# "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:** 61
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1201 "2022-02-07T14:35:50Z")
> **Wordle 233 4/6\* 2/7/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SKI_L_L β†’ Ok, only one L, where should it go? And can we KO some other high-frequency letters? > C **L** _E_AT β†’ aha, that’s where it goes. Perhaps another vowel? > P **L** I **E** _D_ β†’ D must go in the middle, but then ?LDE? - not A, could be O, or, another E… > **ELDER** > > I’m still kind of scared for when QUEUE makes its appearance. ---
**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 7, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1202 "2022-02-07T14:51:14Z")
Just barely got this one! Wordle 233 6/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRANT OILER FLYER (I was certain this was right!) BLUER SLEER (who knew this was a word!?) ELDER ---
**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 7, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1203 "2022-02-07T15:04:54Z")
Yeah, I thought this one was kind of devious. Wordle 233 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE FEMUR SLYER OLDER ELDER Man, I hate it when they use the same letter twice in the word. Throws me every time! ---
**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 7, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1204 "2022-02-07T15:41:57Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Man, I hate it when they use the same letter twice in the word. Throws me every time! I agree. Two days in a row! I had to work harder than usual on this one. Was getting worried after three, but got lucky on the fourth guess. Wordle 233 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 GUIDE OWNED DATES ELDER Maybe β€œlucky” isn’t the right word. I used up all the vowels and kept moving that D around, but I had to stare at it for a good long time before even coming up with a valid word at all. ---
**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 7, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1205 "2022-02-07T15:47:41Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Maybe β€œlucky” isn’t the right word. I used up all the vowels and kept moving Yep same thing with me, also by the third word which made it much easier to get it in four. ---
**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 7, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1206 "2022-02-07T15:53:12Z")
> [@Richard\_Pearse](#): > > Wordle 234 6/6\* Sorry if this has been asked and answered already, but how do you get it a day ahead? ---
**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 7, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1207 "2022-02-07T16:22:56Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > how do you get it a day ahead? He’s in New Zealand, where it’s currently… looks it up… 5:23am on Tuesday morning. ---
**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 7, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1208 "2022-02-07T16:28:56Z")
Wordle 233 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Guess 3 was a β€œmight as well try”. Really quite surprised that it was right. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1209 "2022-02-07T17:20:43Z")
I decided not to use my normal starter word this time: Wordle 233 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHAMP DOERS DETER ELDER My usual starter is ADIEU, even though it’s been shown to hardly be ideal. I wonder if I would have gotten it any faster that way. I would have definitely gotten it in 4. I usually follow up ADIEU with PORTS, which would have put me on 3 letters, with one in the right place. ---
**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 7, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1210 "2022-02-07T18:25:48Z")
Here’s tomorrow’s. My correct guesses were almost symmetrical. Wordle 234 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 7, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1211 "2022-02-07T18:40:15Z")
Yikes. This one had too many options. But I got it. Wordle 233 6/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 7, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1212 "2022-02-07T19:24:50Z")
Not only am I in New Zealand, but I often stay up past midnight and do Wordle a few minutes after it becomes available. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1213 "2022-02-07T19:51:14Z")
> [@Lsura](#): > > I honestly don’t know what I was thinking with β€œgluer”. I mean, it fit the pattern, but that’s about the only thing it was good for. If I understand the way Wordle is set up, there’s a wider list including more obscure words that are permissible as guesses, but a narrower list of possible solutions. So you can start with something like SALET that I’m currently using (I have no idea what it means!), it is allowed but it could not be the solution. I don’t think GLUER would be a β€œmistake” as an earlier guess, since it covers several common letters. But perhaps it’s only in the wider list, and could not be a solution? I’m not sure, it’s not all that obscure a word. But if so, I guess you’re right that it wasn’t the best choice at that stage when you are so close to the solution. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1214 "2022-02-07T20:23:03Z")
This is a general question, but on the chance that it might suggest something about today’s word (233), I’ll spoil it. If I guess there’s a double letter when there isn’t, does it show the 2nd instance of the letter in my guess as β€œnot present” or β€œpresent but in the wrong place.” For example, say the word is SPENT and I guess SLEET. Will it show 🟩⬜🟩🟨🟩 (there is an E but not in position 4) or 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 (there is not a second E in the word) ---
**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 7, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1215 "2022-02-07T22:31:25Z")
It shows the second option, there is not a second E. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1216 "2022-02-07T23:33:33Z")
And it would be very strange if it were the first option. There would then be no distinction between the presence of one or two E’s in the solution. ---
**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 8, 2022, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1217 "2022-02-08T05:14:15Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Agreed, though, STERN isn’t a terrible word. I’ll use it to start tomorrow. I’m kind of enjoying switching up the starter words. I was regretting that decision after three guesses, but thankfully it came together quickly after that. Wordle 234 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN REPLY WAGER BRACE FRAME ---
**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 8, 2022, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1218 "2022-02-08T06:00:41Z")
At guess three it came down to a few possible words and it was just a matter of going through them randomly. Wordle 234 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE TRADE CRANE FRAME ---
**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 8, 2022, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1219 "2022-02-08T09:22:44Z")
Pretty much the same here too β€” at guess two it came down to a few possible words and it was just a matter of going through them randomly. Wordle 234 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CRAZE ERASE FRAME What else could I have tried? CRANE BRAKE BRAVE BRAZE CRAVE CRAZE DRAKE DRAPE GRACE GRADE GRAVE GRAZE GRATE ORATE Sometimes it’s simply a matter of good luck! ---
**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 8, 2022, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1220 "2022-02-08T10:03:14Z")
Is good. Wordle 234 3/6\* 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AIERY REALM FRAME [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=60) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=62)