# "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:** 450
**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 9, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8981 "2023-02-09T18:13:42Z")
Wordle 600 X/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ PATIO NEATH STALE STARE STAKE STAVE Ugh. I gotta start paying more attention. I skimmed through the keyboard and thought I had every possibility covered within six. Totally missed the G. This is my second fail in 21 days, after a 358-day winning streak. Whatever mojo I had for this game, I don’t have it any more. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8982 "2023-02-09T20:45:30Z")
> **Wordle 600 4/6\* 2/9/2023** > > ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > FL **A** IL β†’ Kind of a meh start. Hard to say if I need vowels or consonants more, I guess I’ll focus on consonants, given that A may be the sole vowel… > RO **A** _ST_\* β†’ ?SAT? gives little help, so STA?? is likely. Perhaps with a terminal E? > **STA** K **E** β†’ Could be STAGE or STAVE… I’ll try the former. > **STAGE** > > And I would have taken the six if it had been STATE. ---
**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 9, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8983 "2023-02-09T21:51:27Z")
Wordle 600 3/6\* 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ARISE SLATE STAGE I got lucky with the 1st 2 guesses eliminating a lot of possibilities. And I didn’t even notice the 2 other solutions left (STAKE, STAVE) until I was done ---
**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 10, 2023, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8984 "2023-02-10T00:03:53Z")
Wordle 600 4/6 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN STROKE STAVE STAGE I feel rather foolish at having tried STAVE before STAGE. This game does have some less-common words, but in general the more-common one is more likely to be the winner. ---
**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 10, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8985 "2023-02-10T02:05:24Z")
**Wordle 600 2/6** ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MORSE STAGE Well, that was a nice surprise! πŸ₯³ And the elusive G _finally_ appears. πŸ˜† ---
**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 10, 2023, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8986 "2023-02-10T05:06:31Z")
**Friday, February 10th** Wordle 601 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLOTS REMAP WEAVE HEADY ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8987 "2023-02-10T05:21:19Z")
Wordle 601 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SCALE HEADY ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8988 "2023-02-10T06:16:54Z")
Wordle 601 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIOUS MEANT REACH HEADY ---
**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 10, 2023, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8989 "2023-02-10T08:39:55Z")
Wordle 601 2/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DEATH HEADY Sometimes it’s better to be lucky, than good. β€” Left Gomez, New York Yankees ---
**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 10, 2023, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8990 "2023-02-10T10:33:00Z")
Wordle 601 4/6\* πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE TEACH HEAVY HEADY ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8991 "2023-02-10T11:34:17Z")
Wordle 601 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE LEAST - I see HEAVY, HEADY and BEADY. HEADY - If it is one of the three words, then this would give four greens, or be the right word. ---
**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 10, 2023, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8992 "2023-02-10T12:03:54Z")
Wordle 601 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISE EARLY MEATY HEADY ---
**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 10, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8993 "2023-02-10T13:31:01Z")
Wordle 601 3/6\* ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD DEATH HEADY ---
**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 10, 2023, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8994 "2023-02-10T13:37:18Z")
Wordle 601 3/6 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART (first 3 letters popped up and I thought I had an ace} HEAVY (wait a minute, that didn’t work???) HEADY (I can hear Harvey Korman say β€œThat’s Headley”) ---
**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 10, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8995 "2023-02-10T16:20:01Z")
Wordle 601 5/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ARIEL STEAM PEACH HEAVY HEADY HEAVY, HEADY, and HEAVE were left at four; each would eliminate one of the other two, so it was just chance from there. The three-sided coin did not turn up lucky. And my streak stands at 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:** [February 10, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8996 "2023-02-10T16:28:21Z")
Wordle 601 4/6 ⬜⬜🟧⬜🟦 🟧🟧🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HEATH HEAVY - crap, chose wrongly HEADY ---
**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 10, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8997 "2023-02-10T18:09:16Z")
Bah. Me, too. Wordle 601 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE PEACH HEAVY HEADY Never even saw BEADY. Good thing! ---
**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 10, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8998 "2023-02-10T18:44:08Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Never even saw BEADY. Good thing! I didn’t even have to look up previous answers for that one. I remember when it was an answer, and thinking at the time: _Really?_ ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/8999 "2023-02-10T19:42:46Z")
Wordle 601 4/6 SL **A** NT C_H_OR_E_ **HEA** V **Y** **HEADY** β€œHe ain’t heavy, he’s my Wordle solution.” ---
**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 10, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9000 "2023-02-10T19:44:00Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > I didn’t even have to look up previous answers for that one. I remember when it was an answer, and thinking at the time: _Really?_ That’s funny. πŸ˜ƒ I never checked any of my choices. I always _say_ I’m going to do that, but I almost never do. It has cost me a few times, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=449) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=451)