# "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:** 74
**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 18, 2022, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1461 "2022-02-18T02:42:36Z")
Wordle 243 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1462 "2022-02-18T02:50:32Z")
This one almost got me! STEIN SHARE – four greens! awesome! SHAPE – hold on. There are four more super common words it could be! And that’s assuming SHALE is too obscure to be the answer. SHADE SHAKE – hallelujah! My streak is safe. Not that there’s any shame in having a close shave. ---
**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 18, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1463 "2022-02-18T02:56:52Z")
Coffee! πŸ˜‰ ---
**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 18, 2022, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1464 "2022-02-18T03:05:10Z")
LOL, agreed. Wordle is the _second_ thing I do after starting my day. (Actually, that’s not strictly true. But the others are too mundane.) ---
**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 18, 2022, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1465 "2022-02-18T03:29:22Z")
Wordle 244 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALERT POISE VOGUE DODGE ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1466 "2022-02-18T03:53:15Z")
Wordle 243 was so hard it made a news story: > **[Today’s Wordle Game Left Players Devastated Over Guess With "Too Many...](https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/today-s-wordle-game-left-players-devastated-over-guess-with-too-many-possibilities/ar-AATZSVb?ocid=msedgntp)** > > Spoiler alert! ---
**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 18, 2022, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1467 "2022-02-18T04:19:18Z")
Wordle 243 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Lucky on the third guess given the potential options. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1468 "2022-02-18T04:27:31Z")
I guess I’m weird for having noticed three possible legal answers at that point, and guessing a random weird that used a few of the possible letters, for a solid 2-guess 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 18, 2022, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1469 "2022-02-18T05:56:35Z")
Wordle 244 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE PRIDE DUNCE FOLKY DODGE Totally blew this one. After three guesses I had a lot of information but no clue. Stuck, I had to burn my fourth guess on five new letters. (But looking now I see I only managed four new letters.) Even still with that it took me forever to come up with the right answer. ---
**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 18, 2022, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1470 "2022-02-18T07:30:31Z")
Yeah I really struggled with 244 as well. I only got it after I jokingly entered DOGEE and my partner told me I was β€œsoooo close”. ---
**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 18, 2022, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1471 "2022-02-18T07:32:30Z")
I wouldn’t say it was β€œhard”, it just required some luck. A hard Wordle is when you are struggling to think of a word with the available letters. 243 was easy to think of words that fit, but it was just a matter of luck picking the correct one. ---
**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 18, 2022, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1472 "2022-02-18T09:04:25Z")
Wordle 244 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨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 18, 2022, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1473 "2022-02-18T10:34:26Z")
Wordle 244 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COAST BOGEY DODGE ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1474 "2022-02-18T12:15:22Z")
> **Wordle 244 4/6 2/18/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SHAK **E** β†’ At least I knocked four good letters out. Try something with a couple more vowels… > C **O** UP **E** β†’ Probably both vowels, but no consonants yet. Can’t think of T or R words here, so… > L **ODGE** β†’ Well, I guess we have a double letter > **DODGE** > > I think it’s my first all-green board. ---
**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 18, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1475 "2022-02-18T12:39:56Z")
Wordle 244 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1476 "2022-02-18T12:45:07Z")
Wordle 244 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I was sure my fourth guess was the answer… COURT MEANS POKED LODGE DODGE I always start with those first words. The third placed some letters and tried some new ones. ---
**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 18, 2022, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1477 "2022-02-18T12:46:55Z")
Wordle 244 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Bastard! ---
**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 18, 2022, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1478 "2022-02-18T13:00:25Z")
Average day today Wordle 244 4/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Lucky I could only think of one word that matched the last 4 letters. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1479 "2022-02-18T13:19:52Z")
I was lucky today on my second guess which took away the challenge. I got it in three, STONE LODGE DODGE ---
**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 18, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1480 "2022-02-18T14:56:45Z")
Got lucky on my first guess. Wordle 244 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRADE DOUSE DODGE Knew D was unlikely to be the 2nd or 3rd letter and from there is was just running through what could possibly fit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=73) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=75)