# "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:** 72
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1421 "2022-02-16T10:19:57Z")
From what I’ve read, if you enter in the old URL and let it redirect to NYTimes, it should preserve your stats. It did for me, in any event. For today’s game; ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS/LOUIE gave me a U in the middle and the presence of an A and an L. I was kinda stumped from there and tried PLUMB, which didn’t give me much except for where the L wasn’t. I then tried ADULT, which gave me the L in the fourth space. At this point, it was clear that either the first or second letter had to be a vowel, and A wasn’t the first letter so therefore it had to be the second, and I came to CAULK as the correct word that fit those parameters. ---
**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 16, 2022, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1422 "2022-02-16T11:02:43Z")
3 again. Wordle 242 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 16, 2022, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1423 "2022-02-16T11:28:20Z")
Wordle 242 2/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Black Caulk Yo! And my stats reappeared! ---
**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 16, 2022, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1424 "2022-02-16T11:46:54Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > From what I’ve read, if you enter in the old URL and let it redirect to NYTimes, it should preserve your stats. It did for me, in any event. Okay now I’m a little worried β€” I’ve kept an iOS Safari tab only for the game. All other browsing is done on other tabs. Will my stats be preserved if I should close that tab? I would think so… right? ---
**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 16, 2022, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1425 "2022-02-16T11:55:49Z")
Wordle 242 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 16, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1426 "2022-02-16T13:03:47Z")
Another difficult one. Wordle 242 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 16, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1427 "2022-02-16T14:33:37Z")
Wordle 242 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 16, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1428 "2022-02-16T14:46:11Z")
Lucky third try for me today. Wordle 242 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SHOAL CAULK ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1429 "2022-02-16T15:35:45Z")
> **Wordle 242 4/6 2/16/2022** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _A_ROMA β†’ Well, only one A. Perhaps try U & E? > P **AU** SE β†’ Hope I haven’t peaked too soon. Let’s assume no more vowels, > B **AULK** β†’ Darn it, it’s > **CAULK** > > Lucky guess on #3, as [DTV]AUNT, [FV]AULT, were all still on the table. On reflection, VAULT would have been a better choice. ---
**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 16, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1430 "2022-02-16T15:54:21Z")
Sure enough, today’s word on the old site was AROMA. Then some weird things happened. I finally closed my old tab and opened the NYT version, did the puzzle, and… no stats other than today’s puzzle. ☹ I then tried typing in the old URL ([https://powerlanguage.co.uk/](https://powerlanguage.co.uk/)) only to see not a Wordle but an β€œabout me” page from Wordle’s creator. Thinking β€œoh well, guess I’ll have to start over,” I was about to close the tab when I noticed a link at the bottom to the NYT version. With nothing to lose, I clicked it and - _Voila!_ - there were my stats! Then I went back to the NYT tab I had previously opened an my stats were there too - including my one and only β€œ1” for today’s repeat word! πŸ˜† So all is well, I suppose. Until the inevitable paywall goes up. Anyway… Wordle 242 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SNEAK BLACK CAULK ---
**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 16, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1431 "2022-02-16T16:02:43Z")
Oh, and by the way, I’m convinced that yesterday’s β€œglitch” was entirely intentional, to get holdouts like me to switch over. And it worked. ---
**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 16, 2022, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1432 "2022-02-16T20:09:59Z")
Failed tomorrow’s, due to too many options. Good luck everyone. Wordle 243 X/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 ---
**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 16, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1433 "2022-02-16T20:53:01Z")
Nice Tetris stack! ---
**Author:** ![Cugel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cugel/32/1199_2.png) [@Cugel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cugel)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1434 "2022-02-17T03:34:13Z")
243, five turns, no yellow Wordle 243 5/6\* 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 17, 2022, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1435 "2022-02-17T05:07:14Z")
Wordle 243 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LATER SPADE SHAKE My first two guesses eliminated several of the options for the third, and I got lucky. ---
**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 17, 2022, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1436 "2022-02-17T05:32:34Z")
> [@Cugel](#): > > 243, five turns, no yellow Ditto! Wordle 243 5/6\* 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPIRE SLATE SHADE SHAME SHAKE ---
**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 17, 2022, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1437 "2022-02-17T06:26:05Z")
Wordle 243 4/6 πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALON STARE SPACE SHAKE I consider myself lucky to get it in four. Though I would like to complain that the game wouldn’t let me guess SHART for my second guess. That’s a high quality word for this game and would have materially helped me. ---
**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 17, 2022, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1438 "2022-02-17T06:32:55Z")
Wordle 243 6/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Just made it in six! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1439 "2022-02-17T10:21:05Z")
Today nearly undid me as well. ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE SCAPE SHADE SHAME SHAKE ---
**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 17, 2022, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1440 "2022-02-17T11:06:51Z")
Yeah, that was a tough one: Wordle 243 6/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 My old start word would have given me green, blank, green, blank, green on the first line, but looking at some of the other grids, it probably wouldn’t have made that much of a difference! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=71) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=73)