# "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:** 491
**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 17, 2023, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9802 "2023-03-17T04:04:16Z")
Wordle 635 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CREDO CIDER My 2nd guess of CREDO was lucky, eliminating all but 2 words Agree with @RTFirefly that somehow this one shouldn’t be a streak-killer, but WordleBot says that the NYT average (in hard mode) is 4.3 ---
**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 17, 2023, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9803 "2023-03-17T04:11:22Z")
**Friday, March 17th** Wordle 636 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCALE MEALY I wasn’t in love with mealy as my third word, but not in the sense that I objected to it being on the answer list. More that I am overly drawn to M, and that I should keep looking. But darn if I could find anything else so I just went with it. ---
**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 17, 2023, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9804 "2023-03-17T07:02:30Z")
Wordle 636 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CLUES NYMPH MEALY ---
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Wordle 636 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO ASHEN MEDAL MEALY ---
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Wordle 636 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIOUS GREAT LEAKY MEALY ---
**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 17, 2023, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9807 "2023-03-17T07:53:26Z")
Wordle 636 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO MAUND MESAS MEALY Ugh, brain fog today… ---
**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 17, 2023, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9808 "2023-03-17T08:36:20Z")
Wordle 636 3/6\* πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE DEALT MEALY ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2023, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9809 "2023-03-17T11:10:43Z")
Wordle 636 3/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 48 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 3 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLART WHALE MEALY Had that same result from my starting word the other day with EMAIL, and I still had my scribbles from then, which helped. Scoredle said there were 3 words left after my second guess, but the solution was really the only one (though it took me a good while to be sure of that), the other two besides the solution were bullshit words. ---
**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 17, 2023, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9810 "2023-03-17T11:41:34Z")
got lucky today Wordle 636 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISE EARLY MEALY ---
**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 17, 2023, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9811 "2023-03-17T11:41:57Z")
Wordle 636 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 17, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9812 "2023-03-17T11:48:49Z")
Wordle 636 4/6 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BEADY LEAFY MEALY ---
**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 17, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9813 "2023-03-17T13:22:05Z")
Wordle 636 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET LEAVE MEALY Got lucky today. ---
**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 17, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9814 "2023-03-17T13:34:51Z")
A lot of threes today. Wordle 636 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE PEALS MEALY According to Wordlebot, mealy was the only word remaining. Not a word I use that often, except when eating bad apples or watermelon, but it came to me immediately. That puzzle took a minute or so. ---
**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 17, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9815 "2023-03-17T13:58:38Z")
Wordle 636 2/6\* πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOUSE MEALY A lucky 2. ---
**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 17, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9816 "2023-03-17T15:11:33Z")
**Wordle 636 4/6** 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ATONE LAGER PLEAD MEALY I’ve used Mealy for a start word a few times, and it was on my mind since guess #2, but I just didn’t play it for whatever reason…_darn it_. So an average 4 it is for today. ---
**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 17, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9817 "2023-03-17T15:43:58Z")
Wordle 636 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OPERA MEATY MEALY An extremely fortunate second guess. ---
**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 17, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9818 "2023-03-17T15:49:35Z")
This one got away from me. Wordle 636 5/6 ⬜⬜🟧⬜🟦 ⬜🟧🟧⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧⬜⬜ 🟦🟧🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE BEAST HEARD - stupid choice, since the β€˜r’ was dead LEAVE MEALY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9819 "2023-03-17T17:54:18Z")
> **Wordle 636 4/6\* St. Patrick's Day 2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 > 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CID_E_R β†’ Well, that’s something. Move the E over and try something else… > SH_E_O_L_ β†’ Still haven’t tried a T, but I can’t find a word with a good fit for it. Let’s try LEA-- for starters… > _L_ **EA** F **Y** β†’ Lucky hit with the Y. Usually I want to try N or M by now, so it fits well to go… > **MEALY** > > Scoredle says VEALY is a word. I say Scoredle is full of it. ---
**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 17, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9820 "2023-03-17T18:32:38Z")
My luck ran out. Although not entirely, at least. Wordle 636 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE PEACH LEAKY MEALY ---
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I’m going to take an L for the day since I came in here before I completed the grid. I was out of ideas after so many misspelled guesses. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=490) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=492)