# "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:** 466
**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 25, 2023, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9301 "2023-02-25T16:10:48Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > My second word cemented it for me in three. Lots of double letters these days. Exactly so. Wordle 616 3/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Learning the β€˜F’ was the beginning letter and eliminating β€˜H’ as the last letter made this one easy. For a change. WordleBot sez there was no other word but the answer after FILTH. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9302 "2023-02-25T17:21:25Z")
> **Wordle 616 6/6\* 2/25/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 > 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > ARBOR β†’ Whiff. But not WHIFF. OK, let’s try one of my favorite second words… > HE_I_S_T_ β†’ That’s… something to build on. Need to keep on the vowels, but with so few consonants… > _T_UL_I_P β†’ Feeling like I’m in trouble here. It may be time to try a double letter… > D **I** T **TY** β†’ No double letter, but three placed! Two guesses left, I may make it after all. Haven’t tried M or N yet, so I’m overdue. I’ll try both… > M **I** N **TY** β†’ OK, look at what consonants are left. C, but can’t think of any ?ICTY words… SIXTY is out… not NIFTY but… > **FIFTY** > > This one went fast but I felt I was on a knife edge the whole time. ---
**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 25, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9303 "2023-02-25T22:48:15Z")
Wordle 616 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRATE SOUTH FIFTY So after the 1st 2 guesses, I and Y were the only vowels left. Somehow I thought that FIFTY was more likely than NIFTY or the many \_ITTY words Phew! Amazed that I got it in 3 especially after a string of 5s. ---
**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 25, 2023, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9304 "2023-02-25T23:38:29Z")
Wordle 616 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 26, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9305 "2023-02-26T00:56:31Z")
Wordle 616 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OUTER TAINT SIXTY FIFTY An untried S led to guess 3. Too big! ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9306 "2023-02-26T00:58:52Z")
I think we use the same starting letter, but it’s interesting we went to the same second word. It popped into my head fairly quickly. Not sure what that says about me? πŸ˜› ---
**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 26, 2023, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9307 "2023-02-26T05:21:01Z")
**Sunday, February 26th** Wordle 617 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAMS STORE SHRUG SYRUP Not the best day to skip checking P, but at least I broke my streak of 5+s. ---
**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 26, 2023, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9308 "2023-02-26T05:26:23Z")
**Wordle 616 3/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MELON FAITH FIFTY Great choice for my second word…could only be one word from there. Love it when that happens. πŸ™‚ * * * * * * > [@pjd](#): > > Well they haven’t used my start word yet ! I’m still waiting for my 1 score…(or have they - does anyone know ?) Your chances of getting a 1 are still good! How do you make the font tiny? When I quoted your text, the tiny font came up regular sized. I don’t have font size options in my post/reply window. ---
**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 26, 2023, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9309 "2023-02-26T05:30:59Z")
Wordle 617 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Another lucky guess. ASIDE COURT SYRUP Other possibilities were SHRUB, SHRUG, or SURLY. With Mardi Gras and pancakes in mind, i thought SYRUP was a good guess. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9310 "2023-02-26T07:39:02Z")
Wordle 617 3/6\* 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIOUS SETUP SYRUP ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9311 "2023-02-26T08:06:39Z")
Wordle 617 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO NURSE SHRUB SCRUM SYRUP ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9312 "2023-02-26T10:56:36Z")
Wordle 617 3/6 **S** LA_R_T NICHE **SYRUP** First 3 in nearly a week, This was a fun one. After my start word, I knew it begins with S, and R in either the 3rd or 5th slot. No way to do a thorough search for words with R in the 5th slot, but if R is in the middle, there’s a limited number of letters that can go in the 2nd slot, and A and T are already out. Came up with roughly 20 possibilities there, and my usual second word, NICHE, looked like a fine choice to narrow down those possibilities, and hopefully do the same for the presumably large number of possibilities ending in R. And it did the job. A blank on NICHE knocked out all the possibilities with R in the third slot except SYRUP, and the only word I could come up with ending in R now was SPOOR, which just didn’t seem likely. So SYRUP it was. ---
**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 26, 2023, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9313 "2023-02-26T11:12:02Z")
Wordle 617 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OCEAN TULIP USURP SYRUP ---
**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 26, 2023, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9314 "2023-02-26T13:20:11Z")
Wordle 617 3/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHIRT SYRUP Since I had to keep the initial S and the R, and wanted to check for Y and U after my go-to first two ruled out AEIO, I kind of got this one by default. ---
**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 26, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9315 "2023-02-26T13:48:06Z")
Wordle 617 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHEAT BRING JUROR SYRUP ---
**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 26, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9316 "2023-02-26T15:26:49Z")
Wordle 617 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DEATH SCOUR β€” getting the U here, and S, was key for the next guess SYRUP ---
**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 26, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9317 "2023-02-26T15:27:44Z")
Wordle 617 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART ROSIN SURLY SYRUP ---
**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 26, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9318 "2023-02-26T15:50:52Z")
Wordle 617 3/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟦⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL SYRUP - couldn’t really be anything else ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9319 "2023-02-26T16:10:54Z")
Wordle 617 3/6 _R_EAD_Y_ L **YR** IC SYRUP How do you make the colored graphic appear? ---
**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 26, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9320 "2023-02-26T16:19:32Z")
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