# "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:** 120
**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 27, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2381 "2023-07-27T20:46:53Z")
Wordle 768 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A lucky guess! **SALET** **ROUND** **DISCO** β€” _it could also be douse dross hosed nosed posed , among others_ ---
**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 27, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2382 "2023-07-27T20:50:55Z")
Wordle 768 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟦⬜🟦⬜⬜ ⬜🟦🟧⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟦🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ---
**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 28, 2023, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2383 "2023-07-28T02:14:02Z")
Wordle 768 4/6\* 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAIM TRICK SINCE DISCO By the time I got to it, DISCO was the only word left. And thanks a lot Wordle, I wasn’t a disco fan as a young person in the late 70s and don’t appreciate having disco tunes as earworms ---
**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 28, 2023, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2384 "2023-07-28T04:13:57Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 769 3/6 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] First word should’ve helped me get a 2. Oh well. short Moths Ethos ---
**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 28, 2023, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2385 "2023-07-28T04:32:10Z")
**Wordle 768 3/6** 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STAIN CHORE DISCO ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2386 "2023-07-28T05:44:01Z")
Wordle 769 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CLOTH ETHOS I earned this one. ---
**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 28, 2023, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2387 "2023-07-28T07:10:17Z")
I guessed wrong this time. So, a 4 instead of 3. Wordle 769 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **SALET** **ROUND** β€” _at this point it’s likely: ethos pesto those_ **THOSE** β€” _and… I guessed wrong. Oh well (sigh)._ **ETHOS** ---
**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 28, 2023, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2388 "2023-07-28T07:35:34Z")
Lucky, lucky, lucky Wordle 769 2/6 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAK ETHOS ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2389 "2023-07-28T08:07:01Z")
Wordle 769 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VALUE ENJOY ERGOT ETHOS ---
**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 28, 2023, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2390 "2023-07-28T08:10:20Z")
Wordle 769 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \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 E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \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 S} \\ \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 28, 2023, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2391 "2023-07-28T10:08:57Z")
Wordle 769 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE MOPED HEROS ETHOS ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2392 "2023-07-28T11:30:22Z")
Wordle 769 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 403 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 7 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT THEIR ETHOS ---
**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 28, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2393 "2023-07-28T11:48:46Z")
Wordle 769 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IDEAL ROUTE OFTEN ETHOS ---
**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 28, 2023, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2394 "2023-07-28T12:09:08Z")
Wordle 769 3/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART THESE ETHOS ---
**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 28, 2023, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2395 "2023-07-28T12:50:15Z")
Wordle 769 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RANGE FETCH THOSE ETHOS I don’t like this word. It doesn’t seem to be a Wordle word, you know? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2396 "2023-07-28T13:36:09Z")
> **Wordle 769 4/6\* 7/28/2023** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 > ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 > 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > DI_S_C_O_ β†’ Not a bad start. Time for a typical β€œsecond guess” > R_O_U_ST_ β†’ Picked up the T, still haven’t placed anything… Another vowel? > _S_ **T** _O_NY β†’ Terminal S… don’t see any PT words, and either OT??S or ?T?OS, and we gotta start with a vowel, throw in an H and get > **ETHOS** > > I was avoiding a terminal S because, you know, Wordle and regular plurals. Using E instead of Y on my third guess might have been a plus, but obviously woudn’t have changed anything. ---
**Author:** ![Beesnest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2397 "2023-07-28T13:51:01Z")
Wordle 769 2/6 πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨earth 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩ethos It bothers me that I did not see the possible word eight ---
**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 28, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2398 "2023-07-28T17:13:00Z")
Wordle 769 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT STORE ETHOS Nice and quick, though I agree with @Rebo that this answer word is borderline. ---
**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 28, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2399 "2023-07-28T17:59:20Z")
Wordle 769 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦 🟦🟧🟦⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PLANE STORM ETHOS ---
**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 28, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2400 "2023-07-28T18:29:24Z")
Wordle 769 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AROSE PESTO ETHOS ETHOS was the only non-plural word left (unless you believe Scoredle that ESCOT and ESTOC are words). But it took me a looong time to find it. AROSE’s average goes from 4.09 down to 4.0. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=119) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=121)