# "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:** 199
### Author:  [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2023, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3961 "2023-10-26T00:42:05Z")
A 3. Will take!
Wordle 858 3/6\*
β¬π¨β¬π¨π¨
β¬β¬π©π¨π¨
π©π©π©π©π©
IRATE
OUTER
RETRY
I guess in addition to RETRY, there was also ENTRY and RETCH. I didnβt think of either, thankfully.
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### Author:  [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2023, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3962 "2023-10-26T03:08:55Z")
Wordle 858 3/6\*
β¬π¨β¬β¬π¨
π¨π©β¬β¬π¨
π©π©π©π©π©
STALE
TENOR
RETRY
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### Author:  [@SeaSun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaSun)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3963 "2023-10-26T03:54:59Z")
**Wordle 858 4/6**
β¬β¬β¬π¨π¨
β¬β¬β¬β¬π¨
β¬π©π¨π¨β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
LINER
COAST
HERTZ
RETRY
Fun one todayβ¦decided to go with different start words for a change. They left me 5 words that I could see. I took a chance on the Z, but Hertz told me _exactly_ what it was (Retry would not have done that, except itβd be right, but no regrets).
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### Author:  [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2023, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3964 "2023-10-26T05:40:19Z")
Wordle 859 5/6
β¬β¬β¬π¨β¬
β¬β¬π¨β¬π©
β¬π©β¬β¬π©
π©π©β¬β¬π©
π©π©π©π©π©
RATIO
SHINE
BILGE
PIECE
PIQUE
Well that was a bit of a slog.
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### Author:  [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2023, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3965 "2023-10-26T06:22:00Z")
Wordle 859 4/6
π©β¬β¬β¬β¬
π©β¬β¬β¬π©
π©π©β¬β¬π©
π©π©π©π©π©
PLANT
PROSE
PIECE
PIQUE
Tricksy wordle, bringing pique to the table before piece has been an answer.
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### Author:  [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2023, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3966 "2023-10-26T07:36:56Z")
Wordle 859 5/6
β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬
β¬β¬β¬β¬π©
β¬π¨π¨β¬π©
π¨β¬β¬π©π©
π©π©π©π©π©
Slant
Chore
Suite
Imbue
Pique
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2023, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3967 "2023-10-26T09:35:52Z")
Wordle 859 4/6
β¬β¬β¬β¬π© 655
β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬ 69
β¬π¨β¬π¨β¬ 1
π©π©π©π©π©
CHORE
SLANT
DUMPY
PIQUE
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### Author:  [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2023, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3968 "2023-10-26T10:19:52Z")
Wordle 859 4/6\*
\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2023, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3969 "2023-10-26T10:55:47Z")
Wordle 859 6/6\*
β¬β¬β¬β¬π§
β¬β¬π¦β¬π§
β¬π§β¬β¬π§
π§π§β¬β¬π§
π§π§β¬β¬π§
π§π§π§π§π§
ALONE
SHITE
RIDGE
PIECE
PIXIE
PIQUE
After #3, I thought, _well, looks like it has to be PIECE._ And then, after #4, I thought, _well, looks like it has to be PIXIE._ And then I didnβt know what the hell to think.
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### Author:  [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2023, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3970 "2023-10-26T12:02:56Z")
Wordle 859 6/6
β¬π¨β¬β¬β¬
β¬π¨π¨π¨β¬
π©π©β¬β¬π©
π©π©β¬β¬π©
π©π©β¬β¬π©
π©π©π©π©π©
HEART
SPIEL
PIECE
PINGE
PIXIE
PIQUE
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### Author:  [@chiliwillybing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiliwillybing)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2023, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3971 "2023-10-26T13:03:38Z")
Wordle 859 4/6
π¨β¬π¨β¬β¬
β¬π©β¬β¬π©
π©π©β¬β¬π©
π©π©π©π©π©
IDEAL
NICHE
PIXIE
PIQUE
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3972 "2023-10-26T13:25:48Z")
Wordle 859 5/6
β¬β¬β¬β¬π©
β¬β¬π¨β¬β¬
β¬β¬π¨β¬β¬
π©β¬β¬β¬β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
FLAME
SHUNT
BRICK
PODGY
PIQUE
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### Author:  [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3973 "2023-10-26T15:41:28Z")
> **Wordle 859 5/6\* 10/26/2023**
>
> β¬π¨β¬β¬β¬
> β¬β¬β¬π¨β¬
> β¬β¬π¨β¬π©
> π¨β¬β¬π©π©
> π©π©π©π©π©
>
> R_E_TRY β E, unplaced. Can check A or I with comcons next, though in plural formβ¦ letβs try A
> LAN_E_S β Didnβt even place the E. Be nice to try two more vowels - make it so!
> VO_I_C **E** β Hit on one, and placing the E is nice. Stillβ¦ where are the consonants? But I also need to try U, which would fit in well before the E. I though a long time before I hit on
> _I_MB **UE** β So, ?I?UE, should try a Q before the U which leads us to
> **PIQUE**
>
> I was considering possible -IE endings on that fourth guess, which almost certainly would have had me finish in six (or worse). Also, a wrong decision right up at the top turned out to maybe cost me a guess later.
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3974 "2023-10-26T15:52:14Z")
Wordle 859 3/6\*
β¬β¬β¬π¨β¬
π©β¬π¨β¬π©
π©π©π©π©π©
OATER
PLUME
PIQUE
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3975 "2023-10-26T16:47:31Z")
Wordle 859 3/6
β¬β¬β¬β¬π§
π§β¬π¦β¬π§
π§π§π§π§π§
SLATE
PRIDE
PIQUE - There werenβt a lot of choices after βprideβ. Some luck involved, of course, but βpiqueβ is one of my favorite words.
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### Author:  [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3976 "2023-10-26T16:52:19Z")
Wordle 859 3/6
β¬β¬π¦β¬π§
β¬π§β¬β¬π§
π§π§π§π§π§
ALIVE
TINGE
PIQUE
I was one day early with the Q!
It took me a good long time to see _any_ words fitting the \_I\_\_E pattern without any eliminated letters. Fortunately I saw PIQUE before PIECE. Could also have been PIXIE.
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### Author:  [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3977 "2023-10-26T17:23:45Z")
Looks like a 4 today is not a bad place to be.
Wordle 859 4/6\*
π¨β¬β¬β¬π©
β¬π¨π¨β¬π©
π©π©β¬β¬π©
π©π©π©π©π©
IRATE
SPINE
PIECE
PIQUE
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2023, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3978 "2023-10-27T04:09:11Z")
FRI OCT 27
Wordle 860 4/6\*
β¬π¦π¦π¦π§
π¦π§π¦β¬π§
π§π§β¬π§π§
π§π§π§π§π§
ALONE
LONGE
NOLLE
NOBLE
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### Author:  [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2023, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3979 "2023-10-27T04:13:42Z")
Wordle 860 3/6
β¬π¨β¬π¨β¬
π¨π©π¨π¨β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
PLANT
LONER
NOBLE
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### Author:  [@SeaSun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaSun)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2023, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/3980 "2023-10-27T04:43:20Z")
**Wordle 859 4/6**
β¬π©β¬π¨β¬
π¨π©β¬β¬β¬
π©π©β¬β¬π©
π©π©π©π©π©
LINER
EIGHT
PIECE
PIQUE
I wanted to go with Piece at 2, but changed at the last second. Iβll take the 4 though with that low use Q, which I rarely play early on.
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