# "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:** 59
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1161 "2022-02-06T09:04:32Z")
I got screwed today RATIO SEBUM SILLY SPILL SWILL SHILL And I’m out ---
**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 6, 2022, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1162 "2022-02-06T09:37:23Z")
Oh, I got lucky here!!! Wordle 232 6/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 The answer is SKILL, but it could also have been SWILL, and if that was the case then I would have lost. For the first time! It could also have been these other words but my guesses ruled out those second letters (T, P, H): STILL SPILL SHILL Sometimes it’s just being lucky! My streak continues β€” I’m now 45 for 45. (Whew that was a close call!) ---
**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 6, 2022, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1163 "2022-02-06T09:44:22Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > And I’m out Ironic. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1164 "2022-02-06T09:46:15Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Ironic. Because I have no SKILL, lol ---
**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 6, 2022, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1165 "2022-02-06T09:47:31Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > I got screwed today > RATIO > SEBUM > SILLY > SPILL > SWILL > SHILL > And I’m out Wow man, that’s a major bummer! And especially since you had the two Ls early! I was only able to get it out of luck. It came down to a 50-50 tossup at the end, and fortunately I guessed correctly. ---
**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 6, 2022, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1166 "2022-02-06T09:48:25Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > > [@GuanoLad](#): > > > > Ironic. > > Because I have no SKILL, lol You dude β€” spoilers!! ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1167 "2022-02-06T09:57:25Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > You dude β€” spoilers!! whoops thanks, fixed. ---
**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 6, 2022, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1168 "2022-02-06T11:45:24Z")
Thanks! And I meant yo dude not you dude. ---
**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 6, 2022, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1169 "2022-02-06T11:54:40Z")
Tomorrow’s: Wordle 233 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I feel perversely proud having managed to get so many correct letters in the wrong place on my second guess. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1170 "2022-02-06T12:27:22Z")
I’m not playing everyday. I can’t take the pressure, but I got this one in 3. Train sidle skill Sometimes I surprise myself. ---
**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 6, 2022, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1171 "2022-02-06T12:46:54Z")
Wordle 232 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 6, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1172 "2022-02-06T14:13:10Z")
Too close for comfort Wordle 232 6/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Too many choices for that second letter. ---
**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 6, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1173 "2022-02-06T14:39:02Z")
Wordle 232 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜œπŸ•Ά ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1174 "2022-02-06T15:26:01Z")
Haven’t posted in a while, but I’ve kept playing. Wordle 232 3/6\* πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Been on somewhat of a hot streak with 3’s lately - and had a couple of chances at 2 where I simply picked wrong out of two choices). Total stats are now: 42 Played 98 Win% 29 Current/Longest Streak 1 = 0 2 = 1 3 = 11 4 = 15 5 = 7 6 = 7 ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1175 "2022-02-06T15:32:05Z")
Whoops, sorry if anyone saw that. Spoiler tags didn’t work. ---
**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 6, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1176 "2022-02-06T15:38:11Z")
Looks like we had almost identical plays. Wordle 232 6/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1177 "2022-02-06T15:39:42Z")
> **Wordle 232 5/6\* 2/6/2022** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > A_L_OFT β†’ No T, A, O. Try something with I, E and good consonants… > R_IL_ED β†’ I got stuck here looking to knock out more consonants. But maybe there’s a double letter… > **S** P **ILL** β†’ There is! But do I have enough guesses for the last letter. I think so… > **S** H **ILL** β†’ that wasn’t it. Do I go with the Wizard of Id word, or… > **SKILL** β†’ Whew. > > **ALOFT** turned out to be a good start, because I had already eliminated **STILL**. Otherwise, I might have looked very unskillful. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1178 "2022-02-06T15:48:07Z")
I’ve only been doing this for a couple weeks, but this is the first time I’ve seen a word with two of the same letter. That kinda messed me up, as I had been under the impression that there were five _different_ letters in each word. Now I know better. But I still got it in 5. 😁 ---
**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 6, 2022, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1179 "2022-02-06T16:01:17Z")
bit like mine ! Wordle 232 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 No yellows ! ---
**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 6, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1180 "2022-02-06T16:19:18Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Too many choices for that second letter. I know, right? I could think of three… and I put them in the wrong order! Wordle 232 6/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLIMB FOILS SPILL SWILL SKILL The use of double letters always throws me, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=58) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=60)