# "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:** 117
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2321 "2023-07-24T10:32:00Z")
Wordle 765 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,713 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 23 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE GIMPY HOBBY ---
**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 24, 2023, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2322 "2023-07-24T11:58:28Z")
Wordle 765 2/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART HOBBY a little luck, but knowing there are no As or Es helped, so it was HO - - -, HI - - -, or HU - - - . I believe this is the first time that no yellow squares were in my results. ---
**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 24, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2323 "2023-07-24T12:15:19Z")
Wordle 765 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE COUNT MOLDY HOBBY ---
**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 24, 2023, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2324 "2023-07-24T12:36:36Z")
Wordle 765 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCORE DOUGH HOBBY ---
**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 24, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2325 "2023-07-24T12:58:33Z")
Wordle 765 6/6\* ⬛⬛🟦⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟦⬛ ⬛🟧⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟧⬛⬛🟧 ⬛🟧⬛⬛🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE STROP COMIC FOGGY DOWDY HOBBY I don’t know if anything else was left! ---
**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 24, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2326 "2023-07-24T13:29:04Z")
Wordle 765 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET ROUND CHIMP HOOKY HOBBY ---
**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 24, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2327 "2023-07-24T13:36:09Z")
Wordle 765 5/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRASH THUMP HELLO HONKY ← I couldn’t think of any words! HOBBY ← D’oh! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2328 "2023-07-24T15:34:28Z")
> **Wordle 765 4/6\* 7/24/2023** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > W_H_ALE → Slow start. Try the H first, and common consonants, and two vowels… > **H** EART → I duplicated E _and_ A here. HOIST was still around, and I’m even used to trying it! Not enough sleep last night. > **HO** UND → I’m out of places to try an I. With a terminal Y… all I see left is a double letter, but at guess #4 it’s a good time to try > **HOBBY** > > Getting a leading H is important. Somehow, even with the dreadful misplay, I still beat Scoredle’s 5/6. ---
**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 24, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2329 "2023-07-24T15:58:58Z")
Wordle 765 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟧⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟧⬛⬛🟧 ⬛🟦🟦⬛⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALIVE TORUS DOWNY CHOMP HOBBY I hated having to resort to a sleuth word at four, but there were too many words left with far too many different letters to stay in hard mode. Not too mad at a bogey today. ALIVE’s average jumps from 4.18 to 4.25. ---
**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 24, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2330 "2023-07-24T17:20:17Z")
Wordle 765 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ 🟦🟧⬜⬜🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PLANE - uh-oh STOIC - double uh-oh BOOTH - a glimmer of hope HOBBY - boo-yah! ---
**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 25, 2023, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2331 "2023-07-25T03:08:53Z")
Wordle 765 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST CHOIR BOUGH HOBBY Double letters are not my favorite choice. But I couldn’t see amy other options after BOUGH, and in fact WordleBot said that HOBBY was the only choice left. ---
**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 25, 2023, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2332 "2023-07-25T03:11:48Z")
Whoops! Almost forgot to post today. Happy with a 4 today, considering my first word was a total bust. Wordle 765 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟨⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLOUD PHONY 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 25, 2023, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2333 "2023-07-25T05:26:09Z")
**Wordle 765 5/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STAIN CHORE DOUGH HOOKY HOBBY After my 3rd guess, I saw Hooky right away and just went with it…didn’t even think of Holly or Hobby for some reason, but glad I guessed correctly between the two when I finally saw them. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2334 "2023-07-25T05:45:13Z")
Wordle 766 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO DUNES WHELP WHEEL I don’t really know what I am doing anymore. I was going to check for a double E on three but the word WHELK was calling me and I thought WHELP was marginally better. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2335 "2023-07-25T07:01:39Z")
Wordle 766 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPIRE ENACT DEMOB WHEEL ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2336 "2023-07-25T09:03:12Z")
Wordle 766 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 640 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE WHEEL There were surprisingly few possible words left after my second word. ---
**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 25, 2023, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2337 "2023-07-25T09:14:29Z")
Wordle 766 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET ROUND CHIMP WHEEL ---
**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 25, 2023, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2338 "2023-07-25T10:54:45Z")
Wordle 766 3/6\* ⬛🟦⬛⬛🟦 ⬛🟧🟧🟦⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHELF WHEEL ---
**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 25, 2023, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2339 "2023-07-25T11:57:42Z")
Wordle 766 4/6\* \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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,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 E} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\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 E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 25, 2023, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2340 "2023-07-25T12:20:24Z")
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