# "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:** 50
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/981 "2022-01-30T12:39:44Z")
> **Wordle 225 4/6\* 1/30/2022** > > ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CO **U** LD β†’ middle U, only one vowel? Lot of possibilites with TSRH, but many have double consonants (e.g. TRUSS) > T **RU** MP β†’ alas, he haunts my puzzling. OK, maybe another vowel try… > B **RU** I_N_ β†’ Gotta be ?RUN?, not many common letters left… > **WRUNG** > > Elliminating T on the second guess took out a lot of possibles. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2022, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/982 "2022-01-30T12:56:42Z")
Wordle 225 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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:** [January 30, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/983 "2022-01-30T15:37:01Z")
Yesterday took me 6 guesses. Today was better. Wordle 225 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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:** [January 30, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/984 "2022-01-30T15:38:49Z")
I got it in 3 today, too. Wordle 225 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CROWD WRUNG ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/985 "2022-01-30T15:42:08Z")
A good guess for #3 had me at 4 today: Wordle 225 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEAST JUDGE GRUNT WRUNG ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/986 "2022-01-30T16:42:19Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > This is the most interesting variation on Wordle I’ve seen. There are two words to guess but you can only enter one word at a time which it tests against both words. You need to think about your tactics. I’m finding Dordle fascinating. I’ve played about a dozen games, and never failed. How can it be that it sometimes takes six words to find a single solution, but a mere SEVEN words seem to be able to simultaneously solve two puzzles? As for strategy, I’ve settled on just concentrating on β€˜winning’ without caring about getting lower scores like I do with Wordle. I use the same three words for first guesses (they cover 15 different letters, include all the vowels plus Y) and only then put any thought into using the feedback. It was tight one time when I got one word worked out to SHA?E, but got lucky on the second option I tried. On, and just because the link was so many messages ago: quote=β€œFiendish\_Astronaut, post:956, topic:956604”] > **[dordle by zaratustra](https://zaratustra.itch.io/dordle)** > > wordle plus wordle [/quote] ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/987 "2022-01-30T17:14:50Z")
Thanks for mentioning this variant. First try: Daily Dordle #0006 4&6/7 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Shoulda gotten the one on the right in five, but made a silly error. The words were FJORD and JELLY, but somehow I got it in my mind that the word on the right had two Es, so tried JEWEL, only to realize that I already had a yellow E tested in the fourth position. Oops. Fun pair of words. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/988 "2022-01-30T17:44:32Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > but a mere SEVEN words seem to be able to simultaneously solve two puzzles? Maybe not in every case. I tried today’s Dordle and got it in 4/5 and it seemed straightforward enough: Daily Dordle #0006 5&4/7 Jan 30th ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ T_R_AC_E_ SI_RE_N R **E** P **LY** **JELLY** **FJORD** I wondered if the [FiveThirtyEight Riddler](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/can-you-design-the-perfect-wedding/) strategy would help me get a 3/4 score, so I tried it on a random dordle. I used the strategy on one of the sides and got it in 3, but I was left with ?OUND as the only remaining possible set for the other one. No fewer than 7 candidates and only 4 tries left. It came down to luck as to whether or not I’d solve it. Dordle 6&3/7 HOUND&CAGEY ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/989 "2022-01-30T19:29:41Z")
I _almost_ got it in two. Wordle 225 3/6 Irate Wring Wrung ---
**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:** [January 30, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/990 "2022-01-30T19:31:52Z")
You would have got it in two if you’d remembered you already used that first vowel. πŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/991 "2022-01-30T19:33:53Z")
Oh, sorry… I got that second word wrong. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/992 "2022-01-30T19:34:27Z")
Ah, that makes much more sense! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/993 "2022-01-30T20:29:53Z")
I feel that the popularity of Wordle is already starting to wane. Anyway, here’s tomorrow’s. I did pretty good this time. Wordle 226 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/994 "2022-01-30T21:01:22Z")
Club 3 Wordle 225 3/6\* ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANK BRING WRUNG ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/995 "2022-01-30T22:48:58Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/HX3n8yP.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/HX3n8yP.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/996 "2022-01-30T22:55:29Z")
Wordle 225 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Annoying when you get most of a word and there are multiple options for the remaining letters you can’t eliminate easily. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/997 "2022-01-31T05:35:48Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Annoying when you get most of a word and there are multiple options for the remaining letters you can’t eliminate easily. Definitely. Pure luck I happened to start with the right one of five different rhyming possibilities today. > **Wordle 226 3/6\* Jan 31** > > πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› > πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _T_RACE > _H_O_I_S **T** > _ **LIGHT** _ Just as I got lucky for Wordle, I got unlucky for one of the Dordle words. There were only 3 possibilities left and I picked the correct one last. > **Daily Dordle #0007 4&7/7 Jan 31** > > 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ > ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
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Wordle 226 4/6\* ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AIERY BIJOU SIGIL LIGHT Eh. ---
**Author:** ![Roger\_That](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roger_that/32/8505_2.png) [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/999 "2022-01-31T09:49:42Z")
I am having a weird problem today. Don’t know if it’s me, my laptop, or Wordle, but it’s weird. First move I played THINK and it told me that my last two letters were good but in the wrong spot, so I played ANKLE, which is where it got weird: It wouldn’t allow it, telling me that the word had to contain a β€œT”–but I had a β€œT” in THINK, of course, and it told me (by graying the letter out) that it was wrong, that β€œT” appeared nowhere in the word. So I tried inputting ANKLE a few more times with that same result. So I put on another cup of coffee and tried to awaken from this bad dream. ---
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Wordle 226 3/6\* 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Much better today. Grind Legit Light [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=49) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=51)