# "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:** 467
**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 26, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9321 "2023-02-26T17:02:06Z")
Wordle 617 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD CROUP SYRUP ---
**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 26, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9322 "2023-02-26T17:08:44Z")
> [@SeaSun](#): > > How do you make the font tiny? Wrap it in \small text\ tags. small text You can nest them to get even smaller text ! \\smaller text\\ smaller text \\\even smaller text\\\ even smaller text ---
**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 26, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9323 "2023-02-26T18:35:58Z")
\< Scampering over to join the 3s today! \> Wordle 617 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SCOUR SYRUP I had also found SHRUB and SHRUG, but in checking prior Wordle answers, discovered they’d already been used. So SYRUP it was. > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > How do you make the colored graphic appear? There’s a β€˜Share’ button on your Statistics page. Just click that and then paste it into your reply window here. ---
**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, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9324 "2023-02-26T19:42:43Z")
Wordle 617 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Like this, right? Thank you both! ---
**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 26, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9325 "2023-02-26T21:34:04Z")
Wordle 617 6/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9326 "2023-02-26T23:14:46Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > There’s a β€˜Share’ button on your Statistics page. Just click that and then paste it into your reply window here. Yes, or you can click the Share button and save to a Word doc (or whatever brand you use). Then at any later time, you can just copy/paste the graphic from the Word doc into the Reply box here. Wordle 617 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AROSE SKIRL SHUNT SYRUP No vowels except U led to some noodling on words containing Y and U. SURFY seemed unlikely, so SYRUP it was. ---
**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 27, 2023, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9327 "2023-02-27T00:02:54Z")
Wordle 617 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 From headlines around the globe > **Summary** > > DINGO > STEAL > SHUSH > SYRUP ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9328 "2023-02-27T01:05:29Z")
> **Wordle 617 4/6\* 2/26/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > FIFT_Y_ β†’ A Y, but not a terminal Y. Try more vowels. Could have done YEARN here, but first though of… > _R_A_Y_ON β†’ And now I can’t think of anything that starts with a Y that fits. So, should the Y go second or fourth? I noodled around with second and got… > _P_ **YR** EX β†’ Which pretty much led me to the answer… > **SYRUP** > > I had a waffle this morning. You’d have thought I would have tried the answer with the third guess, given how I was going after it… ---
**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 27, 2023, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9329 "2023-02-27T03:28:02Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > _P_ **YR** EX β†’ Which pretty much led me to the answer… Huh. I wouldn’t have expected a brand-named word to be accepted by the game. ---
**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 27, 2023, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9330 "2023-02-27T04:59:01Z")
**Wordle 617 3/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MEATY YOUNG SYRUP Another fortuitous 2nd word with going for the U…I’m on a roll (knock wood!). I could only see Syrup or Pyrus, and felt the former far more likely. * * * * * * @pjd Thank you! I need a magnifying glass for the even smaller text one. 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 27, 2023, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9331 "2023-02-27T05:29:17Z")
**Monday, February 27th** Wordle 618 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAPS STORE ROUSE HORSE WORSE After 2 I didn’t put together that β€œRS” is a fairly common consonant pair. My performance has really been poor heading into my 400th game in a few days. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9332 "2023-02-27T05:36:11Z")
Wordle 618 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHORE WORSE ---
**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 27, 2023, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9333 "2023-02-27T06:44:37Z")
Wordle 618 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE MOVIE ROGUE WORSE Feels like I should be able to make a Han Solo quip. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9334 "2023-02-27T08:34:35Z")
Wordle 618 5/6\* 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPOIL COAST MOUSE DOWSE WORSE ---
**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 27, 2023, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9335 "2023-02-27T11:47:43Z")
Wordle 618 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD GRIME ROUSE WORSE That could’ve been not so good. ---
**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 27, 2023, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9336 "2023-02-27T12:01:06Z")
Wordle 618 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALONE POISE DOUSE WORSE ---
**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 27, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9337 "2023-02-27T13:06:45Z")
Wordle 618 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BONER ROGUE FORCE WORSE ---
**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 27, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9338 "2023-02-27T13:13:56Z")
Back to back 3s. I’ll take it! Wordle 618 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DEATH SCOUR WORSE ---
**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 27, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9339 "2023-02-27T15:54:33Z")
Wordle 618 4/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟧 🟦⬜🟦⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL HORSE - only two choices and I backed the wrong horse πŸ˜ƒ WORSE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9340 "2023-02-27T16:31:09Z")
Wordle 618 4/6 _S_LA_R_T NICH **E** =\> could be PURSE, PROSE, ROUSE, or WORSE. So is it… PU **RSE** =\> or is it something… **WORSE** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=466) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=468)