# "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:** 103
**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:** [July 8, 2023, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2041 "2023-07-08T09:11:07Z")
Wordle 749 X/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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt J} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \end{aligned} Bolleaux. ☹ ---
**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:** [July 8, 2023, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2042 "2023-07-08T11:23:39Z")
Wordle 749 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE LONER CHUMP COWER ---
**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:** [July 8, 2023, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2043 "2023-07-08T11:56:52Z")
Wordle 749 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCORE COVER COWER I ignore my rules at my own peril. Saw cower first, then cover, and I really felt like cover was going to be the answer. But I always go with what I see first. Except that yesterday, doing exactly that cost me a guess in quordle. So I figured I might try it out just this once, going with my gut instead of the first thing I saw. Stupid. First time doing that in well over a hundred games and it cost me. Even worse, my 4s have now caught back up to my 3s with 205 of both. ---
**Author:** ![Beesnest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2044 "2023-07-08T12:14:27Z")
Wordle 749 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩I was sure this was wrong when I clicked ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2045 "2023-07-08T12:57:06Z")
Wordle 749 6/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YOUTH DONOR MOWER LOWER POWER COWER Its a trap!! Whew. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2046 "2023-07-08T14:22:55Z")
Wordle 749 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BIKER LOVER POWER COWER ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2047 "2023-07-08T16:39:21Z")
> **Wordle 749 5/6\* 7/8/2023** > > ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > D **O** NUT β†’ Try an A, and some common consonants. > S **O** LA **R** β†’ R was a nice pickup. Slide an E in before it. Some ?OVERs, ?OWERs, and ?OKERs that I can see. Hopefully the next word will be definitive… > M **OWER** β†’ Trap. But I think I have it. Three more words I can see… > P **OWER** β†’ Not that one. > **COWER** > > I though I had it covered with BOWER left to go, but I forgot about ROWER and (possibly B.S.) VOWER, so this was an exceptionally tricky trap. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2048 "2023-07-08T17:19:37Z")
Well, this was an unpleasant game! Wordle 749 5/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE OWNER MOWER LOWER COWER Stupid trap words. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2049 "2023-07-08T18:11:30Z")
Wordle 749 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,713 🟩⬜🟨🟨🟨 11 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE =\> CODER/CORER/COVER/COWER trap VOWED =\> Untrapping COWER Happy with a 4. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2050 "2023-07-08T22:41:42Z")
Wordle 749 4/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OVINE LOSER COMPT COWER Seems like we had this same \_O\_ER trap not long ago. And I think I used the same sleuth word. Getting out of this one with a four is a win in my book. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2023, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2051 "2023-07-09T00:47:44Z")
**Wordle 749 5/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHOIR DUMPY COVER COWER Stupid trap word πŸ™„ I had to use a sleuth word (Dumpy), which ruled out 4 words at least (Coder, Comer, Coper, Coyer). I wasn’t sure if any of those 4 words would be used ever, and it seemed Cover and Cower were more likely, but I wasn’t taking any chances. In hindsight, I should have just gone with those two and I’d have gotten it in 4. Oh well. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2023, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2052 "2023-07-09T04:08:16Z")
**Wordle, Sunday 09 June 2023** Wordle 750 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET ROUND ENTER ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2053 "2023-07-09T04:35:26Z")
Wordle 750 3/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO ENTRY ENTER ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2054 "2023-07-09T07:07:43Z")
Wordle 750 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIOUS AVERT ETHER ENTER ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2055 "2023-07-09T07:46:08Z")
> **Wordle 750 5/6\* 7/9/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟩 > ⬜🟨🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > COW **ER** β†’ This will be either a cinch or a slog. Let’s try some vowels… > AID **ER** β†’ It’s looking like slog. Try a repeated E instead of a U, and common consonants… > S_TE_ **ER** β†’ Good one! Swap T & E and get… > M_E_ **TER** β†’ Well, one of em. E?TER, got that N so… > **ENTER** > > Another 5 after such a promising beginning. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2023, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2056 "2023-07-09T08:49:26Z")
Wordle 750 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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \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 E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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:** [July 9, 2023, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2057 "2023-07-09T11:54:33Z")
Wordle 750 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT TONES ENTER Nice and quick. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2058 "2023-07-09T12:12:24Z")
Wordle 750 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE OUTER ENTER ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2059 "2023-07-09T12:21:33Z")
Wordle 750 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 119 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 7 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT THORN ENTER Other than INTER, which had already been used, the only other possibility at 3 was RUNTY, which I thought wasn’t a likely solution. My usual second word, CHORE, would have also left TUNER as an option. Happy to get a 3 after five straight 4s. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2023, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2060 "2023-07-09T12:37:22Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Other than INTER, which had already been used, the only other possibility at 3 was RUNTY, which I thought wasn’t a likely solution. My usual second word, CHORE, would have also left TUNER as an option. Heh. Wordle 750 5/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE STERN TUNER INTER ENTER [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=102) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=104)