# "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:** 14
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/261 "2023-04-06T16:41:11Z")
Wordle 656 3/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 48 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 8 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLART NICHE =\> could be MEALY, LEAKY, or… LEAFY A bit of luck to get the 3 rather than a 4. ---
**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 6, 2023, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/262 "2023-04-06T22:03:44Z")
**Wordle 656 4/6** ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TAPER AMEND WEAVE LEAFY In hindsight, should have tried for the EA words (in 2nd and 3rd spots) at guess #2…there were a lot of choices! I was hesitant to toss up a W and V at guess #3, but I just was feeling the word - when I’m faced with too many choices, it’s how I roll. Nice to place the EA, but this could be a slog. Fortunately, my second choice of what I was β€œfeeling” out of my long list of words was the answer! So I feel _very_ lucky to escape this one in 4. ---
**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 6, 2023, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/263 "2023-04-06T22:06:46Z")
Tricksy Wordle today. Wordle 656 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE LEASH LEAKY LEAFY I’ll take the 4 today and not complain. (Much.) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/264 "2023-04-06T22:15:24Z")
> **Wordle 656 4/6\* 4/6/2023** > > ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SM **A** SH β†’ Not a bad start. A placed in the center does cut down on things some > TR **A** I_L_ β†’ Got lucky I didn’t think of TRAIN here first, I would have gone for that. I figured I should try an E, so the L can go early… > **LEA** K **Y** β†’ OK. Only one word left… > **LEAFY** > > TRAIN instead of TRAIL second would have had me panicking, and I don’t think I would have gone for something with a Y with the next guess, so I was really lucky there. ---
**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 7, 2023, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/265 "2023-04-07T04:24:44Z")
**Friday, April 7th** Wordle 657 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT ROLES LOCUS Shockingly, locus was the first thing I saw, and I saw it very quickly. It seems difficult to come up with words that end in S that aren’t just regular plural nouns, but I’m pretty sure present tense verbs are valid answers. So after first seeing locus I kept looking and saw cools, coils, boils, fouls, and even though it’s just a regular plural noun I wouldn’t be shocked to see jowls in the answer list. None of those possibilities (including locus) would positively identify among them, so I just went with the first thing I saw. I was frankly stunned when locus went all green. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/266 "2023-04-07T04:29:32Z")
Wordle 657 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LOUSE LOCUS ---
**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 7, 2023, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/267 "2023-04-07T10:44:45Z")
Wordle 657 2/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLUES LOCUS β€” this used to be my starting word ---
**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 7, 2023, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/268 "2023-04-07T11:01:26Z")
Wordle 657 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SPOIL LOUSY LOCUS Wasted a letter with β€˜spoil’, but I guess I still got there okay… ---
**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 7, 2023, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/269 "2023-04-07T11:12:41Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Wordle 657 2/6 > > πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CLUES > LOCUS β€” this used to be my starting word My degree was a BSci in Applied Mathematics, and LOCUS is one of my favorite words. In a plane, a parabola is the locus of points equidistant between a point (the focus) and a line (the directrix). ---
**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:** [April 7, 2023, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/270 "2023-04-07T11:24:57Z")
Wordle 657 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE COULD LOCUS ---
**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 7, 2023, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/271 "2023-04-07T11:43:56Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > My degree was a BSci in Applied Mathematics, and LOCUS is one of my favorite words. In a plane, a parabola is the locus of points equidistant between a point (the focus) and a line (the directrix). Before wordle, my only familiarity with locus was when I played Dungeons & Dragons Online and one of the material components in one of the crafting systems was a Locus of Vol. Since wordle, though, I did notice it being used by others as an early guess so that’s why it came to mind so quickly. ---
**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 7, 2023, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/272 "2023-04-07T11:54:58Z")
Wordle 657 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IDEAL CLOUT LOCUS ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/273 "2023-04-07T12:03:18Z")
Wordle 657 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 370 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 64 🟩🟩🟨🟨⬜ 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLART OPINE LOUSY LOCUS Another math geek here, so I thought today’s solution was a cool word. ---
**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 7, 2023, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/274 "2023-04-07T12:19:17Z")
Wordle 657 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DAUNT PUSSY SCHUL LOCUS Scoredle said LOCUS should have been my guess after PUSSY. I was feeling silly when i put that word in! ---
**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 7, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/275 "2023-04-07T13:08:23Z")
Wordle 657 5/6\* \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[yellow,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 F} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\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 C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \\ &\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 C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 7, 2023, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/276 "2023-04-07T13:54:48Z")
Wordle 657 4/6\* 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE LOINS LOOPS LOCUS Composed in the right place, if you’re German ---
**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 7, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/277 "2023-04-07T15:33:08Z")
I hated this game. Wordle 657 3/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLOUD LOCUS I had never heard of this word. I spent way too long trying to figure out another word – any word! – not this one. I finally looked it up and discovered it is a bonafide word, so gave it a try. It might be a common word in some circles, but not in mine! Not cricket, Wordle! ---
**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 7, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/278 "2023-04-07T16:04:34Z")
Wordle 657 4/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CAMEO SCORN FOCUS LOCUS Turns out that after SCORN, LOCUS and FOCUS were the only two non-plurals left. Still, I puzzled for quite a while to find _any_ word that fit. If I’d been paying attention to the WoF consonants, I might have logged a three, but I’ll take the par. I expected this word to give people more trouble, but quite a few of you are under par today. Good work, people! ---
**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 7, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/279 "2023-04-07T20:02:00Z")
Lots of threes today. Wordle 657 3/6 🟦⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟦⬜🟦⬜🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL LOCUS ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/280 "2023-04-07T23:08:40Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I finally looked it up and discovered it is a bonafide word, so gave it a try. It might be a common word in some circles, but not in mine! It’s a common word for mathematicians and very devoted science fiction fans so I was set. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=15)