# "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:** 16
**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:** [April 8, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/301 "2023-04-08T22:53:19Z")
**Wordle 658 6/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRAIN PODGE BUDGE HEDGE SEDGE LEDGE Give me a break…_three_ L words in a row? Plus another stinkin’ trap word. I tossed out an unlikely word at guess 2 just to check letters. I was thinking a secondary common may appear, and I got two of them, so that was good, but then I saw the trap. I couldn’t come up with a good sleuth word, and so I just started guessing in order of what I was feeling the most. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/302 "2023-04-08T22:54:36Z")
Catching up (have been under the weather a bit, with consequently less internet time logged): Wordle 655 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH CLAST BWANA SMASH BWANA was a test word to eliminate possibilities such as ABASH and AWASH. Wordle 656 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN PLIED LEAKY LEAFY Unremarkable. Wordle 657 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE MOUSY BONUS LOCUS Tough and time-consuming. Wordle 658 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OUTER LEACH LEDGE Fairly easy and enjoyable today thanks to a lucky second guess. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2023, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/303 "2023-04-09T07:04:46Z")
Wordle 659 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHALE SMACK SWANG SNAFU This one was really hard. I was testing out words and entered SWANG by accident. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2023, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/304 "2023-04-09T07:08:14Z")
Wordle 659 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATES SHANK SNAIL SNAPS SNAFU Lots of trap potential on the SNA, one could hit several SNAGS ---
**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:** [April 9, 2023, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/305 "2023-04-09T07:14:15Z")
Wordle 659 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE SNAFU Huh. Didn’t expect that to be the right answer. Using an acronym feels like cheating to me, but I guess we’re not playing by Scrabble rules. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2023, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/306 "2023-04-09T07:18:34Z")
Wordle 659 4/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 ⬛🟨🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CLUES QUASH SNAFU ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2023, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/307 "2023-04-09T07:28:09Z")
Wordle 659 2/6\* 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SUAVE SNAFU I never would have guessed that as a Wordle word except nothing more likely would fit. ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2023, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/308 "2023-04-09T07:44:25Z")
Wordle 659 3/6\* ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRAIN SNACK SNAFU I wasn’t sure SNAFU would be accepted, but I think it may have evolved into a regular word at this point, with most people unaware that it began as an acronym. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2023, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/309 "2023-04-09T08:26:17Z")
Wordle 659 6/6\* \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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \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 S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\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 A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\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 A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \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 F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \\ \end{aligned} Huh. I couldn’t see anything else it could be… I do NOT approve of that word. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2023, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/310 "2023-04-09T10:27:14Z")
Wordle 659 3/6\* 🟦⬛⬛🟦⬛ 🟧🟧🟧⬛🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SNARF SNAFU ---
**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:** [April 9, 2023, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/311 "2023-04-09T11:40:58Z")
Wordle 659 4/6 ⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SNARE SNACK SNAFU _\*cough\*_ bullshit _\*cough\*_ ---
**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:** [April 9, 2023, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/312 "2023-04-09T12:03:40Z")
Wordle 659 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE SCALD SPAWN SNAFU ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/313 "2023-04-09T13:24:57Z")
Wordle 659 4/6 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 108 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 13 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨 3 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLART KENCH =\> down to SPAWN, SNAFU, and possibly SWAIN SPAWN =\> lost the coin toss SNAFU ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/314 "2023-04-09T13:28:55Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > I do NOT approve of that word. It started off in life as an acronym, but it’s been a word of its own since WWII or shortly after. I remember it being in the newspapers in lower case when I was a kid, and I’m pushing 70. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/315 "2023-04-09T14:32:57Z")
Wordle 659 4/6 ⬜⬜🟧🟦⬜ 🟧⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL SNAKY SNAFU - Like Sherlock Holmes said: when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth ---
**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:** [April 9, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/316 "2023-04-09T15:31:49Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Wordle 659 4/6 > > ⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛ > 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ > 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > PLANT > SNARE > SNACK > SNAFU > > _\*cough\*_ bullshit _\*cough\*_ Same here. I wonder what Josh Wardle thinks of it? And of LOCUS? IIRC he created the game in part for his girlfriend and used **commonly used words**. My words not his. As much as it’s one of my favorite words, locus ain’t a common word. Oh well, so be it. He did well with the sale and now it’s NYT’s to do with as they please. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/317 "2023-04-09T15:33:35Z")
With today being Easter, the Wordle should have been RISEN ---
**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:** [April 9, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/318 "2023-04-09T15:52:50Z")
Yeah… my disapproval is completely irrational ! I’d happily accept RADAR, SONAR, SCUBA etc. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/319 "2023-04-09T16:03:36Z")
Wordle 659 4/6\* ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CHAMP FLAKY SNAFU Count me as another who was surprised to not get the Judgment of the Shaking Letters on this one. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/320 "2023-04-09T16:57:15Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > It started off in life as an acronym, but it’s been a word of its own since WWII or shortly after. I remember it being in the newspapers in lower case when I was a kid, and I’m pushing 70. I put it in the same category as fubar. As in, shouldn’t be on the answer list. I agree it was in popular usage 60 years ago, but unlike sonar, radar and scuba, it then fell out of common usage decades ago. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=17)