# "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:** 459
**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 18, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9161 "2023-02-18T16:22:30Z")
Yesterday a two and today a three. Tomorrow will likely be an epic fail. Wordle 609 3/6 ⬜⬜🟧⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL - taking out the trash AVAIL - could have been flail or quail; got lucky again ---
**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 18, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9162 "2023-02-18T17:04:46Z")
I’m getting a little tired of the trap words. Joining the 5s today. Wordle 609 5/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CHAIN PLAID QUAIL AVAIL Made me so crabby I kicked WordleBot. 😳 ---
**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 18, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9163 "2023-02-18T18:17:06Z")
Wordle 609 4/6 πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ASIDE AGAIN AWAIT AVAIL Doubling up at two is risky, but I listened to my gut and went with the AI digraph. Then I went through the entire keyboard and was absolutely _certain_ that AWAIT had to be the answer. Grrr. Even after that, it took me forever to find AVAIL. Still, I’ll take a par on a word that is giving people some trouble today. ---
**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 18, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9164 "2023-02-18T22:40:33Z")
Bah. Wordle 609 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PATIO GRAIN FLAIL EMAIL AVAIL ---
**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 18, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9165 "2023-02-18T23:03:20Z")
Wordle 609 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OUTER DAILY SNAIL AVAIL Several β€˜ends with AIL’ words have already been solutions, and others (such as QUAIL) were eliminated by my earlier guesses. Still took a LONG time to see AVAIL, though. ---
**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 19, 2023, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9166 "2023-02-19T03:55:58Z")
**Wordle 609 3/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TONER PLAID AVAIL Eliminating the R in my start word really helped with this one (evident after my 2nd word). And I got lucky with my second word…it was either Quail or Avail - happy I chose correctly! πŸ™‚ Speaking of the R…the _most_ common consonant, and it’s only shown up once this month thus far (on 2/2). Just watch, we’ll get a word like RARER to make up for that at some point soon. πŸ˜† ---
**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 19, 2023, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9167 "2023-02-19T04:10:59Z")
Wordle 609 3/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST CLAIM AVAIL I saw QUAIL as a possible choice as well, but I went with the repeated letter and it worked out. WordleBot said that the average for this one was 4.3, higher than many of the recent ones. ---
**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 19, 2023, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9168 "2023-02-19T05:10:24Z")
**Sunday, February 19th** Wordle 610 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAMP STOLE KNOWS KIOSK Pretty happy to hit that K. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2023, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9169 "2023-02-19T06:04:15Z")
Wordle 610 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LIONS KIOSK This one took a lot of thinking. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2023, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9170 "2023-02-19T06:33:22Z")
Wordle 610 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GLARE PIOUS KIOSK ---
**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 19, 2023, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9171 "2023-02-19T08:22:50Z")
A sneaky and tricky one today. Wordle 610 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DEATH SCOUR GIMPY KIOSK ---
**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 19, 2023, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9172 "2023-02-19T12:13:09Z")
Wordle 610 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD QUILT SONIC KIOSK ---
**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 19, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9173 "2023-02-19T12:38:49Z")
Wordle 610 2/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Yes, a lot of thinking and not a fun two for me since it was the only word left to play. NOISE KIOSK ---
**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 19, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9174 "2023-02-19T12:56:42Z")
For CABIN vs. BASIN… I checked the word list and possible words. There were 10 possible left. Five of them had an M in them. And the C is better than S for the words with M in them. And you would only know that if you were able to know the possible words. ---
**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 19, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9175 "2023-02-19T12:58:22Z")
Wordle 610 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TOILS KIOSK - only possible word, but hard to find ---
**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 19, 2023, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9176 "2023-02-19T13:49:02Z")
Wordle 610 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHORT DOOMS KIOSK …I tried a lot of words that turned out not to be words. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9177 "2023-02-19T13:59:06Z")
Wordle 610 3/6 _S_LART N **I** CHE **KIOSK** I was up in the middle of the night (seems to happen a lot lately) and put in my first two words then. At that point I set it aside since I wanted to try to get some more sleep. Nonetheless, I came across what turned out to be the solution while thinking about it while lying in bed. The only other possibility I could come up with once I got up for real was WISPY. ---
**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 19, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9178 "2023-02-19T14:55:40Z")
Wordle 610 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL LIONS KIOSK ---
**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 19, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9179 "2023-02-19T15:12:44Z")
Should have been a three, for the obvious reason. Wordle 610 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟦⬜🟧🟦⬜ ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL PIOUS - stupid; already knew the β€˜p’ was toast KIOSK ---
**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 19, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9180 "2023-02-19T16:12:43Z")
Hah! A 3. (About time.) Wordle 610 3/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SLICK KIOSK As always, I resisted the double consonant. But there was nothing else. I must’ve cowed WordleBot yesterday. β€œYou bet, buddy! Great picks! You’re a winner!” I feel dirty. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=458) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=460)