# "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:** 155
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3081 "2023-09-05T02:58:59Z")
Wordle 807 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCORE HUMID GIDDY Nothing after 2 meant I had to pull out humid at 3 even though it’s already been an answer. Happy with a 4 since I didn’t see dizzy at all. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3082 "2023-09-05T04:21:29Z")
Wordle 808 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHIRE BIRCH ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3083 "2023-09-05T07:23:07Z")
Wordle 808 4/6\* ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VIOLA FIRST WIRED BIRCH ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3084 "2023-09-05T08:32:31Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 808 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3085 "2023-09-05T08:36:08Z")
Wordle 808 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET ROUND CHIMP BIRCH ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3086 "2023-09-05T08:40:12Z")
Wordle 808 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟦🟦🟦⬛ ⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHIRT MIRCH BIRCH ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3087 "2023-09-05T08:49:10Z")
Wordle 808 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \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 B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \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 H} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3088 "2023-09-05T10:46:01Z")
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,713 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 3 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE BIRCH I needed an easy 3. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3089 "2023-09-05T11:57:24Z")
Wordle 808 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BRUSH BIRCH ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3090 "2023-09-05T14:52:37Z")
Wordle 808 3/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE CURIO BIRCH ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3091 "2023-09-05T15:05:39Z")
Wordle 808 4/6\* ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟨⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ABOUT CLIMB BICEP BIRCH ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3092 "2023-09-05T15:26:26Z")
> **Wordle 808 4/6\* 9/5/2023** > > ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > G **I** DDY → OK, let’s go heavy on the vowels here for a change > P **I** ANO → Not much luck. But, it took out a lot of words with Es and Us indirectly (NIECE/PIECE/MINUS). Can I cover two comcons here? > F **I** LT **H** → Yes, and one hit. S & T gone, so letter before H should be C, try an R and it’s > **BIRCH** > > Another all-greenie. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3093 "2023-09-05T15:34:14Z")
Wordle 808 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟦⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE MOUND - okay, so it has an ‘i’ in it PICKY BIRCH - At least I beat Wordlebot, who would have picked ‘civic’. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3094 "2023-09-05T15:55:47Z")
On fire with the second tries. Another 3! Wordle 808 3/6\* 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SPRIG BIRCH WordleBot advised after the fact that SPRIG narrowed it down to only 1 word, BIRCH. I saw BIRCH almost immediately, but that didn’t stop me from wasting half an hour trying various other letter combinations to see if there was anything else. I was surprised when it turned out to be the answer. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3095 "2023-09-05T15:59:37Z")
Wordle 808 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟦⬛ 🟦🟧⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟧🟧⬛⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PATIO RISEN GIRLY BIRCH I didn’t know it at the time, but I only had two words left (save for a few of Scoredle’s nonsense words) after RISEN. That probably explains why it took me so long to find one. Unfortunately, the first one I saw was the wrong one. Not a bad par, though. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3096 "2023-09-05T17:11:13Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > WordleBot advised after the fact that SPRIG narrowed it down to only 1 word That illustrates the difference between Wordlebot and Scoredle. The latter is working from a list of 14,855 words that are legitimate guesses, but I assume Wordlebot’s working from the list of ~2300 actual solutions. So after your first two guesses, Scoredle says: “There are now 20 possible guesses. The best guess to make next would be CIRRI.” And here’s its list of the 20 possible guesses, so you can go “WTF??” cirri birch kirri mirly mirky wirri mirrl firry firni mirch mirkn murri nirly kirby birzz birdo curli burfi durzi corni ---
**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:** [September 6, 2023, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3097 "2023-09-06T03:01:03Z")
Wordle 808 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟨🟨🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCORE BRICK BIRCH Felt good about brick, but c’est la vie. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2023, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3098 "2023-09-06T03:03:46Z")
Wordle 808 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL PRION BIRCH And @RTFirefly after reading that list of Scordle guesses I can’t stop laughing! ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3099 "2023-09-06T04:17:17Z")
Wordle 809 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHALE QUASH ABASH GNASH Tricky one. I kept looking for another vowel, ---
**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:** [September 6, 2023, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3100 "2023-09-06T04:47:45Z")
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