# "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:** 45
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/881 "2022-01-25T19:12:37Z")
I think I may at least mostly stop posting in this thread; because I think I might rather do Wordle on my iPad in front of the stove at night and by that time the thread’s very likely to be on the next day’s word, even if I after that come back to the desktop/large screen on which I usually read messageboards. But thanks for introducing me to it! and I might drop back in once in a while. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/882 "2022-01-25T20:59:30Z")
Tomorrow’s one took longer than it ought to have. Wordle 221 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/883 "2022-01-25T21:31:48Z")
Wordle 220 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADIEU STORK SUTRA SUGAR ---
**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 25, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/884 "2022-01-25T22:37:32Z")
Ok, you word people, you. I’m now hooked on this strangely compelling word game! Wordle 220 6/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE RASPY SHARP SCRAM SOLAR SUGAR This is the first time it took me six tries. Only played seven times, though. 🙂 ---
**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, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/885 "2022-01-25T23:45:17Z")
When you post your solution path could you please tell us which date & puzzle number it’s for? The puzzle number was included with the color blocks from when you clicked ‘share’. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/886 "2022-01-25T23:46:33Z")
First guess was unhelpful, so took me four guesses. My average is just slightly below that. ---
**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 25, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/887 "2022-01-25T23:47:23Z")
I am so sorry. I didn’t create my contribution using ‘share’. I’ll try to do so going forward. ---
**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, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/888 "2022-01-25T23:49:54Z")
You can also find the puzzle number on the settings page, in the lower right hand corner in tiny faint text. We want to know the puzzle number and/or what your local date was when you did the puzzle so we know when it’s safe to unblur your spoiler. ---
**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 25, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/889 "2022-01-25T23:51:32Z")
Makes all the sense. In an 888-post thread, I wasn’t going to review it in total to see where the tradition of sharing originated or what the attendant rules are. Thanks for getting me up to date. ETA: I will abuse my mod privileges and update my post to include the information. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2022, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/890 "2022-01-26T00:57:52Z")
Just for fun, I tried guessing a four-letter word on [hellowordl.net](http://hellowordl.net): [hello wordl](https://hellowordl.net/?challenge=d2Fsaw) ⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 SAFE WALK ---
**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 26, 2022, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/891 "2022-01-26T03:34:35Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > 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… So I tried 11, and utterly crapped out the first two times. I got very lucky the third time, and voilà: > **[hello wordl](https://hellowordl.net)** > > A word-guessing game 🟨🟨🟨⬛🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟨🟨⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟨🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FACETIOUSLY UNIFICATION OBFUSCATION BIFURCATION ---
**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 26, 2022, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/892 "2022-01-26T03:53:51Z")
I meant to add: every puzzle comes with a unique identifier, which automatically links when you copy your results; you could solve one of these hello wordl puzzles, share the code, and other people can try the same one. ---
**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 26, 2022, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/893 "2022-01-26T05:15:12Z")
Wordle 221 5/6\* ⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I was absolutely confident that I was gonna get it on my second guess and then ended up almost losing. ---
**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 26, 2022, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/894 "2022-01-26T05:25:15Z")
No yellow today. 🙂 > **Wordle 221 4/6\* Jan 26th** > > ⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛ > ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 > ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TR **AC** E SL **ACK** KN **ACK** _ **WHACK** _ After my 2nd guess I could see my score today would come down to luck; I came up with at least 4 regular words that could fit and none of them shared untested letters. ---
**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 26, 2022, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/895 "2022-01-26T05:27:27Z")
Wordle 221 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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:** [January 26, 2022, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/896 "2022-01-26T06:03:12Z")
I tried [hellowordl.net](http://hellowordl.net) again. [hello wordl](https://hellowordl.net/?challenge=YW5pc290cm9waWM) 🟨⬛🟨🟨🟩⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟨🟩⬛🟨🟨⬛🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛ 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟨⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛ On the first line when the word is restorative, they told me “T” wasn’t in the final word. But on the second line, with “elephantine,” it says a “T” is in the final word. Unless I’m missing something! The final word was ANISOTROPIC. I’d never heard of it. I won’t be trying eleven letters again! 🙂 ---
**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 26, 2022, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/897 "2022-01-26T07:37:40Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > [https://hellowordl.net](https://hellowordl.net) > > 🟨🟨🟨⬛🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ > 🟨⬛🟨🟨⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > ⬛🟨🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Interesting. There’s been talk about many other related games but I never tried them. I tried this one and thought I’d go for 8 letters. > **[hello wordl](https://hellowordl.net/?challenge=ZHVvZGVuYWw)** > > A word-guessing game ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨🟩🟨🟩 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ It took me 2-3 minutes to try my first word, M_E_TH_A_ **N** _O_ **L**. I thought hey, pretty good, I got 5 letters! And after about 5 minutes I was hating myself for starting this. I struggled for maybe 20 minutes before trying my second word: SP_U_RI_O_US I struggled for another 20 minutes and said screw it, I give up, I need to get back to work. I’m glad I did because the word was DUODENAL. I seriously doubt I would’ve gotten that. Never again! ---
**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 26, 2022, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/898 "2022-01-26T08:14:08Z")
My first 2! Wordle 221 2/6 ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 26, 2022, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/899 "2022-01-26T08:16:20Z")
If I understand it correctly. The first “T” in the first word is given “correct letter, wrong place”, but the second “T” is given “not in the word” because there is only one “T”. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/900 "2022-01-26T09:08:49Z")
Wordle 221 4/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AIERY BOAST FLACK WHACK [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=44) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=46)