# "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:** 80
**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 22, 2022, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1581 "2022-02-22T12:40:23Z")
Wordle 248 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I think this is my first three! I always start with the same two words, though. Court Means Thorn ---
**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 22, 2022, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1582 "2022-02-22T13:32:10Z")
Also 3 here Wordle 248 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLEAT THINK THORN ---
**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 22, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1583 "2022-02-22T14:28:27Z")
Wordle 248 2/6 ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STORE THORN ---
**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 22, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1584 "2022-02-22T15:40:36Z")
Wordle 248 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 22, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1585 "2022-02-22T15:40:57Z")
A fairly mundane solve today. Wordle 248 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SNAIL BOUND HERON THORN ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1586 "2022-02-22T16:36:50Z")
> **Wordle 248 4/6 2/22/2022** > > 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟨🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _OTH_E_R_ β†’ Wow. Good start from yesterday’s answer… > **TH** _RO_W β†’ R in 4th, what fits? Small village perhaps? > **THOR** P β†’ Darn, every rose has its > **THORN** > > After that start, really should have been a 3. ---
**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 22, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1587 "2022-02-22T19:03:32Z")
Wordle 248 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE ROUST STORM THORN ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1588 "2022-02-22T19:14:21Z")
The last two days has been solved in three. I’m at 94% completion for 51 games and with a win streak of 33. ---
**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 22, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1589 "2022-02-22T20:34:05Z")
Another three for me on tomorrow’s game. Wordle 249 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 22, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1590 "2022-02-22T21:23:58Z")
Wordle 248 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD STORK THORN ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1591 "2022-02-23T01:52:08Z")
I just picked up on this. I’d been hearing about it, but the first 2 attempts to download it saddled me with weird counterfeit games. Speaking of weird, the very first time I played I got one in 2. Looks like my average is closer to 4, but I’ve had a total of 3 twos. Complaint: has THE most obnoxious ads of any game app I’ve played. ---
**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 23, 2022, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1592 "2022-02-23T02:55:33Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Complaint: has THE most obnoxious ads of any game app I’ve played. It’s not on the app store. It’s just a website (Now it’s a nytimes website) [Wordle - The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html) Anything off the app store will be some knockoff with annoying ads or worse. ---
**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 23, 2022, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1593 "2022-02-23T05:22:42Z")
Wordle 248 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Some unexpected letter positions. I burned a guess where I dropped a known letter to find an additional letter. CREAK TURNS TONED THORN ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1594 "2022-02-23T05:39:52Z")
Wordle 249 6/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Phew indeed! GUEST DEATH ENTRY TRICE TROPE TROVE ---
**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 23, 2022, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1595 "2022-02-23T05:40:24Z")
Wordle 249 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LATER TROPE TROVE ---
**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 23, 2022, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1596 "2022-02-23T05:40:39Z")
Wordle 249 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHAMP STORE WROTE TROVE After two guesses I was down to two possibilities, both common. I picked wrong. ---
**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 23, 2022, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1597 "2022-02-23T08:27:53Z")
I got nothing but greens with every guess this time, but it still took me until the last guess to get it right. 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS TROUT TROPE TRODE TROKE (didn’t know that one was actually a word, was just guessing consonants at that point) TROVE ---
**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 23, 2022, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1598 "2022-02-23T10:04:49Z")
Wordle 249 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GREAT TRIPE TROVE ---
**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 23, 2022, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1599 "2022-02-23T10:23:14Z")
Wordle 249 4/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A little disappointed in myself, but I had two choices at 4th try and at least I picked the right one and didn’t go to 5. ---
**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 23, 2022, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1600 "2022-02-23T11:30:19Z")
Wordle 249 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Scare Gripe Froze Trove I have no strategy words i just wing it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=79) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=81)