# "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
**Page:** 193
### Author:  [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3841 "2023-10-19T11:48:42Z")
Wordle 852 3/6
β¬β¬π¨β¬π©
π©π¨β¬β¬π©
π©π©π©π©π©
HEART
SAINT
SPLAT
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3842 "2023-10-19T12:27:39Z")
Wordle 852 3/6\*
π¦π¦β¬β¬β¬
π¦β¬β¬π§π¦
π§π§π§π§π§
ALONE
TRIAL
SPLAT
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### Author:  [@chiliwillybing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiliwillybing)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3843 "2023-10-19T13:27:56Z")
Wordle 852 3/6
β¬β¬β¬π©π¨
π¨β¬π©π©β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
IDEAL
POLAR
SPLAT
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3844 "2023-10-19T15:07:29Z")
Wordle 852 3/6
π§π¦π¦π¦β¬
π§π¦π§π¦β¬
π§π§π§π§π§
SLATE
SALTY - Stupid, stupid, stupid
SPLAT
I totally disagree with the comments about this not being a real word. As any woodworker knows, a splat is a piece of wood at the back of a chair, not just a cartoon sound effect.
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3845 "2023-10-19T15:25:32Z")
> [@Chefguy](#):
>
> I totally disagree with the comments about this not being a real word. As any woodworker knows, a splat is a piece of wood at the back of a chair, not just a cartoon sound effect.
But itβs only a common word on account of its meaning as a cartoon sound effect. So whether itβs reasonable as a Wordle solution stands or falls on that meaning. (Iβm OK with it but I understand why others arenβt.)
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3846 "2023-10-19T15:31:12Z")
Wordle 852 3/6\*
π¨π¨β¬β¬β¬
π©π¨π¨π¨β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
TANGO
SLATE
SPLAT
Much better than yesterdayβs 6!
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### Author:  [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3847 "2023-10-19T16:01:14Z")
> **Wordle 852 3/6\* 10/19/2023**
>
> β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬
> π©π¨π¨β¬β¬
> π©π©π©π©π©
>
> MERCY β Ooh, clean miss. Two more vowels and comcons
> **S** _TA_IN β Hmmm. O & U still out there, but they donβt pair well with a non-middle A. STOAT is out, but I can try the -AT ending with an L via
> **SPLAT**
> Onomotopoeia seems a little out of bounds, but Iβll take it since I got a 3. Also, congrats to everyone who started with SLANT today!
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### Author:  [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3848 "2023-10-19T16:45:57Z")
Phew, a good day to be in with the 3 Club!
Wordle 852 3/6\*
β¬β¬π¨π¨β¬
β¬π¨β¬π©π©
π©π©π©π©π©
IRATE
BLOAT
SPLAT
And I felt like I actually earned this one, because I eliminated all words but the answer with my second try. Even WordleBot was nice about it. Itβs a silly word, but a legitimate one, I think.
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### Author:  [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3849 "2023-10-19T22:42:25Z")
Wordle 852 3/6
β¬π§β¬β¬β¬
π¦π§β¬β¬π§
π§π§π§π§π§
OPINE
APART
SPLAT
Joining todays parade of threes.
I love it when the less-common consonants hit. APART was designed to eliminate all but one word, whichever word that turned out to be, and it worked exactly as I planned.
I was feeling quite smart until I saw everyone elseβs results (not that Iβm not happy for all the twos and threes)! π
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### Author:  [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3850 "2023-10-19T22:58:19Z")
I knew youβd get it in two! π
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### Author:  [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2023, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3851 "2023-10-20T03:40:21Z")
Wordle 852 4/6\*
π¨β¬β¬π¨β¬
π©π¨π¨β¬β¬
π©π¨π©π¨β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
AROSE
STAIN
SALTY
SPLAT
Usually I start with STEAL or LEAST, which would have given me 4 letters right off. Oh wellβ¦
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### Author:  [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2023, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3852 "2023-10-20T04:19:38Z")
**Friday, October 20th**
Wordle 853 3/6
β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬
β¬π©π¨π¨β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
PLANT
SCORE
OCCUR
Getting a green C in second position with no S narrowed down the options quite a bit.
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### Author:  [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2023, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3853 "2023-10-20T04:20:53Z")
> [@SunUp](#):
>
> Also, congrats to everyone who started with SLANT today!
Hey, PLANT was just as good!
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### Author:  [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2023, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3854 "2023-10-20T04:59:48Z")
That was fast!
Wordle 853 2/6
π¨π¨π¨π¨β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
COURT
OCCUR
I could have guessed SCOUR.
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### Author:  [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2023, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3855 "2023-10-20T05:25:59Z")
Wordle 853 4/6
π¨β¬β¬β¬π¨
β¬β¬π¨π¨β¬
π¨π¨β¬β¬π©
π©π©π©π©π©
RATIO
SHORE
COLOR
OCCUR
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### Author:  [@SeaSun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaSun)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2023, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3856 "2023-10-20T05:40:11Z")
**Wordle 852 4/6**
π©π¨β¬β¬β¬
β¬β¬π¨β¬β¬
π©π¨π©π¨β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
STORE
CHAIN
SALTY
SPLAT
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2023, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3857 "2023-10-20T06:12:20Z")
Wordle 853 5/6
β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬
β¬β¬π¨β¬β¬
β¬π¨β¬π¨β¬
β¬π¨β¬β¬β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
FLAME
SHUNT
BRICK
PODGY
OCCUR
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2023, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3858 "2023-10-20T09:16:56Z")
I knew you would too!
Was pretty sure Ellis would too. π
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2023, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3859 "2023-10-20T09:23:08Z")
Wordle 853 4/6
β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬ 1,713
π¨β¬π¨π¨β¬ 9
π¨π¨π©β¬β¬ 2
π©π©π©π©π©
SLANT
CHORE =\> after 2, I thought for sure the solution would be
ROCKY =\> and when it wasnβt, the solution took awhile to
OCCUR =\> to me. π
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2023, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3860 "2023-10-20T09:43:10Z")
Wordle 853 3/6\*
β¬β¬π¦β¬β¬
β¬π¦π¦π§β¬
π§π§π§π§π§
ALONE
TORUS
OCCUR
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