# "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:** 445
**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:** [February 4, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8881 "2023-02-04T14:20:34Z")
Wordle 595 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD QUILT UNLIT Short ‘n’ sweet. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8882 "2023-02-04T15:12:29Z")
Wordle 595 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRUDE MUSTY FLOUT UNLIT ---
**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:** [February 4, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8883 "2023-02-04T15:51:08Z")
Wordle 595 4/6 ⬛🟧🟦⬛⬛ 🟦🟧⬛🟦🟧 🟧🟧⬛🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ANISE INPUT UNFIT UNLIT Thought I had a three. Oh well. ---
**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 4, 2023, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8884 "2023-02-04T15:59:25Z")
Another 4. Wordle 595 4/6\* 🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE STOIC UNTIL UNLIT At least it didn’t take long. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8885 "2023-02-04T16:13:25Z")
Wordle 595 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART MOIST UNLIT ---
**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:** [February 4, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8886 "2023-02-04T16:46:19Z")
Wordle 595 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟦⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟧🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL - I really like this as a second word. With “crane” it eliminates or reveals most of the vowels UNLIT ---
**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 5, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8887 "2023-02-05T01:52:35Z")
Wordle 595 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANE LOGIN UNTIL UNLIT ---
**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:** [February 5, 2023, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8888 "2023-02-05T05:10:31Z")
**Sunday, February 5th** Wordle 596 3/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLOMP RACES DANCE At the last second I rearranged scare to races for my second guess. Happy with how it turned out. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8889 "2023-02-05T06:02:36Z")
Wordle 596 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LANCE DANCE ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8890 "2023-02-05T07:09:28Z")
Wordle 596 3/6\* ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BASIC CAMEL DANCE ---
**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:** [February 5, 2023, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8891 "2023-02-05T08:15:43Z")
Wordle 596 3/6 🟨🟨⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADIEU SNORT DANCE Lots of 3s for us so far… ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8892 "2023-02-05T11:42:06Z")
Sometimes you’ve just got to go along with the crowd: Wordle 596 3/6 SL_AN_T _C_HOR **E** **DANCE** We’ve been workin’ so hard We’ve been workin’ so hard Come on baby Come on baby let’s dance You’re welcome for the earworm. 😉 ---
**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:** [February 5, 2023, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8893 "2023-02-05T12:13:03Z")
Wordle 596 3/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD CADGE DANCE More 3ness. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2023, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8894 "2023-02-05T12:16:31Z")
Wordle 596 3/6\* 🟦⬛⬛🟦🟧 🟦🟧⬛⬛🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE NAIVE DANCE Yup. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8895 "2023-02-05T13:27:01Z")
another 3 Wordle 596 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE BADGE DANCE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8896 "2023-02-05T13:31:57Z")
> [@QMatic](#): > > BASIC > CAMEL > DANCE Sounds like something I should have on my bucket list.go to Egypt and see the pyramids, then over to Saudi Arabia to see the Basic Camel Dance being performed. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8897 "2023-02-05T15:24:56Z")
Okay, I’ll break the mold: Wordle 596 2/6 🟦⬜🟦🟦🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE DANCE ---
**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:** [February 5, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8898 "2023-02-05T15:38:20Z")
Wordle 596 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟧 🟦⬛⬛🟦🟧 ⬛🟧🟧⬛🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ROUSE ALINE MANGE DANCE I should have been in the Three Club today, but for playing too fast. When I decided to try A in the second spot and N in the third, I just plopped down the first word I thought of. A few seconds more and I likely would have realized DANCE was much more likely than MANGE. ---
**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 5, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8899 "2023-02-05T17:58:26Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Sometimes you’ve just got to go along with the crowd: Moo. Wordle 596 3/6\* ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SAUCE DANCE ---
**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:** [February 6, 2023, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8900 "2023-02-06T00:01:17Z")
Wordle 596 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART GLEAM ABOVE SAUCE DANCE [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=444) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=446)