# "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:** 204
**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, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4061 "2023-10-31T17:18:50Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > MIght want to blur that! Sorry about that guys! It didn’t occur to me. Thanks, @Aspenglow . ---
**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, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4062 "2023-10-31T17:19:45Z")
Not a problem! πŸ™‚ ---
**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, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4063 "2023-10-31T19:20:46Z")
Wordle 864 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 MOUSE RENAL PLEAT BLEAK BLEAK was all that was left after three. I stared for an embarrassingly long time before getting it. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2023, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4064 "2023-11-01T04:05:34Z")
WED NOV 1 Wordle 865 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE PONCE NOISE ---
**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:** [November 1, 2023, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4065 "2023-11-01T04:07:01Z")
Wordle 865 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SNORE NOISE So apparently there’s a new β€œBuild Poll” option in the little gear menu in the top right, and it’s in the same place the β€œBlur Spoiler” option used to be. (Which is now one lower.) It gave my muscle memory fits as I kept repeatedly hitting Build Poll by accident. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2023, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4066 "2023-11-01T04:23:19Z")
**Wordle 864 3/6** ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE BUMPY BLEAK I _almost_ went with Bleak 2nd, but I had Gleam and Plead too, so I decided to play it safe with a sleuth word…Bumpy would tell me which one it was for sure. Perfectly happy with a 3, but 2’s are more fun. πŸ˜‰ ---
**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:** [November 1, 2023, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4067 "2023-11-01T05:25:08Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > my sleuth word on 3 nailed down which of the four was the solution. Great minds think alike. πŸ˜† Except I didn’t see Alley, but if it were that word, Bumpy would have covered that one too, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4068 "2023-11-01T05:26:34Z")
Wordle 865 2/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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:** [November 1, 2023, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4069 "2023-11-01T07:07:48Z")
A lucky guess. Wordle 865 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **FLAME** **SHUNT** β€” _can be anise cense dense noise noose rinse_ **NOISE** β€” _a lucky guess!_ ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4070 "2023-11-01T09:27:50Z")
Wordle 865 2/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 300 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT NOISE Ha! After seeing everyone get 2s and 3s yesterday, today was _my_ turn! πŸ˜ƒ I was really just looking for a good word to place my two consonants, and see what vowels I had. β€˜Noise’ was ideal in both respects, and luckily it turned out to be the solution. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4071 "2023-11-01T09:30:02Z")
Wordle 865 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO BISON NOISY NOISE Trust the B they said. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2023, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4072 "2023-11-01T11:28:54Z")
Wordle 865 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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,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 P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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:** [November 1, 2023, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4073 "2023-11-01T12:39:07Z")
Wordle 865 2/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE NOISE ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4074 "2023-11-01T13:39:00Z")
😲 For the second time I guessed it in one! Wordle 865 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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:** [November 1, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4075 "2023-11-01T14:02:48Z")
Wordle 865 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 getting a nice run of 3s lately HEART POISE NOISE ---
**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:** [November 1, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4076 "2023-11-01T15:14:57Z")
Wordle 865 2/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOVIE NOISE Great luck! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4077 "2023-11-01T15:19:23Z")
> **Wordle 865 4/6\* All Saint's Day 2023** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 > 🟨⬜🟩🟨🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > BL_E_AK β†’ OK. Comcons plus one other vowel on the side, to go. > TR **I** _ES_ β†’ Not bad. Try the E at the end, S at the start, with comcons (becuase I may be done with vowels) to get > _S_H **I** _N_ **E** β†’ Should I try S second or fourth? Can’t see mjuch from ?SI?E, but ??ISE has some possibilities, including one that uses another comcon, so > **NOISE** > > And after diligently thinkng about other options for my 4th guess, Scoredle assures me that was the only word left. Perhaps I should have shot from the hip a little faster. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4078 "2023-11-01T15:30:53Z")
Wordle 865 3/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 IRATE SINCE NOISE A two was possible, as I wanted to use some combination of S, N, and L (and aside from plurals, there was nothing with all 3). Wasn’t thinking about another vowel though. > [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > For the second time I guessed it in one! Nice! NOISE is on my starter list, but today wasn’t the day. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4079 "2023-11-01T16:19:07Z")
Wordle 865 3/6 🟦⬜⬜⬜🟧 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE POISE - lucky guess NOISE ---
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4080 "2023-11-01T17:48:52Z")
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