# "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:** 11
**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:** [April 3, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/201 "2023-04-03T15:01:33Z")
Wordle 653 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART ACORN FLORA ---
**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:** [April 3, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/202 "2023-04-03T15:49:15Z")
Wordle 653 3/6 ⬜🟦🟦⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟧⬜🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL FLORA I was so proud of myself for getting a three, but it turns out I’m just part of the rabble. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/203 "2023-04-03T16:20:14Z")
Man, this one tripped me up!! It took me forever to work out the answer. How embarrassing! Wordle 653 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE ABHOR CORAL FLORA Ugh. Let tomorrow be better, please! ---
**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:** [April 3, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/204 "2023-04-03T16:27:03Z")
Wordle 653 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PIANO MORAL LABOR FLORA I wonder what the mathematical odds are of rearranging four misplaced letters - two of which were eliminated from _two_ positions - and not getting _any_ of them in the right spot. (FWIW, Scordle told me that all of my guesses were the β€œbest.”) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/205 "2023-04-03T17:41:28Z")
> **Wordle 653 4/6\* 4/3/2023** > > ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > ST **O** CK β†’ Single-vowel word, perhaps? Should try at least a smattering of vowels… > G_R **O** UP β†’ It’s not U (it’s me…) Time to look for where the R goes… > **FLO** O_R\* β†’ Not there, but a serendipitous guess leaves me with… > **FLORA** > > I was happy with my result until I saw everyone else’s 3s. Serves me right for trying to keep up with the Joneses… ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/206 "2023-04-03T19:39:52Z")
Wordle 653 4/6\* 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 What a slog. Happy to come out of it with a 4. Scoredle 4/6\* 14,855 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ARISE (379) ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 CORAL (3) ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 VALOR (1) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLORA In hard mode, it turns out that there was only one legal word after VALOR. I am not upset with today’s word! ---
**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:** [April 3, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/207 "2023-04-03T20:26:23Z")
**Wordle 653 4/6** ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANE BLOAT ALOOF FLORA ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/208 "2023-04-03T23:45:42Z")
Wordle 653 4/6 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROAST ARDOR BORAX FLORA A slog. I was somewhat surprised to be reminded that BORAX is a generic name, not a brand name (I seem to recall this coming up months ago, and remembered it wrong). ---
**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:** [April 4, 2023, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/209 "2023-04-04T04:18:15Z")
**Tuesday, April 4th** Wordle 654 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT RATES RATIO psychobunny should get an earned 1 today. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/210 "2023-04-04T05:54:56Z")
Wordle 654 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Sometimes it’s good to change up your start word. Today was not that day. Hope this keeps some people from being spoiled since I almost always start with the same word. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2023, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/211 "2023-04-04T06:30:27Z")
There will be a bunch of twos and threes for 654 I think. My two took about 8 seconds ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/212 "2023-04-04T07:14:54Z")
Wordle 654 3/6\* 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ARGUE ROAST RATIO ---
**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:** [April 4, 2023, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/213 "2023-04-04T07:53:13Z")
Wordle 654 1/6\* 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO Well that came unexpected! Although I see I’m not the only one using that starting word today… ---
**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:** [April 4, 2023, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/214 "2023-04-04T08:34:50Z")
Wordle 654 2/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLUES RATIO ---
**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:** [April 4, 2023, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/215 "2023-04-04T10:15:47Z")
Wordle 654 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \\ \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:** [April 4, 2023, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/216 "2023-04-04T11:43:40Z")
Wordle 654 3/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ABIDE STAIR RATIO ---
**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:** [April 4, 2023, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/217 "2023-04-04T11:47:08Z")
Wordle 654 3/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ABORT ROAST RATIO I stupidly used the T in the same place, or i might have gotten it in 2. I got excited! ---
**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:** [April 4, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/218 "2023-04-04T12:00:10Z")
Wordle 654 3/6\* πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE OATHS RATIO Yep. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2023, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/219 "2023-04-04T12:13:43Z")
Wordle 654 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART TRIAL ATRIA RATIO ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/220 "2023-04-04T12:57:54Z")
Wordle 654 2/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 113 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLART RATIO Well, that was a pleasant surprise! With my second word, I was just trying to reduce the number of possible positions for those three yellows, and exclude (or not) a couple of vowels, hoping to narrow things down enough to get a 3. Instead, the whole thing turned green, for my second 2 in a row! Of course, then some of y’all upstage me and get this in 1. πŸ˜ƒ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=12)