# "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:** 161
**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 12, 2023, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3201 "2023-09-12T05:02:03Z")
Missed posting the last couple days. My results were: Wordle 813 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT STORE EMOTE QUOTE Wordle 814 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT CLOSE OLDER And then today’s: Wordle 815 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCORE MUSHY WHISK ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3202 "2023-09-12T06:33:01Z")
Wordle 815 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VIOLA INPUT WEIRD WHICH WHISK ---
**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 12, 2023, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3203 "2023-09-12T09:08:45Z")
Wordle 815 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[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 Q} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ \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 12, 2023, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3204 "2023-09-12T09:53:28Z")
Wordle 815 3/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHIRT WHISK ---
**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 12, 2023, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3205 "2023-09-12T11:42:55Z")
Wordle 815 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SHINY WHISK ---
**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 12, 2023, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3206 "2023-09-12T12:10:34Z")
Wordle 815 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET ROUND CHIMP WHISK ---
**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 12, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3207 "2023-09-12T12:15:05Z")
Wordle 815 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IDEAL OPIUM STICK WHISK ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3208 "2023-09-12T14:10:33Z")
> **Wordle 815 3/6\* 9/12/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > OLDER β†’ Strikeout. Two vowels, and I’ve got three comcons left so try them > _S_A **I** NT β†’ Wordle hates plurals, so that S is probably in 4th. -ISM or -ISH ending? Don’t see much. How about -ISK? Hmm, one could use the H as well… > **WHISK** > > Two 3s in a row. Plus I beat Scoredle, so today’s off to a pretty good start. ---
**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 12, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3209 "2023-09-12T14:25:54Z")
Wordle 815 4/6 🟦⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟧🟧⬜ ⬜⬜🟧🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE NOISY PRISM WHISK ---
**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 12, 2023, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3210 "2023-09-12T15:59:49Z")
Wordle 815 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLONE TRASH HUSSY WHISK I’ll take a par after starting with nuthin’. ---
**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 12, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3211 "2023-09-12T16:02:53Z")
Back to a 3! Wordle 815 3/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SPINY WHISK WordleBot said the only other available word after my second try was BLISS. ---
**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 12, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3212 "2023-09-12T16:36:15Z")
Wordle 815 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 POISE WRIST WHISK I didn’t analyze this one very hard, just kind of rolled with it after hitting two β€œgreens” out of the box. I went with WRIST because of the R and T; turns out it was the W that got it. Fun solve. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3213 "2023-09-12T20:57:04Z")
Wordle 815 4/6 Scoredle 4/6 14,855 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,376 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 12 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 4 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE GIMPY WHISK Now, for yesterday’s magic trick, watch me turn a 3 into a 6: Here’s how it would have gone if I’d just done my usual second word: ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 167 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE OLDER =\> β€˜oller’ was Scoredle’s only alternative, so a slamdunk 3. Instead, I outsmarted myself like this: Wordle 814 6/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 167 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 65 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 16 ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 2 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT PLUMB FLECK GLIDE ELDER OLDER After the first guess, I figured there were only a few letters that could be the first letter, given the second letter. So I tried to come up with all the possibilities that started from those two-letter combinations, with the help of a dead-trees dictionary. But somehow I just plain missed the solution in my search, and my fifth guess as well; I only guessed those after having seemingly (but obviously incorrectly!) narrowed it down to one possibility. Seemed like a good idea until it wasn’t! Anyway, after that, I was so disgruntled that I didn’t want to think about it anymore yesterday, let alone post about it. (Don’t worry, I’m feeling better today. πŸ™‚ ) ---
**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 13, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3214 "2023-09-13T01:17:14Z")
**Wordle 815 3/6** 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STORE CHAIN WHISK * * * * * * > [@RTFirefly](#): > > Seemed like a good idea until it wasn’t! I can relate…if I had a dime for every time I should have gone with my usual start words but didn’t, and then had too many choices I missed seeing the correct answer. Sometimes it works out, but sure is frustrating when it doesn’t. 'Tis the nature of this game. πŸ™ƒ ---
**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 13, 2023, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3215 "2023-09-13T03:06:42Z")
Wordle 815 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST CRUSH WHISK ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3216 "2023-09-13T04:19:03Z")
Wordle 816 3/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHARE CLEAR ---
**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 13, 2023, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3217 "2023-09-13T05:32:22Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 816 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] stare cater clear ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3218 "2023-09-13T07:15:23Z")
Wordle 816 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIOUS HEART RACED GRACE CLEAR ---
**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 13, 2023, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3219 "2023-09-13T07:27:33Z")
Wordle 816 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **SALET** **ROUND** β€” _this leaves the possible answers as_ _ **blare clear feral flare glare pearl** _ **BEFOG** β€” _eliminating letters here_ **CLEAR** ---
**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 13, 2023, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3220 "2023-09-13T07:30:53Z")
Wordle 816 2/6 β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT CLEAR Well that was a surprise. I wasn’t trying for the answer; I didn’t even check if clear had been an answer before. It was just my standard follow-up to a green L and yellow A. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=160) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=162)