# "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:** 164
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3261 "2023-09-15T13:56:37Z")
Wordle 818 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 182 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 3 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE EXERT Found the solution fairly quickly; most of my time was spent trying to see if there were any other possibilities. There weren’t any. ---
**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 15, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3262 "2023-09-15T14:27:04Z")
My Wordle-fu seems to have deserted me of late. Wordle 818 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟦🟦 🟦⬜⬜🟦⬜ ⬜🟦🟦⬜⬜ 🟧⬜🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE THIEF PETTY EVENT EXERT ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3263 "2023-09-15T14:33:10Z")
> **Wordle 818 4/6\* 9/15/2023** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 > ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _R_ADON β†’ Meh. Try something with I & E, and two comcons. > _T_IL_ER_ β†’ Shuffle letters and try again. Perhaps with an S? > C_R_ **E** S **T** β†’ So, ??ERT. Without A, I, and O, lots of possibilities that come to mind are gone; fourth guess, so a good time for a repeat letter. > **EXERT** > > Pleased as punch that Scoredle liked my third guess. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3264 "2023-09-15T15:01:46Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > My Wordle-fu seems to have deserted me of late. You aren’t the only one. I’ve had two 6’s and a 5 since the middle of last week. ---
**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 15, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3265 "2023-09-15T15:19:26Z")
Wordle 818 4/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TANGY FRUIT SHORT EXERT ---
**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 15, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3266 "2023-09-15T16:23:30Z")
Wordle 818 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALIVE TONER CREST EXERT With two of the same vowel and an X, I expected this one to give people more trouble than it seems to be. I guess, as someone said the other day, the letters you eliminate are as important as the ones you find. > [@SunUp](#): > > _R_ADON A typo, or did you veer from your usual M.O.? ---
**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 15, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3267 "2023-09-15T17:05:37Z")
I felt like I was swimming through molasses coming up with today’s. Quite content with a 4! Wordle 818 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE OUTER STERN EXERT WordleBot was lukewarm in its assessment of my game, and fair enough. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3268 "2023-09-15T17:09:30Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > _R_ADON > > A typo, or did you veer from your usual M.O.? Yeah, typo. I had so much fun looking through all of yesterday’s near-misses (including my own) that I got it stuck in my head. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3269 "2023-09-15T21:41:59Z")
Wordle 818 2/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I don’t generally post my results here, but today I got incredibly lucky. CRATE EXERT ---
**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 16, 2023, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3270 "2023-09-16T02:58:40Z")
Wordle 818 4/6\* ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL THEME EVENT EXERT ---
**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 16, 2023, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3271 "2023-09-16T04:12:34Z")
**SAT SEPT 16th** Wordle 819 2/6\* πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE ANGEL Don’t yet know whether to pat myself on the back for a quick β€˜2’, or if tons of others will follow suit… ---
**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 16, 2023, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3272 "2023-09-16T04:46:43Z")
**Wordle 818 3/6** ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 🟩⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STORE ENTRY EXERT ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2023, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3273 "2023-09-16T05:27:53Z")
Wordle 819 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHALE LEGAL ANGEL ---
**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 16, 2023, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3274 "2023-09-16T07:06:53Z")
Wordle 819 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET ROUND ALIEN ANGEL ---
**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 16, 2023, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3275 "2023-09-16T08:07:53Z")
Wordle 819 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT LANES ANGEL I don’t know how many possibilities were left, but it didn’t feel like there were many. ---
**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 16, 2023, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3276 "2023-09-16T09:57:13Z")
Wordle 819 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,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 T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 16, 2023, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3277 "2023-09-16T12:59:48Z")
Wordle 819 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE TEACH PLEAD ANGEL ---
**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 16, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3278 "2023-09-16T14:11:52Z")
Wordle 819 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART CLEAN NAVEL ANGEL ---
**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 16, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3279 "2023-09-16T14:20:42Z")
Wordle 819 2/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LODGE ANGEL I missed a day! My streak is gone. Seems fitting I would get a 2 after that. ---
**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 16, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3280 "2023-09-16T14:31:59Z")
Wordle 819 3/6 ⬜🟦🟦⬜🟦 ⬜🟦⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE LAPEL ANGEL - Took me forever to dredge up this word [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=163) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=165)