# "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:** 143
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2841 "2023-08-22T05:23:05Z")
Wordle 794 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHINE SLICE SPICE Big trap. I counted seven options after guess 2. I chose the letters to eliminate the most options and ended up with only one option left. I hate when I have to go through the letters that are left and write down every combination. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2842 "2023-08-22T07:24:41Z")
Wordle 794 5/6\* 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIOUS SPITE SPIKE SPINE SPICE Could easily have been a 2, or a 3, maybe a 4 or a 6. Settle for a 5. ---
**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 22, 2023, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2843 "2023-08-22T08:22:43Z")
\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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \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 S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} 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 22, 2023, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2844 "2023-08-22T08:51:11Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 794 3/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] Almost had a 2. scare slice Spice ---
**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 22, 2023, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2845 "2023-08-22T09:34:42Z")
Wordle 794 6/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHIRE SMITE SWIPE SPIKE SPICE I think the only thing that saved me from the trap was running out of other options… ---
**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 22, 2023, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2846 "2023-08-22T11:45:27Z")
Wordle 794 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART POISE SPICE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2847 "2023-08-22T11:54:19Z")
Wordle 794 3/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 446 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 3 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE SPICE Only one possibility left for guess #3. πŸ™‚ ---
**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 22, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2848 "2023-08-22T13:02:13Z")
Wordle 794 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE SLIDE SPITE SPICE ---
**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 22, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2849 "2023-08-22T14:31:49Z")
Wordle 794 4/6 πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET ROUND CHIMP SPICE ---
**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 22, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2850 "2023-08-22T15:04:12Z")
Wordle 794 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 UNITE PROMS SWIPE SPICE Spotted the trap immediately, then I worked _really_ hard on the second word - only to pooch the third one. SWIPE was dumb, because it eliminated nothing. I got lucky to sink the par, but SPIKE or SPICE at three would have guaranteed either a par or birdie. And I probably would have gone with SPICE had I taken another minute to think. UNITE was tied with four others as my second-best starter. It has now fallen from 3.55 to 3.58. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2851 "2023-08-22T16:09:33Z")
> **Summary** > > Wordle 794 4/6\* > > ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ > 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ > 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > B_E_A **C** H β†’ OK. Good start. Could put E after C, but there’s another option that has two good consonants and is more Scoredle-like, so I’ll try that > _E_RE **C** T β†’ Hit on neither consonants and didn’t place the E - except through elimination. I thought about JUICE here, to check another vowel, but thought I mght fall into an -ICE trap. So, > **S** L **ICE** β†’ came close. > **SPICE** > > A spirited par. Scoredle says I should have tried SINCE as my third guess, but that would have put me in at a 5. Once again a better play would lead to a worse result. ---
**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 22, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2852 "2023-08-22T16:24:42Z")
I’ll take the par today. Wordle 794 4/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SLIDE SPINE SPICE An unremarkable game. ---
**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 22, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2853 "2023-08-22T16:25:36Z")
Wordle 794 3/6 🟧⬜⬜⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE SPINE - Got all excited there for a second. So. . .β€˜spikeβ€™β€¦β€˜spire’. . .or. . . SPICE - I have chosen. . .wisely. ---
**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 22, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2854 "2023-08-22T17:05:46Z")
Wordle 794 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SPORE SPICE Down to two possibilities after 2, but the previous words list to the rescue: Spike has already been an answer. Good thing, since I saw spike before spice. ---
**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 22, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2855 "2023-08-22T17:58:20Z")
Wordle 794 5/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD WHOLE MINCE JUICE SPICE A five. ☹ ---
**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 23, 2023, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2856 "2023-08-23T01:34:02Z")
**Wordle 794 3/6** 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STORE SPINE SPICE Thought I had it in 2…what a tease. πŸ˜† Out of the list of words it could be, glad I chose well for my second guess to get it in 3 though. ---
**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 23, 2023, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2857 "2023-08-23T02:32:49Z")
Wordle 794 4/6\* 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE SLOPE SPINE SPICE Sigh. I see I’m not the only one to fall into the S\_\_\_E trap ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2858 "2023-08-23T05:34:20Z")
Wordle 795 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO NURSE VERVE I didn’t want to guess this so early but nothing else was coming to me. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2859 "2023-08-23T07:24:00Z")
Wordle 795 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE REEVE VERVE I didn’t even know that was a word outside of the two '90s bands that use it in their name. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2860 "2023-08-23T07:41:19Z")
Wordle 795 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIOUS DREAM THREE NERVE VERVE [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=142) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=144)