# "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:** 441
**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 31, 2023, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8801 "2023-01-31T05:04:07Z")
JAN 31 Wordle 591 5/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHORT DROPS CROGS CROSS (I don’t actually know what crogs are.) ---
**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 31, 2023, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8802 "2023-01-31T05:05:56Z")
Wordle 591 2/6 πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLIPS CROSS I saw crass first but that’s already been an answer. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8803 "2023-01-31T05:11:16Z")
Wordle 591 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LONER GROUP FROSH CROSS A bit of a slog today. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8804 "2023-01-31T08:56:35Z")
Wordle 591 3/6 _S_LANT **C** H **O** _R_E **CROSS** ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8805 "2023-01-31T09:43:21Z")
Wordle 591 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VALID SMOKE GROSS CROSS ---
**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 31, 2023, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8806 "2023-01-31T11:27:51Z")
Wordle 591 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADIEU SNORT GLYPH AMUCK CROSS ---
**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 31, 2023, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8807 "2023-01-31T11:31:35Z")
Wordle 591 6/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD GROIN FROTH CROWS CROPS CROSS ---
**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 31, 2023, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8808 "2023-01-31T12:11:43Z")
Wordle 591 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISE GHOST FLOSS CROSS ---
**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 31, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8809 "2023-01-31T14:00:05Z")
Wordle 591 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART GRIMY PRONG CROSS ---
**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 31, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8810 "2023-01-31T14:15:27Z")
I got it in 3. It all comes down to how lucky your first guess is. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8811 "2023-01-31T15:55:37Z")
> **Wordle 591 5/6\* 1/31/2023** > > 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > **CR** AVE β†’ Good start! I think. It is possible to have too much success too early in this game… > **CRO** WN β†’ And that is a good follow-up, but now I feel like I’m in a trap. > **CRO** UP β†’ Can’t think of anything else with Y or I, so I guess I’m on consonants now. Maybe try a repeat letter? > **CRO** CK β†’ Not that one. OK, one more repeat, in fact a double… > **CROSS** > > This trend of 5s has me feeling… well, you know. ---
**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 31, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8812 "2023-01-31T16:02:28Z")
Wordle 591 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE STOCK CROSS STOCK turned out to be an amazingly good second word. After looking for about a minute, I realized there can’t be very many options left. Turns out there was exactly one. ---
**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 31, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8813 "2023-01-31T16:53:47Z")
Wordle 591 4/6 🟧🟧⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧⬜🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE CRIMP CRUSH CROSS ---
**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 31, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8814 "2023-01-31T17:34:27Z")
A lucky 3. Wordle 591 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CROWD CROSS After my second guess, I had it down to CROSS, CROOK or CROCK. For once, I ignored my resistance to using double letters – and it paid off! Nearly killed me, too. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2023, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8815 "2023-02-01T00:43:10Z")
Wordle 591 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT DISHY PROSE GROSS CROSS Well-off that short run of 3s I had, sadly. GROSS seemed more likely than CROSS as I imagined they’d want to avoid the religious association, but of course the word has other meanings, too. > > [@Aspenglow](#): > > Nearly killed me, too. Metaphorically speaking, I assume…!? 😧 ---
**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:** [February 1, 2023, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8816 "2023-02-01T00:55:05Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Metaphorically speaking, I assume…!? 😧 LOL, yes. I was being hyperbolic. But seriously, I really struggle to not try double letters. In this case, I leaned hard toward CROCK – but then I reasoned that was a double C, and CROOK would be a double O, so a double S was acceptable. And I just preferred the word to the other 2 choices. When the letters all turned over, I actually yipped out loud. 😊 ---
**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:** [February 1, 2023, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8817 "2023-02-01T01:05:25Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > … When the letters all turned over, I actually yipped out loud. That’s what the NYT likes to hear! ---
**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:** [February 1, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8818 "2023-02-01T01:16:38Z")
Dang, that was a very lucky guess. Some redemption from yesterday! Wordle 591 2/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VIRUS CROSS It was a good first word, prompted by my being very sick today from what was probably a norovirus. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2023, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8819 "2023-02-01T01:59:15Z")
**Wordle 591 3/6** 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STONE GLOSS CROSS The G has shown up only once all month (same with last month, and November just twice) - it’s not like it’s an uncommon letter, but apparently it has been demoted to the end of the line. Not mad I got it in 3 though, but just slightly annoyed it’s two CR words in a row (and two words starting with an F in a row before that). It happens, but just wish it didn’t. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2023, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8820 "2023-02-01T03:55:14Z")
Wordle 591 3/6\* 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Got it in 3, thanks to a lucky 2nd guess RAISE CRUST CROSS And I was resisting the double letter, kept on looking for other possibles–but there were none. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=440) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=442)