# "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:** 128
**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:** [August 5, 2023, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2541 "2023-08-05T11:31:21Z")
Wordle 777 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IDEAL READY ANODE ---
**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:** [August 5, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2542 "2023-08-05T13:31:51Z")
Wordle 777 2/6\* πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > Align > Anode ---
**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:** [August 5, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2543 "2023-08-05T14:03:58Z")
Wordle 777 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PLACE crap I left the A where it doesn’t go ABOVE AWOKE darn too many guesses gotta think positive- that’s it! ANODE ---
**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:** [August 5, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2544 "2023-08-05T14:04:52Z")
Wordle 777 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POUCH BLOND ADORN ANODE ---
**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:** [August 5, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2545 "2023-08-05T15:01:27Z")
Wordle 777 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET ROUND ANODE Wow, I don’t think I’ve ever gotten all 5 letters by the second guess! ---
**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:** [August 5, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2546 "2023-08-05T15:02:15Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Wordle 777 2/6\* > > πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ > 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 > > ALONE > ANODE > > Given the first answer, I think no other second answer was left… Only you alone would know. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2547 "2023-08-05T15:11:52Z")
Wordle 777 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SANER VEGAN ANODE I wasn’t 100% sure vegan is on the answer list, but even less sure about anode and that actually turned out to be the answer. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2548 "2023-08-05T15:26:36Z")
Lots of threes today. Wordle 777 3/6 ⬜⬜🟦🟦🟧 🟦🟦🟦⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PLANE DANCE ANODE ---
**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:** [August 5, 2023, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2549 "2023-08-05T19:24:21Z")
Wordle 777 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 RAISE PLATE ABODE ANODE Kind of surprised at all the twos and threes today; I thought this was a tricky, trappish word and that I got lucky with my third guess. RAISE’s average gets… raised, from 3.82 to 3.83. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2023, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2550 "2023-08-05T21:00:18Z")
I feel lucky to get away with a par today, considering I pooched my second guess by using a letter in a known wrong position. Wordle 777 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SCALE ABODE ANODE Congrats to all the 2s and 3s!! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2551 "2023-08-06T00:09:45Z")
> **Wordle 777 4/6\* 8/5/2023** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CH_A_RT β†’ Slow, um, start. Nice to check two vowels here, but I thought of a really good followup, so > _NA_ILS β†’ One out of four. And nothing placed yet. Took me a while to think of the next followup > M_ONAD_ β†’ 4 out of 5, and no one placed? Ugh. A pretty much has to be first, and I haven’t tried E yet… hmm, is this a crossword special? > **ANODE** > > Scoredle suggested GONAD for my third guess, which I would have tried had I seen it on the grounds of it being funnier. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2552 "2023-08-06T01:16:16Z")
**Wordle 777 4/6** ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNAIL ANNEX ANEAR ANODE I _almost_ went with Anode at 2…wasn’t sure it really would be used, but just wanted to check the letters. I was feeling Annex more though. Then I only had two choices I could see…I know Anear is a bit archaic, but I really didn’t like the idea of an electrochemistry word either. ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2553 "2023-08-06T02:01:16Z")
> [@SeaSun](#): > > but I really didn’t like the idea of an electrochemistry word either. I see a potential difference of opinion on this, though. Others may be having a different reaction. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2554 "2023-08-06T06:03:41Z")
Wordle 778 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GUILE LOAMY POLYP. - the least unlikely of an unlikely set of possibilities ---
**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:** [August 6, 2023, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2555 "2023-08-06T06:52:46Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 778 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] I bet nobody gets it in 1. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2023, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2556 "2023-08-06T08:21:03Z")
Wordle 778 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ \end{aligned} > [@Borborygmi](#): > > I see a potential difference of opinion on this, though. πŸ‘ ---
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Wordle 778 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **SALET** **ROUND** **CHIMP** **POLYP** β€” _??? Somewhere, Josh Wardle and his girlfriend are rolling their eyes_ _AND laughing their way to the bank!_ ---
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Wordle 778 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE TOILS LORDY POLYP ---
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Wordle 778 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LOUSE DOLLY POLYP ---
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Wordle 778 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 640 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 60 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY POLYP [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=127) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=129)