# "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:** 136
**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 14, 2023, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2701 "2023-08-14T12:08:11Z")
Wordle 786 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IDEAL BAYOU SCARY SHAKY SNAKY stupid word ---
**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 14, 2023, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2702 "2023-08-14T12:09:38Z")
I got yesterday’s in four; saw the answer at three but decided on a different word. I hate when that happens. As for today: Wordle 786 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 COATI SNARL SNAKE SNAKY Grrr. After two it’s either SNAKE or SNAFU, and SNAFU is unlikely. A quick and easy three. Yay! SNAKY??? F\*\*\* you, Wordle. ---
**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 14, 2023, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2703 "2023-08-14T12:19:22Z")
Wordle 786 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PLAIN SNACK SNAKY ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2704 "2023-08-14T13:37:45Z")
Wordle 786 3/6 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ 21 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT SNAKE SNAKY _Sooooo_ close to a 2. At this point, I’m familiar enough with the game to have figured that SNAKY probably would be a valid solution, so I’m not particularly bothered by it. Of the possibilities I thought of, SNARF might’ve been a bit much, but other than that, they were all fair game imho, even SNARK. ---
**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 14, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2705 "2023-08-14T13:50:44Z")
Wordle 786 3/6\* πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SNACK SNAKY Uh, okay. ---
**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 14, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2706 "2023-08-14T14:02:13Z")
Wordle 786 4/6 ⬜⬜🟧🟦⬜ ⬜⬜🟧⬜🟦 🟧🟧🟧⬜🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PLANE TRAIN SNACK SNAKY Feel lucky to have gotten it in four. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2707 "2023-08-14T15:01:08Z")
> **Wordle 786 4/6 8/14/2023** > > ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > WR **A** TH β†’ Not a bad start. Lone vowel? Still need to try others. Thought about a -A?E ending for a bit, but didn’t like the possible consonants, so I went with > **S** L **A** I_N_ β†’ Which, while not hitting the I, was good. Try an E. N in second or fourth? Second could be S?ANE, but not much fits it, so try SNA?E, which has a reptilian solution > **SNAK** E β†’ and I almost thought I had a 3. > **SNAKY** > > Scoredle had 15 possibilities for the third guess, which means my first two cut it down by a factor of 1000. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2708 "2023-08-14T15:24:39Z")
Wordle 786 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRICK SHAKE SNAKY I lucked out. After the second guess, there was only one possible word left. ---
**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 14, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2709 "2023-08-14T15:41:21Z")
Wordle 786 5/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO FLASH STACK SNAKE ← This should have been it. SNAKY ← Seriously?? ---
**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 14, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2710 "2023-08-14T16:35:38Z")
Wordle 786 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SNARE SNAKY Yay, a 3, I guess, but this was not satisfying. After 2 I immediately saw snack but that has already been an answer. So has snafu, for that matter, as well as snarl but I’d already eliminated L. I saw snags, but I don’t think present tense verbs ending in s are in the answer list. So I kept looking, figuring it would probably end in Y. Snaky? I guess, if you squint, maybe that’s a common word? The only thing I ever found. Didn’t feel good about it, but it worked so yay. ---
**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 14, 2023, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2711 "2023-08-14T23:17:12Z")
A 4 today. Wordle 786 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SCALP SHADY SNAKY I found SNAKY pretty fast after my 3rd try, but my brain didn’t want to accept this was a Wordle word. Finally dawned on me it had to be that word, because there was no other. Dumb word! ---
**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 15, 2023, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2712 "2023-08-15T02:45:20Z")
**Wordle 786 4/6** 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHARM SPANK SNAKY A bit of a slog…so many words it could be after my start word’s S and A in green, but happy with my strategy for my next two guesses to narrow things down. Feel lucky to escape with a 4 on this one. ---
**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 15, 2023, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2713 "2023-08-15T03:47:41Z")
Wordle 786 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LEASH SPANK SNAKY ---
**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 15, 2023, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2714 "2023-08-15T04:03:29Z")
Started with the wrong word. [spoiler]Wordle 787 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2715 "2023-08-15T05:10:03Z")
Wordle 787 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHINE WIDEN INDEX ---
**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 15, 2023, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2716 "2023-08-15T07:05:33Z")
A lucky guess! Wordle 787 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET ROUND INDEX ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2717 "2023-08-15T07:32:30Z")
Wordle 787 3/6\* 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IMBUE INERT INDEX ---
**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 15, 2023, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2718 "2023-08-15T09:03:19Z")
Wordle 787 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[yellow,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \\ \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:** [August 15, 2023, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2719 "2023-08-15T09:23:11Z")
Wordle 787 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE STEIN DINER INDEX ---
**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 15, 2023, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2720 "2023-08-15T12:36:39Z")
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