# "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:** 485
**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 12, 2023, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9682 "2023-03-12T05:09:28Z")
**Wordle 630 3/6** 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ANISE IDEAL EMAIL Hitting all the vowels in my start word was a great start. Figured it was a vowel starting word…I had both Ideal and Email to decide between, and just chose the wrong one. Not complaining mind you, this is my first 3 of the month, so yay! πŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9683 "2023-03-12T05:12:06Z")
Wordle 631 3/6 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TRICE BIRTH ---
**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 12, 2023, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9684 "2023-03-12T05:16:26Z")
Wordle 631 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT STORE TRICK MIRTH BIRTH Probably should have guessed birth before mirth, but I was dazzled by the M. ---
**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 12, 2023, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9685 "2023-03-12T05:27:35Z")
Followed up yesterday’s two with a three… Wordle 631 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ASIDE COURT BIRTH Just a lucky guess - possibilities were MIRTH or GIRTH. ---
**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 12, 2023, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9686 "2023-03-12T06:14:19Z")
And here I am with two 5s in a row. Yikes. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9687 "2023-03-12T06:55:40Z")
> **Wordle 630 3/6\* 3/11/2023** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > R_E_VE **L** β†’ E must be 1st or 3rd. I’d like another vowel, and I’ll take a page from Scoredle’s book and try a(nother) repeated letter… > QU_E_L **L** β†’ So E is first. I feel really low on all letters, but I thought of one that tries both A & I, so… > **EMAIL** > Feels rather lucky. For the record, Scoredle didn’t go repeated L after my first guess, instead recommended STEAL, which was a better second guess. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9688 "2023-03-12T09:00:17Z")
Wordle 631 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOVEL STAID THICK MIRTH BIRTH ---
**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 12, 2023, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9689 "2023-03-12T09:44:37Z")
Wordle 631 4/6\* 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLAZE BOUGH BIRCH BIRTH ---
**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:** [March 12, 2023, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9690 "2023-03-12T10:04:32Z")
Wordle 631 4/6\* 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD BROWN BURST BIRTH ---
**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 12, 2023, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9691 "2023-03-12T11:52:32Z")
Wordle 631 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE TIROS BIRTH ---
**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 12, 2023, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9692 "2023-03-12T11:59:40Z")
Wordle 631 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALONE STICK MIGHT BIRTH ---
**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 12, 2023, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9693 "2023-03-12T12:11:44Z")
Wordle 631 5/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHIRT MIRTH GIRTH BIRTH ---
**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 12, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9694 "2023-03-12T13:00:04Z")
Wordle 631 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AROSE UNTIL NYMPH BIRTH ---
**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 12, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9695 "2023-03-12T14:40:25Z")
Wordle 631 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRATE NORTH BIRTH StG ---
**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 12, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9696 "2023-03-12T15:00:26Z")
Wordle 631 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART TORCH BIRTH ---
**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 12, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9697 "2023-03-12T15:05:44Z")
This one gave me a bit of trouble. Lucky to get it in five. Wordle 631 5/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟦⬜ ⬜⬜🟦🟦🟦 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL - ugh, little help here QUIRT- at least I know there is only one vowel MIRTH BIRTH ---
**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 12, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9698 "2023-03-12T15:07:52Z")
Wordle 631 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE RIOTS BIRTH For once got the right word to get me out of the mud in one. Thought I was gonna have to cycle through MIRTH, GIRTH, FIRTH… ---
**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:** [March 12, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9699 "2023-03-12T15:24:19Z")
Wordle 631 2/6 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Two twos in a row! Waiting to see if @Aspenglow got it in two again as well. According to Wordlebot, there were 5 words after the first guess. ---
**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 12, 2023, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9700 "2023-03-12T17:46:50Z")
Wordle 631 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ANISE LOGIC DIRTY BIRTH BIRTH, MIRTH and FIRTH were left. Could have been anywhere from four to six, and I got lucky. ---
**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 12, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9701 "2023-03-12T18:24:05Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Waiting to see if @Aspenglow got it in two again as well. According to Wordlebot, there were 5 words after the first guess. Nope, not so fortunate for me today. I had to settle for a 3. πŸ˜‰ Wordle 631 3/6\* πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE DIRTY BIRTH I should have slowed down and tried one of the BIRTH, GIRTH or MIRTH words for my second try (and it would have been BIRTH first), because that would have decisively eliminated all but the correct word. Instead I went with the first word that popped into my brain. Caffeine-deprived brain. That’s my story and I’m sticking with it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=484) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=486)