# "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:** 493
**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 18, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9842 "2023-03-18T16:59:05Z")
A 4. Feels like a 4 kind of day. Except for all you 3s!! Wordle 637 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE FLOAT GAUNT YACHT ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9843 "2023-03-18T18:57:46Z")
> **Wordle 637 3/6\* 3/18/2023** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 > ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > ME_A_L_Y_ β†’ Could be another vowel in there… I’ll check one, along with a couple common consonants… > R **A** _Y_ON β†’ Strikeout on new letters, but it looks like it starts with Y… S and T are still out there, can’t find anything with S but there’s a long shot with T… > **YACHT** > > Starting with MEALY was a plus - two letters (especially the Y) right off the bat. ---
**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 18, 2023, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9844 "2023-03-18T21:26:25Z")
Wordle 637 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OILER HAUNT YACHT Two 3s in a row! After a clean miss I narrowed it down to only one option with my second guess. Took a while, though, to find a word with the H either after the A or before the T. ---
**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 18, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9845 "2023-03-18T21:27:53Z")
Wordle 637 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OUTER TAINT YACHT Guess 2 is probably unlikely to be a Wordle solution (as its slang body-part association may have taken over its earlier, wider meaning). But I wasn’t seeing anything else to test A, I, and T. After that it was a matter of testing consonant clusters. ---
**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 18, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9846 "2023-03-18T22:01:35Z")
Wordle 637 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE GROAT AMBIT HAUNT YACHT The CHT-ending was difficult for me, I kept being drawn to it, but I thought that was just because it’s fairly common in Germanβ€”lacht, Macht, Pacht, facht, Wacht, sucht, Bucht, locht, Licht, Wucht, pocht, Sucht… So it took me a while to see YACHT. Scoredle says the only other guess would’ve been TAKHT. That’s… not a word, is it? ---
**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 19, 2023, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9847 "2023-03-19T04:07:36Z")
With all five letters after my first two gusses, a three was a piece of cake. Wordle 638 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ASIDE COURT CREDO ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2023, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9848 "2023-03-19T04:46:30Z")
Wordle 638 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO HYDRO CREDO An earned three. Brain had to actually be engaged. ---
**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 19, 2023, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9849 "2023-03-19T07:12:56Z")
Wordle 638 3/6 πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLUES RATIO CREDO ---
**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 19, 2023, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9850 "2023-03-19T07:45:23Z")
Wordle 638 4/6\* 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROUTE HORSE OFFER CREDO Eh, spaced out on the second guess there… ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2023, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9851 "2023-03-19T08:07:29Z")
Wordle 638 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIOUS VENOM OFFER GORGE CREDO ---
**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 19, 2023, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9852 "2023-03-19T08:47:53Z")
Wordle 638 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCORE CREDO I saw credo very quickly but wasn’t sure if that would be in the answer list. Kept looking for a while but never found another word it could be. ---
**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 19, 2023, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9853 "2023-03-19T10:54:55Z")
Wordle 638 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE LONER OVERT CREDO ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2023, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9854 "2023-03-19T11:23:26Z")
Wordle 638 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 875 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 50 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 5 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨 1 SLART PINCH MUDGE =\> down to CREED, CREDO, and DECOR CREED CREDO Changed up my starting sequence a bit. Maybe not a brilliant idea. ---
**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 19, 2023, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9855 "2023-03-19T12:05:52Z")
Wordle 638 5/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 HAIRY STORE POKER RECON CREDO After laying out my default strategy yesterday, I say to myself, _hey, am I just playing on autopilot, here? Wouldn’t it be more fun to try a completely new approach?_ And the answer is: _no._ ---
**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 19, 2023, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9856 "2023-03-19T12:32:18Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Wordle 638 5/6 > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 875 > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 50 > ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 5 > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨 1 > > SLART > PINCH > MUDGE =\> down to CREED, CREDO, and DECOR > CREED > CREDO > > Changed up my starting sequence a bit. Maybe not a brilliant idea. Hi, what’s with the 875 / 50 / 5 / 1? ---
**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 19, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9857 "2023-03-19T12:51:48Z")
Wordle 638 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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \\ \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 19, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9858 "2023-03-19T14:15:04Z")
Wordle 638 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PLIER DRESS CREDO ---
**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 19, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9859 "2023-03-19T15:33:03Z")
Wordle 638 4/6 🟧🟧⬜⬜🟦 🟧🟧🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE CREEP CREST CREDO ---
**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 19, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9860 "2023-03-19T15:58:33Z")
Wordle 638 3/6\* 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRATE CREEK CREDO StG ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9861 "2023-03-19T16:33:51Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Hi, what’s with the 875 / 50 / 5 / 1? It’s the number of words that are still possible solutions at each step according to Scoredle. (It’s starting from the list of 14,855 legal guesses, not the list of ~2300 solutions.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=492) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=494)