# "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:** 482
**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:** [March 9, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9622 "2023-03-09T15:08:19Z")
My strategy has been to go after the general letter frequency of, in decreasing order according to this list: **ETAISONRLHDCUMGPYFBWKZVXJQ**. **EARIOTNSLCUDPMHGBFYWKVXZJQ** is another list (from Notre Dame U, [Letter Frequencies in the English Language](https://www3.nd.edu/~busiforc/handouts/cryptography/letterfrequencies.html)). That’s in general for English words. Maybe my strategy is faulty, but I’ve never looked at any list of Wordle possible words. Anyway I’ve usually gone for two words that exhaust the first ten letters, ETAISONRLH. Lately my first two words have been: STEAL RHINO ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9623 "2023-03-09T15:14:26Z")
The frequency among 5-letter words is apparently slightly different from their frequencies across the English language. For the Wordle solutions so far, the top 10, from #1 to #10, are: EAROTLISNC. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9624 "2023-03-09T15:16:08Z")
I usually go with CRANE and SPOIL, which exposes all but on vowel. As for today, three seems to be common: Wordle 628 3/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟧 ⬜⬜⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPORE - a little change-up WHERE - could have been β€œthere”; just got lucky ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9625 "2023-03-09T15:26:49Z")
Wordle 628 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRATE SHIRE WHERE Daily Quordle 409 8️⃣7️⃣ 6️⃣5️⃣ > **[Quordle](https://www.quordle.com/)** > > Put your skills to the test and solve four words at once! You have 9 guesses to solve all four words. A new Quordle available each day to solve. ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ MOLAR​:eight: 7️⃣MARRY OPTIC​:six: 5️⃣DROLL StG ---
**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 9, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9626 "2023-03-09T15:38:07Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > (which gave me a shot at the 2) Well that is certainly a fair point even ignoring everything else. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2023, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9627 "2023-03-09T17:47:14Z")
Glad for a 3 today. Wordle 628 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SPORE WHERE According to WordleBot, there were 2 other words. Whatever they were, I didn’t think of them. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9628 "2023-03-09T18:13:39Z")
Wordle 628 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AUDIT LONER MERGE WHERE Happy for the par after a slow start. > [@Aspenglow](#): > > According to WordleBot, there were 2 other words. Whatever they were, I didn’t think of them. Scordle listed 12, but they show all the ridiculously obscure words that would never possibly be answers. I’m guessing the two that WordleBot recognized were GENRE and LUCRE. ---
**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 9, 2023, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9629 "2023-03-09T23:47:40Z")
Wordle 628 2/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Knowing after guess 1 that I had β€œ\_ \_ E R \_”, a slog through the alphabet for that fifth-position letter, A onward, stopped at E with what I thought would at least narrow things down. Very lucky. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2023, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9630 "2023-03-10T05:15:09Z")
MAR 10 Wordle 629 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHELF TILER REVEL …that was a weird one. ---
**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 10, 2023, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9631 "2023-03-10T05:17:13Z")
Wordle 629 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT LOSER CRUEL REBEL REVEL After 3 I saw revel first, but then kept looking and decided that rebel was more common so went with that. I should know better; with a toss-up, always go with the first thing seen. Not because it’s more likely to be correct, but because it’s more annoying when you second-guess yourself into the wrong answer. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2023, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9632 "2023-03-10T05:26:55Z")
A rare 6 for me. Wordle 629 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ASIDE COURT NYMPH FEWER REBEL REVEL I had to go through my three srandard guess words (15 unique letters) and still only had two letters. At least FEWER gave me the two green E’s, and LEVER was eliminated. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9633 "2023-03-10T06:51:26Z")
Wordle 629 6/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO RUMEN REFER REBEL REPEL REVEL No excuses. I had to go through the alphabet twice to get it. ---
**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 10, 2023, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9634 "2023-03-10T07:12:28Z")
**Wordle 628 4/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STAIN CLOUD BERRY WHERE ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9635 "2023-03-10T08:37:11Z")
Wordle 629 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRIBE REACH REFER REPEL REVEL Going all in for the double double on 3 was perhaps a little rash but not fatal. ---
**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 10, 2023, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9636 "2023-03-10T08:44:29Z")
Wordle 629 6/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRATE LOSER RULED REPEL REBEL REVEL Seems I’m not the only one getting stuck in the mud there… ---
**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:** [March 10, 2023, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9637 "2023-03-10T09:26:55Z")
Wordle 629 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL RHINO REBEL REVEL β€” I’m fortunate that it wasn’t REPEL, I’d be stuck in the mud too ---
**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:** [March 10, 2023, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9638 "2023-03-10T10:09:11Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > The frequency among 5-letter words is apparently slightly different from their frequencies across the English language. For the Wordle solutions so far, the top 10, from #1 to #10, are: EAROTLISNC. Yes and you’ve shown different information about 5 letter words. Thanks! ---
**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 10, 2023, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9639 "2023-03-10T11:40:43Z")
Wordle 629 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Another REBEL REVEL. I find the overuse of similar words and doubles disappointing. That’s 4 words with RE or REE in a row. I wish they would go back to the random line up. RAISE REPLY REBEL REVEL ---
**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 10, 2023, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9640 "2023-03-10T12:09:00Z")
Wordle 629 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE OILER REBEL REVEL - I guess it’s luck on the order of the RE\_EL words. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2023, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9641 "2023-03-10T12:19:21Z")
Wordle 629 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART REPLY REBEL REVEL [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=481) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=483)