# "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:** 149
**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 28, 2023, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2961 "2023-08-28T18:26:52Z")
Wordle 800 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟧🟧 ⬜⬜🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE QUITE WRITE ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2962 "2023-08-28T18:36:19Z")
I’m kind of surprised this thread has lived so long, but kudos to you all for posting. I still play most days and get mildly annoyed when I miss a day, so my streak ends. I’m much more pleased to have only got it wrong once, although this meant getting lucky many times. Not having read this thread for a long time, in the end does anyone think its incorporation into the New York Times made any significant difference? It is hard to remember people were writing banner articles on strategy since they won a lousy hundred consecutive games… ---
**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 28, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2963 "2023-08-28T18:40:19Z")
Wordle 800 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT STORE BRUTE WRITE > [@wguy123](#): > > Brute was the other option but it didn’t immediately pop into my head. \*_cries_\* ---
**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 28, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2964 "2023-08-28T19:34:44Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > **cries** Ha! Not all minds think alike πŸ˜‰ ---
**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 28, 2023, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2965 "2023-08-28T20:59:03Z")
Wordle 800 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OPINE MARLS TRIBE WRITE With _way_ too many β€”I-E words to choose from, I went to a sleuth word immediately. I didn’t know if MARLS was a word (something to do with calcium deposits, apparently) but it did a a good job narrowing the list. I was happy to come out with a four. Kudos to @QMatic for beating me in hard mode with the same opener! ---
**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 28, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2966 "2023-08-28T23:28:44Z")
**Wordle 800 3/6** ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE ROUTE WRITE ---
**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 29, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2967 "2023-08-29T02:46:11Z")
Wordle 800 4/6\* ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ARISE PRICE TRIBE WRITE Too many \_RI\_E choices! WordleBot rated me 97 for skill, 63 for luck, but it doesn’t feel like it. With 3 greens on my 1st guess, it still took me 4 guesses ☹ ---
**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 29, 2023, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2968 "2023-08-29T04:19:19Z")
**TUE AUG 29th** Wordle 801 4/6\* πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHEAR TAMER CAPER ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2969 "2023-08-29T05:28:28Z")
Wordle 801 3/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LASER CAPER Was deciding how to deal with the trap and decided to go with one guess before sleuth words. Again, this was blind luck. I counted at least 17 remaining options if this was wrong. ---
**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 29, 2023, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2970 "2023-08-29T07:20:45Z")
Almost a 2!!! Almost. I’ll take the 3 though. Wordle 801 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET β€” _2 green after one guess! Woo-hoo!_ PAPER CAPER ---
**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 29, 2023, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2971 "2023-08-29T08:39:46Z")
Wordle 801 6/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \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 C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,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 C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \end{aligned} ☹ ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2972 "2023-08-29T09:44:35Z")
Wordle 801 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 1,191 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 12 🟩🟨🟨🟨⬜ 8 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE CREAM CAPER CREAK and CEDAR had already been used; CAGER and CAVER seemed unlikely (people who aren’t cavers usually don’t even know that word, call us β€˜spelunkers’ instead) so it came down to CREAM and CAPER. ---
**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 29, 2023, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2973 "2023-08-29T11:10:15Z")
Wordle 801 3/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE TAPER CAPER ---
**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 29, 2023, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2974 "2023-08-29T11:50:15Z")
Wordle 801 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BREAD LASER PAPER CAPER ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2975 "2023-08-29T11:58:42Z")
Wordle 801 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GUILE SPEAK PEACH CAPER ---
**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 29, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2976 "2023-08-29T14:47:12Z")
Oh, fuck me. Wordle 801 6/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟦 ⬜🟦🟦🟦⬜ 🟦🟦🟦🟦⬜ ⬜🟧⬜🟧🟧 ⬜🟧⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2977 "2023-08-29T15:22:54Z")
> **Wordle 801 6/6\* 8/29/2023** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > W_R_IT_E_ β†’ Not a bad start. That -ER would look good as an ending. I’ll try a second E in case of -EAR > SNE **ER** β†’ Nope, just one. 3-letter trap. Let me get L out of the way > OLD **ER** β†’ Clean whiff. A, and some second tier consonants > B **A** K **ER** β†’ Right now I’m most scared of the PAPER, PAGER, PAVER trio > _P_ **A** G **ER** β†’ VAPER very unlikely, so only one letter left would work > **CAPER** > > You and me both, **Chefguy**. I’ve been pulling a lot of sixes lately. ---
**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 29, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2978 "2023-08-29T16:00:33Z")
Wordle 801 3/6 πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ARISE REACH CAPER I decided CATER and CAPER were the most likely solutions, and the coin toss went my way. I somehow totally missed CLEAR, so I got a little lucky it wasn’t that. ---
**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 29, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2979 "2023-08-29T16:08:22Z")
Another day, another 4. I’ll take it. (Like I have a choice.) Wordle 801 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE LEARN SPEAR CAPER WordleBot was lackluster, and that’s fair. ---
**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 29, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2980 "2023-08-29T16:52:41Z")
Wordle 801 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SPEAR CAPER Fairly straightforward. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=148) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=150)