# "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:** 495
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9882 "2023-03-20T15:33:42Z")
Wordle 639 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY BOULE GLOVE I beat Wordlebot again! I’ve got a bone to pick with it, though. In the step-by-step analysis, it said that instead of using BOULE, SPLIT would have been a more efficient guess. Which not only feels like sour grapes, it ignores the fact that I was playing in Hard Mode, so I had to use a guess with an E. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9883 "2023-03-20T15:41:49Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > I lucked out today by starting with an anagram of the actual word, by total chance Don’t be ashamed to share what it was. DECOR, right? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9884 "2023-03-20T16:03:43Z")
Actually no ---
**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 20, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9885 "2023-03-20T16:24:46Z")
Wordle 639 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟧 ⬜⬜🟧⬜🟦 ⬜⬜🟧⬜🟧 - oh yeah, there was another letter πŸ™„ ⬜⬜🟧🟦🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL EMOTE WHOLE GLOVE ---
**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 20, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9886 "2023-03-20T16:41:02Z")
Wordle 639 4/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ORATE NOISE CLOVE GLOVE My vowel obsession bites me again. After hitting two vowels there was no need to check for a third. No guarantee, but I _might_ have scored a three if I’d gone for more consonants at two. ---
**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 20, 2023, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9887 "2023-03-20T20:45:49Z")
**Wordle 639 4/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ANISE ROUTE GLOBE GLOVE Ah…so close. ---
**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 20, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9888 "2023-03-20T21:04:29Z")
Bit of luck again for me today. Wordle 639 3/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SLOPE GLOVE After my second try, I could see GLOVE, GLOBE, CLOVE and CLONE. (I remembered BLOKE had already been used.) GLOVE or CLOVE eliminated all but 1 guess, so it was a coin flip. GLOVE won the toss. ---
**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 20, 2023, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9889 "2023-03-20T21:05:16Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > WordleBot seemed very grudging with praise, just a 74 for skill and 83 for luck. I feel very lucky, looked for a 2nd guess word with common letters and a vowel not used in my 1st guess. And to my surprise, that was it! Well done, you! Twos are the best, aren’t they? πŸ˜ƒ ---
**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 20, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9890 "2023-03-20T22:57:30Z")
Wordle 638 3/6 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AROSE FREON CREDO I was surprised that FREON was accepted as I thought it was a registered brand name. Wordle 639 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROAST OPIUM ENDOW CLOVE GLOVE GLOVE was probably more likely than CLOVE, but I saw the latter first. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9891 "2023-03-20T23:15:57Z")
It was CORED ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9892 "2023-03-20T23:20:24Z")
> **Wordle 639 4/6\* 3/20/2023** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 > ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CR_E_D_O_ β†’ Hit on vowels to start; need to try some more consonants (and put vowels on the back burner for now) > ST **O** N **E** β†’ Strikeout on the consonants, but I do have the vowels in the right positions. Time for a repeat letter? > E **LO** P **E** β†’ No repeated E, but the L was crucial. Looking at unused consonants, I’ll try a G to start and guess… > **GLOVE** > > Didn’t think of BLOKE, but it turns out to be a previous answer. ---
**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 21, 2023, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9893 "2023-03-21T03:51:38Z")
Wordle 639 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADORE STONE GLOVE Got lucky with the 1st guess ---
**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 21, 2023, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9894 "2023-03-21T04:12:24Z")
**Tuesday, March 21st** Wordle 640 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT STORE TOUCH TOUGH Just missed the 3, but fair play. Yesterday I got a 3 on glove without ever having seen globe. You win some you lose some. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9895 "2023-03-21T04:20:41Z")
Wordle 640 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO THOSE TOUCH TOUGH ---
**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 21, 2023, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9896 "2023-03-21T07:27:13Z")
Wordle 640 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLUES RATIO NYMPH TOUGH ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9897 "2023-03-21T08:34:01Z")
Wordle 640 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VAULT TRUCK THUMB TOUGH ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9898 "2023-03-21T11:50:30Z")
Wordle 640 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY PIOUS TOUGH Very much a lucky guess, once I got those vowels. ---
**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 21, 2023, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9899 "2023-03-21T11:57:52Z")
Wordle 640 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OCEAN MOUTH TOUGH ---
**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 21, 2023, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9900 "2023-03-21T12:30:44Z")
Wordle 640 4/6\* ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROUTE MOUNT TOUCH TOUGH Looked easy at first, but then turned out tougher than expected… ---
**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 21, 2023, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9901 "2023-03-21T12:40:45Z")
Wordle 640 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ \end{aligned} [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=494) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=496)