# "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 2)

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659
**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
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### 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 29, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3501 "2023-09-29T17:05:38Z")

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Wordle 832 3/6

🟧🟦⬛⬛⬛  
🟧⬛⬛🟦⬛  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

AUDIT  
ALBUM  
AZURE

It was a good day to have a U in my opener!  
Like **SunUp** said, the Z seemed risky, but I couldn’t see anything else. Turns out there wasn’t anything else.

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#### Post date: [September 29, 2023, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3502 "2023-09-29T17:17:08Z")

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A good day for 3s!

Wordle 832 3/6\*

⬛🟨🟨⬛🟩  
⬛🟨🟨⬛🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

IRATE  
CARVE  
AZURE

For me, the key today was finding the ‘E’ in last position. Once I had tested ‘A’ and ‘R’ in the 2 positions, it seemed the most likely answer had to begin with the ‘A’. That left ADORE, AFORE and AZURE. I knew ADORE had already been used and AFORE seemed unlikely… to AZURE was worth the try. Cool!

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### 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 29, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3503 "2023-09-29T18:14:54Z")

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Wordle 832 5/6\*

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩  
⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩  
⬛🟨🟨⬛🟩  
🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SINCE  
LATHE  
BRAKE  
ADORE  
AZURE

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### 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 30, 2023, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3504 "2023-09-30T03:51:02Z")

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**Wordle 832 3/6**

⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩  
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

STORE  
ALURE  
AZURE

Well that was a _lucky_ 2nd word…albeit misspelled (I was thinking Allure - lol, and realized my mistake after I entered it in). I looked it up afterwards, and it’s an archaic word apparently, so I’m glad it was allowed. 🙂

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### 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 30, 2023, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3505 "2023-09-30T04:01:48Z")

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Wordle 832 4/6\*

⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨  
🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

TRAIN  
CLEAR  
ADORE  
AZURE

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### 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 30, 2023, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3506 "2023-09-30T04:02:55Z")

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**SAT SEPT 30th**

Wordle 833 5/6\*

🟦⬛⬛⬛⬛  
⬛⬛🟦⬛⬛  
🟧🟧⬛⬛🟧  
🟧🟧⬛⬛🟧  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

ALONE  
TRASH  
DAMPY  
DAFFY  
DADDY

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### Author: ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2023, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3507 "2023-09-30T06:26:54Z")

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Wordle 833 4/6

⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜  
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
LADEN  
CADDY  
DADDY

Happy with a four on this one.

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### 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 30, 2023, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3508 "2023-09-30T07:07:49Z")

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Wordle 833 4/6

⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛  
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

**SALET**  
 **ROUND**  
 **CHINO**  
 **DADDY** — _who’s yours?_

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### 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 30, 2023, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3509 "2023-09-30T08:16:55Z")

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Wordle 833 6/6\*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned}

☹

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#### Post date: [September 30, 2023, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3510 "2023-09-30T11:51:03Z")

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Wordle 833 5/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛  
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛  
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩  
🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

PLANT  
RACES  
BAGGY  
DAFFY  
DADDY

One of these days it will be baggy and I will get my 3. In the meantime, this is now two 5s in a row. _\*sobs\*_

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### 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 30, 2023, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3511 "2023-09-30T12:36:15Z")

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Wordle 833 4/6

⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩  
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RAISE  
BADLY  
CADDY  
DADDY

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### Author: ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3512 "2023-09-30T14:36:08Z")

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> **Wordle 833 5/6\* 9/30/2023**
>
> 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜  
> ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜  
> ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜  
> ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩  
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> 
> _A_ZURE → Seems I’m starting a little slow. No luck with the Z, darn it. Three vowels gone, so only need to try one here  
> T **A** ILS → At least I placed the A. Need to try O and N, and… then I’m sifting through lower-frequency consonants.  
> C **A** PON → And came up completely empty. Getting nervous here. Try Y or a second A? I think the former, though it will also mean a double letter try  
> B **ADDY** → Turns out I needed to try a _triple_ letter.  
> **DADDY**
> 
> I watched a lot of Mitchell and Webb on Youtube yesterday, hence the fourth guess.

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#### Post date: [September 30, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3513 "2023-09-30T14:50:21Z")

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Tough one today.

Wordle 833 5/6

⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟧🟧⬜⬜🟧  
🟧🟧⬜⬜🟧  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

CRANE  
SPOUT  
DAILY  
DAFFY  
DADDY

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### 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 30, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3514 "2023-09-30T15:03:20Z")

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Wordle 833 5/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩  
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

HEART  
CLOAK  
DAISY  
DAFFY  
DADDY

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### 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 30, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3515 "2023-09-30T15:11:52Z")

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At least I’ve got a lot of company in the daffy club.

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### 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 30, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3516 "2023-09-30T15:18:35Z")

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Wordle 833 5/6\*

⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛  
⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛  
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩  
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SNAIL  
CREAM  
HAPPY  
BAWDY  
DADDY

No fair with the triple D! At least I’m not DAFFY! 🙃

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### 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 30, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3517 "2023-09-30T17:45:44Z")

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Wordle 833 6/6

🟦⬛⬛⬛⬛  
⬛⬛⬛🟦⬛  
⬛⬛🟦⬛🟧  
⬛🟧⬛🟧🟧  
⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

ACUTE  
LORAN  
SHAKY  
BAWDY  
PADDY  
DADDY

Ugh. I had to resort to checking the used word list. Fortunately, JAZZY was off the table; otherwise I would have had to go to a sleuth word at four, and probably headed for a fail. So at least there’s that.

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#### Post date: [September 30, 2023, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3518 "2023-09-30T18:59:08Z")

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Ugh is right. I had a seriously hard time with this one. The correct word took forever to occur to me.

Wordle 833 5/6\*

⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛  
⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛  
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩  
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

IRATE  
CLOAK  
SANDY  
BAWDY  
DADDY

WordleBot proclaimed my fourth try not its “favorite,” but screw you, WordleBot. If you weren’t so intent on using trick words, it would have been a perfectly acceptable try.

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### Author: ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2023, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3519 "2023-10-01T01:41:57Z")

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Wordle 833 5/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 1,191  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 173  
🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 3  
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 2  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLANT  
CHORE  
DUMPY  
DAFFY  
DADDY

Looks like I had plenty of company in that penultimate guess.

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### 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: [October 1, 2023, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3520 "2023-10-01T02:31:06Z")

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**Wordle 833 5/6**

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩  
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

STAIN  
CHORE  
DUMPY  
DAFFY  
DADDY

Dumpy to the rescue! And looks like I’ve joined the Daffy \> Daddy club.

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