# "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:** 434
**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 23, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8661 "2023-01-23T13:04:23Z")
Wordle 583 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART POEMS EDICT ELUDE ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8662 "2023-01-23T13:07:13Z")
Got it in 3 ---
**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 23, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8663 "2023-01-23T16:36:41Z")
Wordle 583 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ARISE COUPE ELUDE After a fail and two difficult fours, I might be getting my mojo back. Blew through this one in about a minute. ---
**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, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8664 "2023-01-23T18:17:18Z")
Wordle 583 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRIOR CHEAT FLUKE ELUDE My only surprise is that it’s taken until _now_ to pop up. ---
**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 23, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8665 "2023-01-23T20:43:33Z")
Wordle 583 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟧 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦 ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL FLUTE ELUDE ---
**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 23, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8666 "2023-01-23T20:43:40Z")
**Wordle 583 5/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISE GRAPE DEUCE EXULT ELUDE Dang it…should have gone with my first instinct. I _almost_ went with Elude at 3 but went with Deuce instead, and that backed me into a 3-choice corner. Then I almost just took a chance and went with Elude for my 4th guess, but I went with a sleuth word to guarantee a 5 just in case. Such as it is. ---
**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 23, 2023, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8667 "2023-01-23T21:17:10Z")
I’m seriously losing my touch. Even WordleBot said, β€œIt’s not me. It’s you.” Wordle 583 5/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SCONE PLUME FLUKE ELUDE Cold comfort that the word solution today was a neat summary of my success with the game. It did make me laugh. (With a smidge of bitterness.) ---
**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 24, 2023, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8668 "2023-01-24T04:12:25Z")
Wordle 583 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Glad to see I’m not the only one with a 5 STEAL LINER CLOVE PLUME ELUDE ---
**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 24, 2023, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8669 "2023-01-24T05:02:51Z")
**Tuesday, January 24th** Wordle 584 3/6 πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRIMP CLOSE COUNT Nice and quick. ---
**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 24, 2023, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8670 "2023-01-24T05:02:55Z")
Wordle 584 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE POINT COUNT ---
**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 24, 2023, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8671 "2023-01-24T05:13:33Z")
Almost a 2! Wordle 584 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ASIDE COURT COUNT My two usual first guesses, so the third was easy. I don’t use COUNT as my second usual guess, since my third guess might have been NYMPH ( i want the R in COURT). ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8672 "2023-01-24T05:19:06Z")
Wordle 584 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SOUTH DOUBT MOULT COUNT I really thought I had it on three. I was trying to think of a letter to go before a T and completely missed N. Luckily, I ended up with COUNT and FOUNT and got lucky. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8673 "2023-01-24T10:16:30Z")
Wordle 584 3/6 SLA **NT** F **OUNT** **COUNT** This was a fun one, with a decent shot at the 2. Seemed to be fewer 5-letter words ending in NT without any S,L,A than I would have expected, and FRONT, MOUNT, POINT, and PRINT were already taken, leaving EVENT, BRUNT, GRUNT, FEINT, FOUNT, and COUNT that I could come up with anyway. Went with FOUNT on 2 because it could have been the answer, and it overlapped with the others in different ways: worst case was a coin flip between BRUNT and GRUNT for the third guess, but it didn’t come to that. ---
**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 24, 2023, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8674 "2023-01-24T11:09:07Z")
Wordle 584 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE POUND COUNT ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8675 "2023-01-24T11:10:45Z")
Wordle 584 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE MOUNT COUNT Didn’t think i would get away with a 3 after first guess. ---
**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 24, 2023, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8676 "2023-01-24T11:21:47Z")
Wordle 584 2/6 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE COUNT ---
**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 24, 2023, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8677 "2023-01-24T12:30:11Z")
Wordle 584 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD QUILT SPOUT MOUNT COUNT ---
**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 24, 2023, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8678 "2023-01-24T12:44:41Z")
Wordle 584 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WIELD CHAIN CORNY COUNT Probably could have gotten in 3, but we’ve had some odd words lately. ---
**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 24, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8679 "2023-01-24T14:44:49Z")
Wordle 584 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART POSIT MOUNT COUNT ---
**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 24, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8680 "2023-01-24T15:42:52Z")
Wordle 584 3/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OPERA SNOUT COUNT My three-sided coin came up lucky. Actually, it was my second word that was the lucky one. Lots of ways I could have gone there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=433) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=435)