# "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:** 95
**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:** [March 5, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1881 "2022-03-05T15:33:58Z")
Been I while since I got a 2! Wordle 259 2/6 β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 TRIAL BRINE I was thinking either BRINE or CRIME and chose correctly. It could also have been GRIME, GRIND, PRIDE, PRICE, BRIDE, BRING, WRING, DRINK, and probably a few others, so I definitely got lucky with this one. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1882 "2022-03-05T15:49:08Z")
Wordle 259 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GREAT CHIMP BRINE ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1883 "2022-03-05T16:32:41Z")
> **Wordle 259 4/6\* 3/5/2022** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > AH_E_AD β†’ not a lot to go on, but the next should be… > STO_R_ **E** β†’ Probably another vowel in there - and should the R be first or second? > G **RI** P **E** β†’ For a while, thought between CRIME and BRIBE, but came up a third possibility without two Bs… > **BRINE** > > Getting the terminal E early helped. Also, good thing I bought Trader Joe’s Authentic Greek Feta last night. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1884 "2022-03-05T16:38:01Z")
Wordle 259 4/6\* πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE PRIZE BRIDE BRINE ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1885 "2022-03-05T16:42:46Z")
Would have had it in 4 but tried BRIDE first. It’s basically the game of Ghost as I knew it where you just return the number of matching letters. A little easier with the graphic interface that tells you something about letter positions. Lots of good first start words, EITHER, ROAST, YEAST, and many more but the letter frequency and double letters can put the target word far away from your guess. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1886 "2022-03-05T16:54:50Z")
Interestingly we had two very different first words and the exact same last two. RATIO SPIRE ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1887 "2022-03-05T18:34:04Z")
Wordle 259 5/6\* 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LAIRS PRIDE GRIME BRINE Does anybody else play in self-imposed β€œSuper-hard mode”? It’s not an option in the regular Wordle setttings though some of the variants allow it. If a letter is ruled out by a previous guess, you can’t use it in any subsequent guesses, and if a letter is shown in a specific spot, you must use it in that spot for all subsequent guesses. I play this way to punish myself for earlier cheating with word lists, anagram solvers, etc. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1888 "2022-03-05T18:56:51Z")
I always played in self-imposed β€œSuper-hard-mode,” as you put it, even before I turned on Hard mode. Still do. I turned on Hard mode so I would stop making a dumb mistake, like using letters I’d already ruled out. Except then I learned that even in Hard mode, Wordle would let me make that dumb mistake. Happened to me yesterday when I used WHEAT after I’d already ruled out that letter with my first try, IRATE. Pretty annoying. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2022, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1889 "2022-03-05T21:20:21Z")
sheesh. Wordle 259 6/6\* ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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:** [March 5, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1890 "2022-03-05T21:30:49Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Yep, there it is. An embarrassing 5: That’s not embarrassing! Seven is embarrassing. πŸ˜‰ ---
**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:** [March 5, 2022, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1891 "2022-03-05T23:13:26Z")
Cool, thanks. I’ve been surprised by some that Wordle calls β€˜words’ β€” e.g., ABORD. I looked it up and it’s an archaic word meaning approach or accost. I mean, really? ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1892 "2022-03-06T00:34:03Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > That’s not embarrassing! Seven is embarrassing. πŸ˜‰ Heh, yes. πŸ™‚ > > [@GuanoLad](#): > > Though none of the final answers are going to be plural-s, you can guess one if you’re trying to eliminate letters. The guessing is checked against a more comprehensive dictionary than the final answers list. Good point. It’s been funny, sometimes when checking whether something actually IS a word or not, to see Google Search showing that guessed collection-of-letters trending that day. β€œShead,” anyone??? > > [@Folly](#): > > > [@Sherrerd](#): > > > > (No site change, either: all along I’ve gotten to the site by Searching β€˜wordle’ and just click on the official site, pre-NYT and post.) > > That is when about when the changeover happened though. I’m sure its related. Yeah, probably. No big deal (though of course none of us would like to see it happening often!) Wordle 259 4/6: ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE, GROPE, BRIDE, BRINE. Less of a slog than I experienced the day before, for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1893 "2022-03-06T03:16:38Z")
This one was way harder for me than it should have been. Wordle 260 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 260** > > AEONS > BROOM > QUOTE > CLOTH ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1894 "2022-03-06T05:04:15Z")
Wordle 260 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLAIN CLOUT CLOTH ---
**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:** [March 6, 2022, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1895 "2022-03-06T05:07:29Z")
Wordle 260 3/6\* 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 This worked out surprisingly well CHEAT COUTH CLOTH ---
**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:** [March 6, 2022, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1896 "2022-03-06T05:13:43Z")
Wordle 260 2/6 πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRATE CLOTH ---
**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:** [March 6, 2022, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1897 "2022-03-06T06:29:51Z")
Got so excited when the first 3 flipped over on the 2nd guess, but alas. Wordle 260 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLAIR CLOUT CLOTH ---
**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:** [March 6, 2022, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1898 "2022-03-06T07:06:44Z")
Wordle 260 2/6\* ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALERT CLOTH ---
**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:** [March 6, 2022, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1899 "2022-03-06T07:35:09Z")
Wordle 260 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Stear Light Cloth ---
**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:** [March 6, 2022, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1900 "2022-03-06T08:10:29Z")
This one gave me more trouble than it should’ve. Wordle 260 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE FLOAT ZLOTY CLOTH [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=94) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=96)