# "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:** 75
**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 18, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1481 "2022-02-18T15:15:10Z")
I’m Struggling so hard stuck on 4th row. Egads oy vey ---
**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 18, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1482 "2022-02-18T15:57:36Z")
Wordle 244 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Cloak Opine Throe Gouge Dodge This one totally threw me for a loop idkw!? If they put a timer on it or had a limit on non word guesses I’d have been toast! ---
**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, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1483 "2022-02-18T16:34:26Z")
This one took me awhile. Wordle 244 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLOSE GOUGE DODGE ---
**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 18, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1484 "2022-02-18T16:40:59Z")
This was harder for me than my solution looks. Wordle 244 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 TRAIN LOUPE MOOSE DODGE I don’t normally resort to double letters so early, but I stared at this for a _long_ time trying to come up with valid words. I was fairly confident that it was MOOSE, and then stared even longer after that was wrong. Frustrating for a bit, but then a satisfying light bulb moment. ---
**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 18, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1485 "2022-02-18T16:52:33Z")
Bit of an odd one for me today: Wordle 244 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Dropping all my strategy for first words these days and just going with the first five-letter word with no repeated letters that comes to mind. Went well today. I eliminated five letters! πŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1486 "2022-02-18T19:26:48Z")
This one gave me trouble. For some reason I absolutely couldn’t see the answer and had to brute force it by looking at every single combination of remaining letters until a word appeared. Wordle 244 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1487 "2022-02-18T20:16:24Z")
Some interesting statistics: > **[These are the hardest Wordle puzzles (so far)](https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/02/these-are-the-hardest-wordle-puzzles-so-far/)** > > Crunching the Twitter data to find trends in the popular puzzle. almost 3% (in the sample set) got β€œMOIST” on the first guess… Brian ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1488 "2022-02-18T20:25:31Z")
Same strategy, same result! ---
**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 18, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1489 "2022-02-18T20:27:52Z")
Interesting indeed. I’ve played 24 current Wordles and have worked my way through 55 in the archive. My only loss so far was BOOBY. ---
**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 18, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1490 "2022-02-18T20:31:37Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > almost 3% (in the sample set) got β€œMOIST” on the first guess… Most likely to be spoiled would be my guess. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1491 "2022-02-19T00:52:21Z")
Wordle 244 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Getting it in four is pretty typical for me. The one time it took six is when I had the correct last four letters after three, but guesses four and five were incorrect. I accidentally got it right one time in two. I feel accomplished when I get it in three, but four is much more usual. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1492 "2022-02-19T03:19:26Z")
Wordle 244 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRIPE SONDE DODGE This! ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1493 "2022-02-19T05:23:09Z")
Wordle 245 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL SPOIL SKILL SWILL ---
**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 19, 2022, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1494 "2022-02-19T05:56:10Z")
Another irritating one where a few words would fit and it was just a matter of going through them at random. Wordle 245 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LATER SLING SPILL SKILL SWILL ---
**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 19, 2022, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1495 "2022-02-19T07:13:39Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > Another irritating one where a few words would fit and it was just a matter of going through them at random. Made even more annoying by the fact that the answer was the less common word. Wordle 245 4/6 πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHIRT SMILE SKILL SWILL Fortunately for me, I didn’t think of the word SPILL. ---
**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 19, 2022, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1496 "2022-02-19T08:36:01Z")
Wordle 245 6/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE LOCUS HYMEN GAPED SLICK SWILL @Aspenglow, I think we usually start with the same word, IRATE. I’m curious to see how yours went. ---
**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 19, 2022, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1497 "2022-02-19T09:39:51Z")
A bit Freudian in the middle there. ---
**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 19, 2022, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1498 "2022-02-19T11:07:23Z")
Wordle 246 6/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 That was close! ---
**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 19, 2022, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1499 "2022-02-19T12:41:54Z")
Unfortunately for me, I DID. Wordle 245 6/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAT_I_O **S** _L_ **I** ME **S** K **ILL** **S** P **ILL** **S** H **ILL** **SWILL** ---
**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 19, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1500 "2022-02-19T12:45:29Z")
Wordle 245 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COURT MEANS WHISK SWILL I wanted to try more new letters on my fourth guess, but couldn’t come up with any other words. Good thing i didn’t think of SPILL. (SKILL was impossible.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=74) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=76)