# "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:** 131
**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 9, 2023, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2601 "2023-08-09T03:23:47Z")
**Wordle 780 5/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STAIN CHORE DUMPY FULLY BULLY ---
**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:** [August 9, 2023, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2602 "2023-08-09T03:59:48Z")
Wordle 780 4/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST CLOUD GULLY BULLY I picked GULLY in a hurry; if I’d thought about it a bit more I would have gone with BULLY ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2603 "2023-08-09T04:36:22Z")
Wordle 781 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COURT ASIDE LOWER LOVER After two guesses, there were still about 15 possible -ER words. It would have been challenging if LOWER gave me only \_O\_\_ER. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2604 "2023-08-09T05:37:35Z")
Wordle 781 2/6\* 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VIOLA LOVER ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2605 "2023-08-09T06:45:27Z")
Wordle 781 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHORE LOVER Lucky guess just trying to place some letters but I needed it after the last two days. ---
**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 9, 2023, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2606 "2023-08-09T07:25:00Z")
Wordle 781 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛ 🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET ROUND LOWER LOVER ---
**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 9, 2023, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2607 "2023-08-09T08:30:16Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 781 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] shown Color Lover ---
**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 9, 2023, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2608 "2023-08-09T08:36:56Z")
Wordle 781 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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \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:** [August 9, 2023, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2609 "2023-08-09T11:51:28Z")
Wordle 781 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BONER LOVER ---
**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 9, 2023, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2610 "2023-08-09T12:32:40Z")
Wordle 781 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE HERON COVER LOVER ---
**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 9, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2611 "2023-08-09T15:06:00Z")
Wordle 781 5/6\* ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟨⬛🟨 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAMP FORGE TONER LOWER LOVER It was either LOSER or LOVER. I chose the better of the two! Ugh. A five. ---
**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 9, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2612 "2023-08-09T16:18:12Z")
Wordle 781 2/6\* 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > Louse > Lover ---
**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 9, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2613 "2023-08-09T16:21:06Z")
Wordle 781 4/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟩🟨🟩⬛ 🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT ROLES LOWER LOVER So mad at myself. I saw a lover first, but then kept looking and felt lower was much more likely to be the answer. I know better than that. Always stick with the first thing I see! (Only because I get much more mad when I second guess myself and get it wrong as opposed to being wrong with the first thing I see.) ---
**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 9, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2614 "2023-08-09T16:22:50Z")
The last thing I expected today was a 3. Very lucky! Wordle 781 3/6\* ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SOBER LOVER WordleBot advised after the fact that there were 25 words available after SOBER. After checking for already-used answers I had 10 left, so figured I was in for a 5 or a 6 today. There were several -OVER words, so I picked the one I liked the best to letter-test. Lucky! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2615 "2023-08-09T18:05:46Z")
> **Wordle 781 5/6\* 8/9/2023** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > BU_L_LY → One and only one L. Other than that, kinda unproductive > **L** _E_A_R_N → An -ER ending, perhaps? Must be a vowel in 2nd, could be I or O. Probably should try I, but I saw an O-word first, so > **LO** S **ER** → Single-letter trap. LOPER is probably not it. LOXER probably doesn’t exist outside of an NY deli > **LO** W **ER** → Not the W? Oh, the V > **LOVER** > > Going for LIVER on 3rd guess would have helped, but if I had tried LITER it might have been fatal, since one of my 4th-guess options was actually still out there, according to Scoredle. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2616 "2023-08-09T18:55:36Z")
Wordle 781 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 640 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 16 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE LOWER LOVER Lost the coin toss on guess #3. Such is life. ---
**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 9, 2023, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2617 "2023-08-09T20:58:30Z")
Wordle 781 3/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PLANE SCOUT LOVER - pure, dumb luck ---
**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 9, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2618 "2023-08-09T21:34:19Z")
Wordle 781 4/6 ⬜🟧⬜⬜🟦 🟧🟧⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 POISE LONER LOWER LOVER Lost the coin flip. I see I’m not the only LOWER LOVER here. This was POISE’s debut as a starter. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2619 "2023-08-10T01:18:27Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > IRATE > SOBER > LOVER I’d rather have a happy drunk lover, but maybe that’s just me. 😉 > [@BobLibDem](#): > > HEART > BONER > LOVER When you give that special someone both your heart and your body. 😃 ---
**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:** [August 10, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2620 "2023-08-10T01:20:19Z")
Wordle 781 4/6\* ⬛🟦🟦⬛🟦 ⬛🟦🟦⬛🟦 ⬛🟧⬛🟧🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE HELLO MOTEL LOVER [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=130) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=132)