# "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:** 86
**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 26, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1701 "2022-02-26T15:20:26Z")
Wordle 252 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 NADIR SIGHT SLICK SPILL I was waffling between SPILL and SMILE. Usually I’ll avoid putting up double letters until I absolutely have to, but for some reason my gut told me to go for it. Seems like there have been more doubles than not lately. I also didn’t try for any more vowels after finding the I. So I did things a bit differently today, but I still got there. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1702 "2022-02-26T15:34:28Z")
> **Wordle 252 5/6 2/26/2022** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ > 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > V_I_VID β†’ About the best start I could expect, really… > _I_NE_P_T β†’ Kinda the way I was feeling about myself after this one… > _P_R **I** CK β†’ Looks like a single I word. Try some consonants… > B_L_ **I** M_P_ β†’ I have ?PI(L?|?L). T is gone, so not SPILT. Not much left but > **SPILL** > > I try to avoid doubles, but there really wasn’t much left. SPOIL would have been a better guess on 3, might have gotten it in 4. ---
**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 26, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1703 "2022-02-26T15:54:29Z")
Wordle 252 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I’ve recently changed my starting words. There are no repeated letters in the first three words. HAIRY STONE CLUMP SPILL In the previous three starting words there was one repeated letter, the E: IRATE LOCUS HYMEN ---
**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, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1704 "2022-02-26T16:07:02Z")
Are there five playable words to uncover 25 letters, leaving out X? I started trying to think of some, starting with Q, then B (bonus, β€œmy” B word includes a W), then J. Oh, nice,the J pairs with U… Turns out β€œmy” brilliant guesses were: QUICK BROWN JUMPS I literally came up with them in sentence order. Such a knucklehead. The challenge stands. Can anyone think of five words covering every letter except X, or possibly Z? ---
**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 26, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1705 "2022-02-26T16:15:22Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Are there five playable words to uncover 25 letters, leaving out X? Yes, apparently, because wordle accepts some pretty obscure stuff. Spoiler - BRICK, JUMPY, GLENT, VOZHD, WAQFS From this [reddit thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/wordle/comments/sdt1x4/is_it_possible_to_make_5_different_5_letter_words/) ---
**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, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1706 "2022-02-26T16:18:00Z")
Ha! Some of those words are some bullshit, heh. Thanks for the link, I’ll check it out after I try for myself. I’ll definitely be using an anagram tool. ---
**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 26, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1707 "2022-02-26T16:52:12Z")
Guessed wrong on the two likelies. Wordle 252 4/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLIMB SKILL SPILL ---
**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 26, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1708 "2022-02-26T18:10:17Z")
Wordle 252 6/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 !? Unlucky ! BEARD QUILT CHILL SWILL SKILL SPILL ---
**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 26, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1709 "2022-02-26T18:55:15Z")
Wordle 253 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 26, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1710 "2022-02-26T20:52:38Z")
Here’s tomorrow’s. I went with first instincts on each guess. It paid off. Wordle 253 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 26, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1711 "2022-02-26T22:54:06Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > I’ve recently changed my starting words. There are no repeated letters in the first three words. > > HAIRY > STONE > CLUMP > '\*\*\*\*\* I start Quordle with COURT IMPLY WEANS (In some order) So I have a W where you have an H, and our other letters are the same. I think yours are better than mine. Maybe I’ll switch. I like the locations of some of your letters, as well as the use of β€œH”. For Wordle, i usually start with COURT and LEANS, and then change my words based on what I’ve learned. ---
**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 26, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1712 "2022-02-26T23:08:42Z")
It was scary the other day when HA_ **I** _RY STONE CLUMP only yielded one yellow square. I was truly scared. You might even say that my fright was vivid. πŸ™‚ ---
**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, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1713 "2022-02-26T23:09:19Z")
Same. ---
**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 27, 2022, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1714 "2022-02-27T00:11:42Z")
Magnificent Wordle 253 2/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 THOSE CHANT ---
**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 27, 2022, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1715 "2022-02-27T05:28:58Z")
Nice, same! (But not the same first word.) Wordle 253 2/6 πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHORD CHANT I was torn between CHIEF and CHANT, though now in hindsight I didn’t think of CHIME or CHAIN. I did think of CHAFF but deemed it less common. Regardless, I was guessing immediately, not having to burn a second word fishing for letters. It could have easily gone to four guesses. CHAIN would have been a smarter play to ensure not going to four guesses. Glad I didn’t think of it. ETA: Or CHEAT or CHEST or CHUCK or holy crap, that could have gone badly. ---
**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 27, 2022, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1716 "2022-02-27T05:35:20Z")
Wordle 253 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALERT SAINT CHANT ---
**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 27, 2022, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1717 "2022-02-27T05:40:51Z")
Interesting how today’s seems to be quite easy. I wonder if that’s because it has many of those frequent letters. ---
**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 27, 2022, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1718 "2022-02-27T05:52:19Z")
How do i share from NYT, with just the color blocks? At any rate got it in three PARSE SPOUT SPILL ---
**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 27, 2022, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1719 "2022-02-27T06:02:45Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > How do i share from NYT, with just the color blocks? When you win, a popup comes up with a big β€œSHARE” button. Clicking that saves the squares to your clipboard, so you can paste it into your social media. ---
**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 27, 2022, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1720 "2022-02-27T06:15:06Z")
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