# "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:** 167
**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 19, 2023, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3321 "2023-09-19T01:43:32Z")
**Wordle 821 5/6** ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STORE CHAIN BRAND PRANK FRANK I knew the best play would have been to go with my trusty β€œDumpy” for my 3rd guess to check the P and D, but I just was feelin’ Brand. I thought they removed words that could be names too (they _have_ done that), so Frank was last on my list. 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 19, 2023, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3322 "2023-09-19T03:19:40Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > It doesn’t make sense to me. I looked at Wordlebot when it was free to everyone recently (it’s back to be paywalled again now), and I couldn’t wrap my brain around it entirely either. It was kind of interesting and fun to see what Wordlebot has to say, but whatever gets me to the answer in as little guesses as possible, be it skill _or_ luck, is dandy with me. πŸ˜‰ ---
**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 19, 2023, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3323 "2023-09-19T03:44:04Z")
Wordle 821 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST CHAIR PRAWN GRAND FRANK Well, I agree with WordleBot on this one. It didn’t like my 3rd guess, PRAWN, and looking at it now, I don’t like it either and don’t know why I didn’t see the more obvious GRAND and FRANK earlier. ---
**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 19, 2023, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3324 "2023-09-19T04:01:41Z")
TUE SEPT 19 Wordle 822 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SLOPE CLOSE ---
**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 19, 2023, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3325 "2023-09-19T05:24:41Z")
[spoiler]\*Wordle 822 3/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩\*[/spoiler] STONE CHOSE CLOSE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3326 "2023-09-19T05:37:15Z")
Wordle 822 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHONE CLOSE ---
**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 19, 2023, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3327 "2023-09-19T07:15:23Z")
Wordle 822 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **SALET** **ROUND** β€” after this, the only likely word is _ **close** _ **CLOSE** β€” and there we have it ---
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3328 "2023-09-19T07:41:53Z")
Wordle 822 2/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slant Close ---
**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 19, 2023, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3329 "2023-09-19T08:38:22Z")
Wordle 822 3/6\* \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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3330 "2023-09-19T10:04:49Z")
Wordle 822 2/6 Scoredle 2/6\* 14,855 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 101 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CLOSE Didn’t seem to be anywhere for an R to be in the solution, so I was only giving up the H, really, by substituting CLOSE for my usual second guess of CHORE. And I mostly needed vowels anyway. Worked out better than I expected! ---
**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 19, 2023, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3331 "2023-09-19T12:21:38Z")
Wordle 822 6/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART POKEY GLOBE CLOVE CLONE CLOSE ---
**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 19, 2023, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3332 "2023-09-19T13:05:21Z")
Wordle 822 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IDEAL LONER SLOPE CLOSE ---
**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 19, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3333 "2023-09-19T14:39:53Z")
Wordle 822 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLOCK CLONE CLOSE I’ll take a three! ---
**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 19, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3334 "2023-09-19T15:19:58Z")
WOOT! Wordle 822 2/6 🟧⬜⬜⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE CLOSE Lots of threes and twos today. And here I thought I was special. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3335 "2023-09-19T15:32:07Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Lots of threes and twos today. And here I thought I was special. You ARE special! Just not in that particular way. πŸ˜‰ ---
**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 19, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3336 "2023-09-19T15:33:40Z")
Wordle 822 4/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OPERA STONE CHOSE CLOSE Lots of woulda-coulda-shoulda today. I waffled between STONE and STOLE for my second word. I couldn’t have known at the time, but I picked the wrong one. Still had a birdie chance, but I ignored the common L again at three. Ah well. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3337 "2023-09-19T15:50:38Z")
> **Wordle 822 4/6\* 9/19/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 > 🟨🟨⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > FRANK β†’ Three leadoff strikeouts in a row, now. Definitely time to try two vowels. S, T, L are also around, so > _S_TI_L_ **E** β†’ There must be another vowel in there somewhere. Fortunately, with S & L, I can try the last two (sans Y) with > _LO_U **SE** β†’ and out of six arrangements of ?, L & O, I can dispense with five fairly quickly, leaving > **CLOSE** > > After I figured out what my second guess should be, it went pretty quickly. ---
**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 20, 2023, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3338 "2023-09-20T02:48:35Z")
Wordle 822 2/6\* 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST CLOSE ---
**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 20, 2023, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3339 "2023-09-20T03:06:23Z")
**Wordle 822 3/6** 🟨⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STOLE LOOSE CLOSE Seeing the fortuitous result of my start word, I thought I could get this one in 2, but of course I go and lose the coin toss. I almost went with my usual Slate, and wish I had done so today. Fine with a 3 though…_sort of_. ---
**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 20, 2023, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3340 "2023-09-20T03:42:07Z")
Trying to get this in before midnight. This does not include today; I played my 600th game yesterday. Adding Wordle 821 to this post to help me find it again in three months. My total stats after 100, 199, 400, 500 and now 600 games: | # | 100 | 199 | 400 | 500 | 600 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 21 | | 3 | 41 | 80 | 143 | 196 | 245 | | 4 | 31 | 69 | 158 | 191 | 230 | | 5 | 12 | 29 | 66 | 77 | 85 | | 6 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 18 | | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | 3.67 | 3.70 | 3.80 | 3.76 | 3.72 | delta stats: | # | 100 | 99 | 201 | 100 | 100 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | | 3 | 41 | 39 | 63 | 53 | 49 | | 4 | 31 | 38 | 89 | 33 | 39 | | 5 | 12 | 17 | 37 | 11 | 8 | | 6 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | | L | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | 3.67 | 3.73 | 3.89 | 3.60 | 3.55 | This whole 100 games I felt like I was doing much worse than the previous 100 because my 3s to 4s ratio was so much worse. Turns out getting even just a couple more 2s while also getting a couple fewer 5s and 6s really helps the average. I have now been using the PLANT SCORE opening for 200 games and it’s getting better, surely attributable to discovering β€œroset” as a followup when there’s only a green T from plant. heh. (Previously my opener was CLAMP STORE.) And yes, when I originally tried roset, I thought that’s how you spelled rosΓ©, as in the wine. The fact that it’s a totally bogus nonsense word makes me cringe a little every time I use it – how did I think that’s how the wine was spelled?! – but wordle allows it. I’ll tell you one thing: In the past 200 games, there have been many, many times when I’ve thought β€œWow, N is really _so much better_ to check first compared to M.” I believe switching from M to N turned a handful of potential 5s and 6s into 4s. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=166) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=168)