# "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:** 63
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1241 "2022-02-08T18:38:17Z")
Yep. I got the same three correct initially as @Aspenglow but it took me all 6 to get it. And there were more words to try. ---
**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 8, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1242 "2022-02-08T18:51:58Z")
> [@Richard\_Pearse](#): > > Not the best starting word. Agreed. Also, not the best ending word either. Wordle 235 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 9, 2022, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1243 "2022-02-09T05:09:45Z")
Wordle 235 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LATER SCOUR HUMOR ---
**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 9, 2022, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1244 "2022-02-09T05:26:11Z")
I completely choked this one, mistakenly and then knowingly reusing known bad letters. Fortunately I think there were only three possibilities and I had three guesses left. Of course it took all three. Wordle 235 6/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩 🟨🟨⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRIST OLDER MOLAR TUMOR RUMOR HUMOR ---
**Author:** ![Roger\_That](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roger_that/32/8505_2.png) [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1245 "2022-02-09T07:12:29Z")
Wordle 235 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Not bad considering I stupidly reused my misplaced correct 5th letter in the 5th spot again in guesses #2 and #3. Might have gotten in 3 if I’d placed it somewhere else. ---
**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 9, 2022, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1246 "2022-02-09T08:05:29Z")
Wordle 235 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 9, 2022, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1247 "2022-02-09T10:22:38Z")
Wordle 235 4/6\* ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟨⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Gonna have to find an international version of this game, which uses words that have the same spelling worldwide. The weird thing about this is that Wordle uses a British domain “.co.uk” ---
**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 9, 2022, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1248 "2022-02-09T10:35:26Z")
And my three-streak comes crashing down… Wordle 235 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟨⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Once again, two words to pick from and I picked the wrong one! Now, in fairness, either one could have been completely off track at 3rd guess, so in a way, I was still way ahead by picking either one. ---
**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 9, 2022, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1249 "2022-02-09T11:18:59Z")
Wordle 236 6/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Well that was a struggle. I was totally stuck after the third guess. ---
**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 9, 2022, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1250 "2022-02-09T11:34:11Z")
Wordle 235 4/6\* ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Tough one today! ---
**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 9, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1251 "2022-02-09T12:28:15Z")
Wordle 235 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Was a struggle even coming up with words after the second guess. Think i might be a bit tired. ---
**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 9, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1252 "2022-02-09T13:07:10Z")
Wordle 235 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 With the help of the shaded keyboard, it was pretty easy to figure out the word after two tries. ---
**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 9, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1253 "2022-02-09T14:26:48Z")
My three “flush out” words helped, especially the third one. Wordle 235 4/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I_R_ATE L_O_C_U_S **H** Y **M** EN **HUMOR** ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1254 "2022-02-09T14:32:57Z")
> **Wordle 235 4/6\* 2/9/2022** > > ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > F_R_A_M_E → Can I buy a vowel? Or two? Try O for now > ST_ORM_ → Could try an I with MINOR, or a U… > R **UMOR** → missed it by that much. Too many doubles lately > **HUMOR** > > A lucky guess on 3 gets it in 4. ---
**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 9, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1255 "2022-02-09T15:38:02Z")
I seem to be getting worse at this game. I started out getting mostly 3s and 4s, and now I’m on a 5/6 streak. Wordle 235 5/6 ⬛🟧⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟧🟦⬛⬛ ⬛🟧⬛🟦⬛ ⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 GUEST CURLY QUARK RUMOR HUMOR Not sure why I used a word with two of the same letter instead of getting more letters in play. And I usually put up more vowels early. Should have had my coffee first, I 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 9, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1256 "2022-02-09T19:02:31Z")
LOL, you and me both. Not my best day! Wordle 235 5/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟨🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE ROUND SCOUR JUROR HUMOR Still fun. 🙂 ---
**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 9, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1257 "2022-02-09T19:02:48Z")
I started out so well, and then just couldn’t seem to get it as quickly as I ought to have. Wordle 236 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 10, 2022, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1258 "2022-02-10T00:43:12Z")
After the other day I wasn’t sanguine, but this turned out well for me. Wordle 235 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 10, 2022, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1259 "2022-02-10T01:12:12Z")
We’ll done too! To scratch the first row, ow. ---
**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 10, 2022, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1260 "2022-02-10T05:23:11Z")
I was all over this one. New first word again, and then a solid second word left me with only two choices, one common one less so. Common for the win. Wordle 236 3/6 ⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROAST LAPSE PAUSE The second word alone leaves only three choices I can see: PARSE, PASSE and PAUSE. My first guess eliminated R, leaving the other two as a toss-up. Most answer words are pretty common so it was an easy choice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=62) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=64)