# "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:** 12
**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:** [April 4, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/221 "2023-04-04T13:08:00Z")
While it’s always fun and exciting to get a one or two, I’m usually left with a certain sense of dissatisfaction as well. It’s over too quick, like a premature wordleation. πŸ˜€ ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/222 "2023-04-04T13:17:12Z")
Also, it’s pure luck to start with the right word by accident, which makes the β€˜genius’ designation you get sound kind of ironic… ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/223 "2023-04-04T13:24:33Z")
Maybe β€˜telepath’ would have been a better choice! ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/224 "2023-04-04T14:14:33Z")
Wordle 654 2/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 How could I not get it in two? > **Summary** > > Intro > Ratio ---
**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:** [April 4, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/225 "2023-04-04T16:16:25Z")
Wordle 654 4/6 ⬜🟦🟦⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟦🟧⬜ 🟧🟧⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL RADIO - well, hell RATIO ---
**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:** [April 4, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/226 "2023-04-04T16:24:39Z")
Wordle 654 2/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 COATI RATIO Coulda also been PATIO; I won the coin toss. Worst I could have done was three after a fortunate starting word. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/227 "2023-04-04T16:54:32Z")
I knew there were going to be some happy people here today when I figured out today’s word. πŸ˜ƒ As for me, I really screwed the pooch with my second try. Definitely lost my focus. At least I made it in 3! Wordle 654 3/6\* πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE TRAIL RATIO ---
**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:** [April 4, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/228 "2023-04-04T21:39:54Z")
**Wordle 654 3/6** ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟨🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DRAIN ATRIA RATIO _Almost_ went with Ratio, but I had three A words. I didn’t really think it all through hard enough though - I see now that all four words were pretty equal as far as what they’d tell me, but I just was focused on having three A words and feeling I should check that first. Oh well…I’m not mad about a 3, but when I coulda had it in 2 easily, it’s just slightly disappointing. Easy to say in hindsight though. πŸ˜‰ I’ve never used Ratio for a start word, but I knew some people would be sniping this one, or getting 2’s - t’was a great day for you all! πŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/229 "2023-04-04T22:37:45Z")
> **Wordle 654 5/6\* 4/4/2023** > > ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 > 🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > FL_ORA_ β†’ Good start! I’m not sure why I didn’t try ROAST here, but for some reason I went with… > **R** _O_M_A_N β†’ Which was simply not as good. But I’ve already checked out the O of ROAST, so I need to think of something else. I’ll swap the vowels and see if we have a double consonant… > **RA** Z_O_R β†’ I really need more letters - starting to regret that guess. At least O is known to be at the end. RACKO doesn’t work, but I think I’ll need another vowel… > **RA** D **IO** β†’ and I do, but a different consonant. > **RATIO** > > Guessing ROAST second might have gotten me a 3. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/230 "2023-04-04T23:41:21Z")
Wordle 654 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT TACKY PATIO RATIO After TACKY I started through the alphabet (letters not yet eliminated), checking BA words, DA words, FA words, etc. If R came before P I’d have gotten a three. 🫀 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/231 "2023-04-05T05:27:10Z")
Wordle 655 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHADE SLASH SMASH Back to par. The good news is I am finally back to 100% with 2 losses in 408 games. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/232 "2023-04-05T06:02:27Z")
Wordle 655 5/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALERT MANGY FOAMS SMACK SMASH Regression to the mean, it’s what I do best. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2023, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/233 "2023-04-05T08:42:31Z")
Wordle 655 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLUES RATIO NYMPH SMASH ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/234 "2023-04-05T08:44:08Z")
Wordle 655 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VIOLA ARGUE SMASH ---
**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:** [April 5, 2023, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/235 "2023-04-05T10:25:01Z")
Wordle 655 3/6\* πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHART SMASH ---
**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:** [April 5, 2023, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/236 "2023-04-05T10:47:08Z")
Wordle 655 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISE AWASH STASH SMASH all green today πŸ˜€ ---
**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:** [April 5, 2023, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/237 "2023-04-05T11:35:41Z")
Wordle 655 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ \end{aligned} > [@chiliwillybing](#): > > all green today πŸ˜€ Me too ! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/238 "2023-04-05T11:45:47Z")
Wordle 655 3/6 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 108 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 3 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLART KENCH SMASH I’m kinda proud of this one. I came up with literally 27 possibilities that had an S and A in the first and third spots, respectively, and didn’t have an L, R, or T. And only three of them were previous solutions. So in those 24 possibilities, I counted letter frequencies for the 2,4,5 spots, and initially came up with WENCH as a good, but less than ideal, word to use as a filter on those 24. But if KENCH was a word, I thought, that would be way better. So I tried it, and it was accepted as a guess (which I really wasn’t expecting!), and it eliminated all the possibilities but one! Sweet. πŸ™‚ ---
**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:** [April 5, 2023, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/239 "2023-04-05T11:58:53Z")
Wordle 655 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCARE SHAKY SMASH That yellow H short-circuited my brain a little bit. Took a couple minutes to even identify what the second letter could be (M), and then several more minutes to figure out how the H could come into play in the last two letters. I just was not seeing double S. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/240 "2023-04-05T12:53:51Z")
Wordle 655 4/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SHADY SLASH SMASH [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=13)