# "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** board-card-word-game\ **Created:** [March 25, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659 "2023-03-25T23:59:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1 "2023-03-25T23:59:39Z")
Continuing the discussion from ["Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1) - #10001 by SeaSun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/10001). Previous discussions: - ["Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2 "2023-03-26T00:48:18Z")
Inaugurating the new thread: Wordle 644 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 199 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 37 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLART NICHE TOWER VOTER After my second word, I had a choice between TOWER, VOTER, ETHER, and a couple other less likely seeming words, including TOKER. ETA: Man, the scores were all over the place on this 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 26, 2023, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3 "2023-03-26T04:08:31Z")
**Sunday, March 26th** Wordle 645 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT STONE UNTIE So focused on the vowels I didn’t notice that I replayed the yellow N in the same spot. On the plus side, unite has already been an answer, making untie an easy guess. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4 "2023-03-26T04:14:26Z")
A fairly easy three for me. ASIDE COURT UNTIE The yellow I in the third position eliminated words like UNITE, QUITE, and UTILE. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5 "2023-03-26T04:21:24Z")
Wordle 645 2/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO UNTIE Two twos in a row! ---
**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 26, 2023, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6 "2023-03-26T04:54:33Z")
We had 10,000 posts. Congratulations to us! A brief history, according to my notes (the shortened URLs are safe; I created them): 🟩 2021-12-24, Wordle 189 = WEARY > **["Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game/956604)** > > Guess a five-letter word in six tries. Letters in your guess are colored yellow if they’re in the word, green if they’re in the right place in the word, and gray if they’re not in the word. There’s only one puzzle per day, and it’s the same puzzle... Posted by @Briny_Deep . Post #1 in the thread. The game was hosted on [powerlanguage.co.uk](http://powerlanguage.co.uk). We start playing. 🟩 2022-01-01, Wordle 206 = REBUS ["Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1) - #147 by Bullitt - The Game Room - Straight Dope Message Board](https://is.gd/wordle_20220101_Bullitt) Posted by @Bullitt . Post #147 in the thread. @Bullitt’s post is the first one for Wordle 206. **Happy New Year 2022!** 🟩 2022-02-10, Wordle 236 = PAUSE ["Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1) - #1280 by Morgyn - The Game Room - Straight Dope Message Board](https://is.gd/wordle_20220210_Morgyn) Posted by @Morgyn . Post #1,280 in the thread. This is the game’s final day hosted on [powerlanguage.co.uk](http://powerlanguage.co.uk). @Morgyn’s post is the last one for Wordle 236. 🟩 2022-02-11, Wordle 237 = ULCER ["Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1) - #1278 by GuanoLad - The Game Room - Straight Dope Message Board](https://is.gd/wordle_20220211_GuanoLad) Posted by @GuanoLad . Post #1,278 in the thread. This is the first day hosted on [nytimes.com](http://nytimes.com). @GuanoLad’s post is the first one for Wordle 237. 🟩 2023-01-01, Wordle 396 = TRITE ["Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1) - #5000 by Briny\_Deep - The Game Room - Straight Dope Message Board](https://is.gd/wordle_20220722_Briny_Deep) Posted by @Briny_Deep . Post #5,000 in the thread. 🟩 2023-01-01, Wordle #561 = WHINE ["Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1) - #8218 by psychobunny - The Game Room - Straight Dope Message Board](https://is.gd/wordle_20230101_psychobunny) Posted by @psychobunny . Post #8,218 in the thread. @psychobunny’s post is the first one for Wordle 561. **Happy New Year 2023!** 🟩 2023-03-25, Wordle #644 = VOTER ["Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1) - #10000 by Sherrerd - The Game Room - Straight Dope Message Board](https://is.gd/wordle_20230325_Sherrerd) Posted by @Sherrerd . Post #10,000 in the thread. ---
**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 26, 2023, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7 "2023-03-26T08:35:43Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > A brief history, Nice one ! Cheers Bullitt. Wordle 645 5/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \<- Stupid \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} Damn ! 5 Five. FIVE ! FIVE?! ---
**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 26, 2023, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8 "2023-03-26T10:56:17Z")
Wordle 645 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![chiliwillybing](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chiliwillybing/32/12394_2.png) [@chiliwillybing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiliwillybing)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9 "2023-03-26T11:09:46Z")
Wordle 645 3/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISE BINGE UNTIE ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/10 "2023-03-26T12:40:23Z")
Wordle 645 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE NICHE KNIFE UNTIE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/11 "2023-03-26T13:04:36Z")
Wordle 645 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 441 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 14 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟨 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLART PINCH TOXIN UNTIE Been over a week since I got a 3 or better. ---
**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 26, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/12 "2023-03-26T13:18:35Z")
Wordle 645 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A slow and steady crawl- every guess revealed one more letter HEART STONE TINGE UNITE UNTIE ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/13 "2023-03-26T14:30:26Z")
Wordle 645 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY MOTEL UNTIE Beat the bot! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/14 "2023-03-26T14:32:29Z")
From the prior thread: > [@"Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/9999): > > Another lucky second try for me, resulting in a 3 today: > > Wordle 644 3/6\* > > β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ > πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > IRATE > TOWER > VOTER > > After TOWER, there was nothing left but VOTER. Took me a few minutes to find it, though. That’s not necessarily so. There’s NOTER, like in the university/NCAA football powerhouse where George Gipp matriculated. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/15 "2023-03-26T17:55:43Z")
Wordle 645 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟦🟧 ⬜⬜⬜🟧⬜ 🟦⬜⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 Better than yesterday’s 0/6. CRANE SPOIL NIXIE - a word non-crossword solvers may not know UNTIE ---
**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 26, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/16 "2023-03-26T17:58:52Z")
I’m on a roll! πŸ˜ƒ Wordle 645 2/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE UNTIE > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > That’s not necessarily so. There’s NOTER, like in the university/NCAA football powerhouse where George Gipp matriculated. Yeah, no, hate to say it but I’m with WordleBot on this one. That reference is so obscure, it can’t be considered Wordle-worthy. πŸ˜‰ (Anyway, I didn’t think of it.) ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/17 "2023-03-26T18:01:08Z")
Wordle 645 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALERT TUNES UNITE UNTIE Well, I guess I thought bringing together before coming apart… ---
**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 26, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/18 "2023-03-26T18:58:24Z")
Wordle 645 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > Opted > Mitre > Untie ---
**Author:** ![SeaSun](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seasun/32/14820_2.png) [@SeaSun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaSun)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/19 "2023-03-26T22:56:44Z")
**Wordle 645 4/6** ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNARE KNIFE INDIE UNTIE I see the editor is having a love-fest with the letter T these days. πŸ™„ ---
**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 27, 2023, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/20 "2023-03-27T00:02:48Z")
Wordle 645 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALIEN RESIN UNTIE Pulled out the three despite stupidly re-using the N in the same (wrong) spot. Took me quite a while to see the solution, though. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=2)