# "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:** 58
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2022, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1141 "2022-02-05T12:00:30Z")
Wordle 231 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL PLANT ALOFT ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1142 "2022-02-05T13:10:43Z")
That feeling when you have the shape by the third word, and you’re just hoping to hit the right letters. Wordle 231 6/6\* 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 5, 2022, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1143 "2022-02-05T13:11:31Z")
Wordle 231 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Dance Tramp Faith Aloft Was stuck after word three for awhile thinking of different words. ---
**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 5, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1144 "2022-02-05T13:16:33Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > 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.) Not against the hard mode rules. You can repeat a letter in a wrong position. See my word three for today. ---
**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 5, 2022, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1145 "2022-02-05T13:32:22Z")
Wordle 231 4/6\* ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟩🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slump Flair Aloof Aloft ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1146 "2022-02-05T13:38:20Z")
Wordle 231 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD LOGAN ← wasn’t sure this was a word on it’s own - but it is ! ALOFT ---
**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, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1147 "2022-02-05T13:42:03Z")
> [@SoToasty](#): > > Not against the hard mode rules. You can repeat a letter in a wrong position. See my word three for today. Interesting, and thanks much. So it looks like I (try to) play by my own homebrew hard mode rules, where every guess must conform to all known information. No known bad letters, no known good letters in known bad positions. I’m finding it quite difficult. In fact, I’m not entirely sure I’ve ever successfully completed one following these rules. I’ve come within one single letter several times, like today. ---
**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 5, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1148 "2022-02-05T13:46:27Z")
Wordle 231 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟨🟩 🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SHOAT ABOUT ALOFT Goddamn addictive game. 😃 ---
**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, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1149 "2022-02-05T13:50:34Z")
Yeah, see, exactly. @Aspenglow’s game above abides by the hard mode rules I try to play by. Every misplaced letter is moved until the correct home is found, where it stays for every subsequent guess. No bad letters reused. I really thought that’s what hard mode was. (And I’ve never seen the word SHOAT before in my life. Glad that wasn’t the answer we were supposed to guess. I think I missed the “baby animal names” day in school or something.) ---
**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 5, 2022, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1150 "2022-02-05T13:54:02Z")
It’s the only way to play that makes sense to me. But I’ve never gotten it in two tries, so maybe there’s a better approach. ---
**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 5, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1151 "2022-02-05T14:52:42Z")
There is a cheat- play the game in one browser then play it again in another. Then you can solve in one if you want. Anyway, today’s was a little tougher for me: Wordle 231 4/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2022, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1152 "2022-02-05T16:27:27Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Yeah, see, exactly. @Aspenglow’s game above abides by the hard mode rules I try to play by. Every misplaced letter is moved until the correct home is found, where it stays for every subsequent guess. No bad letters reused. I really thought that’s what hard mode was. That doesn’t seem that hard to me, that’s how I’ve played every game. I thought that’s just what you were supposed to do… ---
**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, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1153 "2022-02-05T17:42:36Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > That doesn’t seem that hard to me, that’s how I’ve played every game. Me too, before I even knew there was a hard mode. It seemed the most logical way to do it. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1154 "2022-02-05T18:17:21Z")
> **Wordle 231 4/6\* 2/5/2022** > > ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 > ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > P **L** E_A_ **T** → Good start, does the A start? I’ll try middle > B **L** _A_S **T** → OK, A starts. What other vowel? And do I have a double letter? > **AL** L_O_ **T** → No double letter, ALO?T must be > **ALOFT** > > Trying for a double letter gets me again. Perhaps next time it will pay off… ---
**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, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1155 "2022-02-05T19:17:35Z")
It certainly is! I’m glad it’s just once a day. ---
**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 5, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1156 "2022-02-05T19:47:01Z")
Tomorrow’s is correct. Wordle 232 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1157 "2022-02-05T21:49:52Z")
It’s a misnomer really. It should be called Restricted Mode or something. If you play by your self imposed rules it will probably take a little longer to think of a word to try but you would be more likely to guess the word in fewer tries. ---
**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 5, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1158 "2022-02-05T22:50:55Z")
Today’s scores: Wordle: 4 Byrdle: 3 Dordle: 4/5 Quordle: 4/5/6/7 Nerdle: 4 Squirtle: [![](https://assets.pokemon.com/assets/cms2/img/pokedex/full/007.png) ](https://assets.pokemon.com/assets/cms2/img/pokedex/full/007.png) Gaaaah…I need to get out more. ---
**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 6, 2022, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1159 "2022-02-06T06:18:06Z")
Wordle 232 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ORATE SLING SKILL The first time I’ve got _no_ letters correct in the first word, but that can also be helpful. ---
**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 6, 2022, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1160 "2022-02-06T07:57:15Z")
Same and same. Also my first answer with a repeated letter. Wordle 232 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACE SHOWN SKILL [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=57) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=59)