# "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:** 490
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9782 "2023-03-16T05:38:03Z")
Wordle 635 6/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO BRINE LIVER WIDER RETCH CIDER Trap!Trap!Trap! Not even sure which are the actual -IDER words. CIDER, HIDER, and RIDER were my top three options so I used a test word to try to get lucky. ---
**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 16, 2023, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9783 "2023-03-16T07:20:52Z")
Wordle 635 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CLUES CRIED CIDER ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9784 "2023-03-16T07:47:20Z")
Wordle 635 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMITE INFER HIKER CIDER That could have gone horribly wrong after 3. Dodged a bullet. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9785 "2023-03-16T09:09:59Z")
Wordle 635 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 875 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLART NICHE CIDER Apparently Scoredle couldn’t even find any bullshit words it could’ve been after my second word. I loved the way it put it: β€œThere is now 1 possible guess.The best guess to make next would be [that guess].” Well no shit, Sherlock - if there’s only one possibility remaining, that would be the best guess, alright! When you’ve eliminated the impossible, and all that. ---
**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 16, 2023, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9786 "2023-03-16T11:09:36Z")
Wordle 635 4/6\* \begin{aligned} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \end{aligned} ---
**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 16, 2023, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9787 "2023-03-16T11:09:49Z")
**Wordle 635 2/6** 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 REACT CIDER Thought I’d check the ER ending, and I just went with the first one I thought of out of the list of words I had. Lucky guess! I missed playing yesterday’s game (#634). * * * * * * > [@RTFirefly](#): > > With this new thingummy that shows the letters and colors in the same grid, I’m starting to see your point. Thank you…I didn’t expect everyone to feel the same way as I did - I’m just a lot more sensitive to that sort of thing than most, but it was nice to see all of that go away…until now - I see what you are talking about with the new β€œthingummy” that’s being posted, and I agree with you and @Wheelz on that one too. ---
**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 16, 2023, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9788 "2023-03-16T11:26:19Z")
Wordle 635 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS RELIC DICER CIDER ---
**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 16, 2023, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9789 "2023-03-16T11:31:15Z")
Wordle 635 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPIRE RIVEN BIKER CIDER ---
**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 16, 2023, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9790 "2023-03-16T11:56:45Z")
Wordle 635 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ABIDE DINER CIDER ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9791 "2023-03-16T14:09:34Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Trap!Trap!Trap! Not even sure which are the actual -IDER words. CIDER, HIDER, and RIDER were my top three options so I used a test word to try to get lucky. And there was also EIDER, the kind of duck you get eiderdown from. ---
**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 16, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9792 "2023-03-16T14:31:30Z")
Wordle 635 4/6\* 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRATE COPER CHEER CIDER 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 16, 2023, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9793 "2023-03-16T14:38:31Z")
Wordle 635 4/6 🟧🟦⬜⬜🟦 🟧⬜🟦🟦⬜ 🟧⬜⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE CLERK COVER CIDER ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9794 "2023-03-16T14:42:50Z")
Oh, that word was on my list. I listed the three mostly likely to me but I had a long list of possibilities. ---
**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 16, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9795 "2023-03-16T15:02:36Z")
According to Wordlebot, this one is killing about 1 out of 10 win streaks. Interesting to see that no one here lost theirs…yet. The day is still young. πŸ™‚ Wordle 635 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE RESIN FIRED CIDER ---
**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 16, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9796 "2023-03-16T17:15:43Z")
Wordle 635 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟦🟧🟦🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 MAUVE TONER SLICK DICER CIDER So all I knew after two was that it ends in ER (and probably has an I). Better throw as many consonants out there as I can. Though I usually stick with hard mode, that turned out to be the right idea. C in the third spot jumped at me first, so I used an extra guess transposing the C and D. (At least I’m not the only one, @Half_Man_Half_WitπŸ˜‰) Not thrilled with a five, but I survived a tough one. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9797 "2023-03-16T17:48:46Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > According to Wordlebot, this one is killing about 1 out of 10 win streaks. Wow. Today’s solution just doesn’t seem to be the sort of word that would be a big streak-killer. It’s a well-known word, not tricky in any way I can think of, and four of its five letters are among the 10 most frequently appearing letters in Wordle solutions. (And the fifth isn’t that far behind.) ---
**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 16, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9798 "2023-03-16T17:56:35Z")
This one knocked me out. What got me, essentially, was nailing down 4 letters and still having 5 possible answers. In hard mode, that means I’m just hoping to pick the right one, and I didn’t. ---
**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 16, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9799 "2023-03-16T18:07:13Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > doesn’t seem to be the sort of word that would be a big streak-killer See directly below you πŸ™‚ I got luckly. After 3, I still had 6 words left and I guessed the correct one. One of the possibilities I would never get since it isn’t a word I ever think of, so I’m expecting my streak to break when it eventually comes up. This is playing hard mode which I almost always do now (I didn’t use to). ---
**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 16, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9800 "2023-03-16T19:04:22Z")
> [@SeaSun](#): > > Thought I’d check the ER ending, and I just went with the first one I thought of out of the list of words I had. Lucky guess! Me, too! Wordle 635 2/6\* πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CIDER Long time since I’ve had a 2, so it was a little thrill. Lucky as can be. WordleBot advised there were 58 (!!!) available words after my first try, but I still just had a feeling it was the right word. And it was! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9801 "2023-03-16T23:28:44Z")
> **Wordle 635 5/6\* 3/16/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SWE **E** P β†’ OK, not much to start on, but at least the E is placed. What common-letter word can I pick for next? > L **I** N **ER** β†’ Ooh, good one. But looks trappish as well. I definitely want to get T out of the way… TIGER? or… > B **I** T **ER** β†’ No luck. And TIGER is out now too. Looking through letters left, I’ll try… > _D_ **I** V **ER** β†’ Lucky! HIDER, or… > **CIDER** > > And because I wasn’t looking at letters already found, RIDER would have sunk me - as would AIDER, as Scoredle so generously points out. Makes me glad my start had eliminated WIDER. I can see why this one has been a streak-ender for so many in the gen-pop… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=489) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=491)