# "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:** 463
**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 22, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9241 "2023-02-22T23:18:32Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > ANOTHER doubler! I had to go check, that’s 10 doubles in February so far. 6 in the last 8 days!! riper, ruddy, kiosk, avail, cache, salsa, flail, apple, ninth and tasty. ---
**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 22, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9242 "2023-02-22T23:31:58Z")
Wordle 613 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALIVE STEIN WIPER PIPER RIPER I was fortunate to have narrowed it to two possibilities after three, and then unfortunate to choose the wrong one. Still, looks like I should feel happy to escape with a win at all today. ---
**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 22, 2023, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9243 "2023-02-22T23:49:57Z")
Wordle 613 6/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH RECUR RIDER RIVER RISER RIPER Skin of my teeth; like others, I resisted β€œriper”. Wasn’t really anything else left at that point, though. (Unless they decide that the Ancient Mariner is a β€œrimer,” I guess.) ---
**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 22, 2023, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9244 "2023-02-22T23:57:33Z")
Wordle 613 X/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© Love this game ---
**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 23, 2023, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9245 "2023-02-23T00:23:43Z")
Wordle 613 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slant Prime Wiper Viper Riper ---
**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 23, 2023, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9246 "2023-02-23T05:06:33Z")
FEB 23 Wordle 614 5/6\* πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE HASTE BADGE GAUZE VAGUE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9247 "2023-02-23T05:37:11Z")
Wordle 614 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LADEN SAUCE VAGUE What was that about the game getting too easy? ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9248 "2023-02-23T06:31:45Z")
Wordle 614 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DEBAR PANEL CASTE MAIZE VAGUE ---
**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 23, 2023, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9249 "2023-02-23T08:14:44Z")
I should’ve had this in 4. Wordle 614 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DEATH SCOUR GIMPY ARGUE VAGUE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9250 "2023-02-23T10:32:52Z")
Wordle 614 4/6 SL_A_RT NICH **E** D_U_MPY **VAGUE** Glad to get a 4 with this one, given what I had after my first three words. ---
**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 23, 2023, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9251 "2023-02-23T10:41:36Z")
Wordle 614 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COATI PAUSE VAGUE ---
**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 23, 2023, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9252 "2023-02-23T13:03:03Z")
Wordle 614 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PLACE MAYBE GAUZE VAGUE ---
**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 23, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9253 "2023-02-23T13:19:37Z")
Wordle 614 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLOMP STARE BADGE GENIE VAGUE Guess 4 was stupid, forgetting the A. Being honest with myself, even not making that mistake I think I still get a 5 here. After 3 I was fixated on beginning with G. And so my 5 streak begins! _\*groan\*_ ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9254 "2023-02-23T14:45:19Z")
Wordle 614 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE RANGE GAFFE VAGUE That one was rough. By the time I did guess 3, I knew the word had to match \_AG\_E but couldn’t think of a single word that could match that. I was fiddling with all of the remaining letters for way too long. Scoredle tells me there were only two words available at that point: VAUGE and BAGIE (?). I guess there’s a sweet spot between the trap with a combo that matches a dozen common words and a combo that matches only a single common word. ---
**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 23, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9255 "2023-02-23T15:40:30Z")
Wordle 614 4/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟧 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟦🟧🟦⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL - my usual vowel clearing word, which narrowed things significantly GAUZE - gives me all but one letter VAGUE ---
**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 23, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9256 "2023-02-23T16:14:47Z")
Wordle 614 5/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD SPEAK GLAZE \<–Stupid. MANGE VAGUE ---
**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 23, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9257 "2023-02-23T16:59:34Z")
Wordle 614 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 LOUPE ARGUE VAGUE A good second guess scores me the trey. ---
**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 23, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9258 "2023-02-23T19:10:56Z")
I’m happy with anything less than a 5 these days! Wordle 614 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CANOE PAUSE VAGUE ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9259 "2023-02-23T20:48:23Z")
> **Wordle 614 5/6\* 2/23/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > RIP_E_R β†’ Little enough to start with. Common letters on the way… > ST_EA_L β†’ No consonants. Shift the vowels over one place and try again… > H_EA_DY β†’ _Still_ no consonants. But I have the odd feeling there’s another vowel in there, so keep trying… > _A_BO_V_ **E** β†’ So, ?AV?E - can’t think of a consonant coming between V & E here, so ?AVUE, but that’s nowhere, so VA??E, and if it’s VA?UE but not VALUE, it must be > **VAGUE** > > This seems a generally rough word, especially if you wait so long to get the U out… ---
**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 23, 2023, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9260 "2023-02-23T23:13:36Z")
Wordle 614 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slant Piece Mauve Vague [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=462) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=464)