# "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:** 115
**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 22, 2023, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2281 "2023-07-22T07:33:10Z")
Wordle 763 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **SALET** **ROUND** **CHIMP** β€” _at this point it’s likely BROKE ERROR FROZE GROVE_ **BEFOG** β€” _I’m eliminating letters_ **FROZE** β€” I’ll take the 5! ---
**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 22, 2023, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2282 "2023-07-22T09:48:05Z")
Wordle 763 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \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 F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \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 22, 2023, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2283 "2023-07-22T12:02:52Z")
Wordle 763 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE CRONE DEPTH BROKE FROZE Now that’s weird! it has the correct 5/6 but it’s showing 6/6?? ---
**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 22, 2023, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2284 "2023-07-22T12:03:39Z")
Wordle 763 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCORE FROZE Saw four possibilities pretty quickly: broke, grove, froze and drove. I stopped looking and started checking previous answers, eliminating broke and grove and leaving froze as the β€œfirst” one I saw. ---
**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 22, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2285 "2023-07-22T13:08:10Z")
Wordle 763 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ACTIN SHORE BROKE PROVE FROZE Sheesh. ---
**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 22, 2023, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2286 "2023-07-22T13:37:30Z")
Wordle 763 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BOXER GROPE PROSE FROZE ---
**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 22, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2287 "2023-07-22T16:48:39Z")
Wordle 763 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 HOUSE TRONE PAVED FROZE Happy to get out of this one with a par. After identifying the \_RO\_E trap, I had a long list of words with consonants that don’t play well together (PDVFGKZB); I couldn’t check any four of them at once. But PAVED eliminated everything but BROKE and FROZE, and I won the coin toss for a change. HOUSE improves slightly from a 4.18 average to 4.17. ---
**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 22, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2288 "2023-07-22T17:06:03Z")
Wordle 763 5/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMOKY TROUT PROVE CRONE FROZE Once again, sigh. Another five. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2289 "2023-07-22T17:51:40Z")
> **Wordle 763 5/6\* 7/22/2023** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > BU_R_LY β†’ Slow start. Gimme two other vowels > T **R** AIN β†’ _Really_ slow start. Last two vowels, please… > P **RO** S **E** β†’ Hit 'em both! But now it looks traplike. Let’s see, FROZE, GROVE, DROME?? Hope that’s all there is… > G **RO** V **E** β†’ Not that. > **FROZE** > And if it had been ERODE, I would have lost. Should have tried DROME with the fourth guess, for safety’s sake, had I seen it. ---
**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 22, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2290 "2023-07-22T18:00:22Z")
Looks like a five is a good score for those who don’t check word lists (which seems to take the challenge out of things IMO) Wordle 763 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟧 ⬜⬜🟧⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟧 ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PLANE SHOUT BROKE GROVE FROZE ---
**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 22, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2291 "2023-07-22T19:40:05Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Looks like a five is a good score for those who don’t check word lists (which seems to take the challenge out of things IMO) And I think using test words not in hard mode takes the challenge out of things. πŸ˜‰ I play in hard mode and that’s challenging enough for me, thanks. I do check the already-used list. I usually remember about half the words that have already been played, but far from all. This morning, I was advised by WordleBot that there were 18 choices after my opening word. I think I found all 18. Half of them were already used. I was able to eliminate all but 5 with my second word, of which 2 had already been used. Try #3 was just a matter of choosing the word I thought was the most Wordle-y. Wordle 763 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE PRONE FROZE The other 2 that had not already been used were DROVE and CRONE. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2292 "2023-07-22T22:12:08Z")
Wordle 763 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,713 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 13 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 7 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 4 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DROVE GROPE FROZE Kicking myself over this one. I saw 7 possibilities after my second guess, but there was an eighth I missed, and it was the solution. I certainly considered hypothetical FRO\_E words, but somehow I just missed that there was a word that filled in that blank. Turned out that of the 7 possibilities I saw, 5 of them had already been used, so I was down to DROVE and GROPE. When neither was the solution, I was ready to consider repeats, except I’d already eliminated all but one of those as well. So finally I went back through my remaining letters, finally saw it, and kicked myself. Because if I’d seen it along with the other possibilities, I’d have chosen it before my 3rd and 4th guesses. Grrr. Argh. ---
**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 23, 2023, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2293 "2023-07-23T01:08:15Z")
Wordle 763 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEACH LOSER PRONE GROVE FROZE I was a bit reluctant to go with the solution because it’s the past tense of a verb, and from looking at the list of past answers, I see there are just one or two past tense of a verb answers. I say β€œone or two” because they’re SPOKE and WROTE, and the former could be a noun and not a past tense. And according to WordleBot, 8% of Hard Mode players didn’t solve it, so I’m fine with a 5 ---
**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 23, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2294 "2023-07-23T01:18:56Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > I was a bit reluctant to go with the solution because > **spoiler regarding potential future answers** > > It’s just the regular ED past tense verbs that aren’t on the list. Except one, though I forget which one. A regular ED past tense verb appeared as an answer in quordle, which pissed me off, so I looked it up in the original Wordle answer list and it was there as well. > > Any past tense verbs that involve more than just adding ED are valid answers. Dried, fried and cried, for example. I haven’t checked but I would bet a dollar that stunk is on there as well. Anything like that. EDIT: And I see in the previous answers list that both wrote and wrung have already been answers. ---
**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 23, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2295 "2023-07-23T02:06:39Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > It’s just the regular ED past tense verbs that aren’t on the list. Except one, though I forget which one. A regular ED past tense verb appeared as an answer in quordle, which pissed me off, so I looked it up in the original Wordle answer list and it was there as well. Was it CLUED? ---
**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 23, 2023, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2296 "2023-07-23T02:13:33Z")
I don’t clearly remember. I think it might have been muted. Of course that’s also an adjective, so if it was that I was wrong to be annoyed. EDIT: Found it. It wasn’t muted, it was bused, which is also on the original Wordle answer list. > [@Quordle, for people who find Wordle to be too easy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quordle-for-people-who-find-wordle-to-be-too-easy/980931/539): > > Daily Quordle 509 sixfivethreesevenwhite_large_squarewhite_large_squarewhite_large_squarewhite_large_squarewhite_large_square white_large_squarewhite_large_squarewhite_large_squarewhite_large_squarewhite_large_squarewhite_large_squarewhite_large_squaregreen_squarewhite_large_squarewhite_large_square white_large_squarewhite_large_squarewhite_large_squaregreen_squareyellow_squarewhite_large_squarewhite_large_squarewhite_large_square… ---
**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 23, 2023, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2297 "2023-07-23T04:01:37Z")
**SUNDAY JULY 23rd** Wordle 764 3/6\* πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE STALE WHALE ---
**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 23, 2023, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2298 "2023-07-23T05:45:48Z")
stale Whale Got it in 2! [spoiler]Wordle 764 2/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] ---
**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 23, 2023, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2299 "2023-07-23T06:03:59Z")
**Wordle 763 4/6** ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STORE DROVE PRONE FROZE * * * * * * > [@chiliwillybing](#): > > Now that’s weird! it has the correct 5/6 but it’s showing 6/6?? That _is_ weird! It’s giving you a mystery 2nd correct word, so it’s a double win today - there has to be a special award for that. πŸ˜† ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2300 "2023-07-23T06:04:20Z")
Wordle 764 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHALE WHALE Lucky second guess. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=114) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=116)