# "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:** 132
**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 10, 2023, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2621 "2023-08-10T01:36:35Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I’d rather have a happy drunk lover, but maybe that’s just me. πŸ˜‰ It’s not just you! > [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > ALONE > HELLO > MOTEL > LOVER All’s well that ends well, eh? πŸ˜‰ ---
**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 10, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2622 "2023-08-10T02:46:46Z")
This is funny. Tune in tomorrow! ---
**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 10, 2023, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2623 "2023-08-10T03:13:36Z")
Wordle 781 4/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALONE LOSER LOWER LOVER Rats! If I’d looked up the used words list I would have seen that LOSER’s been used and could have gotten it in 3. ---
**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 10, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2624 "2023-08-10T03:14:40Z")
**Wordle 781 5/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STAIN CHORE ORDER MEWLS LOVER Way too many words possible after my 3rd guess, so I had to resort to a sleuth word to narrow things down. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2625 "2023-08-10T04:29:51Z")
Wordle 782 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TUNED CHEST LEFTY EMPTY And we are back to hunting for vowels and common letters and getting a five. ---
**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 10, 2023, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2626 "2023-08-10T06:40:46Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 782 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] Not easy ---
**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 10, 2023, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2627 "2023-08-10T07:07:53Z")
Wordle 782 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET ROUND CHIMP EMPTY ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2628 "2023-08-10T07:30:50Z")
Wordle 782 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VALID ROUSE THEME EMPTY ---
**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 10, 2023, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2629 "2023-08-10T09:19:05Z")
Wordle 782 4/6\* \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[silver,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \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 M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \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:** [August 10, 2023, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2630 "2023-08-10T12:01:43Z")
Wordle 782 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART STEEP PLATE knowing there is no A, just fishing for placement of letters. EMPTY ---
**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 10, 2023, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2631 "2023-08-10T12:27:33Z")
Wordle 782 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IDEAL CRONE EMPTY ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2632 "2023-08-10T12:33:40Z")
Wordle 782 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ORATE TEETH EMPTY I enjoy seeing the few times when I match Wordlebot, or nearly. Today I was the same except Wordlebot typically starts with SLATE. I won’t since that is a previous solution. Anyway, makes me feel computer-like πŸ€– Today it was easy since EMPTY was the only possible solution after guess two and it came to me in seconds. ---
**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 10, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2633 "2023-08-10T13:17:46Z")
Wordle 782 4/6 🟦⬜⬜⬜🟦 ⬜🟦🟦⬜🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PLANE STEEP TEMPO EMPTY For once, Wordlebot was happy with all my choices. ---
**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 10, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2634 "2023-08-10T14:20:02Z")
Wordle 782 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT TROPE STEEP EMPTY Thought I had it with steep but still just yellows. ---
**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 10, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2635 "2023-08-10T14:55:11Z")
Wordle 782 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RADIO LUMEN MESSY EMPTY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2636 "2023-08-10T15:23:30Z")
> **Wordle 782 4/6\* 8/10/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ > 🟨🟨⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > LOV_E_R β†’ OK. Common letters, at least one more vowel. Hoped for a good A word but ended up with > S_TE_IN β†’ Going kinda slow here. Time for the Scoredle double letter trick on that T > _PE_T **TY** β†’ I was worried for a sec when the first T came up gray. But now it’s pretty easy - E first, if P is second, try vowels in third - no help, so E?PTY and we come up > **EMPTY** > > Scoredle had 81 possibles for that third guess, but one for the fourth. Lucky guess on my part. ---
**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 10, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2637 "2023-08-10T15:23:55Z")
Wordle 782 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OPIUM MAPLE EMPTY Didn’t expect to hit on _two_ mid-tier consonants. OPIUM (a surprisingly strong starter) improves from 3.82 to 3.75. ---
**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 10, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2638 "2023-08-10T16:40:27Z")
I’m happy with my 3 today, although WordleBot assigned far more luck than skill to my second word try. Asshole. Wordle 782 3/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE PESTO EMPTY ---
**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, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2639 "2023-08-10T21:55:09Z")
Wordle 782 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 524 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 37 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE GIMPY EMPTY ---
**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 11, 2023, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2640 "2023-08-11T01:32:16Z")
Wordle 782 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE HERDS MITEY EMPTY …mitey? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=131) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=133)