# "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:** 54
**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:** [February 2, 2022, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1061 "2022-02-02T08:24:09Z")
A 3 today. Wordle 228 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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:** [February 2, 2022, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1062 "2022-02-02T09:27:40Z")
Maybe on reflection I wasn’t giving myself the chance of a miracle first worder: Wordle 228 4/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OWLET GROUT PILOT MOIST ---
**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:** [February 2, 2022, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1063 "2022-02-02T09:37:03Z")
Wordle 228 3/6\* ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I’m finding that I’m now looking for β€œfun” words to use. Wordle burnout begins. POUTY TOAST MOIST ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1064 "2022-02-02T11:26:07Z")
Wordle 228 3/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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:** [February 2, 2022, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1065 "2022-02-02T11:32:00Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I’m finding that I’m now looking for β€œfun” words to use. Wordle burnout begins. I can just imagine in December 2029 a retrospective of the decade spending 30 seconds reminding us of the Wordle phenomenon of 2022. And we’ll all say β€œoh yeah, I remember that.” ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1066 "2022-02-02T11:40:58Z")
3 again. As usual, mostly luck in picking that right word when I did because I was considering a different option. Wordle 228 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRATE THING MOIST ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1067 "2022-02-02T11:55:56Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I’m finding that I’m now looking for β€œfun” words to use. I’ve been having good luck with my opening word which is an amusing word to me even though I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t like the actual thing. I’m sure I’ll move on when I discover another β€œfun” word to use. PANTO STORE MOIST ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1068 "2022-02-02T12:09:17Z")
At the risk of introducing spoilers for future words, I did thirty seconds of poking around and it turns out the game’s source code contains every correct answer, for past and future dates, in sequential order. [https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/main.e65ce0a5.js](https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/main.e65ce0a5.js) Tomorrow’s answer will be β€œshard”, followed by β€œpleat”, β€œaloft”, and β€œskill”. Do with that what you will. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1069 "2022-02-02T13:03:28Z")
3 word streak continues although it sure didn’t look like it at the 2nd guess Wordle 228 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FRAME MUNCH MOIST ---
**Author:** ![SoToasty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sotoasty/32/2803_2.png) [@SoToasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoToasty)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1070 "2022-02-02T13:13:27Z")
Wordle 228 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Nice one today. Ready Blows Shout Moist ---
**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:** [February 2, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1071 "2022-02-02T13:18:29Z")
Should have got it in 3, chose a less likely 3rd word Wordle 228 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1072 "2022-02-02T14:58:01Z")
> **Wordle 228 4/6\* Groundhog Day, 2022** > > 🟨⬜🟨🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _T_H_O_ **S** E β†’ Good start, try another vowel? > R **O** A **ST** β†’ Almost there, but a lot of possibles. An I? > F **OIST** β†’ Darn it, should have thought a little more, cause it’s > **MOIST** > > Two days in a row I should have had it in 3. Well, it could also have been JOIST. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1073 "2022-02-02T17:40:19Z")
I’m on the Three Train, too. Wordle 228 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE PITHY MOIST Nice way to start the morning. πŸ™‚ ---
**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:** [February 2, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1074 "2022-02-02T18:29:36Z")
My post yesterday was a clue. Luckily too obscure for anyone to pick up on. Anyway, here’s tomorrow’s. Wordle 229 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1075 "2022-02-02T21:30:51Z")
Last puzzle was not my best; only one letter in the wrong place after two guesses. So it took me five (although was reduced to two answers by four). I was thinking the combination of ORATE and SHINY would do a good job covering common letters and diphthongs. It includes all the vowels (except U) and six common consonants. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2022, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1076 "2022-02-03T09:03:56Z")
I’ve been playing a couple weeks, this is the first one that wasn’t fun. Wordle 229 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACE SNARL SPARK SCARF SHARD ---
**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:** [February 3, 2022, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1077 "2022-02-03T10:15:07Z")
Same problem (and words) for me, although I did it in four because I didn’t use your fourth guess. It’s a pain. Byrdle in three today too. And I’ve been playing a lot of Dordle. ---
**Author:** ![SoToasty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sotoasty/32/2803_2.png) [@SoToasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoToasty)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1078 "2022-02-03T11:09:34Z")
Wordle 229 3/6\* 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 The answers came quick for me today Stead Salad Shard ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1079 "2022-02-03T11:51:30Z")
Back to 5. A harder one for me today Wordle 229 5/6 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALERT COBRA SWARM SPARK SHARD ---
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Wordle 229 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=53) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=55)