# "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:** 83
**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 24, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1641 "2022-02-24T15:28:17Z")
Wordle 250 6/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART LINEN SLEEP FLUME GLOVE BLOKE A toughie, not a word we see a lot in the US. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1642 "2022-02-24T15:52:05Z")
> **Wordle 250 4/6\* 2/24/2022** > > ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 > 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > TR **O** V **E** β†’ Possible danger start, need to hit on some consonants fast > _L_O **O** S **E** β†’ Got a good one, and no double O or S > A **LO** N **E** β†’ A lot of good fill-ins already gone, I’ll try > **BLOKE** > > Getting RST out of the way early helped, they would have slotted in between O & E for a lot of words… ---
**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 24, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1643 "2022-02-24T16:23:35Z")
Shoulda gone with my gut. Wordle 250 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLOSE ELOPE BLOKE I had BLOKE in mind for my third try, but then I thought, β€œNo! They always use those double letters!” So I went with ELOPE instead. I R DUM. ---
**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 24, 2022, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1644 "2022-02-24T16:55:35Z")
Wordle 250 4/6 πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 LEARN CLOSE GLOBE BLOKE Looks like a lot of us β€˜Mericans went with GLOBE first. I think the only place I’ve ever encountered BLOKE is in Andy Capp comics. ---
**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 24, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1645 "2022-02-24T17:01:47Z")
And GLOVE too. Wordle 250 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HAIRY STONE CLUMP GLOVE BLOKE ---
**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 24, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1646 "2022-02-24T18:00:08Z")
Wordle 250 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 My familiarity with British chaps helped. πŸ™‚ TRIPE ALONE BLOKE ---
**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 24, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1647 "2022-02-24T18:24:30Z")
This was a rough one [![](https://i.ibb.co/GHQzmn3/Screenshot-20220224-122056-871.png) ](https://i.ibb.co/GHQzmn3/Screenshot-20220224-122056-871.png) ---
**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 24, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1648 "2022-02-24T18:57:14Z")
Wordle 250 6/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Close. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1649 "2022-02-24T19:09:09Z")
Got it in two. Lucky guess. CRATE BLOKE I was going to use Broke, even with the already eliminated R, just to get more information. Then I remembered bloke and thought I’d try that, not imagining it would be today’s word. ---
**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 24, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1650 "2022-02-24T19:16:36Z")
I had the same last 3 words as GreenWyvern. I started with a pretty random low percentage word, which was not super helpful. Wordle 250 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUERY TOILE SLOPE CLONE BLOKE ---
**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 24, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1651 "2022-02-24T19:48:47Z")
Well, I was completely stuck with 251. Guesses 3 to 5 were attempts to narrow the letters down and my final guess was just me giving up. It was a word I know but my brain just couldn’t put it together from the letters available even though I’d narrowed it down to only a few. Wordle 251 X/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ---
**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 24, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1652 "2022-02-24T21:00:23Z")
Wordle 251 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE MOUND CHILD VIVID Heh Richard I wondered if this will trip some up. Two double letters, and one of them uncommon. Let us see what happens… ---
**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 24, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1653 "2022-02-24T21:19:05Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > (I do appreciate GuanoLad always pointing out that he’s showing the next day’s puzzle). Thank you. It is weird for me to refer to today as tomorrow, but as I used to be in the opposite shoes when everyone else would post their solutions ahead of it changing for me (until they shifted it from GMT to the [IDL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Date_Line)), I figure it’s an easy enough thing for me to do. Tomorrow’s is… interesting. Wordle 251 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 24, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1654 "2022-02-24T22:49:02Z")
Since you linked to Quordle, I thought I’d suggest another challenging variation that’s a bit different. It’s called [Absurdle](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://qntm.org/files/absurdle/absurdle.html&ved=2ahUKEwje1t6Qspn2AhVJmWoFHZvzCDwQFnoECBEQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2wtL3TZ4t6hNGf6BroHZ3-), and the game changes the target word to avoid your guesses, until you pin it down. It has been taking me about 8 tries to get the word. In my last game, I tried to force it into giving me a particular word, and came within one letter. ---
**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 24, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1655 "2022-02-24T23:32:39Z")
My recent hoopla (digital library)checkouts all had eccentric English blokes. ---
**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 25, 2022, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1656 "2022-02-25T02:50:53Z")
Hmm. If your start with the same words, that one will give you the same solution. Absurdle 5/∞ [Absurdle @ Things Of Interest](https://qntm.org/files/absurdle/absurdle.html) ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 So i guess that’s why it gives you the option of a random guess to NYC things up. I imagine it’s more fun if your opening guess is random. ---
**Author:** ![PokestarFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@PokestarFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PokestarFan)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1657 "2022-02-25T03:00:12Z")
Wordle 250 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 25, 2022, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1658 "2022-02-25T04:36:48Z")
Wordle 251 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ORATE SLING PICKY VIVID A difficult one today. It took me ages to think of the last word. ---
**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 25, 2022, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1659 "2022-02-25T06:07:13Z")
Wordle 251 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHALK STORE GIMPY BINDI VIVID Another tough one, another five. ---
**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 25, 2022, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1660 "2022-02-25T10:08:18Z")
I haven’t read any posts. This puzzle really worries me. I have two more guesses and so far only one letter is correct. I have played these words: HAIRY STONE CLUMP GAWKS Of these only the letter I (India; in HAIRY) is yellow. That’s the only letter I have so far. This leaves only the following letters, and these consonants are the least frequently used letters (per Wiki): D F B Z V X J Q Here’s the Wiki page, probably known to all of us in this thread: [Letter frequency - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_frequency) Here’s what I have so far and it doesn’t look promising. Can I spoiler a picture? I will try that now. [Wordle 2/25/2022 β€” uh-oh, my win streak of 63 straight wins is at risk! - Album on Imgur](https://imgur.com/gallery/YRcVTYH) (Hmmm, looks like I can’t spoiler that correctly, you still have to click on the link) My win streak of 63 of 63, 100% since I started playing on 12/24 is at risk!! (my first post in this thread is post #3) **Must get to work!!** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=82) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=84)