# "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:** 438
**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 27, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8741 "2023-01-27T16:16:12Z")
I was seeing if there were two β€œRs” in the word, as I suspected, and there were. ---
**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 27, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8742 "2023-01-27T16:52:51Z")
Thanks; I don’t think I knew that was a thing. ---
**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 27, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8743 "2023-01-27T18:30:59Z")
Stoopit puzzle. Wordle 587 5/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SCOUR WORMY WORDY WORRY ---
**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 27, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8744 "2023-01-27T20:42:11Z")
Wordle 587 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ACUTE LIONS PORKY WORRY WORRY, WORDY, and WORMY were left, so I rolled the dice on anything from a four to a six. Luck was on my side for a change. (I didn’t think it would be WORMY, but you never know lately.) ---
**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 28, 2023, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8745 "2023-01-28T01:32:25Z")
**Wordle 587 5/6** ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POISE TONAL DOUGH ROOMY WORRY That was a challenge with not getting any commons placed. Not sure why I didn’t check for the R earlier. And I had the answer word at guess 4, but went with Roomy to check the M. Oh well. ---
**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 28, 2023, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8746 "2023-01-28T03:52:22Z")
Wordle 587 6/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Ugh! Like @QMatic and @Aspenglow I fell into the trap of WORMY, WORDY, before WORRY, which I didn’t even see until the bitter end. CHOIR ROUTE SOLAR WORDY WORMY WORRY ---
**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 28, 2023, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8747 "2023-01-28T05:05:33Z")
**Saturday, January 28th** Wordle 588 2/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRISP FLIRT Couldn’t see a good second research word so I just went for the answer and got it. Yay 2! ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8748 "2023-01-28T06:32:17Z")
Wordle 588 3/6 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHIRT FLIRT ---
**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 28, 2023, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8749 "2023-01-28T09:21:18Z")
Wordle 588 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SLIMY FLICK FLIRT ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8750 "2023-01-28T10:14:06Z")
Wordle 588 3/6 S **L** AN **T** **FL** EE **T** **FLIRT** Another 3 with a decent shot at the 2. After SLANT, I had it down to CLEFT, CLOUT, ELECT, FLEET, and FLIRT. I’d have probably gone with the latter, but I wanted a second word that would tell me which of the other four was right, if it was wrong, and FLIRT couldn’t do that. ---
**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 28, 2023, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8751 "2023-01-28T11:47:49Z")
Wordle 588 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD SWORN CHIRP QUIRT FLIRT Huh. Just great today. ---
**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 28, 2023, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8752 "2023-01-28T12:06:21Z")
Wordle 588 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ABIDE STING DRIFT FLIRT ---
**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 28, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8753 "2023-01-28T14:42:06Z")
Wordle 588 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MEANT DOUBT SKIRT FLIRT ---
**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 28, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8754 "2023-01-28T15:02:16Z")
Yayy!! A nice 3 to start the weekend! Wordle 588 3/6\* πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SHIRT FLIRT > [@gkster](#): > > Ugh! Like @QMatic and @Aspenglow I fell into the trap of WORMY, WORDY, before WORRY, which I didn’t even see until the bitter end. Those flippin’ double consonants get me every time. ---
**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 28, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8755 "2023-01-28T15:29:39Z")
Wordle 588 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPURT FLIRT ---
**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 28, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8756 "2023-01-28T15:47:26Z")
Wordle 588 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AGILE LOINS FLICK FLIRT FLICK was the first word that came to me after hitting on the middle I. But nooo, I _had_ to check another vowel instead. Coulda had a 3. ---
**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 28, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8757 "2023-01-28T16:57:24Z")
An unfunny comedy of errors on my part. Shoulda had it in three. Wordle 588 5/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟦🟦 🟦⬜🟦🟦⬜ 🟦🟦🟧🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL LYRIC - D’oh! TRILL - Double d’oh! FLIRT ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8758 "2023-01-28T17:42:36Z")
Wordle 588 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPOUT INLET LIGHT FLIRT ---
**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 28, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8759 "2023-01-28T23:50:52Z")
Wordle 587 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE WHIRL WORRY WHIRL was a lucky guess from my list of β€˜words to use to check out additional vowels.’ I was distracted by looking for WY-starting words for a while but didn’t find any that could work. Wordle 588 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OUTER TRAIL FLIRT With four letters after guess 2 I spent some time looking in unlikely places: RILT\_, ITLR\_, LIR\_I, etc. Finally looked for a consonant pair to start, with I in the middle: BLIRT; CLIRT; DLIRT…FLIRT! Two threes in a row: don’t think that’s ever happened for me, before. ---
**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 29, 2023, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8760 "2023-01-29T00:45:28Z")
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