# "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:** 13
**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 5, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/241 "2023-04-05T15:31:33Z")
Wordle 655 4/6 ⬜⬜🟧⬜⬜ 🟧⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟦🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL SHAFT SMASH - Hulk win! ---
**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:** [April 5, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/242 "2023-04-05T15:55:07Z")
Wordle 655 4/6\* πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLART SPANK SHAME SMASH I’ll take it. ---
**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 5, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/243 "2023-04-05T16:43:15Z")
Wordle 655 4/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ARIEL SANTO SCAMP SMASH I wasn’t sure if SANTO was a word, but I wanted those five letters, and sure enough, it took it. Just a _little_ more information with each word on my way to par. ETA: A SANTO is a carved image of a saint. Learn something new every day! ---
**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 5, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/244 "2023-04-05T16:44:27Z")
As usual, resisting the double consonants to the bitter end. Wordle 655 5/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CHAOS FLASH GNASH SMASH What’s especially irritating is that SMASH is the first --ASH word I came up with. Had to try those other consonants first, though! Fortunately, I came to my senses before QUASH. ---
**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, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/245 "2023-04-05T16:55:25Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > ETA: A SANTO is a carved image of a saint. Learn something new every day! So is β€˜Santos’ its plural? Nothing saintly about that guy! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/246 "2023-04-05T17:29:37Z")
> **Wordle 655 4/6\* 4/5/2023** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 > ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > R_A_TIO β†’ I finally get to start with one of those great starting words, and what does it get me? A stinkin’ unplaced A, that’s what. Ok, still an E out there, and some common consonants… > LE **A** N_S_ β†’ And… that’s not bad. For some odd reason, I feel like I need to check the U here, and that means trying… > QU **ASH** β†’ Think I’ve got a repeated letter, and I’ll try the consonant first… > **SMASH** > The other possibility was AWASH - and Scoredle thinks I should have tried SWASH. But I didn’t see ABASH, and if I had, I would have ended with a 5. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/247 "2023-04-05T17:31:50Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Fortunately, I came to my senses before QUASH. Apparently, I have no senses to come to… ---
**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 5, 2023, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/248 "2023-04-05T21:35:48Z")
**Wordle 655 4/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TUNER BALMY AMISS SMASH Wasn’t even on my radar until after Amiss. I also was considering Mocha for my 3rd guess, but I see now that either word would have gotten me there in 4 guesses. ---
**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 5, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/249 "2023-04-05T21:39:22Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Apparently, I have no senses to come to… I’m so sorry! Hey, you still got the answer quicker than I did, so your approach was clearly more successful. πŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/250 "2023-04-06T06:38:41Z")
Wordle 656 X/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 CLOUT MEDAL LEASH LEAVE LEARN LEAKY Down to 2 possibles but one guess left 😭 ---
**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 6, 2023, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/251 "2023-04-06T07:10:05Z")
Wordle 656 3/6\* ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE MEALY LEAFY Leafy greens in the last row! ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/252 "2023-04-06T07:46:09Z")
Wordle 656 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHALE LEAKY LEAFY ---
**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 6, 2023, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/253 "2023-04-06T10:36:22Z")
Wordle 656 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCALE LEAFY Got super lucky that I saw leafy before leaky. When I saw leaky I liked it for the answer much more than leafy, but I had already seen leafy, so against my better judgment I went with leafy. Total luck. ---
**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 6, 2023, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/254 "2023-04-06T11:18:33Z")
Wordle 656 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE CHEAP DEALT LEAFY ---
**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 6, 2023, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/255 "2023-04-06T11:20:34Z")
Wordle 656 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned} 😯 ---
**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 6, 2023, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/256 "2023-04-06T12:05:45Z")
Wordle 656 3/6 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART LEASE LEAFY ---
**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 6, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/257 "2023-04-06T12:38:05Z")
Wordle 656 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLUES RATIO NYMPH DELAY LEAFY Not getting any green boxes until late can be a hindrance. After 3 guesses none were green and I had A E L Y all yellows. It could be BELAY, DELAY, LEADY, LEAFY, or LEAKY, and I was was worried that I wouldn’t get this one. ---
**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 6, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/258 "2023-04-06T14:32:14Z")
Wordle 656 4/6\* πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE LEASH LEAKY LEAFY ---
**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 6, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/259 "2023-04-06T15:27:44Z")
Wordle 656 4/6 ⬜⬜🟧⬜🟦 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦 ⬜🟧🟧🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL DEALT LEAFY ---
**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 6, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/260 "2023-04-06T16:00:50Z")
Wordle 656 6/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ASIDE CLEAN LABEL LEAPT LEAKY LEAFY Ugh. Perhaps worse than getting a six is that I actually thought of LEAFY at three, having recently seen [this _Friends_ episode](https://youtu.be/y34jXryixic). But I resisted, thinking that would be a stupid and unlikely Wordle answer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=14)