# "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:** 156
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3101 "2023-09-06T06:50:03Z")
Wordle 809 6/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IMBUE SOAPY CLASH TRASH AWASH GNASH ---
**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 6, 2023, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3102 "2023-09-06T07:36:38Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 809 X/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 6, 2023, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3103 "2023-09-06T08:10:01Z")
Wordle 809 4/6 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **SALET** **ROUND** **CHIMP** **GNASH** — a lucky guess! ---
**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 6, 2023, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3104 "2023-09-06T08:58:56Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > cirri birch kirri mirly mirky wirri > mirrl firry firni mirch mirkn murri > nirly kirby birzz birdo curli burfi > durzi corni WTF ! Wordle 809 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \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 M} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ \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:** [September 6, 2023, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3105 "2023-09-06T09:26:55Z")
Wordle 809 3/6\* 🟦⬛⬛🟦⬛ 🟦🟧🟧⬛⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SNAKY GNASH ---
**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 6, 2023, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3106 "2023-09-06T11:54:24Z")
Wordle 809 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE CLASH GNASH ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3107 "2023-09-06T12:30:43Z")
Wordle 809 2/6 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ 13 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT GNASH There really weren’t any other possibilities, but it took me awhile to be sure of that. ---
**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 6, 2023, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3108 "2023-09-06T12:44:02Z")
Wordle 809 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TODAY APPLE CRACK GNASH This one was kinda fun! ---
**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 6, 2023, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3109 "2023-09-06T12:45:27Z")
Wordle 809 3/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SHADY GNASH ---
**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 6, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3110 "2023-09-06T14:49:23Z")
Wordle 809 5/6 🟦⬜🟧⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟧🟧🟧 ⬜⬜🟧🟧🟧 ⬜⬜🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE BRASH QUASH SMASH GNASH - consolation prize: wordlebot would have chosen ‘awash’ here ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3111 "2023-09-06T15:37:43Z")
> **Wordle 809 4/6\* 9/6/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 > ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > BIRC **H** → Let’s try a couple vowels; don’t see a word with those and two comcons so I’ll do my best > DE **A** T **H** → Hmm, single-vowel word? I can try two more comcons here > FL **ASH** → Hit on one. N is still left; only see one word that uses it, so > **GNASH** > > Scoredle had four non-bogus possibilities left for my fourth guess; I guess I got luckyl Also, two straight days with no yellows. ---
**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 6, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3112 "2023-09-06T16:33:23Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > cirri birch kirri mirly mirky wirri > mirrl firry firni mirch mirkn murri > nirly kirby birzz birdo curli burfi > durzi corni WTF indeed!! The only one of those words I would have tried was the _answer_. * * * Another 3 today. My letter-testing strategy seems to yield good results. Wordle 809 3/6\* ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SCALP GNASH My last thought before Try #3 was, “Oh, well. It won’t be a 3 today.” (!!!) ---
**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 6, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3113 "2023-09-06T17:03:24Z")
Wordle 809 3/6 ⬛⬛🟧🟦⬛ 🟦🟧🟧⬛⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PIANO SNARE GNASH A good second word got me the birdie here. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3114 "2023-09-06T17:17:20Z")
nm xxx ---
**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 7, 2023, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3115 "2023-09-07T01:59:37Z")
**Wordle 809 3/6** 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE GRASS GNASH I saw four possible words after my start word, and Grass would tell me exactly what it was. I actually thought of Gnash first and almost went for it, but I’m good with my decision. Edit to add: Glad it wasn’t Awash or Abash…didn’t see those two words until after. ---
**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 7, 2023, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3116 "2023-09-07T03:37:17Z")
Wordle 809 3/6 ⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛ 🟨🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SNARE GNASH Nice easy three thanks to the green N in second position. ---
**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 7, 2023, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3117 "2023-09-07T03:58:57Z")
Wordle 809 4/6\* 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL ARSON PANSY GNASH And WordleBot rated my guess PANSY as 0/100. What it told me: “PANSY is a valid guess, but it’s unlikely to be a solution based on what I’ve learned from playing Wordle”. ---
**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 7, 2023, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3118 "2023-09-07T04:15:27Z")
**THURSDAY SEPT 7th** Wordle 810 5/6\* ⬛🟦⬛⬛🟦 ⬛⬛⬛🟦🟧 🟦⬛⬛⬛🟧 ⬛⬛🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SPIEL ETHYL QUELL DWELL …that was a _slog._ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3119 "2023-09-07T05:27:49Z")
Wordle 810 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUNES WHEEL DWELL ---
**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 7, 2023, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3120 "2023-09-07T05:28:07Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 810 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] irate hovel smell quell dwell [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=155) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=157)