# "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:** 488
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9742 "2023-03-14T09:57:48Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > Scoredly tells me there were two guesses for the last one, SURLY and… SRSLY? I mean, …for real? I guess it’s one of the 14,855 words (or in this case, ‘words’) that one can use as a guess. But that ‘word’ and my reaction to it are one and the same. 😃 ---
**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 14, 2023, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9743 "2023-03-14T10:03:00Z")
Wordle 633 3/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟨⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT LOSER SURLY Not loving that one of my go-to second guesses has become loser, but it does work. ---
**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 14, 2023, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9744 "2023-03-14T11:06:46Z")
Wordle 633 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISE SAUCY SULLY SURLY ---
**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 14, 2023, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9745 "2023-03-14T11:51:15Z")
Wordle 633 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BROIL TRULY (Know there’s no T, but wanted to see if I had U or Y or both) SURLY ---
**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 14, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9746 "2023-03-14T12:00:41Z")
Wordle 633 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD GROUT MURKY SURLY ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9747 "2023-03-14T12:02:09Z")
Wordle 633 5/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADIEU CLOUT FULLY BURLY SURLY After fully, Scoredle told me to choose burly which of course was wrong. This could have easily been a 6! ---
**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 14, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9748 "2023-03-14T13:27:50Z")
Ugh. I didn’t have my vowel until guess 5. Hard Mode Wordle 633 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRATE SHORE SWIRL SLYER SURLY StG ---
**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 14, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9749 "2023-03-14T14:49:10Z")
Wordle 633 3/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜⬜ 🟧⬜⬜⬜🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL - okay, so it has to be a ‘u’, and the ‘s’ eliminates ‘burly’ SURLY ---
**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 14, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9750 "2023-03-14T16:47:59Z")
Wordle 633 3/6 ⬛⬛🟦🟦⬛ 🟧⬛⬛🟦⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CAUSE SPOUT SURLY Thought SUNNY first, but wanted to get two new consonants out instead of just one. And there are a couple common ones left, so how about… SURLY? I was proud of this three, but I see I’m not exceptional today. ---
**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 14, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9751 "2023-03-14T19:22:35Z")
I don’t know why, but this one was not easy. Wordle 633 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLAME BUILT GULLS SURLY ---
**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 14, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9752 "2023-03-14T19:30:48Z")
I got really lucky. I thought I was still letter-placement testing. Instead, I stumbled into the answer. Wordle 633 3/6\* ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SWORN SURLY WordleBot made sure to point out it was pure luck. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9753 "2023-03-14T21:55:51Z")
Wordle 633 3/6\* ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MARCH PURSE SURLY ---
**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 14, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9754 "2023-03-14T22:59:03Z")
Wordle 633 5/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT SOLID SHELL SKULK SURLY Tough one, for some reason. With all the vowels except U eliminated and the high likelihood that it had to fall in 2nd position, a Y at the end seemed to be probable (though I did look at endings LC, LP, etc.). ---
**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 15, 2023, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9755 "2023-03-15T02:10:05Z")
Wordle 633 5/6\* ⬛🟦⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟦⬛⬛ 🟦🟧🟦⬛🟧 🟧🟧🟦⬛🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE PILCH LUSTY SULKY SURLY I screwed up, but still managed. ---
**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 15, 2023, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9756 "2023-03-15T02:11:56Z")
Wordle 633 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHOIR STARE SURLY WordleBot gave me a 96 for skill and 63 for luck, but I felt more lucky than skillful. ---
**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 15, 2023, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9757 "2023-03-15T04:06:17Z")
**Wednesday, March 15th** Wordle 634 3/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟨⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SPORE SWEEP I saw sweep before sheep. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9758 "2023-03-15T04:52:04Z")
Wordle 634 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO DUNES SHEEP SLEEP SWEEP ---
**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 15, 2023, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9759 "2023-03-15T06:52:48Z")
**Wordle 633 4/6** 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 REACT SHORN SYRUP SURLY Played this one too fast and forgot to check the previous answer list…would have seen Syrup already been used - it wasn’t even that long ago on 2/26 (it _seemed_ familiar - lol). ---
**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 15, 2023, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9760 "2023-03-15T07:49:50Z")
I found this one to be a tough one. Wordle 634 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟨 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 \begin{aligned} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\text R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\text A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\text T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\text I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\text O} \\ \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\text C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\text L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\text U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\text E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\text S} \\ \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\text N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\text Y} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\text M} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\text P} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\text H} \\ \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\text B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\text A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\text D} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\text G} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\text E} \\ \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\text S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\text W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\text E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\text E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\text P} \end{aligned} With thanks to @pjd and @Topologist . ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9761 "2023-03-15T07:57:50Z")
Wordle 634 4/6\* 🟩⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟩⬛🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟨🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STALE SNEER SPEED SWEEP Glad I tried the double E early. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=487) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=489)