solution. Luckily that was it. ---
**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 24, 2022, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/849 "2022-01-24T11:16:31Z")
Wordle 219 5/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I spent a LONG time look at guess 4 before I came up with the answer. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/850 "2022-01-24T11:23:29Z")
Wordle 219 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ARIEL DROOL GHOUL PROWL KNOLL ---
**Author:** ![Roger\_That](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roger_that/32/8505_2.png) [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/851 "2022-01-24T12:33:05Z")
Wordle 219 2/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Second straight day with a “2”–maybe I should buy lottery tickets today? ---
**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, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/852 "2022-01-24T13:15:22Z")
Wordle 219 3/6\* ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Tough one! I didn’t get it until I realized that certain consonants can in fact precede an n. ---
**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 24, 2022, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/853 "2022-01-24T13:55:36Z")
> [@Roger\_That](#): > > Wordle 219 2/6\* > > ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > Second straight day with a “2”–maybe I should buy lottery tickets today? Roger that. Over, and out. 🙂 ---
**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 24, 2022, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/854 "2022-01-24T13:58:03Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > Wordle 219 3/6\* > > ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 > ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > Tough one! I didn’t get it until I realized that certain consonants can in fact precede an n. Same here. The fact that K is an uncommon letter and precedes the common letter N was particularly puzzling with this one. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/855 "2022-01-24T13:58:26Z")
Wordle 219 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Tricky, but I realized that the last letter of guess 3 had to be the first letter of guess 4 as it wouldn’t fit anywhere else given the other letters that had been eliminated. AIERY SHOUT FLOCK KNOLL ---
**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, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/856 "2022-01-24T14:34:32Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Same here. The fact that K is an uncommon letter and precedes the common letter N was particularly puzzling with this one. Funnily enough, I figured it out because I realized gnoll would fit, but wouldn’t have worked because a) it’s a fictional creature and probably not on the word list and b) I’d already eliminated G as a choice. Then I spent a few minutes not being able to unsee gnoll before I realized the actual answer was a homophone. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/857 "2022-01-24T16:04:55Z")
This one almost did me in. > **Wordle 219 5/6\* 1/24/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ > ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CRIMP → what a start! OK, common letters… > TH **O** SE → Wow. Try some less common letters… > AG **O** _N_Y → for some reason, the first word that came to mind. I really think I’m going down here > F_L_ **O** W_N_ > > OK, now should have enough data - but what’s the word? There’s a U left, but unless it goes after O, no where to put it. NL/LN is exceptionally uncommon, and since the N is in the first two - UNO?? I can’t think of such a word. UNOLD? Naw. > Wait - N can’t be the first letter. So what can go in front of it? > > **KNOLL** > > If the Kennedy assassination thread had still been going on, I might have gotten this sooner - same # of guesses, but less time thinking before the fifth word. ---
**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 24, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/858 "2022-01-24T16:50:58Z")
Good approach @SunUp . That one almost did me in too. ---
**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 24, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/859 "2022-01-24T20:20:33Z")
Wondering what your first word coulda been? ---
**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 24, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/860 "2022-01-24T20:29:53Z")
I’m embarrassed tomorrow’s took me so long. Wordle 220 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=42) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=44)