# "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:** 496
**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, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9902 "2023-03-21T13:44:06Z")
Something is amiss with your puzzle touch would have been four letters. ---
**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 21, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9903 "2023-03-21T13:45:05Z")
Wordle 640 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE MOIST POUTY TOUGH Jeez, I feel uncomfortably like Schwarzenegger in that flick where he dazedly finds himself describing an athletic woman who’s sleazy and demure… ---
**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 21, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9904 "2023-03-21T15:08:44Z")
Wordle 640 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 - GAH! 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL BOUGH DOUGH TOUGH - a lesson in pronunciation today ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9905 "2023-03-21T15:16:44Z")
Wordle 540 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 524 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 12 ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE MOUTH TOUGH ---
**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 21, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9906 "2023-03-21T15:20:35Z")
I hate words like this. Wordle 640 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Time for a nap. WEIGH LAUGH ROUGH COUGH TOUGH ---
**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 21, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9907 "2023-03-21T15:53:01Z")
Wordle 640 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AISLE ROUND TOUGH Lucky three. At least 10 more legitimate words were left, and TOUGH wouldn’t have been the best eliminator if it had been wrong. The smart play would have been to use a C; but again, lucky. ---
**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, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9908 "2023-03-21T16:23:10Z")
You are correct. Apparently I typed TORCH which was stupid given my first guess but I read it wrong anyway. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9909 "2023-03-21T17:03:33Z")
> **Wordle 640 5/6\* 3/21/2023** > > 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _G_L_O_VE β†’ Getting that G is rather good - would have taken me a long time to guess in the normal course of things. I feel oddly like a repeated letter here just for the heck of it… > D **O** D **G** E β†’ But DODGY would have been better, as I repeated the E. And struck out on the Ds. I think I need to try a vowel after the G, but the only one I can think of is another O… > B **O** N **G** O β†’ And that’s not it. Perhaps it’s an H? > R **OUGH** β†’ Yes! Two possibilities left, so it won’t be a fatal trap… I haven’t tried T yet… > **TOUGH** > > Scoredle wanted me to guess SOGGY for the second guess, but after that, it said each guess I made was the best possible. Scoredle really loves to try repeat letters after they’ve been found early. ---
**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 21, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9910 "2023-03-21T17:32:05Z")
Lost the coin toss today. So a 4 it is. Wordle 640 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE FOUNT TOUCH TOUGH > [@Morgyn](#): > > I hate words like this. Me, too. ---
**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, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9911 "2023-03-21T17:39:06Z")
I do the same thing sometimes, think of one word and somehow type another. The fingers seem to have a mind of their own at times. ---
**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 21, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9912 "2023-03-21T19:54:34Z")
**Wordle 640 3/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ANISE COURT TOUGH ---
**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 21, 2023, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9913 "2023-03-21T23:48:28Z")
Wordle 640 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT MOTIF TOUCH TOUGH Another TOUCH - TOUGH. Went fairly quickly, though. ---
**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 22, 2023, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9914 "2023-03-22T04:11:47Z")
Wordle 640 4/6\* CRATE (yellow T) STYLO (yellow T,O) MOUTH (yellow T, green OU, H) TOUGH I should stop reading WordleBot which rated me low on this one. I see I’m in good company with lots of 4s and 5s today. ---
**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 22, 2023, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9915 "2023-03-22T04:13:42Z")
**Wednesday, March 22nd** Wordle 641 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT CREST EIGHT DUVET Tough one. I don’t have a good follow-up for the second guess when only the T hits and it’s green. (Ideally it would include both O and E, plus two of SCR.) After 3 it took a hot minute to see duvet. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9916 "2023-03-22T04:20:14Z")
Wordle 641 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SLEPT DEBUT DUVET Another day, another four. ---
**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 22, 2023, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9917 "2023-03-22T05:00:46Z")
Just noticed the post count. Looks like we’ll need a new thread pretty soon. ---
**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 22, 2023, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9918 "2023-03-22T08:52:52Z")
Wordle 641 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO STUMP TUFTY DUVET Somehow thought I’d eliminated the E already, so had a hard time with this one… ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9919 "2023-03-22T09:09:24Z")
Wordle 641 4/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VIOLA EVERY CURVE DUVET ---
**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 22, 2023, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9920 "2023-03-22T10:12:00Z")
Wordle 641 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE USHER TUBED DUVET ---
**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 22, 2023, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9921 "2023-03-22T11:00:23Z")
Wordle 641 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLUES RATIO NYMPH DUVET β€” pretty much the only possible word it could be [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=495) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=497)