# "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:** 169
**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 21, 2023, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3361 "2023-09-21T03:57:53Z")
Joining the back-to-back 2 club! Wordle 823 2/6\* ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST SNARE And for those of you with 4s and 5s, I don’t know if you saw that it took WordleBot 5 guesses? SLATE SPACE SHAKE SUAVE SNARE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3362 "2023-09-21T04:10:20Z")
Wordle 824 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟩🟨🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO THOSE KNEEL STONE So I did this the opposite of yesterday. I saw the trap and was down to STOKE, STOLE, STONE and STOVE. I went with a test word with three of them to guarantee the four rather than risking a six. ---
**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 21, 2023, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3363 "2023-09-21T07:05:19Z")
Wordle 824 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Mould Scant Stone ---
**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 21, 2023, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3364 "2023-09-21T07:10:45Z")
Almost a 2. But not a 4! Wordle 824 3/6 πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **SALET** β€” _must then be one of: SETUP sited smite smote SPITE stein STERN stoke STONE STOVE SUITE_ **STOVE** **STONE** ---
**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 21, 2023, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3365 "2023-09-21T08:12:41Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 824 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] IRATE STOVE STONE ---
**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 21, 2023, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3366 "2023-09-21T08:59:54Z")
Wordle 824 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[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 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 S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \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 21, 2023, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3367 "2023-09-21T09:11:35Z")
Wordle 824 2/6 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟨 14 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT STONE Holy cow, I did it again - three 2’s in a row!! Having (effectively) 3 green consonants right off the bat certainly narrows down the possibilities, but still, there _were_ other possibilities. STING and STINK had been done already, but STUNG, STUNK, STONY, and even STENO (dubious!) were also out there. Fortunately, the most obvious choice was also the correct one. πŸ™‚ Also not-possibles popped up like STENY (the first name of my Congressman) and STONG (the surname of my topology professor, 40 years ago - _damn_, I’ve been around a long time!). ---
**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 21, 2023, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3368 "2023-09-21T09:38:15Z")
Wordle 824 2/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE STONE ---
**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 21, 2023, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3369 "2023-09-21T11:44:44Z")
Wordle 824 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPITE STONE ---
**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 21, 2023, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3370 "2023-09-21T12:23:30Z")
Wordle 824 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE STOLE STONE ---
**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 21, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3371 "2023-09-21T13:52:22Z")
Wordle 824 2/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT STONE Joining the three consecutive 2s club. And again, just my normal follow-up word. What’s tomorrow’s answer going to be, roset? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3372 "2023-09-21T13:58:41Z")
> **Wordle 824 2/6\* 9/21/2023** > > 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > **S** _N_ARE\*\* β†’ I think I have a chance at a 2 here. Still, SINCE/SENSE/SCONE/STONE/SPINE come to mind. so the odds are long. I’ll try the most SunUp-py word I can think of > **STONE** > Common-est constant and another vowel for the win! Only my fourth two ever, according to the statistics. ---
**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 21, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3373 "2023-09-21T14:24:34Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Holy cow, I did it again - three 2’s in a row!! Same here! Wordle 824 2/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE STONE - Wordlebot said there were 13 words to choose from, so this was lucky. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3374 "2023-09-21T15:13:32Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Same here! And @EllisDee too, I see! ---
**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 21, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3375 "2023-09-21T15:32:49Z")
Wordle 824 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOGUL BROOK STONE What a lucky 3! I only had one letter to work with. ---
**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 21, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3376 "2023-09-21T16:05:52Z")
Wordle 824 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 IRATE STOLE STONE Should have been in the two club today. I usually choose N before L, but I played too fast. Still, it could have been STOVE or STOKE, so a five was on the table. I’m not mad at my three. ---
**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 22, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3377 "2023-09-22T01:00:39Z")
**Wordle 824 2/6** 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STOLE STONE I thought I had it in 1! Since Wordle _loves_ to overly repeat letters (much to my chagrin), I went for the N instead of K. Yep, they did it again. I’m probably the only one this bothers, but I guess I can’t complain since I got a 2. πŸ˜‰ ---
**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 22, 2023, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3378 "2023-09-22T01:11:15Z")
Well, I’m glad I’m in the 2 Club today! Wordle 824 2/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE STONE I’m sorry to lose this one as a second-try word, though. ---
**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 22, 2023, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3379 "2023-09-22T03:38:22Z")
Wordle 824 2/6\* ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLOSE STONE My 3rd 2 in a row! Joining the club! Of course, that means I could get a 5 or 6 tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3380 "2023-09-22T04:24:41Z")
Wordle 825 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO NURSE CRUSH BRUSH Not getting any twos here but this is about the most typical par there is. I go in with some common letters, get a few hits and end up with one option left at three. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=168) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=170)