# "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:** 142
**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 21, 2023, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2821 "2023-08-21T04:35:55Z")
Yikes, nearly forgot to post today’s! Wordle 792 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLEFT SPENT QUEST ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2822 "2023-08-21T06:08:15Z")
Wordle 793 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GUISE VALET HEARD BEACH ---
**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 21, 2023, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2823 "2023-08-21T06:12:21Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 793 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] ---
**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 21, 2023, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2824 "2023-08-21T08:22:51Z")
Wordle 793 2/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,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[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ \end{aligned} Damn ! Got excited when those greens started appearing … I’ll settle for a 2, could’ve been worse ! ---
**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 21, 2023, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2825 "2023-08-21T08:32:22Z")
Wordle 793 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET ROUND CHIMP BEACH ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2826 "2023-08-21T10:23:46Z")
Wordle 793 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 256 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE =\> PEACH has already been used, so… BEACH ---
**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 21, 2023, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2827 "2023-08-21T11:16:15Z")
Wordle 793 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IDEAL TEACH BEACH ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2828 "2023-08-21T11:53:16Z")
> **Wordle 793 5/6\* 8/21/2023** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > QU_E_ST β†’ In many ways, a better starting word than one might expect. Not that it got much here, but… > L **EA** RN β†’ WoF letters are gone, and no consonants to show for it. Still, that EA is good to see and only so many words w/o the common consonants can go around them > _H_ **EA** DY β†’ KOed one last vowel. Time to break out the C since S and T are gone. BEACH or PEACH? I’ll try a tribute to my time in Georgia > P **EACH** β†’ Darn. Should have tried a tribute to my vacations. > **BEACH** > > I’m just glad it wasn’t LEAVE. We’re heading home after dropping our daughter off for college and Wordle might have made me start crying. ---
**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 21, 2023, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2829 "2023-08-21T11:56:24Z")
Wordle 793 2/6 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BEACH ---
**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 21, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2830 "2023-08-21T14:17:44Z")
Wordle 793 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCARE BEACH Hey, I just found Wordlebot. I thought you needed a NYT account for it, but nope. It says there was only one possibility left after scare, but obnoxiously it considered scare more lucky than skill. Luck my ass. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2831 "2023-08-21T14:18:22Z")
> [@chiliwillybing](#): > > Only if you check them πŸ˜‰ Yabbut they’re things I already know, even if I don’t have total recall of them. If I know things already that can be used to solve a puzzle, I’m going to use them. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2832 "2023-08-21T14:26:11Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Hey, I just found Wordlebot. I thought you needed a NYT account for it, but nope. Well, whaddaya know! The NYT had been demanding an account from me to get to WordleBot, but now it just let me right in. ---
**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 21, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2833 "2023-08-21T15:05:54Z")
Right and nothing wrong with that. I just meant that if it was getting to be less challenging at this point, you could always forgo the answer list to up the difficulty again. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2834 "2023-08-21T15:15:38Z")
I think you can use Wordlebot until your maximum number of articles is reached ---
**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 21, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2835 "2023-08-21T15:23:20Z")
Wordle 793 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PIANO STARE BEACH My third three in a row! BEACH was the only (reasonable) word left that didn’t end in Y, so I suppose I’m lucky it wasn’t one of those. I’m working my way backwards though my starter list this time, and I’m into the top ten. Somehow I feel more pressure when using a historically strong starting word. PIANO improves from 3.64 to 3.58. ---
**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 21, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2836 "2023-08-21T15:34:33Z")
Wordle 793 4/6 ⬜⬜🟧⬜🟦 ⬜🟧🟧⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE WEARY PEACH - I have chosen. . .poorly BEACH ---
**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 21, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2837 "2023-08-21T16:32:36Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I have chosen. . .poorly Yeah, but it’s the season. Wordle 793 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE PEACH BEACH For me, it was a lucky second try – probably because I was eating one! ---
**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 21, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2838 "2023-08-21T17:01:58Z")
Wordle 793 3/6\* πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLEND BRAVE BEACH I wish I was at the beach, instead of at work! ---
**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 22, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2839 "2023-08-22T02:35:36Z")
**Wordle 793 3/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STORE CHAIN BEACH ---
**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 22, 2023, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2840 "2023-08-22T02:57:57Z")
Wordle 793 4/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADORE LEAST HEAVY PEACH I usually start with LEAST but thought I’d mix it up. So, a 4 instead of a 3. Oh well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=141) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=143)