# "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: ![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: [October 1, 2023, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3521 "2023-10-01T04:04:57Z")

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Wordle 833 5/6\*

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜  
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

STEAL  
PIANO  
MARCH  
BAWDY  
DADDY

@Aspenglow I had the same 4th guess as you, and WordleBot said it was an excellent choice! Who knows where it’s getting its comments from.

And ugh, I hated this one and I hate all triple letter words!!!

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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: [October 1, 2023, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3522 "2023-10-01T04:25:41Z")

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Wordle 834 5/6

🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜  
⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜  
🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
STERN  
TRUCE  
BERTH  
BERET

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### 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: [October 1, 2023, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3523 "2023-10-01T04:49:07Z")

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[spoiler]Wordle 834 4/6

⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜  
🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler]

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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: [October 1, 2023, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3524 "2023-10-01T05:08:21Z")

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Wordle 834 5/6\*

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦  
⬛⬛⬛🟦🟦  
⬛⬛🟦⬛🟧  
🟧⬛⬛🟧🟧  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

ALONE  
CHUTE  
GUEST  
BIDET  
BERET

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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: [October 1, 2023, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3525 "2023-10-01T05:10:41Z")

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Wordle 834 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩  
🟨⬛⬛🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

PLANT  
ROSET  
BERET

Back to my happy place with a 3 thanks to my first choice, greet, having already been an answer.

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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: [October 1, 2023, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3526 "2023-10-01T09:18:02Z")

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Wordle 834 4/6\*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \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 E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned}

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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: [October 1, 2023, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3527 "2023-10-01T12:36:19Z")

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Wordle 834 4/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜  
⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨  
🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

IDEAL  
STORE  
EGRET  
BERET

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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: [October 1, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3528 "2023-10-01T13:19:57Z")

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Wordle 834 4/6

⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩  
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛  
⬛🟨🟨🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

@EllisDee , about my 3rd guess, I’d forgotten about that (what you said).

**SALET**  
 **ROUND**  
 **GREET** — _@EllisDee said this had already been a word; I forgot that_  
 **BERET**

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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: [October 1, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3529 "2023-10-01T13:34:45Z")

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Wordle 834 4/6\*

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨  
🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩  
🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

ALONE  
BEFIT  
BESET ← but I wish I’d seen  
BERET first!

Oh, well.

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### 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: [October 1, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3530 "2023-10-01T15:14:48Z")

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Nice, after two days of crap.

Wordle 834 3/6

⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦  
⬜🟧⬜🟧🟦  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

CRANE  
FEVER  
BERET

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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: [October 1, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3531 "2023-10-01T15:24:49Z")

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Wordle 834 3/6

⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩  
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

HEART  
MERIT  
BERET

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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: [October 1, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3532 "2023-10-01T16:17:31Z")

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> **Wordle 834 5/6\* 10/1/2023**
>
> ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
> 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜  
> 🟨⬜🟨🟩🟨  
> 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩  
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> 
> DADDY → Came here expecting this; was not disappointed. Onward to guess the second!  
> _TR_I **E** S → Not bad. I can try something with an N but it means repeating the E - still early but I’ll try it  
> _E_N_T_ **E** _R_ → No N, but the repeated E is there. I think I’m out of the vowel hunt business. L is still out there, I’ll thry a real estatey word  
> _R_ **E** L **ET** → ?ERET, going French FTW!  
> **BERET**
> 
> Just a five, but a fun five.

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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, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3533 "2023-10-01T16:18:42Z")

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Wordle 834 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 182  
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 20  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLANT  
CHORE  
BERET

IMHO, at least 8 of Scoredle’s 20 possibilities after my second guess were legit solutions, and only three had been used before. Somehow I only saw the solution and one of the previously-used three, so I lucked into a 3 even though I didn’t play this very well.

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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: [October 1, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3534 "2023-10-01T17:28:27Z")

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Wordle 834 5/6

⬛🟦⬛🟧⬛  
🟦⬛⬛🟧🟦  
⬛🟦⬛🟧🟧  
🟦⬛🟧🟧🟧  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

ARIEL  
TONER  
CRUET  
EGRET  
BERET

Stupid third guess, putting the R where I already knew it didn’t go. Had I slowed down a little I’d have had an easy par, possibly a birdie. Had to settle for a badly-played bogie.

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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 2, 2023, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3535 "2023-10-02T02:32:48Z")

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**Wordle 834 5/6**

⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜  
🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLATE  
CHOIR  
TWERP  
ERUPT  
BERET

Should have had this in 4…stupid mistake with playing the P again when it wasn’t valid. 🙄

* * *

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> [@Wheelz](#):
>
> Stupid third guess, putting the R where I already knew it didn’t go.

You’re in good company…I did similar. 😆

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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: [October 2, 2023, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3536 "2023-10-02T03:55:38Z")

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Wordle 834 3/6\*

⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩  
⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

LEAST  
DEBIT  
BERET

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### 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: [October 2, 2023, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3537 "2023-10-02T04:00:15Z")

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Ooff, nearly forgot to post!

We can see why.

Wordle 834 4/6\*

⬛🟨⬛🟨🟨  
⬛⬛🟨🟩🟨  
🟨⬛🟩🟩⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

IRATE  
OUTER  
THREW  
BERET

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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: [October 2, 2023, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3538 "2023-10-02T05:14:09Z")

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Wordle 835 4/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨  
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
NURSE  
CHEER  
MERRY

Totally didn’t deserve a four particularly with the error on three. There was a point where I was wondering if I was solving yesterday’s puzzle.

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### 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: [October 2, 2023, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3539 "2023-10-02T07:43:42Z")

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[spoiler]Wordle 835 4/6

⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨  
⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜  
⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler]

SCORE  
HEART  
WEIRD  
MERRY

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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: [October 2, 2023, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3540 "2023-10-02T08:43:17Z")

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Wordle 835 2/6\*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \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 R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned}

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