# "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:** 98
**Author:** ![Beesnest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1941 "2022-03-08T00:38:09Z")
Wordle archive site by Metzger Media just got shut down by NYT… I don’t know how they lasted that long using the wordle name and linking to the current day puzzle. I wonder what is copywrite infringement- the board ? the color coded correct guess? I enjoyed the 6 letter puzzle and the ability to try several a day. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1942 "2022-03-08T02:27:20Z")
So, anyone here undefeated? Who has the longest streak? When this first went viral there were lots of columns giving advice from people who had forty or sixty straight wins. Maybe Dopers are smarter than the average bear, but this seems very doable. ---
**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 8, 2022, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1943 "2022-03-08T05:47:28Z")
Undefeated in 41 tries and counting. Wordle 262 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟨⬛⬛🟨 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAMP STOLE SHEET SWEET First two guesses narrowed it down to two choices, I guessed wrong. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2022, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1944 "2022-03-08T06:44:12Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > So, anyone here undefeated? Not too uncommon, I should think. I am 67/67, streak of 62 ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1945 "2022-03-08T07:47:45Z")
Wordle 262 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DREAM FLESH SPENT SWEET ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1946 "2022-03-08T09:44:53Z")
> [@Shalmanese](#): > > I managed to solve the Daily Sedecordle in 17! That’s both extremely impressive and a smidge lucky. > [@Bullitt](#): > > I forgot about starting with AIERY. I didn’t. But it didn’t help much. It was the second guess that really did it. Wordle 262 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AIERY THESE STEEL SWEET ---
**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 8, 2022, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1947 "2022-03-08T11:11:55Z")
Wordle 262 4/6\* ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Clear Stent Sheet Sweet ---
**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:** [March 8, 2022, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1948 "2022-03-08T11:15:52Z")
Wordle 262 5/6 ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Odd that I went to SKEET before SWEET. Bloody fool I am. GREAT SLEPT SHEET SKEET SWEET ---
**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 8, 2022, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1949 "2022-03-08T11:55:30Z")
OMG! Just barely… Wordle 262 6/6 ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AIERY SNOUT SHEET SLEET SKEET — (bloody fool am I!) 🙂 SWEET — barely! And I was hoping that there wasn’t any weird word like SCEET or SPEET or STEET or SVEET… ---
**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 8, 2022, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1950 "2022-03-08T12:01:31Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > So, anyone here undefeated? Who has the longest streak? > > When this first went viral there were lots of columns giving advice from people who had forty or sixty straight wins. Maybe Dopers are smarter than the average bear, but this seems very doable. I’m at 75 straight, 100%, and out of 75 games played. So far. 1 — 1 2 — 1 3 — 13 4 — 26 5 — 23 6 — 11 ---
**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 8, 2022, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1951 "2022-03-08T12:19:19Z")
Wordle 262 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LATER TOKEN SWEET ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1952 "2022-03-08T12:31:19Z")
I very nearly went SKEET first too. Weird that several of us thought of that before the actual answer. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1953 "2022-03-08T13:00:01Z")
I had letters 1, 3 and 4 after my second guess which is great, but there ended up being surprisingly many options left for me to go through which is an annoying situation to be in. I could have conjured up a word using many of those potential letters, narrowed it down and certainly nailed it in four, or take a punt on one of the options and potentially nail it three, more likely in four and definitely in five. I took the second option and got it in four. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1954 "2022-03-08T13:30:31Z")
I haven’t read any of this this thread, so apologies if I am bringing up something that may already have been discussed. I just joined a chat group, which purports to be a monthly Wordle contest. The participants all post their daily score by sending their colored tile results. These are tracked and the person with the lowest average wins something. To me, this is more of a contest of who comes up with the best first guess. My idea is that everyone should start with the same first word each day. Perhaps everyone can take turns posting a 5 letter word each night, and everyone has to start with that word. Anyone try this, or have other thoughts on this idea? ---
**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 8, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1955 "2022-03-08T14:00:21Z")
Coming up with the first word is part of the fun. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1956 "2022-03-08T14:03:47Z")
Keep playing, if you enjoy it, but don’t expect much of a cognitive boost: [Wordle and your brain: Does playing make you smarter? | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/08/health/wordle-brain-games-wellness/index.html) ---
**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 8, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1957 "2022-03-08T15:27:18Z")
Wordle 262 4/6\* ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟨⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLEAT EVENT SHEET SWEET After guess 2, I knew all but one letter. My first guess was wrong, so I’m glad I got it on the next one. I figured SWEET was more likely than SKEET or SLEET. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1958 "2022-03-08T15:32:23Z")
> **Wordle 262 4/6\* 3/8/2022** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > HOARD → Five down, 21 to go! > **S** POIL → OK, I wasted that O. Kicking myself here, SPELT would have been better (especially as it turned out…) > **S** _T_UCK → And now, I felt like I really was. Gotta be an E in there - do I have two? Can’t be SWEDE… > **SWEET** > > I though hard mode would prevent me from playing the O twice… I guess it really only forces green letters into place. ---
**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 8, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1959 "2022-03-08T15:35:55Z")
> [@eschrodinger](#): > > After guess 2, I knew all but one letter. My first guess was wrong, so I’m glad I got it on the next one. I figured SWEET was more likely than SKEET or SLEET. Your first word eliminated SLEET. Until just this moment I had assumed SKEET wouldn’t be on the answer list because I was only thinking of the slang usage. But I just remembered skeet shooting is a thing. So it could be on the answer list. But then again, neither of those definitions exactly jumps to the front of the list of words “my girlfriend will definitely know.” ---
**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 8, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1960 "2022-03-08T15:37:50Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > I though hard mode would prevent me from playing the O twice… I guess it really only forces green letters into place. Hard mode doesn’t prevent using known bad letters. It makes you use all of the known good letters. So greens in their places, and yellows have to be in subsequent guesses. You can leave a yellow in a known wrong spot, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=97) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=99)