# "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:** 57
**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:** [February 4, 2022, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1121 "2022-02-04T16:01:00Z")
A lot of players only use words with high-percentage letters, so they’re nearly always going to get hits. Even if you’re using different words every day, you still have excellent odds of at least getting a yellow on a vowel. I use a different word each day so I probably biff the first guess more often, but I’m pretty pleased when it happens. Since I play on hard mode, that failure means I’m free to make a super optimal second guess. ---
**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 4, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1122 "2022-02-04T16:46:54Z")
Wordle 230 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨 ⬛🟨🟩🟩⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE STEAM CHEAT PLEAT Try again tomorrow. ---
**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 4, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1123 "2022-02-04T18:10:31Z")
Popular letters include (can we agree?) A,D,E,H,I,L,N,O,R,S,T and U. A few other letters have a decent chance. I should think that in 15-20% of games you draw a blank during the first guess. But looking at above posts, seems like this happens more rarely. I also like this when it happens. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1124 "2022-02-04T18:30:01Z")
Wordle 230 2/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Strip Pleat That was satisfying! ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1125 "2022-02-04T19:12:22Z")
It seems my computer is a day behind but my iPad isn’t. It may have something to do with starting a wordle on one day but not finishing it until the next. Wordle 231 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 4, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1126 "2022-02-04T19:16:47Z")
A list of all the Wordle variations and spinoffs: > **[🟩 Wordles of the World](https://rwmpelstilzchen.gitlab.io/wordles/)** > > An ever-growing multilingual list of Wordle-like games from all over the world 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 There are some interesting variations (the list is under all the multi-lingual options), one of which allows you to create your own word and share the link. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1127 "2022-02-04T20:49:37Z")
Whole lotta luck here: Wordle 230 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 4, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1128 "2022-02-04T22:17:11Z")
> [@Richard\_Pearse](#): > > It seems my computer is a day behind but my iPad isn’t. It may have something to do with starting a wordle on one day but not finishing it until the next. That makes sense. For a second there I thought I was wrong, but I remain triumphant and the greatest intellectual who ever lived. Wait, what are we talking about again? Oh yes, word puzzles. Anyways… at the risk of giving a clue, I have never used the word in tomorrow’s puzzle in my real life. Wordle 231 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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:** [February 4, 2022, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1129 "2022-02-04T23:45:57Z")
Wordle 230 4/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 4, 2022, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1130 "2022-02-04T23:56:49Z")
> **[Control Group](https://xkcd.com/2576/)** > > Placeble 228 x/6n⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜n⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜n⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜n⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜n⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜n⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1131 "2022-02-05T00:02:03Z")
Wordle 230 2/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 First time ever for a second guess for me. Was trying to say please for some reason. I really forgot that pleas was a word, until I noticed the brain fart of ignoring for a second that it was only 5 letters… finding the correct word then was easy. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2022, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1132 "2022-02-05T04:45:59Z")
Wordle 231 4/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 My third guess was unlucky. It had all the right letters, but two had to be swopped to get the right answer. ---
**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 5, 2022, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1133 "2022-02-05T05:30:37Z")
Same here but it was my fourth guess. Wordle 231 5/6 ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟨⬛🟩 🟨🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE TACKY PLANT FLOAT ALOFT And again I could not abide by hard mode rules, having to reuse a letter in a position I knew was wrong in my third guess. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2022, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1134 "2022-02-05T07:15:37Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > And again I could not abide by hard mode rules, having to reuse a letter in a position I knew was wrong in my third guess. I don’t think that’s against the hard mode rules. You have to use letters that you’ve established are in the word but you can still reuse known bad letters. ---
**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 5, 2022, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1135 "2022-02-05T07:25:43Z")
There goes my “in 3” streak. I might have had a shot, but I screwed up my 3rd guess by reusing an incorrect spot. Wordle 231 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POISE CAROL LOATH BLOAT ALOFT ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2022, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1136 "2022-02-05T08:10:48Z")
This was a first for me… I got everything right in my third guess except 2 letters transposed! Wordle 231 4/6\* 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACE WAIST FLOAT ALOFT ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2022, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1137 "2022-02-05T08:16:45Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I got everything right in my third guess except 2 letters transposed! Join the club! 🙂 ---
**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 5, 2022, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1138 "2022-02-05T09:00:58Z")
Wordle 231 5/6 ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟨🟩🟨⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 5, 2022, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1139 "2022-02-05T11:04:12Z")
> [@Richard\_Pearse](#): > > I don’t think that’s against the hard mode rules. You have to use letters that you’ve established are in the word but you can still reuse known bad letters I didn’t reuse a known bad letter. I reused a known good letter in a known bad spot. I’m pretty sure that’s against hard mode rules. (Specifically, I knew the letter “a” was in the solution but definitely not in position 3. So when I guessed plant, with an a in position 3, I was breaking hard mode rules.) ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2022, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1140 "2022-02-05T11:52:31Z")
Wordle 231 4/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=56) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=58)