# "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:** 44
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/861 "2022-01-24T21:17:58Z")
Wordle 219 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Started out pretty tough. Didn’t get a single yellow clue, never had that happen before. Ruling out all the vowels early and getting that second letter was key. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/862 "2022-01-24T21:32:31Z")
Well, good to know that you’re not homophonophobic. ---
**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, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/863 "2022-01-24T22:08:34Z")
PLANK It worked out well. I found out three letters (four counting the double L ), and they were all in the wrong place. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/864 "2022-01-25T01:27:41Z")
I missed it for the first time today. I’m kind of stunned. Well, back to square one. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/865 "2022-01-25T03:03:20Z")
Wordle 219 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT LOVER NYLON ADIEU 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 25, 2022, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/866 "2022-01-25T05:03:43Z")
I’ve been doing a pretty good job getting it in 3 lately. Wordle 220 3/6\* ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟩⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/867 "2022-01-25T05:24:52Z")
Wordle 220 3/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I’m still doing the Spanish, French, and German ones. It’s both a blessing and a curse that those languages all share so many cognates; it makes it easier to pick out words that fit, but sometimes I don’t even think about a word that I consider to be English. The last word in today’s Spanish wordle was BINGO, and I only even considered it at the last possible moment Wordle (ES) #19 6/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/868 "2022-01-25T05:26:21Z")
That starting word from fivethirtyeight seems to be working pretty well even when hard mode makes me come up with my own choice for second guess. > **Wordle 220 3/6\* Jan 25th** > > ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ > ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 T_RA_CE L **U** N **AR** _ **SUGAR** _ One of the possibilities I thought of for my third guess was FUBAR, but I doubt that’s allowed. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/869 "2022-01-25T05:47:57Z")
It’s worth noting, if you do ever want to try something other than five letters, there’s a site that will let you pick anywhere from 4 to 11 letters, and you can do multiple puzzles in a day. The most I’ve done is seven, but I will eventually try 11… > **[hello wordl](https://hellowordl.net/?challenge=c2h1ZmZsZQ)** > > A word-guessing game ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩🟨 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩🟩 🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 25, 2022, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/870 "2022-01-25T06:24:00Z")
Wordle 220 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Fairly easy for me today. Not your normal word list. Mould Rebut Quark Sugar ---
**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 25, 2022, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/871 "2022-01-25T08:27:43Z")
Got it in 3. Just like Robbie Gould’s field goal to eliminate the Packers!! Wordle 220 3/6 ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Boycott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boycott/32/6741_2.png) [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/872 "2022-01-25T08:54:50Z")
I didn’t get yesterday’s word. Today is a bit tricky but got there in the end. Wordle 220 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 25, 2022, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/873 "2022-01-25T10:23:53Z")
made it in four moves today, which (yay, me!) actually brought my average score UP!!! Wordle 220 4/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRAMP ABHOR CEDAR SUGAR ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/874 "2022-01-25T11:15:38Z")
Tomorrow: Wordle 221 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Second and third guesses were inefficient as they contained letters I knew weren’t part of the solution, but the information ultimately helped. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/875 "2022-01-25T11:17:11Z")
> [@Ponderoid](#): > > That starting word from fivethirtyeight seems to be working pretty well even when hard mode makes me come up with my own choice for second guess. Yes. We had a similar path but it took me an extra word. TRACE RADIO LUNAR SUGAR ---
**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 25, 2022, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/876 "2022-01-25T11:17:22Z")
Disappointed in myself today, this could have been a three if I hadn’t been so quick on the trigger: Wordle 220 4/6\* 🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/877 "2022-01-25T12:07:41Z")
Another 5 for me. Even once I knew that first letter, my brain was still struggling. Wordle 220 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEAST FARMS SPARK SONAR SUGAR ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/878 "2022-01-25T12:41:15Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > 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. I keep getting it in 5, and today’s was no exception, and the reason I finally get it in 5 is due to this very thing - tying down floating letters by process of elimination. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/879 "2022-01-25T14:25:00Z")
> **Wordle 220 4/6\* 1/25/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ > 🟩⬜🟨🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > KNOLL → an inauspicious beginning, but N & L eliminated > **S** T_AR_E → knock out some commons and hit on 3 > **S** C_R_ **A** P → R must be at the end, must be a U somewhere, so what word fits? > **SUGAR** > > Not as brain-draining as yesterday’s. ---
**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 25, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/880 "2022-01-25T14:49:59Z")
Wordle 220 5/6\* ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Guesses two and three were dumb but in my defence I had a headache… CLEAR RADAR MOLAR SITAR SUGAR [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=43) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=45)