# "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:** 69
**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 14, 2022, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1361 "2022-02-14T11:37:47Z")
Wordle 240 5/6 πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Hanging on to 5/6 ---
**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 14, 2022, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1362 "2022-02-14T12:46:59Z")
After 4 guesses, I needed about 20 minutes to figure out the correct word in the 5th guess. Wordle 240 5/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 14, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1363 "2022-02-14T13:10:15Z")
Wordle 240 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 : I think the hardest one I’ve done yet. TRACE CHOMP CLING CIDER CUBIC CYNIC ---
**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 14, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1364 "2022-02-14T14:57:57Z")
I think this was my first 6/6. (Although I failed at least once in the past). My 5th guess was quite appropriate. Wordle 240 6/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRING FINED SONIC TUNIC PANIC CYNIC ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1365 "2022-02-14T15:10:11Z")
> **Wordle 240 4/6 St. Valentine's Day 2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 > ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > ROB **I** _N_ β†’ Move the N around, try another vowel and a T > TU **NIC** β†’ Oh boy, this may be a long one. Is there an A? > PA **NIC** β†’ Nope. Can’t think of any words ?ENIC, what about ?YNIC? There’s one… > **CYNIC** > > I was also thinking about [EY]?NIC for a while, but really couldn’t think of anything there. ---
**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 14, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1366 "2022-02-14T15:23:28Z")
Wordle 240 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD QUILT JIFFY YOGIC CYNIC ---
**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 14, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1367 "2022-02-14T15:45:04Z")
After a bad start I managed to piece it together in 4, but it took me a long time to come up with both the third and fourth guesses. Wordle 240 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 STARE WOUND ZINGY CYNIC Two C’s? Damn, that’s diabolical! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1368 "2022-02-14T15:48:01Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Two C’s? Damn, that’s diabolical! Can’t wait till we get to CRICK. Plus, hey, a bad start is kind of a good start, when you count all the letters you eliminated on your first two guesses… ---
**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 14, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1369 "2022-02-14T16:00:09Z")
> [@Richard\_Pearse](#): > > That one is fun. > > nerdlegame 26 5/6 > > ⬛⬛⬛πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ⬛ > ⬛πŸŸͺπŸŸͺβ¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ > πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ⬛πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸ©β¬›β¬› I took one look and thought, β€œHoly crap, that looks ridiculously hard, but I guess I’ll give it a shot.” And then: nerdlegame 26 3/6 ⬛πŸŸͺβ¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸͺ⬛ πŸŸͺπŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸͺπŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [https://nerdlegame.com](https://nerdlegame.com) #nerdle ---
**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 14, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1370 "2022-02-14T16:03:03Z")
Not a good day for me, but I got there. Wordle 240 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1371 "2022-02-14T16:19:51Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@Wheelz](#): > > > > Two C’s? Damn, that’s diabolical! > > Can’t wait till we get to CRICK. It was on one of the alternate sites, but one time I got β€œfluff” as the target. After five guesses I had just the β€œu” in the right place and added the β€œl” in guess six. Worst result EVA. ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1372 "2022-02-14T16:55:15Z")
GUIDE TOILS BRAIN MANIC CYNIC I knew my fourth guess was wrong because of the A, but I was pretty stumped and wanted to confirm the NIC. I should have thought about it longer. I finally got redirected to the NYT site, and now the share button isn’t working for me. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1373 "2022-02-14T17:07:44Z")
Lucky guess Wordle 240 2/6\* 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRYPT CYNIC ~Max ---
**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 14, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1374 "2022-02-14T17:15:53Z")
Another average showing. Wordle 240 4/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLING CUMIN CYNIC ---
**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 14, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1375 "2022-02-14T17:53:10Z")
I’m gradually going through the Wordle arcives. The only one i didn’t get was: after four guesses i had \_ERRY. i guessed BERRY. No, so how about MERRY? No, so i lost. It was FERRY. ---
**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 14, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1376 "2022-02-14T18:49:18Z")
It’s tomorrow in Down Under land, and this was not going to be my third guess, but I changed my mind last minute. Wordle 241 3/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 14, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1377 "2022-02-14T21:08:56Z")
Hahahaha I love this, wordle for chess openings. Chessle 2 (Normal) 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [https://jackli.gg/chessle](https://jackli.gg/chessle) Calling @glee who will likely be able to do expert mode. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1378 "2022-02-14T22:13:08Z")
Did somebody say my name?! 😍 Well I started **Chessle** on normal (3 moves) and went: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 (Ruy Lopez) … this scored 0 green and 0 yellow So next I played the Nimzo-Indian: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 … this scored 4 green and 2 yellow (Nf6 / e6) So clearly the game began: 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 … 6 green I think 1. … Nf6 is far more popular than 1. … e6 (as it prevents 2. e4 by White.) So I don’t know how much being a chess expert helps… ---
**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 15, 2022, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1379 "2022-02-15T00:49:22Z")
I’ve found that if I reload the page after the initial results display, the share button reappears. ---
**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 15, 2022, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1380 "2022-02-15T04:19:35Z")
Wordle 241 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=68) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=70)