# "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: ![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 14, 2023, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3741 "2023-10-14T04:05:10Z")

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SAT OCT 14th

Wordle 847 4/6\*

🟧⬛⬛🟧🟦  
🟧⬛🟧🟧⬛  
🟧⬛🟧🟧⬛  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

ALONE  
AMEND  
ARENA  
AGENT

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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 14, 2023, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3742 "2023-10-14T04:07:44Z")

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Wordle 847 3/6

⬛⬛🟨🟩🟩  
⬛🟨⬛🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

PLANT  
TAINT  
AGENT

With two greens and a yellow I was definitely trying for a 2. First thing I saw was saint, but that’s already been an answer. Then taint. Then I noticed the \_aunt variations. After eliminating the already used options, I just fell back on taint because it’s the first viable answer I saw.

When the A came back yellow again I was confused, but then of course agent became obvious.

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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 14, 2023, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3743 "2023-10-14T04:09:41Z")

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> [@EllisDee](#):
>
> I just fell back on taint

_Phrasing!_

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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 14, 2023, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3744 "2023-10-14T04:15:20Z")

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I keep forgetting to post in the mornings! A par. Meh.

Wordle 846 4/6\*

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩  
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩  
🟨🟨🟨⬛🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

IRATE  
SMOKE  
LUNGE  
UNCLE

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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 14, 2023, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3745 "2023-10-14T04:20:16Z")

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Wordle 847 5/6

⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜  
⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨  
⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩  
🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
STALE  
WHEAT  
ADEPT  
AGENT

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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 14, 2023, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3746 "2023-10-14T08:37:46Z")

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Wordle 847 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 S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,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[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 E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \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 N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned}

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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 14, 2023, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3747 "2023-10-14T09:10:00Z")

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I got a 4. Splendid.

Wordle 847 4/6

⬛🟨⬛🟨🟩  
⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛  
⬛🟨🟨🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SALET  
ROUND  
MEANT  
AGENT

Today is eclipse day! Hello from Monument Valley. Here was yesterday’s sunrise, shot from the balcony of my room at The View hotel.

[![](https://i.imgur.com/nyzpsek.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/nyzpsek.jpg)

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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 14, 2023, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3748 "2023-10-14T09:19:03Z")

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Wordle 847 3/6

⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 21  
⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 1  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLANT  
FAUGH  
AGENT

As a late night/early a.m. insomniac, I’ll often get out of bed, pull up my phone, and see what my starting word(s) find, then go back to bed and run through possibilities in my mind.

Today’s Wordle was all about The Trap That Wasn’t. Lying in bed, I saw FAINT, PAINT, TAINT, DAUNT, GAUNT, HAUNT, JAUNT, TAUNT, and VAUNT. I’d have been happy with a 4 at that point! I mentally tried the A in the first position, but wasn’t coming up with anything.

So after I gave up and got out of bed, I checked my spreadsheet to find that JAUNT and TAUNT had been used already, that made the traps more manageable. I was looking for a word that had as many of D,F,G,H, and P as possible (I was mentally discounting VAUNT because it’s never without a suffix, usually ‘vaunted’), either an I or U as a vowel, and it would be nice to nail down the A in the second slot. With those letters on paper in front of me now, the F,G,H brought to mind that extremely dated expression of disgust, _Faugh!_, and I figured that if Wordle allowed it, that was as good a sleuth word as I was likely to come up with - a 4 was now worst case. And of course it showed that the A wasn’t in the second slot, which meant it had to hit leadoff, and it picked up the G for me, and there it was.

A fun Wordle, with a nice mix of skill and luck.

ETA: While I’m on the subject of insomnia, what does a dyslexic, agnostic insomniac do?

A. Sits up all night, wondering if there is a dog.

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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 14, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3749 "2023-10-14T13:17:56Z")

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Wordle 847 4/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨  
⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜  
⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RAISE  
PLEAD  
OMEGA  
AGENT

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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 14, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3750 "2023-10-14T13:53:11Z")

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Nailed it.

Wordle 847 3/6

⬜⬜🟦🟧🟦  
🟧⬜🟧🟧⬜  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

CRANE  
AMEND  
AGENT

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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 14, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3751 "2023-10-14T15:34:42Z")

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Wow, nice!

I want to catch the eclipse in April. We’ve got friends in NW Ohio (motto: “two hours from everywhere”) and we might see it with them. Way less spectacular scenery, needless to say, but we’d be able to get into the zone of totality, which would be cool - I’ve never seen a total eclipse before.

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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 14, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3752 "2023-10-14T17:44:05Z")

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Wordle 847 2/6

⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

HEART  
AGENT

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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 14, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3753 "2023-10-14T19:20:03Z")

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Wordle 847 4/6

⬛🟦⬛⬛🟦  
⬛🟦🟦⬛🟦  
⬛🟦🟧🟦⬛  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

MAUVE  
LEARN  
SNEAK  
AGENT

Despite having two less-common consonants, MAUVE sits around the middle of the pack on my starting word list, so I keep it around. I don’t feel bad about this four; every step got me closer to the solution.

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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 14, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3754 "2023-10-14T20:32:23Z")

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Wordle 847 2/6\*

⬛⬛🟩🟨🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

CHEAT  
AGENT

Sweet!

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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 15, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3755 "2023-10-15T01:40:20Z")

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**Wordle 847 4/6**

⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLATE  
CHOIR  
ADEPT  
AGENT

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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 15, 2023, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3756 "2023-10-15T01:56:55Z")

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I’m in the 3 Club again today.

Wordle 847 3/6\*

⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨  
⬛⬛🟩🟨🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

IRATE  
BLEAT  
AGENT

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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 15, 2023, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3757 "2023-10-15T03:05:16Z")

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Wordle 847 2/6\*

⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

STEAL  
AGENT

Woohoo! Feeling magnificent with the 2.

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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 15, 2023, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3758 "2023-10-15T04:04:59Z")

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**Sunday, October 15th**

Wordle 848 4/6

⬛🟨🟩⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

PLANT  
LEARS  
LEACH  
LEAKY

Saw leach before leaky, and also leafy but that’s already been an answer. So has leave, but I didn’t actually see that one.

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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 15, 2023, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3759 "2023-10-15T06:10:18Z")

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> **Wordle 847 4/6\* 10/14/2023**
>
> ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨  
> 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜  
> ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨  
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> 
> U_N_CL_E_ → OK, not bad… feel like trying some comcons now  
> _NE_RDS → No luck, and no letter placed either. Need to try a vowel, and the T, so  
> OF_TEN_ → Hit the T, missed the vowel. Still feel like there’s another vowel out there. Perhaps ends in -ENT?  
> **AGENT**
> 
> I was running out of places to put the E. The rest was luck, especially since my third guess should have been OATEN.

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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 15, 2023, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3760 "2023-10-15T07:26:50Z")

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Wordle 848 4/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨  
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
SHALE  
LEAFY  
LEAKY

When will I learn? Trust the K!

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