# "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:** 122
**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 30, 2023, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2421 "2023-07-30T02:40:24Z")
There’s no accounting for WordleBot. \< shrug \> It lives by its own inscrutable rules. ---
**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 30, 2023, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2422 "2023-07-30T04:00:23Z")
Surely wordlebot rates each guess based on how many possible ~~answers~~ remaining guesses it eliminates. Does it not? ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2423 "2023-07-30T04:14:58Z")
Wordle 771 3/6 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LATHE BATHE Similar to yesterday where the second guess left me with only one option. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2424 "2023-07-30T07:21:45Z")
Wordle 771 3/6\* ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MAUVE GABLE BATHE ---
**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 30, 2023, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2425 "2023-07-30T07:44:46Z")
Almost a 2! But I’ll take a 3. Wordle 771 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **SALET** β€” _it is likely: BATHE EARTH MATTE TAUPE_ **EARTH** β€” _like @psychobunny, this leaves only 1 possible word_ **BATHE** ---
**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 30, 2023, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2426 "2023-07-30T07:58:06Z")
Wordle 771 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟨🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAK CRATE TABLE BATHE ---
**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 30, 2023, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2427 "2023-07-30T08:18:06Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 771 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟨🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] crate Table Bathe ---
**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 30, 2023, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2428 "2023-07-30T10:20:16Z")
Wordle 771 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,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 B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \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 E} \\ \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 30, 2023, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2429 "2023-07-30T11:13:53Z")
Wordle 771 5/6\* πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE STARE WAITE TAUPE BATHE …_waite?_ What the heck? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2430 "2023-07-30T11:20:53Z")
Wordle 771 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 294 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 4 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE BATHE Happy to be part of the cavalcade of 3’s. For me, at guess 3, HAUTE (as in β€˜haute cuisine’) was the only other (unlikely, IMHO) possibility I saw, and besides that and the solution, the only words Scoredle found were two totally AYFKM words. So really it was down to just the one. ---
**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 30, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2431 "2023-07-30T12:12:21Z")
Wordle 771 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE CAPER BATHE ---
**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 30, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2432 "2023-07-30T14:12:25Z")
Wordle 771 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT RATES BATHE I saw matte before bathe, which would normally mean I guess matte first, 100%. But I really liked bathe a whole lot more, so I took a risk. ---
**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 30, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2433 "2023-07-30T14:12:55Z")
Wordle 771 4/6 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟨🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART wow 4 letters correct how long can this take? THANE I guess not the day for oddball words HASTE either LATHE or BATHE now I guess BATHE ---
**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 30, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2434 "2023-07-30T16:08:52Z")
Wordle 771 3/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟧 ⬜🟧⬜⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PLANE FARCE BATHE - pure, dumb luck. Wordlebot said there were 17 words I could have picked from at this point. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2435 "2023-07-30T16:33:52Z")
> **Wordle 771 4/6\* 7/30/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CURLY β†’ Strikeout. Let’s try a standard second guess word > _H_OIS_T_ β†’ Should have tried HASTE - better vowels. Let’s get A & E covered > _THA_N **E** β†’ And there they are. ?ATHE, LATHE is out, so > **BATHE** > > Wordle: from the Three Stooges to Shakespeare in two guesses. ---
**Author:** ![Beesnest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2436 "2023-07-30T17:30:38Z")
Wordle 771 X/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›new start word πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨old start word πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© FAIL ---
**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 30, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2437 "2023-07-30T18:06:12Z")
Wordle 771 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ROUTE TINGE LATHE BATHE I was getting a little worried after two, but LATHE turned out to be a fine guess. ROUTE’s average of 4.0 remains unchanged. ---
**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 30, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2438 "2023-07-30T20:08:20Z")
Wordle 771 2/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NIGHT BATHE Lucky guess! ---
**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 31, 2023, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2439 "2023-07-31T03:51:57Z")
Wordle 771 3/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST TAPER BATHE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2440 "2023-07-31T04:42:40Z")
Wordle 772 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUNGE MELEE CYCLE STYLE And everyone can see how completely I failed on this one. I somehow forgot the T in my second guess when trying to look for vowels . After that, I got to a point where I had absolutely no options left and then I saw the T. I assume I would have done better if I wasn’t an idiot but at least I didn’t fail completely. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=121) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=123)