# "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:** 107
**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 13, 2023, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2121 "2023-07-13T06:19:28Z")
**Wordle 753 3/6** ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHOIR WHIRL ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2122 "2023-07-13T09:38:01Z")
Wordle 754 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LOSER REACH DREAM AZURE BARGE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2123 "2023-07-13T11:11:41Z")
Wordle 754 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 1,191 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 36 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE BARGE ARGUE and AGREE had both been used, and AERIE seemed a bit obscure. So BARGE it was. ---
**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 13, 2023, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2124 "2023-07-13T11:59:21Z")
Wordle 754 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT RACES BARGE This was a good way to start since I believe I set the all-time worst mark in quordle today. (Link [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quordle-for-people-who-find-wordle-to-be-too-easy/980931/679).) ---
**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 13, 2023, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2125 "2023-07-13T12:11:08Z")
Wordle 754 6/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART CREAM RAVEN EAGER well that was the 4th attempt to place the E and the R, now I know where they go LARGE BARGE ---
**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 13, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2126 "2023-07-13T13:02:31Z")
Wordle 754 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SWEAT CABLE \<β€” lucky to get a B BADGE \<β€” that should have been it, dammit! BARGE A four is better than a five or six, I guess. My baby streak continues, (32) ---
**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 13, 2023, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2127 "2023-07-13T13:21:08Z")
Wordle 754 3/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE LARGE BARGE ---
**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 13, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2128 "2023-07-13T13:39:38Z")
Wordle 754 4/6\* πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE STARE FARCE BARGE A lone stare repeats itself: first as farce, then as barge. Or something. ---
**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 13, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2129 "2023-07-13T14:52:56Z")
Wordle 754 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2130 "2023-07-13T15:33:11Z")
> **Wordle 754 4/6\* 7/13/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 > ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > WHI_R_L β†’ At least that KOs L & H. Two vowels, two commons? > _A_ST_ER_ β†’ Vowels worked. But where do they all go? > C_RA_N **E** β†’ Took a break after this to walk the dog. Came back and it was staring me in the face… > **BARGE** > > Scoredle says there were 19 possibilities on my last guess. I can vouch for the fact that 18 of them were total B.S. (MARGE was the closest to being a real word.) ---
**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 13, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2131 "2023-07-13T15:35:55Z")
Yeah, I’m a 4 today, too. Wordle 754 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE PARSE LARGE BARGE WordleBot was kind, but I wasn’t impressed. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2023, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2132 "2023-07-13T22:50:19Z")
Wordle 754 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟧 ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OUIJA - thought I’d try a vowel saturated word for a change PLANE CARVE BARGE I’m in a rut. ---
**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 14, 2023, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2133 "2023-07-14T00:31:48Z")
Wordle 754 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OUNCE SLATE BARGE I’d say this was 50% smart guessing and 50% luck. Of Scordle’s 92 remaining words, I counted 6 β€œreal” ones. ---
**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 14, 2023, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2134 "2023-07-14T02:40:56Z")
Wordle 754 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STALE RANGE BARGE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2135 "2023-07-14T04:38:31Z")
Wordle 755 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHINE FIEND ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2136 "2023-07-14T06:50:52Z")
Wordle 755 4/6\* ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIOUS LIGHT MIRED FIEND ---
**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 14, 2023, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2137 "2023-07-14T09:49:03Z")
Wordle 755 3/6\* \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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \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 D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \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 D} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2138 "2023-07-14T09:58:43Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 755 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] ---
**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 14, 2023, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2139 "2023-07-14T10:23:29Z")
Wordle 755 3/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SPENT FIEND ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2140 "2023-07-14T10:40:50Z")
Wordle 755 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 210 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 20 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 4 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE PENNY FIEND After my second guess, it came down to a coin toss between my 3rd and 4th guesses. Some days you lose the coin toss. (I completely overlooked BEING, but it didn’t matter, it had already been used.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=106) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=108)