# "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:** 203
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4041 "2023-10-30T14:49:00Z")
MIght want to blur that! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4042 "2023-10-30T14:58:52Z")
> **Wordle 863 4/6\* 10/30/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > PHONY → Strikeout. Time for a second-guess classic > TE **A** _R_S → Perhaps ??AIR would work, but I can’t see much to fit in there. On the other hand, ?RAI? could be > F **RAIL** → Soooooo close. I’ll hand in my Monty Python fan card now. > **GRAIL** > FRAIL/GRAIL club now up to five members. ---
**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 30, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4043 "2023-10-30T15:37:46Z")
Done. (After I’d already solved the puzzle before opening this thread, of course!) * * * Wordle 863 3/6\* 🟨🟩🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE BRAIN (trust the B my ass) GRAIL I saw FRAIL, but GRAIL just seemed more Wordle-ey. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4044 "2023-10-30T21:33:14Z")
Yeah, I figure most of us solve it before opening the thread, just to keep from inadvertently picking up a hint. But just in case, I figured it would be better if that reference was cloaked. So thanks for stepping in! ---
**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 31, 2023, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4045 "2023-10-31T02:19:09Z")
**Wordle 863 3/6** ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE FRAIL GRAIL The poor letter F hasn’t gotten any love for a while. There were 0 in August, only 1 in September, and none this month with only one day left. That is why I went with Frail over Grail, hoping it finally would get to see the light of day. Happy with a 3 regardless, and looks like I’m in good company with choosing Frail before Grail. ---
**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 31, 2023, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4046 "2023-10-31T03:17:25Z")
Wordle 863 4/6 ⬛🟦⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟧🟧🟧⬛ ⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PIOUS TRAIN FRAIL GRAIL Second day in a row I’d have been better off starting with my second word. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4047 "2023-10-31T04:05:20Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 864 2/6 🟩🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] 2! Wooot! BLADE BLEAK ---
**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 31, 2023, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4048 "2023-10-31T04:05:21Z")
Wordle 863 3/6\* ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE FRAIL GRAIL Joining the FRAILbefore GRAIL club ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4049 "2023-10-31T04:48:13Z")
Wordle 864 6/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHALE PEDAL GLEAM CLEAN BLEAK I would have said to check more common letters first but it would not have helped. Luckily I think there were only two possibilities left after four. ---
**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 31, 2023, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4050 "2023-10-31T08:41:15Z")
Wordle 864 2/6 ⬛🟩🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT BLEAK Trust the B! ---
**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 31, 2023, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4051 "2023-10-31T09:28:45Z")
Wordle 864 4/6\* 🟦🟧⬛⬛🟦 ⬛🟧🟧🟧⬛ ⬛🟧🟧🟧⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE CLEAR PLEAT BLEAK ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4052 "2023-10-31T10:04:35Z")
Wordle 864 4/6 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 75 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 13 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE BUMPY BLEAK Man, look at all these 2s and 3s already! After my starting word, there were way too many possibilities out there to just go for it on 2. After my second word, with help from the past solutions list, I was down to Alley, Bleak, Gleam, and Plead, all perfectly decent possibilities. If you guess one of the last three on 3, you’ve got a 1/4 chance of a 3, a 2/4 chance of a 4 (since you’ll know after 3 whether or not it’s Alley), and a 1/4 chance of a 5. (And Alley on 3 would leave a possible 6.) Hating getting 5s more than I like getting 3s, I went for the guaranteed 4: my sleuth word on 3 nailed down which of the four was the solution. ---
**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 31, 2023, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4053 "2023-10-31T11:11:56Z")
Wordle 864 2/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ \end{aligned} 2! Wooot! too ! 🦉 ---
**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 31, 2023, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4054 "2023-10-31T11:46:15Z")
I had a chance to get it in 2, but then got trapped with chasing the possibilities and ended with a 5. Wordle 864 5/6 ⬛🟩🟨⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLAME PLEAD CLEAR GLEAN BLEAK — it was beginning to look bleak ---
**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 31, 2023, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4055 "2023-10-31T11:49:08Z")
Wordle 864 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPEAK BLEAK ---
**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 31, 2023, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4056 "2023-10-31T12:01:33Z")
Wordle 864 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE CLEAN PLEAD BLEAK ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4057 "2023-10-31T15:43:37Z")
> **Wordle 864 5/6\* Halloween 2023** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 > 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > GR_A_I_L_ → Two letters found is not a bad start. I guess GHOST is out, though. Try an E, and two more comcons > _LA_N_E_S → Yeah it’s a plural, and yeah I missed on the S, but at least the E worked. Really need to place these. Could be DELAY, or > C **LEA** T → Looks a little trappish. On the bright side, not many letters left to go before the L. Try one > P **LEA** D → Hmm things look a bit > **BLEAK** > > Scoredle says I should have tried MAPLE for my third guess, so I lucked out there. ---
**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 31, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4058 "2023-10-31T16:57:57Z")
Wordle 864 3/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟦 🟧🟦⬜🟦🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE BAGEL BLEAK ---
**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 31, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4059 "2023-10-31T17:12:44Z")
Wordle 864 5/6\* ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COULD LEAST PALER GLEAN BLEAK It certainly looked that way! ---
**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 31, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4060 "2023-10-31T17:13:32Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Yeah, I figure most of us solve it before opening the thread, just to keep from inadvertently picking up a hint. But just in case, I figured it would be better if that reference was cloaked. So thanks for stepping in! Most welcome. And you’re right, I never look at this thread until I’ve solved for the day. I don’t look at flags for this thread until then, either. But if I do see a flag, I try to hurry up and solve so I can spoiler if necessary, in case our assigned Game Room mods aren’t available. * * * Wordle 864 3/6\* ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SPEAK BLEAK Looks like @BobLibDem and I took virtually the same path. WordleBot was churlish. It attributed my second try to “luck” more than “skill,” and I thought that was unnecessarily rude. I did think quite a bit about which word to try after my opening. Not that WordleBot would ever credit it! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=202) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=204)