# "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:** 85
**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 25, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1681 "2022-02-25T17:36:56Z")
Wordle 251 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD CLOUD TIMID VIVID ---
**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 25, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1682 "2022-02-25T18:34:20Z")
I sure eliminated a LOT of letters. Wordle 251 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 25, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1683 "2022-02-25T20:04:32Z")
Does this mean Wordle only puts up one word a day, the same for everyone? ---
**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 25, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1684 "2022-02-25T20:06:25Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Just so you know, whatever picture that is it’s not Wordle. At least not the one we are all talking about in this thread. It’s not an app. It’s on The NY Times website: > [Wordle - The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html) I realize that. But the mechanics of the game are identical, as far as I can see. ---
**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 25, 2022, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1685 "2022-02-25T20:07:02Z")
Yes, that’s what has made it so popular. The words are drip fed to us daily and it is the same word for everyone so we can compare notes. ---
**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 25, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1686 "2022-02-25T20:19:48Z")
Tomorrow’s word seemed familiar. It may have been one I used as a guess in an earlier game. Wordle 252 3/6 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > [@lissener](#): > > Does this mean Wordle only puts up one word a day, the same for everyone? > [@"Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game/956604/918): > > Just FYI going forward: Everyone gets the same puzzle each day, so please hide your solution behind spoiler tags You can also post the little squares by clicking the β€œshare” link, which saves them to your clipboard Timezones mean the puzzle updates at everyone’s unique midnight, so include the puzzle number that comes with the β€œshare” link, or include the date you solved it on ---
**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 25, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1687 "2022-02-25T22:25:13Z")
Yipes, today was a tough one. Messed up on the fifth guess, forgot there was an I in the 4th position. STEIN RABID LUCID OVOID DIVED VIVID ---
**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 25, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1688 "2022-02-25T22:42:39Z")
Man, I struggled with this one in Notepad for hours. After trying every conceivable combination of letters with what I was left with after letter elimination and placement, it was the only actual word I could come up with for my fourth try. It had to be right. Wordle 251 4/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLIMB WINDY VIVID How rude of them to double-double!!! Devious. ---
**Author:** ![Beesnest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1689 "2022-02-26T02:37:31Z")
This one did me in . I am not having fun anymore-I was never really having fun. My word list their snail music plaid rigid Failed to come up with a word for the end , Was bummed when I saw that there was a legal 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 26, 2022, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1690 "2022-02-26T05:29:46Z")
Wordle 252 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOPED PITCH SPILL My second guess was supposed to cover R, T and S but I was seduced by the CH. Just as I was thinking I’d gone off the rails, the answer came to me. EDIT: In hindsight, a better word for my second guess would have been TRIPS. Or STRIP, I guess. ---
**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 26, 2022, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1691 "2022-02-26T05:49:23Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Tomorrow’s word seemed familiar. It may have been one I used as a guess in an earlier game. Yes, it seems familiar because of the one that ended up as SWILL, but there were several possible words you could try, and this was one of them. Wordle 252 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALERT SOLID SPILL ---
**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 26, 2022, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1692 "2022-02-26T08:54:38Z")
Wordle 252 5/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 26, 2022, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1693 "2022-02-26T09:46:21Z")
Wordle 252 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 26, 2022, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1694 "2022-02-26T12:13:09Z")
Today came wuickly for me Wordle 252 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 26, 2022, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1695 "2022-02-26T12:18:12Z")
Splendid Wordle 252 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEAST SLICK SHILL SPILL ---
**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 26, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1696 "2022-02-26T13:19:33Z")
Wordle 252 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I was skittish after yesterday, but today was back to normal. ---
**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 26, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1697 "2022-02-26T13:47:51Z")
Wordle 252 4/6 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STRIP SPINE SPICY SPILL ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1698 "2022-02-26T14:07:12Z")
Wordle 252 3/6 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPATE SPOIL SPILL ---
**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 26, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1699 "2022-02-26T14:07:30Z")
Wordle 252 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL SPILL ] ---
**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 26, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1700 "2022-02-26T15:10:23Z")
I seem to have a knack for nailing that middle letter on the first guess, which makes the rest of it on hard just that little extra harder. Damnit. Wordle 252 6/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=84) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=86)