# "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 2) **URL:** \ **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:** 20
**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:** [April 12, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/381 "2023-04-12T15:20:25Z")
Oh noooooo! ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/382 "2023-04-12T16:47:21Z")
Wordle 662 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST ACORN MAJOR BORAX Wordle Bot tells me FORAY was also an option, but luckily, I didn’t see it. I probably would have tried it first. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/383 "2023-04-12T16:49:01Z")
I had a very lengthy internet outage yesterday. I guess there was a solar storm. It knocked out my satellite for the better part of 24 hours. Not fun. I dashed to a friend’s to jump on hers long enough to check email from clients and πŸ€¦β€β™€οΈ to play Wordle so I wouldn’t lose my streak! I forgot to copy yesterday’s results, though. Score from yesterday was a 3: IRATE SCALP QUALM I later learned the only other word after SCALP was KOALA. I didn’t figure that one out, thankfully. Today was a 4. Wordle 662 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE RASPY MORAL BORAX I’ll take the 4 and am glad my streak remains intact! ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/384 "2023-04-12T17:08:33Z")
Wordle 662 6/6\* 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Scoredle 6/6\* 14,855 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ARISE (379) 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ RADAR (44) ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ CORAL (15) ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ FORAY (11) ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ TORAH (5) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BORAX It was a trap! I discarded BORAX a couple of guesses earlier because I thought that was a brand name. Apparently it isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Rhodes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhodes/32/273_2.png) [@Rhodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhodes)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/385 "2023-04-12T17:29:52Z")
> [@minor7flat5](#): > > I discarded BORAX a couple of guesses earlier because I thought that was a brand name. Apparently it isn’t. I’d have thought so too, except: > [@Sherrerd](#): > > A slog. I was somewhat surprised to be reminded that BORAX is a generic name, not a brand name (I seem to recall this coming up months ago, and remembered it wrong). ---
**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:** [April 12, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/386 "2023-04-12T17:40:00Z")
Boron, California is a town along a major highway. It is the site of the world’s largest boron mine. From wiki: Borax has been in use as an insecticide in the United States with various restrictions since 1946. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/387 "2023-04-12T18:47:50Z")
> **Wordle 662 5/6\* 4/12/2023** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > QU_A_LM β†’ I have some, well, mental reservations about this start… > _RA_ISE β†’ OK, that’s a little better. Can I have an O? > T **ORA** H β†’ Looks traplike. KORAN is still in play; should I try it for equal time? Let me try a couple more… > F **ORA** Y β†’ Not that. Plus, last vowel jic… having tried a Y, maybe there’s an X? > **BORAX** > > I suppose LORAX is probably not playable ---
**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:** [April 13, 2023, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/388 "2023-04-13T00:02:52Z")
Wordle 662 4/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OVINE CLOUT FOAMY BORAX I thought I got very lucky, but not really. Even though Scordle said there were 46 words left, BORAX was the only one that wasn’t an S-plural or ridiculously obscure. GOPAK? WOKKA? JOWAR? ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/389 "2023-04-13T00:12:47Z")
Wordle 662 2/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH BORAX Resorting to BORAX (the only R-in-the-middle word I had written down in my list of words-to-try–with the caveats as mentioned in the discussion just upthread) turned out to be lucky. Got one of my extremely rare 2s. I took note of some of the other R-in-the-middle words guessed today for future use. (Thanks!) ---
**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:** [April 13, 2023, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/390 "2023-04-13T00:18:14Z")
**Wordle 662 4/6** 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ARISE PARTY MORAL BORAX Like others, I was thinking that was a brand name. * * * * * * > [@EllisDee](#): > > My 3s (165) are now six behind my 4s (171). Very discouraging. You’re sitting prettier than I am…my 3’s are so far behind my 4’s (120 vs.162), I don’t think I’ll ever catch up. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/391 "2023-04-13T05:07:28Z")
Wordle 663 3/6 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CARET CARAT Would have been a two if I could spell. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/392 "2023-04-13T05:45:17Z")
Wordle 663 5/6\* ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PALES RATIO TARRY KARAT CARAT Uninspired today, I thought I’d try a new starting word, but it pales in comparison with others… ---
**Author:** ![Cugel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cugel/32/1199_2.png) [@Cugel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cugel)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/393 "2023-04-13T06:47:46Z")
I am 0-9-53-47-28-11 wiht one loss. For quite a while, I had more sub 4s than over 3s, must have been lucky. ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/394 "2023-04-13T07:56:24Z")
Wordle 663 5/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE TACKY CATCH CAPUT CARAT Ugh. Tougher than it should have been. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/395 "2023-04-13T08:48:47Z")
Wordle 663 4/6\* ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SABRE PARTY TAROT CARAT ---
**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:** [April 13, 2023, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/396 "2023-04-13T10:29:33Z")
Wordle 663 4/6\* πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE TRASH PARTY CARAT I kept trying to think of something other than CARAT or KARAT β€” to learn about _another_ letter, instead of just trying a second A β€” and then finally gave up. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2023, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/397 "2023-04-13T10:41:58Z")
Wordle 663 4/6\* \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[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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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:** [April 13, 2023, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/398 "2023-04-13T10:56:41Z")
Wordle 663 3/6 πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLUES β€” relieved to have 1 green RATIO β€” another green + 2 yellow, this should be easy CARAT β€” and it was ---
**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:** [April 13, 2023, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/399 "2023-04-13T11:31:26Z")
Wordle 663 3/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE PARTY CARAT ---
**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:** [April 13, 2023, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/400 "2023-04-13T11:46:16Z")
Wordle 663 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPRAT no idea what this is, just thinking about the dude that could eat no fat CARAT [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=21)