# "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:** 112
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2221 "2023-07-18T18:38:16Z")
Wordle 759 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 167 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟨 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT COREY FLYER My usual second word is CHORE, but I couldn’t see an H working here, so I came up with COREY instead, and boy, was I glad I did. Scoredle said that after that, the only other possibility besides FLYER was PLYER, which I’d thought of (there’s a Plyer’s Mill Road in Silver Spring, MD not far from my sister’s house), but didn’t seem like a well-known word. So it was a gimme at that point. ---
**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 18, 2023, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2222 "2023-07-18T23:10:51Z")
Wordle 759 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT CLOSE FLYER Finally chose correctly when given a choice between flyer / flier and dryer / drier. Any time I come across those words in quordle I consistently pick the wrong one first, so this was gratifying. ---
**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 19, 2023, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2223 "2023-07-19T01:47:27Z")
Wordle 759 4/6\* 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST CLONE PLIER FLYER WordleBot says hard mode average is 4.4, so I’m quite content with a 4 ---
**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 19, 2023, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2224 "2023-07-19T04:04:16Z")
**WED JULY 19th** Wordle 760 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE WINOS TONIC ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2225 "2023-07-19T04:37:30Z")
Wordle 760 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TOPIC TOXIC TONIC I was so sure I had it on two or three. Stupid N ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2226 "2023-07-19T05:48:04Z")
Wordle 760 3/6\* ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LOUSE VOMIT TONIC ---
**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 19, 2023, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2227 "2023-07-19T07:49:26Z")
crane Stone Tonic ---
**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 19, 2023, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2228 "2023-07-19T08:24:33Z")
Wordle 760 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **SALET** **ROUND** β€” _okay, it’s likely month / notch / tonic_ **MONTH** **TONIC** ---
**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 19, 2023, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2229 "2023-07-19T10:36:47Z")
Wordle 760 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT TONER TONIC I fretted about checking R or S (tones) but it turned out not to matter. Took a while to see tonic; not a lot of five letter words begin with TON. Given the eliminated letters, tonic might be the only one. ---
**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 19, 2023, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2230 "2023-07-19T10:54:28Z")
Wordle 760 3/6\* \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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \\ \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 19, 2023, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2231 "2023-07-19T11:25:35Z")
Wordle 760 2/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE TONIC That took me completely by surprise, just wanted to check for O and N. ---
**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 19, 2023, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2232 "2023-07-19T11:58:33Z")
Wordle 760 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART OPTIC TOXIC TONIC ---
**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 19, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2233 "2023-07-19T13:13:36Z")
Wordle 760 3/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CANDY MINCE TONIC Pretty lucky to get a three. There were eight other words that would fit, but only four were likely. SONIC TUNIC and CONIC were the others. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2234 "2023-07-19T13:40:30Z")
After a long break, I come back with this: Wordle 760 2/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ACTIN TONIC Maybe I’ll take another break. ---
**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 19, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2235 "2023-07-19T14:03:18Z")
Wordle 760 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟦⬜ ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PLANE SHOUT TONIC ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2236 "2023-07-19T14:57:21Z")
> **Wordle 760 4/6\* 7/19/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 > ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > FLYER β†’ Didn’t expect much; was not (too) disappointed. > S_NO_U_T_ β†’ Thought about BOAST or HOIST here, but the N made this an excellent guess. A is still out there, though… > A_CTON_ β†’ Nothing placed. Without O in the middle, though, there must be another vowel, so an I, so… > **TONIC** > > I figure we’ll have a lot of 3s today. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2237 "2023-07-19T15:08:17Z")
Wordle 760 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 119 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE TONIC ---
**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 19, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2238 "2023-07-19T22:42:18Z")
Wordle 760 2/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PIOUS TONIC A lucky two knocks PIOUS’s average from 4.37 down to 4.17. ---
**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 20, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2239 "2023-07-20T01:03:57Z")
> [@chiliwillybing](#): > > Wordle 760 2/6 > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > RAISE > TONIC > That took me completely by surprise, just wanted to check for O and N. Wordle 760 2/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST TONIC Took me by surprise too, it was the first word I thought of with a T, O, I and 2 common letters And I don’t know why I keep looking at WordleBot. In spite of my getting it in 2, it rates both my skill and my luck as below average. ---
**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 20, 2023, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2240 "2023-07-20T01:13:30Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > And I don’t know why I keep looking at WordleBot. In spite of my getting it in 2, it rates both my skill and my luck as below average. We both know the answer to that… Congrats on the 2! * * * Wordle 760 3/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE PITCH TONIC Bit lucky for me today. There were evidently 5 remaining words after my second try. TONIC was just the first one that sprang into my wee but waterproofed brain. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=111) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=113)