# "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:** 479
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9562 "2023-03-07T22:35:15Z")
> We just recently had worse as an answer, and now horse. Can ‘gorse’ be far behind? > They had come to a stream which twisted and tumbled between high rocky banks, and Christopher Robin saw at once how dangerous it was. > “It’s just the place,” he explained, “for an Ambush.” > “What sort of bush?” whispered Pooh to Piglet. “A gorse-bush?” > “My dear Pooh,” said Owl in his superior way, “don’t you know what an Ambush is?” > “Owl,” said Piglet, looking round at him severely, “Pooh’s whisper was a perfectly private whisper, and there was no need——” > “An Ambush,” said Owl, “is a sort of Surprise.” > “So is a gorse-bush sometimes,” said Pooh. > “An Ambush, as I was about to explain to Pooh,” said Piglet, “is a sort of Surprise.” > “If people jump out at you suddenly, that’s an Ambush,” said Owl. > “It’s an Ambush, Pooh, when people jump at you suddenly,” explained Piglet. > Pooh, who now knew what an Ambush was, said that a gorse-bush had sprung at him suddenly one day when he fell off a tree, and he had taken six days to get all the prickles out of himself. > “We are not _talking_ about gorse-bushes,” said Owl a little crossly. > “I am,” said Pooh. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9563 "2023-03-07T23:11:27Z")
Wordle 626 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRIAL POWER ROUSE HORSE ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9564 "2023-03-07T23:30:19Z")
> **Wordle 626 3/6\* 3/7/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > PINKY → OK. Time for one of my favorite second guesses… > _R_ **O** U **SE** → Oh my. We just had one of these recently, I think it was WORSE, and while it could be GORSE I think I’ll try… > **HORSE** > > Scoredle thinks I should have tried TARES (or, IMHO, the anagram STARE) as the second guess. I really wanted to try a 3-vowel word with that second guess, and it paid off. Plus, Scoredle says that CORSE, DORSE, TORSE and ZORSE(?!) are words ---
**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:** [March 7, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9565 "2023-03-07T23:55:47Z")
Wordle 626 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT EQUIP MESSY GORSE HORSE I join that small but sanguine band who tried GORSE before HORSE. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9566 "2023-03-08T00:52:14Z")
Wordle 626 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE ROUTE HORSE ---
**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:** [March 8, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9567 "2023-03-08T01:00:14Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > I join that small but sanguine band who tried GORSE before HORSE. I tried them both looking for WORSE. Not falling for that again. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2023, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9568 "2023-03-08T01:06:43Z")
> [@Author\_Balk](#): > > The milestone today is 365 consecutive wins (1 year) Awesome, good time to try it on hard (although the only way to lose is one of those STAGE, STAKE, STALE, STARE, STATE, STAVE guessing game ones.) ---
**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:** [March 8, 2023, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9569 "2023-03-08T02:04:54Z")
Wordle 626 3/6\* ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AROSE ROUSE HORSE I saw GORSE and HORSE but I thought that ROUSE was a better choice because we just had WORSE recently. Rats! ---
**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:** [March 8, 2023, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9570 "2023-03-08T05:11:20Z")
**Wednesday, March 8th** Wordle 627 4/6 ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟨🟨⬛🟨🟨 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT LASER BEFOG REGAL Boy I lucked out with that green E. After 2 I saw both relax and the \_LARE (BFG) trap, so I bailed on hard mode to check all three trap letters. The idea was if none of them hit the answer was relax. When the G came back I actually started typing in glare before I realized the green E meant the answer was none of the above. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9571 "2023-03-08T05:17:16Z")
Wordle 627 4/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO REALM RELAY REGAL ---
**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:** [March 8, 2023, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9572 "2023-03-08T05:28:12Z")
…and now thanks to @psychobunny I see that I totally missed relay. Doh! If that had been the answer I would’ve taken a 5. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2023, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9573 "2023-03-08T06:11:28Z")
**Wordle 626 2/6** 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHARE HORSE Well that was a gimme…could only be one thing! 🐎 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9574 "2023-03-08T08:25:53Z")
Wordle 627 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIOUS TREAD REGAL I managed that without troubling the bottom row of the keyboard. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9575 "2023-03-08T08:52:43Z")
Wordle 627 4/6\* 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALERT LASER FERAL REGAL Thought I had this in the bag, but the journey turned out longer than expected… ---
**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:** [March 8, 2023, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9576 "2023-03-08T11:32:16Z")
Wordle 627 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE PAGER (there are a lot of \_A\_ER words with a P or G - the G helped in this case REGAL ---
**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:** [March 8, 2023, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9577 "2023-03-08T11:46:31Z")
> [@Cugel](#): > > Awesome, good time to try it on hard (although the only way to lose is one of those STAGE, STAKE, STALE, STARE, STATE, STAVE guessing game ones.) I did a “Wordle Tree” in hard mode. I played all of the words on another site. I had a spreadsheet where I kept track of guesses and what I picked and used that for future words. I got all of the words but had maybe five close calls. The S\_A\_E words wasn’t as hard as some others. The TA\_\_Y words were surprisingly difficult. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2023, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9578 "2023-03-08T11:47:40Z")
Wordle 627 4/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE REACT RELAX REGAL ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9579 "2023-03-08T13:17:34Z")
🟩🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAGED REGAL Seriously lucky today, randomly picked first word left me with one possible answer, which was trivially easy to pick up on. About 30 seconds start to finish. Not going to see this type of performance again for a while, if ever. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9580 "2023-03-08T13:31:02Z")
Wordle 627 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 116 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 14 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 S_LAR_T CO_R_ **AL** **REGAL** After my starting word gave me lots of info, I came up with just over two dozen legit possible solutions. My second word was one of them, and it knocked things down to 2 possibilities that I could see, and I didn’t think it was going to be RENAL. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9581 "2023-03-08T13:41:02Z")
Wordle 627 3/6\* 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A nice pleasant 3 for today! Scoredle 3/6\* 14,855 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ARISE (242) 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ REACH (25) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 REGAL I looked at Scoredle’s own guesses and got a laugh: “What would Scoredle do? SLATE-\>LAPEL-\>FECAL-\>RENAL-\>REGAL” Scoredle might think FECAL is a fine word, but it surely wouldn’t be chosen by the NYT, so I would probably not try that one (unless it was the only word I could think of). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=478) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=480)