# "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:** 47
**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 27, 2022, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/921 "2022-01-27T10:00:01Z")
Wordle 222 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRAIN STONE MOUNT ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/922 "2022-01-27T11:16:14Z")
Wordle 223 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Harder than it should’ve been. DRAFT RECON HEIRS (I know, a plural) PERVY PERKY I don’t know why the last one didn’t occur to me instead of the second last one. ---
**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 27, 2022, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/923 "2022-01-27T11:19:59Z")
Wordle 222 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/924 "2022-01-27T12:00:51Z")
I had two options on my fourth word and went the wrong way. I don’t know why I went that way, but I did. Wordle 222 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACE INEPT BLUNT FOUNT MOUNT ---
**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:** [January 27, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/925 "2022-01-27T12:28:15Z")
I got me a 4 today. Wordle 222 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 27, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/926 "2022-01-27T12:33:03Z")
Wordle 222 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST GROUT COUNT MOUNT One day I’ll have _all_ of my guesses rhyme. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/927 "2022-01-27T12:57:46Z")
Another strong start followed by a whiff. I should think more about letter frequency when I have choices between remaining letters. Wordle 222 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/928 "2022-01-27T13:50:40Z")
I struggled with it today because I got none of the letters with my beginning word. That’s not happened before. However, I managed it in the end. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/929 "2022-01-27T15:14:04Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > Wordle 222 4/6\* > > β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© > β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© > β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > YEAST > GROUT > COUNT > MOUNT > > One day I’ll have _all_ of my guesses rhyme. No doubt. ---
**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 27, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/930 "2022-01-27T15:15:14Z")
Oh, I thought of even a couple more before I hit the right one today. Wordle 222 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLOUT DOUBT JOUST MOUNT ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/931 "2022-01-27T17:03:01Z")
> **Wordle 222 4/6\* 1/27/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > WHACK β†’ OK then. Let’s try some common letters > I_NT_ER β†’ I still don’t have a vowel. OUY are left, try two of em > S_TO_ **N** Y β†’ I figure there must be a U also, so OUN, any TOUN? words? More like ?OUNT… but COUNT is out, so > **MOUNT** > > Starting with yesterday’s solution wasn’t great - uncommon letters and no matches - but one letter from it helped in the end game. ---
**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 27, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/932 "2022-01-27T17:14:05Z")
Wordle 222 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 \< Lucky guess !! 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD SONIC FOUNT MOUNT ---
**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, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/933 "2022-01-27T19:33:41Z")
The future says β€œGot it in three”. Wordle 223 3/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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:** [January 28, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/934 "2022-01-28T00:22:57Z")
Wordle 222 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 28, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/935 "2022-01-28T01:35:44Z")
> **Wordle 222 3/6\* Jan 27** > > πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› > β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 _T_RACE H **O** IS **T** _ **MOUNT** _ ---
**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 28, 2022, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/936 "2022-01-28T05:27:42Z")
> **Wordle 223 4/6\* Jan 28** > > β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ > β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› > β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > T_R_AC_E_ > SI **R** _E_N > J **ERKY** > _ **PERKY** _ After my 2nd guess I realized there wasn’t anything that fit that began with E, so I was looking at the pattern ?ER??. See which post I’m replying to in this thread. Very similar pattern and the only time I ever failed to solve the day’s puzzle in six. I thought pretty hard about which of the many remaining possibilities to try next. ---
**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 28, 2022, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/937 "2022-01-28T06:11:58Z")
Are we allowed to post results from [hellowordl.net](http://hellowordl.net) here? [hello wordl](https://hellowordl.net/?challenge=Z2l2ZXI) β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO GLINT GIVER ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/938 "2022-01-28T09:30:46Z")
Wordle 223 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟨🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AIERY REPLY PERKY Finding Byrdle harder going, largely because the options include names. Took me all six to find β€œFINZI”. ---
**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 28, 2022, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/939 "2022-01-28T09:54:07Z")
Wordle 223 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST DERBY JERKY PERKY I made the same sort of poetry as yesterday. ---
**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 28, 2022, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/940 "2022-01-28T11:22:08Z")
Not my best day. Wordle 223 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Craft Round Plier Perks Perky [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=46) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=48)