# "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:** 97
**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 7, 2022, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1921 "2022-03-07T11:37:12Z")
Wordle 261 5/6\* πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Shift Guard Shard Heard Hoard ---
**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 7, 2022, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1922 "2022-03-07T12:08:12Z")
How did you get two yellows with that first 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:** [March 7, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1923 "2022-03-07T12:36:17Z")
Wordle 261 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLEAT GROAN ABHOR HOARD ---
**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:** [March 7, 2022, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1924 "2022-03-07T12:46:59Z")
Another deuce! Wordle 261 2/6 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART HOARD ---
**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 7, 2022, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1925 "2022-03-07T12:52:37Z")
Wordle 261 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 tries charm hoard ---
**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 7, 2022, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1926 "2022-03-07T13:04:05Z")
Like pulling teeth today for me as well as some homonym fun. Wordle 261 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLIMP GHOST CONCH HORDE HOARD ---
**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 7, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1927 "2022-03-07T13:07:53Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > How did you get two yellows with that first word? Maybe their first word was really DRIFT? ---
**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 7, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1928 "2022-03-07T13:29:22Z")
Wordle 261 4/6\* 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALERT SPARK CHARD HOARD ---
**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 7, 2022, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1929 "2022-03-07T13:32:21Z")
Wow. I usually come in at 4 guesses, so this is spectacular for me. Wordle 261 2/6\* ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 7, 2022, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1930 "2022-03-07T14:11:55Z")
You are correct, it was drift as in my minded drifted and I CRS 😜 ---
**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:** [March 7, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1931 "2022-03-07T14:24:05Z")
Wordle 261 3/6 πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HAIRY CLUMP HOARD I was planning to try a β€œhairy, clump, stone” start, but i had so much information after two that i went ahead and guessed. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1932 "2022-03-07T15:08:15Z")
My first loss. I had two greens after the second pick. But, I made a wrong assumption and wasted a couple of picks. I got to the last word and had it narrowed down to two possible words. I picked the wrong one. ---
**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 7, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1933 "2022-03-07T15:55:35Z")
Just realized I lucked out with today’s (261) wordle. Laid my two groundwork words then spent several minutes trying to come up with a word for the third guess, and it was correct. But it shouldn’t have taken minutes and it should have taken me four guesses instead of three. I hadn’t checked either H or B, so by all rights I should have quickly guessed BOARD instead of jumping straight to HOARD. ---
**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 7, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1934 "2022-03-07T16:05:09Z")
Wordle 261 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SHARP HOARD Heh, heh. ---
**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 7, 2022, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1935 "2022-03-07T16:10:03Z")
A lucky opening word led to my second two in a row. Wordle 261 2/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 BROAD HOARD Though it took me a while to come up with the right answer. After a couple minutes of staring, I almost plunked down OARED, but resisted. Since there are no β€˜S’ plurals in the game, I figured an β€˜ED’ suffix wasn’t likely either. I actually stepped away for a while until HOARD came to me. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1936 "2022-03-07T16:18:00Z")
> **Wordle 261 3/6\* 3/7/2022** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟨🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CL_O_T_H_ β†’ Not a bad start. Try something with E & R… > **HO** _RD_E β†’ Should have tried something with A & R… > **HOARD** > > Like @Folly I had some fun with homonyms today. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1937 "2022-03-07T17:28:57Z")
Wordle 261 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD CHARD HOARD That’s more like it. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1938 "2022-03-07T20:30:01Z")
Here’s my result for tomorrow’s. Satisfyingly symmetrical. Wordle 262 3/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 8, 2022, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1939 "2022-03-08T00:13:28Z")
Wordle 261 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OUTER, BROAD, HOARD. Glad to have another 3 to offset some of those 4s and 5s. ---
**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 8, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1940 "2022-03-08T00:16:54Z")
**Here’s tomorrow’s puzzle** Wordle 262 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Wordle 262** > > LIVER > DOTES > STEEP > SHEET > SKEET > SWEET > > Double letters are my Kryptonite. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=96) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=98)