# "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:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2023, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3821 "2023-10-18T10:00:00Z")
Wordle 851 4/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,713
🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 17
⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 2
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
SLANT
CHORE
WRECK
MERCY
I thought I came up with a really good third guess, and was a little surprised that (a) it hadn’t already been a solution, and (b) it wasn’t today’s solution either. But no complaints. If my week-long streak of 3s was going to end, this was a good one to end it with.
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### Author:  [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2023, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3822 "2023-10-18T11:04:55Z")
Wordle 851 4/6\*
\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[yellow,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[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 V} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \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 C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\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 C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned}
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2023, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3823 "2023-10-18T11:05:30Z")
Wordle 851 4/6\*
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦
🟦🟦🟦⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟦🟦🟦
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
ALONE
CREST
DICER
MERCY
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### Author:  [@chiliwillybing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiliwillybing)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2023, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3824 "2023-10-18T12:43:31Z")
Wordle 851 4/6
🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
RAISE
OUTER
JERKY
MERCY
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### Author:  [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3825 "2023-10-18T13:32:33Z")
> [@Mark\_Finn](#):
>
> My 500th in a row!
500th game, or 500th in a streak? Either way, most impressive! Congrats.
* * *
My own luck continues. Another 3 today.
Wordle 851 3/6\*
⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨
⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
IRATE
SOBER
MERCY
The answer was out of 21 choices, according to WordleBot, so yeah… pure luck.
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### Author:  [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3826 "2023-10-18T14:46:48Z")
Wordle 851 4/6
⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜
🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
HEART
REPLY
BERRY
MERCY
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3827 "2023-10-18T15:18:07Z")
Top of the world, ma!
Wordle 851 3/6
🟦🟦⬜⬜🟦
🟦🟧🟦⬜⬜
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
CRANE
RECUR - Only left two choices, according to Wordlebot
MERCY - I have chosen. . .wisely.
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3828 "2023-10-18T16:45:15Z")
Wordle 851 6/6\*
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨
🟨🟩⬛⬛🟩
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
It’s a trap!!!
HOUSE
REPLY
BERRY
JERKY
NERDY
MERCY
Either MERCY or GERMY. I think that was all that was left! Sixes are no bueno, man. Better than a bust, but still…
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### Author:  [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3829 "2023-10-18T17:04:19Z")
> **Wordle 851 5/6\* 10/18/2023**
>
> ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
> 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜
> ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨
> ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
>
> ADULT → Ohhkay. Two vowels gone, at least. Let’s try N, R, S, and two of E, I, O to get
> _R_IS_E_N → Don’t see a good way to try both O & Y. Scramble up the R & E, try O and a couple of less common consonants
> P_R_OV_E_ → No progress. A hard chip for par here. If I try a terminal Y, I could double up on the R for
> B **ER** R **Y** → I thought of trying MERRY with this guess, which would have gotten me closer - but it’s pretty much a tap in for bogey anyway
> **MERCY**
>
> I fell into the same trap as **Rebo** but so late that I had guessed a lot of letters, so there weren’t as many options. Though Scoredle reminds me I still could have ended up with a six, so there’s that.
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2023, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3830 "2023-10-18T23:53:36Z")
I almost forgot to play today! I tried new words.
Wordle 851 4/6
⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟨⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
FLAME
SHUNT
BRICK
MERCY
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3831 "2023-10-18T23:59:35Z")
> [@Mark\_Finn](#):
>
> My 500th in a row!
Whoa — _ **NICE!!!** _ I’ve played 503 games but my max streak is only 144. My current streak is 47.
Nice going @Mark_Finn !
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### Author:  [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3832 "2023-10-19T00:28:16Z")
Wordle 851 3/6
⬛⬛⬛🟧🟦
⬛🟧⬛🟧⬛
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
OUNCE
BEACH
MERCY
A fun birdie!
Only about two dozen legit words were left after my opener, at least half of them ending in CH.
MERCY was all that was left after two. It took a minute, but I broke into a spontaneous Roy Orbison impression when I saw it.
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### Author:  [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3833 "2023-10-19T04:00:47Z")
Wordle 851 3/6\*
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
LEAST
DEIGN
MERCY
Feeling very lucky, because after guess 2, there were 26 possible words left!
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### Author:  [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3834 "2023-10-19T04:51:29Z")
**Thursday, October 19th**
Wordle 852 2/6
🟨🟨🟨⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
PLANT
SPLAT
I got very fixated on topal, which is not at all the word I was thinking of: topaz. Thankfully google was convincing that topal is not a word. It wasn’t until I was done with that mental misfire when I finally realized that the word had to end in T, which quickly led to splat.
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### Author:  [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3835 "2023-10-19T05:22:24Z")
Wordle 852 3/6
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟨🟨⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
RATIO
SLANT
SPLAT
Not a real word.
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### Author:  [@SeaSun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaSun)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3836 "2023-10-19T06:33:15Z")
**Wordle 851 3/6**
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
STORE
CHAIN
MERCY
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3837 "2023-10-19T06:39:23Z")
Wordle 852 3/6
⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛
🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
FLAME
SHUNT
SPLAT
Agree with @psychobunny , not a real word.
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### Author:  [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3838 "2023-10-19T07:17:26Z")
Wordle 852 2/6
🟩🟨🟨⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Slant
Splat
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3839 "2023-10-19T09:37:23Z")
Wordle 852 2/6
🟩🟨🟨⬜🟩 5
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
SLANT
SPLAT
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### Author:  [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3840 "2023-10-19T10:27:10Z")
Wordle 852 3/6\*
\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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned}
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