# "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:** 451
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9001 "2023-02-10T20:32:28Z")
> **Wordle 601 3/6\* 2/10/2023** > > ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 > 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > ST **A** G_E_ β†’ A & E, A placed, E not last (and probably not 1st or 4th either). Vowels are looking good, so try a couple more common consonants. > _D_ **EA** LT β†’ Could be BEARD, if the D is last, or if not, we could try… > **HEADY** > > So a lucky pickup for the three but I’ll take it, as I haven’t been on the right side of par for a while now. Ironically, the two common consonants I tried for the second guess missed, while the less common one that hit was the key to the solution. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9002 "2023-02-11T02:23:18Z")
The highs and the lows Wordle 601 X/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© ---
**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 11, 2023, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9003 "2023-02-11T04:40:26Z")
**Wordle 601 4/6** ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COYER BEAMY HEAVY HEADY Add me to the Heavy \> Heady club! After my second word, I had 6 words I could see, but I wasn’t able to come up with a sleuth word that would check enough of them. I had been feeling the word β€œHeavy” before I played my second word, so I just went with that. _Good choice_, which let me get it in 4. ---
**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 11, 2023, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9004 "2023-02-11T04:59:03Z")
Wordle 601 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHOIR STASH HEADY Luckily for me I didn’t see HEAVY or HEAVE ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9005 "2023-02-11T06:10:10Z")
Wordle 602 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ASIDE COURT DEBUG It was either UNWED, UNFED, or DEBUG. Just a lucky guess. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9006 "2023-02-11T06:20:38Z")
Wordle 602 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO DUNES DEUCE DEBUG ---
**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 11, 2023, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9007 "2023-02-11T09:27:48Z")
Wordle 602 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE USHER DEBUT DEBUG ---
**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 11, 2023, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9008 "2023-02-11T11:31:29Z")
Wordle 602 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE SLEET DUMPY - I often use this word when I have little information after the second word DEBUG - DUMPY gave enough information ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9009 "2023-02-11T11:43:44Z")
Wordle 602 4/6\* ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FEINT MEDAL WEEDY DEBUG ---
**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 11, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9010 "2023-02-11T12:34:42Z")
Wordle 602 3/6\* 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD DEBIT DEBUG ---
**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 11, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9011 "2023-02-11T12:42:02Z")
I outwitted myself on this one. 🫀 Wordle 602 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISE CLUED REDUX DEBUT DEBUG ---
**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 11, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9012 "2023-02-11T12:51:46Z")
Wordle 602 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRIMP STALE BENDY (like the straw!) DEBUG Took me five or more minutes to figure it out after 3. What word has both a B and a D but doesn’t end in E?! (So no budge, etc…) Finally I thought of debut. It was already eliminated because of the T but that led me immediately to debug. Yay! For the first couple minutes I just kept thinking of Deebo Samuel from the 49ers. That was not helpful. ---
**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 11, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9013 "2023-02-11T12:56:25Z")
Wordle 602 5/6 πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DEATH DECRY DENIM BEFOG DEBUG β€” as someone whose career was as mostly a SW tester, I should’ve guessed this earlier on. But noooooooooo… ---
**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 11, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9014 "2023-02-11T12:56:35Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Finally I thought of debut. It was already eliminated because of the T but that led me immediately to debug. Yay! > > For the first couple minutes I just kept thinking of Deebo Samuel from the 49ers. That was not helpful. I spent an embarrassingly long amount of time mulling whether debud was worth trying. ---
**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 11, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9015 "2023-02-11T14:06:22Z")
Wordle 602 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART FEIGN GELDS DEGUM DEBUG ---
**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 11, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9016 "2023-02-11T14:18:28Z")
Miraculous recovery on this one. Wordle 602 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL - Gah! DEBUT - Incredibly lucky, although it had to either be another β€˜e’ or a β€˜u’. DEBUG ---
**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 11, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9017 "2023-02-11T14:30:02Z")
Up early. Sometimes I think I do better at this when my brain hasn’t quite engaged yet. Wordle 602 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SHELF EBONY DEBUG Glad for a 4 today. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9018 "2023-02-11T14:46:57Z")
Wordle 602 4/6 SLANT CHOR_E_ _G_IMPY **DEBUG** After the first 3 guesses, I had just 2 letters, and the positions of neither. The solution was the first legit possibility I came up with, and it took me forever to find it. So I’m quite happy to escape with a 4. ---
**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 11, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9019 "2023-02-11T15:58:13Z")
Wordle 602 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OVINE DREAM DEBUG D was the least likely hit at two. Decided to try for another vowel and there it was. My first trey in over a week. ---
**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 11, 2023, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9020 "2023-02-11T22:47:21Z")
Wordle 601 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE MEALY HEAVY HEADY Another HEAVY - HEADY. I was surprised that HEAVY hadn’t yet been a winner; presumably it will be, someday. Wordle 602 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OUTER EQUIP BEAUS DEBUG I knew BEAUS, as a noun made plural by addition of S, could not be the solution, but I just couldn’t think of anything else and needed the information on position of letters, etc. After that it was a systematic listing of \_EBUC, \_EBUD, \_EBUF, etc. (\_E\_UB, with the B definitely at the end, did not seem to yield any English words of five letters.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=450) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=452)