# "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:** 46
**Author:** ![Boycott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boycott/32/6741_2.png) [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/901 "2022-01-26T10:04:15Z")
Wordle 221 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPOON TEACH WRACK WHACK ---
**Author:** ![SoToasty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sotoasty/32/2803_2.png) [@SoToasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoToasty)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/902 "2022-01-26T10:05:57Z")
Wordle 221 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Steam Brain Flack Whack It went very quickly this morning. 1. Use popular letters 2. Move the one letter I have and use more different letters. 3. Find not used letters with the one I found. 4. After three, just use some that fit. ---
**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, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/903 "2022-01-26T10:13:53Z")
One of my best so far: Wordle 221 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADIEU WORST WHACK ---
**Author:** ![Roger\_That](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roger_that/32/8505_2.png) [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/904 "2022-01-26T10:49:34Z")
WARNING: If you decide to get your cookies wiped (I do, routinely, whenever my CC Cleaner suggests it), you will lose your Wordle streak. Happened to me today. Wordle 221 4/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAMP DEALT QUACK WHACK The “4” isn’t too bad considering I forgot to use the letter in my first guess that I was told was there but misplaced. I must be playing in 'easy" mode for it to have let me do that, no? So further WARNING: IF YOU GET YOUR STREAK BROKEN, MAKE SURE YOU GO INTO THE SETTINGS AND SELECT 'HARD" MODE IF THAT’S WHAT YOU WANT. (Sorry about ALL-CAPS). ---
**Author:** ![WalterBishop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@WalterBishop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterBishop)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/905 "2022-01-26T10:54:14Z")
Not so good today: Wordle 221 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO STREP MANGY FLACK WHACK I always start with AUDIO because of the vowels but it didn’t work out so well today. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/906 "2022-01-26T10:58:21Z")
Wordle 221 3/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RUNTS PLAGE WHACK Think I was left with only one possible word after the first two guesses. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/907 "2022-01-26T11:47:26Z")
Back to 4. Wordle 221 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACE SPACY LOACH WHACK After that second one I had a hard time coming up with words, and getting that yellow letter on #3 really threw me for a bit. I had a hard time coming up with where else that h could go that fit with what I knew for certain ---
**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, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/908 "2022-01-26T13:44:00Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > Think I was left with only one possible word after the first two guesses. At least six non-unusual words:ABACK, CHAFF, COACH, FOAMY, KHAKI, WHACK., and a bunch of less usual ones hopefully your mind wouldn’t have considered, but you had already tried PLAGE. I had to look that one up. 🙂 ETA: Of those six, the one that turned out to be the answer was definitely the best one to try, though, in terms of ruling out other possibilities. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/909 "2022-01-26T14:07:26Z")
Of course I should have said “I could only think of one word”, and I suppose as soon as you think of a word that fits all the clues you may as well try it. If I had the time maybe I could make a list of all the possible words and then pick the most well-known from the list (and preferably one without double letters to ensure I ruled out as many letters as possible if it was wrong). However I had to solve the thing in less than 4 mins as I was waiting for a work meeting to start! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/910 "2022-01-26T14:30:05Z")
> **Wordle 221 4/6\* 1/26/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SUG_A_R → No R or S, but otherwise not much help > T_W_ **A** IN → Now where to place the W?? Not STRAW, try the start… > **WHA** LE → Thought I had it after the first three came up green. OK, not too many possibilities left. > **WHACK** > > Getting RINTS out of the way early helped, there wasn’t much left for my 4th guess. Also, hitting the W early was key. ---
**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 26, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/911 "2022-01-26T17:06:22Z")
I, unfortunately, could think of several words that fit the bill before hitting on the right one: Wordle 221 6/6 ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLASP FOAMY KNACK QUACK WHACK Oh, well. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/912 "2022-01-26T17:23:32Z")
Wordle 221 4/6\* > **Summary** > > ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD CLAMP SCANT WHACK Took ages to get the last word ! ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/913 "2022-01-26T19:03:58Z")
Your second word was a new one for me! I also got it in three today: #221 PEARL QUASH WHACK ---
**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 26, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/914 "2022-01-26T20:23:30Z")
I found tomorrow’s to be surprisingly easy. Wordle 222 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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:** [January 27, 2022, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/915 "2022-01-27T01:10:58Z")
First timer! GREAT ALBUM PAINS HOARD WHACK ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/916 "2022-01-27T01:26:44Z")
Fun, ain’t it? ---
**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:** [January 27, 2022, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/917 "2022-01-27T02:10:14Z")
Yes it is. Good concept, good interface. ---
**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 27, 2022, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/918 "2022-01-27T02:27:04Z")
Just FYI going forward: - Everyone gets the same puzzle each day, so please hide your solution behind spoiler tags - You can also post the little squares by clicking the “share” link, which saves them to your clipboard - Timezones mean the puzzle updates at everyone’s unique midnight, so include the puzzle number that comes with the “share” link, or include the date you solved it on ---
**Author:** ![Cugel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cugel/32/1199_2.png) [@Cugel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cugel)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/919 "2022-01-27T03:29:16Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I found tomorrow’s to be surprisingly easy. > > Wordle 222 Got my first 2 with this one. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/920 "2022-01-27T05:47:19Z")
Wordle 222 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Nothing from the first guess, and still got it in three. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=45) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=47)