# "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:** 64
**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 10, 2022, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1261 "2022-02-10T06:06:03Z")
I was on three today. Wordle 236 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ARISE FALSE PAUSE It could also have been CAUSE, HAWSE, TAWSE, MANSE, PASSE – so lucky, I guess. Though he doesn’t often seem to choose obscure words, so I tend to go for the more common words first. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1262 "2022-02-10T06:27:16Z")
Wordle 236 2/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 First time I got it in 2. ---
**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 10, 2022, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1263 "2022-02-10T08:19:53Z")
Wordle 236 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 10, 2022, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1264 "2022-02-10T09:23:06Z")
Wordle 236 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LOFTY SHEAR BASED PAUSE ---
**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 10, 2022, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1265 "2022-02-10T09:23:45Z")
Wordle 236 4/6\* 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Too early in the morning to be thinking. ---
**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 10, 2022, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1266 "2022-02-10T09:36:09Z")
Better than usual: Wordle 236 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1267 "2022-02-10T09:57:18Z")
Can someone explain streaks to me? I’ve only been playing for 8 days and my stats show 100% record, longest streak 7, current streak 1. Why is my streak not 8, why has it been split in two? I don’t understand πŸ˜• ---
**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 10, 2022, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1268 "2022-02-10T11:11:06Z")
@QMatic - You must have skipped a day. Streaks only continue for _consecutive_ days. Wordle 236 4/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Darn it. Another 4. The third vowel threw me. ---
**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, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1269 "2022-02-10T11:34:45Z")
Wordle 236 5/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Squeaking by today. ---
**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 10, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1270 "2022-02-10T14:38:10Z")
Wordle 236 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Another toughie today. Still haven’t crapped out completely. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1271 "2022-02-10T14:47:36Z")
> **Wordle 236 5/6\* 2/10/2022** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > H_U_MOR β†’ An inauspicious start. Let’s try S & T… > _S_T **U** DY β†’ Where does the S go? Can’t think of how to put it in 2nd, 5th is rare for an S in Wordle, so > _A_B **USE** β†’ That was a good guess, ?AUSE could be > C **AUSE** β†’ nope, must be > **PAUSE** > > One good guess makes a lot of difference. ---
**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 10, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1272 "2022-02-10T14:49:54Z")
Took me four tries today. Wordle 236 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE DANCE SABLE PAUSE ---
**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 10, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1273 "2022-02-10T15:51:46Z")
Just watched the TV version (called LINGO in the UK) A woman failed to get this :- … 🟩🟨🟩🟨 K E E N 🫀 ---
**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 10, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1274 "2022-02-10T17:34:56Z")
It’s been a minute since I got it in 3. Wordle 236 3/6 πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PROUD PLUMB PAUSE I _might_ have gotten it in 2 if I’d thought a little harder about getting the vowels in play, which is my usual strategy. But I’m not kicking myself too hard. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1275 "2022-02-10T17:40:20Z")
A few months ago, i entered my usual IDEAS as my first guess. All letters appeared in yrllow. It didn’t take me long to figure that IDEAS and ARISE are anagrams. ---
**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 10, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1276 "2022-02-10T17:43:02Z")
> [@Mark\_Finn](#): > > It didn’t take me long to figure that IDEAS and ARISE are anagrams It might take me a little longer. ---
**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 10, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1277 "2022-02-10T18:09:25Z")
> [@Mark\_Finn](#): > > It didn’t take me long to figure that IDEAS and ARISE are anagrams. Did any other anagrams come to mind, aside from arise? ---
**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 10, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1278 "2022-02-10T18:28:10Z")
Ugh. Wordle 237 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1279 "2022-02-10T22:52:51Z")
You get a solid chortle from me. ---
**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, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1280 "2022-02-10T23:45:56Z")
Wordle 236 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=63) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=65)