# "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:** 144
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2861 "2023-08-23T09:06:21Z")
> **Wordle 795 6/6\* 8/23/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SPIC **E** β†’ For a second there, I thought I would strikeout. What’s a good second word? > ALON **E** β†’ Not that, as it turns out. U & Y left in vowels. Perhaps try a second E instead? > TH **R** _E_ **E** β†’ It’s there, as is a placed R. Good play, I think. Try E in second, as E?R- goes nowhere. What consonants are left? > M **ER** D **E** β†’ Not those. Two guesses left, and I feel like I’m floundering. Should I have tried MERGE? Well, I’ll try a rhyme… > **VER** G **E** β†’ So close. Two pairs of repeat letters? Darn you, Wordle > **VERVE** > > That was a very bittersweet β€œPhew”. ---
**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 23, 2023, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2862 "2023-08-23T09:31:15Z")
Wordle 795 5/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\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 R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\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 R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \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 23, 2023, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2863 "2023-08-23T10:26:36Z")
Wordle 795 6/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHIRE TRUCE MERDE VERGE VERVE It’s weird that I got to pick MERDE instead of MERGE, but I guess it worked out. ---
**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 23, 2023, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2864 "2023-08-23T11:59:19Z")
Wordle 795 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART RESIN BEEFY (know I omitted the R, just fishing for letters) VERVE (blind aquirrel finds nut) ---
**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 23, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2865 "2023-08-23T12:42:14Z")
Proud of my 4 today. Wordlebot average was a 5 and it looks like this killed some streaks today. Wordle 795 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ORATE RINSE MERGE VERVE ---
**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 23, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2866 "2023-08-23T12:53:47Z")
A 6 today. Very very tricky. Wordle 795 6/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET ROUND CHIMP FERRY VERGE VERVE β€” I joined the ’VERGE VERVE and get it in 6’ club, along with @SunUp and @The_Other_Waldo_Pepper. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2867 "2023-08-23T14:35:50Z")
Wordle 795 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,713 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 68 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 20 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE PRUDE VERGE VERVE With the double-double and with one of the double letters being V (which is the 5th least frequently used letter in Wordle solutions so far, ahead of only J,Q,X, and Z), this one was a bit of a challenge. I don’t feel bad at all about my 5. ---
**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 23, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2868 "2023-08-23T15:48:59Z")
Me too. What a mess. Wordle 795 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟧 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟧 🟦⬜⬜⬜🟧 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟧 ⬜⬜🟦🟦🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 - Dumb luck ---
**Author:** ![troub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troub/32/14802_2.png) [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2869 "2023-08-23T17:43:59Z")
Wordle 795 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Ah this made me mad, inspiring my first time trying one of these posts finally. BEARD (stole this starting word from someone else here, I like it) TERSE MERGE NERVE VERVE ---
**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 23, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2870 "2023-08-23T17:44:21Z")
Wordle 795 6/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OILER HEART REUSE MERGE NERVE VERVE Gah. At least I’m not the only one who struggled on this one. I think doubling up on the E (which I wasn’t sure was a good idea at the time) saved me from a fail. From there, I was sure it was either MERGE or VERGE, and I was shocked that the G didn’t turn over. Then after a minute I was like, β€œOh, NERVE! Duh!” Then I was shocked again. VERVE was never even close to my radar. I was probably lucky even to get a six here. ---
**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 23, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2871 "2023-08-23T17:58:17Z")
Wordle 795 5/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MONEY TREAT CRUEL \<\<β€” WTF? Two letters in the same wrong spots? SPIRE \<\<β€” I’m going to mess this streak up, aren’t I? VERVE Wow! That was crazy! ---
**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 23, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2872 "2023-08-23T20:46:45Z")
Wordle 795 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCORE BRIDE VERGE VERVE I’ve become overly fixated on the ratio of 3s vs 4s, which takes the sting out of 5s. Also kind of takes the fun out of 2s, but you take the good with the bad, y’know? ---
**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 23, 2023, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2873 "2023-08-23T21:05:28Z")
Yeah, I am not going to complain about my par today. Wordle 795 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SCORE VERGE VERVE ---
**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 24, 2023, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2874 "2023-08-24T04:40:31Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 796 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] Almost got it in 3. chant spore world Wordy ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2875 "2023-08-24T05:34:41Z")
Wordle 796 6/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SNORE HUMOR PORCH LORRY WORDY I really thought I was going to fail this one. It serves me right after the luck yesterday. Not sure what I could have done differently. I checked the vowels and then mid level letters but just not the right ones. ---
**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 24, 2023, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2876 "2023-08-24T06:53:08Z")
**Wordle 795 4/6** ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STORE CHAIN REVUE VERVE ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2877 "2023-08-24T07:05:21Z")
Wordle 796 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GUISE BROAD WORDY ---
**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 24, 2023, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2878 "2023-08-24T09:18:27Z")
Wordle 796 4/6\* \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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 24, 2023, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2879 "2023-08-24T11:00:56Z")
3! Wordle 796 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET ROUND WORDY ---
**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 24, 2023, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2880 "2023-08-24T11:53:44Z")
Wordle 796 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BROIL ROWDY WORDY [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=143) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=145)