# "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:** 116
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2301 "2023-07-23T06:34:55Z")
Wordle 764 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GUISE TABLE ANKLE WHALE There are surprisingly few 5 letter words ending ALE ---
**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 23, 2023, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2302 "2023-07-23T11:19:14Z")
Wordle 764 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,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 G} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2303 "2023-07-23T12:29:41Z")
Wordle 764 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCALE WHALE > [@QMatic](#): > > There are surprisingly few 5 letter words ending ALE Right? I couldn’t believe it took me minutes to come up with _anything_ after 2. ---
**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 23, 2023, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2304 "2023-07-23T13:30:06Z")
Wordle 764 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **SALET** β€” _3 yellows, no greens: over 30 or 40 possibilities. I took a stab with APPLE._ **APPLE** β€” _as QMatic said, very few words ending in ALE_ **WHALE** ---
**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 23, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2305 "2023-07-23T13:44:19Z")
Wordle 764 3/6 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SHAVE WHALE ---
**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 23, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2306 "2023-07-23T13:45:24Z")
> [@SeaSun](#): > > there has to be a special award for that. I wish, I never win anything! πŸ˜† Wordle 764 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IDEAL PLATE WHALE ---
**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 23, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2307 "2023-07-23T15:08:15Z")
Wordle 764 3/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AVOID FLARE WHALE Lucky three! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2308 "2023-07-23T15:14:01Z")
> **Wordle 764 4/6\* 7/23/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > FROZ **E** β†’ Thought I was gonna strike out there for a second. Too many possibilities with a terminal E, but I was hoping for one with 3 common consonants. Couldn’t find one; almost went with CHIDE but settled on a repeat > TIT_H_ **E** β†’ The repeat was no good, but the H is nice. Put it in second and see what goes around it > S **HA** P **E** β†’ Not much can go in front of that H. W is about all I can see left > **WHALE** > > Scoredle says I should have tried CHAVE or CHACE. Scoredle has a different idea of what a β€œcommon English word” is than I. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2309 "2023-07-23T15:15:20Z")
And it doubles as a PSA about cetacean safety! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2310 "2023-07-23T15:25:16Z")
Wordle 764 4/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 65 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 32 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ 4 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT GRAIL LEAKY WHALE Would’ve had an easy 3 if I’d gone with my usual second word. But what the hey, I had a good time with the L bouncing all over the place. Sometimes you just gotta have fun even if it costs you an extra guess. πŸ™‚ ---
**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 23, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2311 "2023-07-23T17:28:00Z")
Wordle 764 3/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AUDIT SALON WHALE Scordle says FLARE was a better third guess. Maybe it was, but I got focused on an -ALE ending, and WHALE just fell right in. AUDIT’s average improves from 4.18 to 4.08. ---
**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 23, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2312 "2023-07-23T17:50:05Z")
I see I’m in good company today with the 3s! Wordle 764 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SCALE WHALE WordleBot surprised me by saying that WHALE was the _only_ available word after my second try. There really are very few 5-letter words that end in --ALE, I guess! ---
**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, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2313 "2023-07-23T18:51:46Z")
I feel clever. I guess the first word is important! Got lucky. ---
**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 23, 2023, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2314 "2023-07-23T19:09:01Z")
Three is the name of the game; the name of today’s game is β€œthree”. Wordle 764 3/6 ⬜🟦🟧⬜🟧 ⬜⬜🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PLANE SCALE WHALE ---
**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 24, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2315 "2023-07-24T02:06:32Z")
Wordle 764 3/6\* 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST ELAND WHALE And yet another WordleBot complaint, it rated ELAND as low on skill, even though it eliminated every other solution. A number of these guesses have me thinking of the days when WHALE was more common as a food, like IDEAL PLATE WHALE or STALE WHALE. Not that I remember those days, but I’ve read about them. ---
**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 24, 2023, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2316 "2023-07-24T04:50:07Z")
Not so lucky this time. [spoiler]Wordle 765 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2317 "2023-07-24T05:54:52Z")
Wordle 765 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHONE POUCH HOWDY HOLLY HOBBY Maybe should have gone with L before N. Otherwise just bad luck. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2318 "2023-07-24T06:13:54Z")
Wordle 765 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GUISE MOLAR BOOTH HOBBY ---
**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 24, 2023, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2319 "2023-07-24T06:22:28Z")
**Wordle 764 2/6** ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE WHALE ---
**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 24, 2023, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2320 "2023-07-24T09:24:06Z")
Wordle 765 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[yellow,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 C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned} [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=115) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=117)