# "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:** 119
**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 26, 2023, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2361 "2023-07-26T12:33:34Z")
Wordle 767 2/6\* πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 THEIR HEART Wow! two 2s in a row! ---
**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 26, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2362 "2023-07-26T12:34:44Z")
Congratulations! ---
**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 26, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2363 "2023-07-26T15:11:44Z")
Wordle 767 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT CRAFT ROAST HEART Struggled with this one. ---
**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 26, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2364 "2023-07-26T15:32:51Z")
I smiled today when I solved it for just that reason. πŸ™‚ I’ll add my congrats! Me, I shoulda had it in 2, but no. I picked one of the two remaining wrong answers. Wordle 767 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE TEARY HEART ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2365 "2023-07-26T17:07:02Z")
> **Wordle 767 2/6\* 7/26/2023** > > ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > W_HE_EL β†’ No L, so LATHE is out. TITHE? Easier ways to guess one T. Could try HEIST, but I’d prefer an A for the second vowel try, so > **HEART** > > A Shirley Muldowney special. > > Really lucky on this one; Scoredle says I had 179 possibilities, probably 60 of them qualify as common. ---
**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 26, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2366 "2023-07-26T17:14:04Z")
Wordle 767 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OPERA WEARY LEARN HEARD HEART Ugh. I knew there’d be lots of twos and threes today (even a one!), but alas, not for me. I actually had TEARY at two but changed it; would have given me a three. Instead, I bumbled my way to a five. Can’t believe I waited that long to use a T. OPERA jumps from 4.09 to 4.17, but that’s not really OPERA’s fault. ---
**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 26, 2023, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2367 "2023-07-26T23:19:28Z")
**Wordle 767 3/6** ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STAIN CHORE HEART ---
**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 27, 2023, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2368 "2023-07-27T02:25:38Z")
Wordle 767 2/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHORE HEART I wonder if I would have solved it in 2 if I’d started with my frequent starter, LEAST? I would have had 3 greens with that start, ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2369 "2023-07-27T05:50:36Z")
Wordle 768 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LINGO HIMBO DISCO I am aware this should have been a three but I couldn’t come up with anything so I just tried a word I knew was wrong to check some possible letters. I don’t have the patience to keep looking for possibilities. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2370 "2023-07-27T06:47:41Z")
Wordle 768 3/6\* ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIOUS VISOR DISCO ---
**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 27, 2023, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2371 "2023-07-27T10:09:00Z")
Wordle 768 4/6\* \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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 27, 2023, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2372 "2023-07-27T10:31:49Z")
Wordle 768 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE ROUST SICKO DISCO > [@psychobunny](#): > > I couldn’t come up with anything so I just tried a word I knew was wrong to check some possible letters. You and me both. ---
**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 27, 2023, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2373 "2023-07-27T12:02:32Z")
Wordle 768 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART -all green one day, all gray the next SPOIL VISOR - knowing the R isn’t there, looking to place the others DISCO ---
**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 27, 2023, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2374 "2023-07-27T12:05:43Z")
Wordle 768 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE BISON DISCO ---
**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 27, 2023, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2375 "2023-07-27T12:21:51Z")
Wordle 768 5/6\* πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DRINK DINGY DIODE DIVOT DISCO Alrighty then… ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2376 "2023-07-27T14:15:51Z")
Wordle 768 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,376 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 21 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DISCO (now I’ve got β€œDo Ya Think I’m Sexy?” going through my head) The hard part, as others have said already, was to find a word, _any_ word, that would work. Found FOCUS fairly quickly, but that had already been used. Other than that, the solution seems to be the only legit word that fit the constraints given by the first two guesses. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2377 "2023-07-27T14:31:10Z")
> **Wordle 768 4/6\* 7/27/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 > 🟨🟩🟨⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > HEART β†’ Alrighty then. Don’t think I’m going to get a 2 today > L **I** _O_N_S_ β†’ Nope. But that’s progress. Where to put the S? Try the start. Took me a while to think of a good word here > _S_ **I** _C_K **O** β†’ Which pointed me to the solution > **DISCO** > > Might have had a 3 if I had considered the middle for the S. ---
**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 27, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2378 "2023-07-27T16:14:27Z")
Wordle 768 3/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OLIVE SONIC DISCO My first instinct was to form a diphthong with the O and I. But with I not in the middle and L eliminated, I didn’t see any. So it then made sense to slot the vowels into the second and fourth positions. There were many possibilities, and it was my good fortune to choose one with both S and C. OLIVE improves from 4.09 to an even 4. ---
**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 27, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2379 "2023-07-27T16:31:26Z")
Wordle 768 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCORE DISCO Is it focus? It looks like focus. _\*takes a break\*_ I’m seeing focus. Surely it’s focus, right? _\*longer break\*_ This looks like focus to me. etc… This was one of those deals where it started to feel like it could have run out the 24-hour clock. ---
**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 27, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2380 "2023-07-27T16:38:47Z")
Congrats to all the 3s! Wish I’d been among you. πŸ™‚ Wordle 768 4/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SLINK WISPY DISCO I found DISCO quite quick after WISPY, but I couldn’t convince myself it was the only available choice because it struck me as a dumb Wordle word. Had to try everything else before I finally put it in as my official 4th try. Dumb word! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=118) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=120)