# "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:** 51
**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 31, 2022, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1001 "2022-01-31T09:58:29Z")
Wordle 226 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Still rhyming… RIOTS FIGHT MIGHT LIGHT ---
**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, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1002 "2022-01-31T10:38:28Z")
> [@Roger\_That](#): > > Don’t know if it’s me, my laptop, or Wordle, but it’s weird. It was me. Brain wired backwards–I took the grayed-out blocks for yellow and the yellowed out blocks for gray. Looks like I got THI right out of the box. ---
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1003 "2022-01-31T11:21:52Z")
From [Hellowordl.net](http://Hellowordl.net): > **[hello wordl](https://hellowordl.net/?challenge=ZmFpbGluZw)** > > A word-guessing game β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1004 "2022-01-31T11:40:55Z")
Sticking at 4 still. I felt like I made good choices with the options I had, they just weren’t the right choices. Wordle 226 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALERT BUILT SPLIT LIGHT ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1005 "2022-01-31T12:33:20Z")
My first two! Wordle 226 2/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1006 "2022-01-31T13:03:32Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > My first two! My first two too! Wordle 227 2/6 πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1007 "2022-01-31T14:18:42Z")
> **Wordle 226 4/6\* 1/31/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩⬜🟩🟨🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > WRUN_G_ β†’ at least R & N are out. How about L, A & O? > _GL_OAT β†’ good fortune on the T, now look for E & I > **L** E **G** _I_ **T** β†’ one letter left. gotta be > **LIGHT** > > I don’t want to, you know, make light of this, but it practically solved itself after the second guess. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1008 "2022-01-31T14:24:52Z")
You got pretty lucky. BIGHT, NIGHT and TIGHT were all still in play. The curse of a really good start, when playing on hard mode. ---
**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 31, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1009 "2022-01-31T14:26:36Z")
Yeah could have been nasty. I nearly tried BIGHT but figured it was likely to be something more common. ---
**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 31, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1010 "2022-01-31T15:17:32Z")
Wordle 226 5/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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:** [January 31, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1011 "2022-01-31T15:37:39Z")
Not to brag, but I’m getting pretty good. Wordle 226 3/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 31, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1012 "2022-01-31T17:48:22Z")
Three tries for me today, too. Wordle 226 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE TOILS LIGHT ---
**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 31, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1013 "2022-01-31T18:21:52Z")
Here’s tomorrow’s. I find that if I don’t figure out the first letter early, it takes longer. Wordle 227 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1014 "2022-01-31T18:24:07Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Not to brag, I feel like that’s literally the point of this thread. πŸ˜‰ ---
**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 31, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1015 "2022-01-31T19:32:46Z")
Wordle 226 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 31, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1016 "2022-01-31T20:30:26Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Not to brag, but I’m getting pretty good. > Wordle 226 3/6 > > 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 That is pretty good! Me, I’m aiming for a long streak. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1017 "2022-01-31T22:51:53Z")
> **[The New York Times buys popular word game Wordle | CNN Business](https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/31/media/wordle-new-york-times-free/index.html)** > > The New York Times has acquired Wordle, the explosively popular game that gives players six chances to guess a five-letter word daily. Don’t see this posted anywhere here yet. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2022, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1018 "2022-01-31T23:28:48Z")
And before you know it, the game will be behind a paywall. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1019 "2022-02-01T00:59:50Z")
Well, hell. β€œThe company said the game would initially remain free to new and existing players.” 😑 ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1020 "2022-02-01T01:35:10Z")
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