# "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:** 104
**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 9, 2023, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2061 "2023-07-09T13:30:09Z")
Wordle 750 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART TREND ENTER ---
**Author:** ![Beesnest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2062 "2023-07-09T13:49:48Z")
Wordle 750 2/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©chair 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩looking for a spot for E blurred I shocked myself . Actually have 23 2fers now. ---
**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 9, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2063 "2023-07-09T17:15:29Z")
Wordle 750 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 LOUSE INTER ENTER A very lucky second guess. ---
**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 9, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2064 "2023-07-09T17:18:38Z")
Wordle 750 5/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SOLID KRAUT THERE METER ENTER Another five. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2065 "2023-07-10T02:04:04Z")
Wordle 750 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST TONER ENTER ---
**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 10, 2023, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2066 "2023-07-10T04:22:45Z")
**Monday 10 July 2023** Wordle 751 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET ROUND CHIMP FOLLY β€” a lucky guess! ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2067 "2023-07-10T04:53:06Z")
Wordle 751 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHONE MOLDY FOGLE FOLLY So after three I was pretty sure it was an -LLY word, and I had it down to FOLLY, GOLLY, or JOLLY. I needed a sleuth word with at least two of those and ideally the L in fourth place to make sure I wasn’t missing another option. Hence FOGLE. I don’t know what it means but it saved a five. ETA: just googled. It’s either a silk handkerchief or sex with an underage girl as in Subway spokesman, depending on whether your dictionary is urban or not, ---
**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 10, 2023, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2068 "2023-07-10T05:57:12Z")
**Wordle 750 4/6** ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHOIR TUNER ENTER ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2069 "2023-07-10T07:06:45Z")
Wordle 751 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIOUS ORATE COLLY FOLLY ---
**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:** [July 10, 2023, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2070 "2023-07-10T07:59:10Z")
Wordle 751 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE FOLLY Lucky guess on this one. I was just trying to figure out where the L was supposed to go and accidentally solved the puzzle. ---
**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 10, 2023, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2071 "2023-07-10T09:34:37Z")
Wordle 751 5/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE TOILS MOULD WOOLY FOLLY ---
**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 10, 2023, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2072 "2023-07-10T11:28:49Z")
Wordle 751 6/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,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 Q} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt J} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \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:** [July 10, 2023, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2073 "2023-07-10T11:45:57Z")
Wordle 751 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IDEAL CLOUT POLYP FOLLY ---
**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 10, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2074 "2023-07-10T12:00:57Z")
Wordle 751 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL CLOWN MOLDY FOLLY ---
**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 10, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2075 "2023-07-10T12:15:31Z")
Wordle 751 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT ROLES JIHAD FOLLY Had to cheat by abandoning hard mode to narrow down the \_OLLY trap. Interestingly, the valid solutions I could see were five consecutive consonants: DFGHJ. There is no word I could see that use four of them, but several choices using three. That meant I had to rank them on likelihood, leaving one high percentage and one low percentage uncovered to give me an obvious guess if nothing hit. The order I decided, most common to least likely, was folly, jolly, dolly, holly, golly. Ideally I would then want to leave folly and golly uncovered, which I was able to do with jihad. Nothing hit, and then my top choice ended up being the answer. The other options I saw instead of jihad were judge and fudge. It was almost refreshing that none of the five had previously been an answer. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2076 "2023-07-10T15:27:43Z")
> **Wordle 751 4/6\* 7/10/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > ENTER β†’ I expected a bit more. Need to guess vowels. Can get two… > HA **L** _O_S β†’ Waited a while here. Finally resolved to try a Y and a couple more consonants, with O in second… > G **OL** D **Y** β†’ And while the consonants didn’t hit, I think I’m about done with the vowels. I’m seeing ?OLLY, but with DGH already gone it’s not too traplike - M, J, or F (or a third L? Ouch) > **FOLLY** > > Got lucky on the trap guess. ---
**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 10, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2077 "2023-07-10T15:33:25Z")
Wordle 751 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHEAT FLOUR FOLIO ← I thought this would be it! FOLLY ---
**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 10, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2078 "2023-07-10T16:35:29Z")
Wordle 751 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 MOUSE POINT CORAL FOLLY I was pretty sure of the terminal Y, but no guarantee of a double L - and even then I still had DOLLY, GOLLY, JOLLY, and HOLLY in play. Very fortunate to save a par here. ---
**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 10, 2023, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2079 "2023-07-10T16:39:52Z")
I was a lucky girl today. Wordle 751 3/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLOUD FOLLY This was a time when checking already-used words saved the day. I’d found all the -OGGY words. Every one was already used. Also LOWLY. Of the 3 -OLLY words I considered likely, I lucked into trying FOLLY first. I didn’t deserve a 3, but I’ll take it anyway! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2080 "2023-07-11T00:41:36Z")
Wordle 751 6/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 640 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 60 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 12 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 4 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 3 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY JOLLY GOLLY FOLLY Well, didn’t that just suck. My last 10 games have been 5-5-3-4-4-4-4-4-3-6. Blech. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=103) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=105)