# "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:** 163
**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 14, 2023, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3241 "2023-09-14T11:32:44Z")
Wordle 817 3/6 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE RAZOR RAYON ---
**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 14, 2023, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3242 "2023-09-14T11:50:35Z")
Wordle 817 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART KARMA RALLY RAYON ---
**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 14, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3243 "2023-09-14T15:48:04Z")
Wordle 817 6/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ ⬜🟧⬜⬜🟦 🟦🟧⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧⬜🟦⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 Ugh. Not even worth the rehash. ---
**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 14, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3244 "2023-09-14T16:07:48Z")
Wordle 817 6/6 πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ANISE TONAL WAGON BACON RADON RAYON I was almost certain that RAYON was a commercial brand name. It’s not. Luckily, I had no other choices by the end. A six is better than a fail, right, @Chefguy? Surprisingly, rayon has been around since the 1890s. Wikipedia supplies no insight as to who came up with the name or why. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3245 "2023-09-14T16:12:16Z")
Wordle 817 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 441 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 20 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟩 6 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE ORGAN RADON RAYON A synthetic fabric I haven’t heard the name of since the 1970s. Hell, maybe the 1960s. Grrr. ---
**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 14, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3246 "2023-09-14T16:59:01Z")
Yeah, this was a dumb one, and I made it worse by using a known letter in the same wrong place a second time. Bah! Wordle 817 5/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SPARK CAROB MAYOR RAYON Discovering the β€˜Y’ was the only thing that saved my bacon today. ---
**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 14, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3247 "2023-09-14T17:14:21Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Yeah, this was a dumb one, and I made it worse by using a known letter in the same wrong place a second time. Bah! Yeah, but have you ever forgotten to include a letter that you already have? That’s a fun reminder that your mind is going. ---
**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 14, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3248 "2023-09-14T17:53:31Z")
LOL, no, not… yet. I’m sure it’s coming! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3249 "2023-09-14T18:30:04Z")
Of all the things I’ve lost, I miss my mind the most. πŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3250 "2023-09-14T19:03:39Z")
> **Wordle 817 4/6\* 9/14/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 > 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CLE_AR_ β†’ Good start. I see a word to knock out two more vowels and a comcon, so I’ll take it > **RA** TI_O_ β†’ Good placement, plus the O - which must be in 4th, as RAO?? goes nowhere. I’ll try an element > **RA** D **ON** β†’ Should have tried a synthetic fiber > **RAYON** > > Scoredle says my second guess went from 691 possible words to 3 - and naturally, it would have chosen the answer third. Sigh. ---
**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 15, 2023, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3251 "2023-09-15T02:01:53Z")
**Wordle 817 3/6** ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STORE RUMOR RAYON ---
**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 15, 2023, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3252 "2023-09-15T03:48:47Z")
Wordle 817 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SANER BARON RAYON I saw rayon first, and then radon immediately after, but I kept looking because neither felt like wordle answers. Finally I saw a baron and thought, okay, that’s a legitimate answer word. Doh! ---
**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 15, 2023, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3253 "2023-09-15T03:59:37Z")
Wordle 817 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST RANCH RADON RAYON I see that I’m far from the only one to go for RADON before RAYON ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3254 "2023-09-15T04:39:41Z")
Wordle 818 4/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TUNER CREST EXERT ---
**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 15, 2023, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3255 "2023-09-15T06:13:30Z")
Wordle 818 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT ROSET EXERT After 2 I was immediately looking for something that ended with ERT, which meant as a placeholder I typed in XXERT. It was a very short leap from there. ---
**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 15, 2023, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3256 "2023-09-15T08:33:35Z")
Wordle 818 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **SALET** **ROUND** β€” _after this, I know it’s among crept erect exert merit_ **EXERT** β€” _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 15, 2023, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3257 "2023-09-15T08:35:04Z")
Wordle 818 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,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 H} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \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 T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \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 T} \\ \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 15, 2023, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3258 "2023-09-15T09:20:24Z")
Wordle 818 3/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE THERM EXERT ---
**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 15, 2023, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3259 "2023-09-15T11:46:08Z")
Wordle 818 2/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART EXERT ---
**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 15, 2023, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3260 "2023-09-15T11:57:06Z")
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