# "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:** 446
**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 6, 2023, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8901 "2023-02-06T00:09:55Z")
Wordle 595 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OUTER UNCUT UNLIT With T and U, I looked at TAUNT (already a solution) and other start-with-T words, but just couldn’t see anything. Then a look at U-start words; UNCUT hadn’t been a solution so gave it a try. Next I considered UNSIT (since UNFIT had already been a solution), but decided UNLIT was more likely. Wordle 596 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 β€œEnds with E” words, with A likely in 2nd position, generated some options with N in the middle. Worth a shot, and surprisingly DANCE hadn’t yet been a solution. ---
**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 6, 2023, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8902 "2023-02-06T00:46:46Z")
**Wordle 596 2/6** 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAPE DANCE Well, it’s about time! πŸ™‚ I had four words I could see after my start word, and just was feelin’ in a dancy mood. πŸ’ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8903 "2023-02-06T01:28:27Z")
Wordle 596 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DANCE ---
**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 6, 2023, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8904 "2023-02-06T03:00:11Z")
Wordle 596 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Another one for the 3 club SLATE CRANE DANCE ---
**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 6, 2023, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8905 "2023-02-06T05:13:52Z")
**Monday, February 6th** Wordle 597 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CROPS METAL FIGHT THINK NINTH Was so focused on short-circuiting the \_IGHT trap that when it didn’t pan out I completely lost focus and moved the green I. Doh! ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8906 "2023-02-06T05:23:05Z")
Wordle 597 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TILDE MINTY NINTH ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8907 "2023-02-06T07:56:53Z")
Wordle 597 4/6\* 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRAIL SPITE WIDTH NINTH I went for NINTH for my 4th guess because had I been wrong it would have been FIFTH on my 5th. ---
**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 6, 2023, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8908 "2023-02-06T09:21:21Z")
Wordle 597 3/6 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISE NIGHT NINTH ---
**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 6, 2023, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8909 "2023-02-06T09:46:01Z")
I blew it! Should’ve had this in 4! Wordle 597 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADIEU SNORT GLYPH NIGHT β€” dumb NINTH ---
**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 6, 2023, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8910 "2023-02-06T10:16:34Z")
Wordle 597 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE BRUIN PINCH NINTH ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8911 "2023-02-06T11:13:31Z")
Wordle 597 4/6 SLA_NT_ _T_OKE_N_ U_NI_ **T** Y **NINTH** No idea if I’d have gotten there any faster with my usual second word (CHORE). ---
**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 6, 2023, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8912 "2023-02-06T13:37:51Z")
Wordle 597 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD QUILT TOPIC MINTY NINTH ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8913 "2023-02-06T14:57:16Z")
Wordle 597 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AROSE QUINT NIFTY NINTH ---
**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, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8914 "2023-02-06T15:34:02Z")
Wordle 597 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART THINK NINTH ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8915 "2023-02-06T15:51:09Z")
A while back, someone posted something to the effect that the Wordle site reveals what the averaged score was for the previous word. If this is true, what were the words with the lowest and highest scores? It looks like β€˜dance’ was way on the easy side. ---
**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 6, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8916 "2023-02-06T15:52:35Z")
Wordle 597 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CAUSE POINT MINTY NINTH Went from nothing on the opener to a potentially tricky word in four. I’ll take it. ---
**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 6, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8917 "2023-02-06T15:57:33Z")
So annoying. I had the right word at 3, but psyched myself into a 4. Wordle 597 4/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE FILTH WIDTH NINTH Resistance to the double consonant strikes again! ---
**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 6, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8918 "2023-02-06T16:33:30Z")
From top of the heap yesterday to the bottom today, unless someone has a 6/6. Wordle 597 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟦⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟦⬜ ⬜🟦🟦⬜⬜ 🟧🟧⬜🟦🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL UNIFY NIGHT NINTH ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8919 "2023-02-06T21:38:37Z")
I got the Quordle in 5 today. I think I can retire now. Daily Quordle 378 3️⃣6️⃣ 5️⃣4️⃣ > **[Quordle](https://www.quordle.com/)** > > Put your skills to the test and solve four words at once! You have 9 guesses to solve all four words. A new Quordle available each day to solve. 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ STONE CHILD SHONE CANOE CHILI ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8920 "2023-02-06T22:01:53Z")
I meant 6 actually. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=445) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=447)