# "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:** 464
**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 24, 2023, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9261 "2023-02-24T00:05:39Z")
Wordle 614 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN CAMEO FABLE GAUGE VAGUE An unimpressive score, but it went fairly quickly and I enjoyed the process, so there’s that. ---
**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 24, 2023, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9262 "2023-02-24T02:07:46Z")
Wordle 614 4/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEACH BASTE MAUVE VAGUE ---
**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 24, 2023, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9263 "2023-02-24T04:40:45Z")
Wordle 614 5/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST CREAM FADED WAIVE VAGUE Another for the 5 club. ---
**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 24, 2023, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9264 "2023-02-24T06:12:42Z")
**Wordle 614 4/6** ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHANT AISLE MAUVE VAGUE Add me to the Mauve \> Vague group. After guess #2, I felt the A was most likely in the 2nd spot, and I had a lot of words to choose from, but since I like the color Mauve, I went with that. Turned out to be a great choice…except that it wasn’t the answer πŸ˜‰, but I’ll take the 4 gladly on this one. * * * * * * I missed playing #613 yesterday. But it looks like I dodged a bullet. Sure would be nice if NYT made it possible to play previous games. There used to be a way to do that (I just found out after doing a little digging), but no longer. One of the ways was via Wayback Machine, and you still can play games from Feb. 2022 - June 2022, but from there on it doesn’t work anymore. Darn it! ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9265 "2023-02-24T06:18:14Z")
Wordle 615 5/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CORAL AROMA ARROW ARBOR Back to random guess playing. I don’t know if a systematic approach would have been better. I am interested to see how quickly most people get this. . ---
**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:** [February 24, 2023, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9266 "2023-02-24T06:41:55Z")
Wordle 615 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE LARCH ROMAN ABHOR ARBOR Stupidly reused an eliminated letter, should there be a warning? ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9267 "2023-02-24T07:45:04Z")
Wordle 615 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLAID VAGUE WOMAN ABHOR ARBOR ABHOR was a much more pleasing word than ARBOR with its nasty American spelling. ---
**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 24, 2023, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9268 "2023-02-24T08:35:13Z")
Wordle 615 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DEATH SCOUR VALOR ARBOR ---
**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 24, 2023, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9269 "2023-02-24T09:28:15Z")
Wordle 615 3/6\* 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD COBRA ← Stupid ! maybe i could’ve had a 2 ! ARBOR ← Still, not too bad what with the american spelling and all that ! ---
**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 24, 2023, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9270 "2023-02-24T10:01:30Z")
Wordle 615 6/6\* πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE ASCOT ARROW ARMOR ARDOR ARBOR …can’t tell whether I’m slipping or the words are getting trickier… ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9271 "2023-02-24T10:44:35Z")
Wordle 615 5/6 SL_AR_T NICHE DUMPY **AR** _R_ **O** W **ARBOR** A 4-5-4-5 streak over the past four days. ---
**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 24, 2023, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9272 "2023-02-24T11:22:49Z")
Wordle 615 4/6 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 The picture explains it but… CRANE ARDOR (this is my standard 2nd word for this situation) ARMOR ARBOR ---
**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 24, 2023, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9273 "2023-02-24T11:52:02Z")
Wordle 615 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISE CLOAK ABHOR ARBOR ---
**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 24, 2023, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9274 "2023-02-24T12:52:42Z")
Wordle 615 6/6 β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CROPS TRAIL GROAN ARROW ARMOR ARBOR Mistakes galore. For my second guess I forgot to reuse the yellow O, then for my third guess I put O in the same place as my opener. So that’s two Wordle rule mistakes, but I also totally spaced my β€œalways check M or N” strategy, which ended up costing me an extra guess for having to check armor late. I’ve got good news and bad news. I’ll take the good news. You broke your 5 streak… ---
**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 24, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9275 "2023-02-24T13:19:11Z")
Wordle 615 6/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE FANCY ARROW ARMOR ARDOR ARBOR What a challenge today! After guess 2 I spent way too long looking at that single stupid misplaced A with a whole slew of letters unavailable. Then of the three words I could think of, I tried them in the wrong order. I was grumbling about the word, wondering who speaks of an arbor (of trees), when I realized that I often use the word when speaking of an arbor in the sense of a mandrel for holding parts while turning them on a lathe. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9276 "2023-02-24T14:34:24Z")
> I was grumbling about the word, wondering who speaks of an arbor (of trees) A lot of people speak of Ann Arbor (of Michigan) πŸ˜‰ Sure, one doesn’t much use β€˜arbor’ in a sentence these days, but it’s still a familiar word IMHO. Arbor Day is the last Friday in April. I’ve been to the National Arboretum many times, and I know what an arborist is. So even though I took a 5 on this one, I’d still say it’s a perfectly legit solution. ---
**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 24, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9277 "2023-02-24T14:50:31Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > A lot of people speak of Ann Arbor (of Michigan) πŸ˜‰ Ann Arbor? Never heard of it… …not I was raised there, and even delivered The Ann Arbor News as a tween. We all learned about the origin of the name (β€œAnn’s Arbor”) in school. Nevertheless, it’s not a word I have ever actually used in that sense. I had my three-word shortlist and put the most uncommon last (IMHO), and it turned out that was the one. ---
**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 24, 2023, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9278 "2023-02-24T14:51:23Z")
Plus there is the arching trellis thing called an arbor. ---
**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 24, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9279 "2023-02-24T15:00:16Z")
Wordle 615 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART AROMA ARDOR ARBOR ---
**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 24, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9280 "2023-02-24T16:03:45Z")
Same problem for me. Wordle 615 6/6 ⬜🟧🟦⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ 🟧🟧⬜🟧⬜ 🟧🟧⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL ARGOT ARDOR ARMOR ARBOR [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=463) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=465)