# "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:** 452
**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 11, 2023, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9021 "2023-02-11T23:51:35Z")
Wordle 602 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slant Chore Debug Once again, I left the game after the second guess and then figured out the solution while lying in bed that night. I may be wrong, but I think debug was the only possible answer given the information I had. ---
**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 12, 2023, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9022 "2023-02-12T00:32:31Z")
> [@Newtosite](#): > > I think debug was the only possible answer given the information I had. …edify? ---
**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 12, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9023 "2023-02-12T01:07:36Z")
I just meant that I tried several words that didn’t work and this was the first one that did. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9024 "2023-02-12T01:17:15Z")
Wordle 602 3/6\* ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 REACH SETUP DEBUG ---
**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 12, 2023, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9025 "2023-02-12T01:22:32Z")
**Wordle 602 4/6** ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TONER CHIME PLEAD DEBUG Tricky one…took me a while to see it, and when I finally did, my internet went down right before I could enter it in. It took 35 minutes for it to come back up again, and I hoped it wasn’t something wrong on my end that would require…ummm, debugging. (ok, I’ll see myself out 😆). ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9026 "2023-02-12T05:04:35Z")
> **Wordle 602 5/6\* 2/11/2023** > > ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > H **E** A_D_Y → Not a bad start, three vowels already tried, with one and one consonant found. > **DE** ISM → Both placed, seems trappish. Do I have a repeat vowel? > **DE** TER → No, and two more common consonants gone. Something with another vowel… > **DE** FO **G** → If there’s a U before the G, it must be > **DEBUG** > > Can’t help but think I should have gotten this one earlier. ---
**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 12, 2023, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9027 "2023-02-12T05:24:36Z")
**Sunday, February 12th** Wordle 603 3/6 ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAPS TRAIN GIANT Quick and easy thanks to having to play I and N instead of my normal E and M.(Couldn’t use tamer. Trame? Train!) ---
**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 12, 2023, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9028 "2023-02-12T05:32:38Z")
Second 3 in a row eith a lucky guess. Wordle 603 3/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ASIDE COURT GIANT Other possibilities were HABIT or PLAIT. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9029 "2023-02-12T06:02:13Z")
Wordle 603 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO AMITY TIDAL GIANT This one wasn’t easy. I wasn’t coming up with any words but all the wrong answers at least placed the letters I did have. ---
**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 12, 2023, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9030 "2023-02-12T08:24:29Z")
I get it now! 🙂 That’s another good one. ---
**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 12, 2023, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9031 "2023-02-12T08:32:25Z")
Wordle 603 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slant Grant Giant I was sure I’d get this in two. How could I miss? ☹ ---
**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 12, 2023, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9032 "2023-02-12T08:57:37Z")
Wordle 603 5/6 ⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DEATH SCORN PLUMB GAWKY GIANT ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9033 "2023-02-12T09:36:30Z")
Wordle 603 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOUSE TAPIR GIANT ---
**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 12, 2023, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9034 "2023-02-12T10:08:16Z")
Wordle 603 4/6\* 🟦⬛⬛🟧⬛ ⬛⬛🟧🟧⬛ 🟧⬛🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHANK GRANT GIANT ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9035 "2023-02-12T10:49:11Z")
Wordle 603 3/6 Another _soooo_ close to a 2. But lost the metaphorical coin toss. SL **ANT** **G** R **ANT** **GIANT** Way fewer 5-letter words ending in ANT without an S or L than I’d have expected. I was only able to come up with CHANT (already used), GRANT, GIANT, and possibly QUANT (is it a real word?). So a coin toss between GRANT and GIANT on the second guess. Same sequence as @newtosite. ---
**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 12, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9036 "2023-02-12T12:34:55Z")
Wordle 603 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE PLAID GIANT ---
**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 12, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9037 "2023-02-12T13:08:47Z")
Wordle 603 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD CLAIM OKAPI GIANT ---
**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 12, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9038 "2023-02-12T15:23:42Z")
Wordle 603 3/6 ⬜⬜🟧🟧⬜ ⬜⬜🟧🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE BLAND GIANT ---
**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 12, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9039 "2023-02-12T16:47:13Z")
Wordle 603 3/6 ⬛🟦⬛⬛⬛ 🟦⬛🟧🟦🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 MAUVE TRAIN GIANT Two threes in a row after a string of bad days. Can I get another long streak going? ---
**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 12, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9040 "2023-02-12T16:56:47Z")
Another happy 3-er. 🙂 Wordle 603 3/6\* 🟨⬛🟩🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE PLAIT GIANT [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=451) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=453)