# "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:** 207
**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 4, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4121 "2023-11-04T13:13:46Z")
Wordle 868 3/6 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE PANIC MANIA ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4122 "2023-11-04T14:45:41Z")
> **Wordle 868 4/6\* 11/4/2023** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _A_RDOR β†’ I was hoping I could say β€œone and only one” R - as it is, the second one is wasted. Ah, well. Another vowel and three comcons coming up > LE_A_ST β†’ Ooohkay. Let’s try A in second, try a new I in 4th for two syllables, haven’t tried N or M yet so let’s go both, then top it off with a C to get > **MANI** C β†’ Darn. Should have tried the Scoredle trick and doubled up to place the A, then I would have guessed > **MANIA** > > I really thought for a second I had it on 3 as the letters flipped; then I double checked everything on four to make sure I hadn’t missed another possibility. Fun day in Wordle city! ---
**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 4, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4123 "2023-11-04T14:57:07Z")
Wordle 868 4/6 ⬜⬜🟦🟦⬜ 🟦🟧⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE NASTY MANGO MANIA - Took me forever to see this word, for some reason ---
**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 4, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4124 "2023-11-04T15:02:49Z")
Wordle 868 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART CLOAK ABYSS PANDA MANIA ---
**Author:** ![Beesnest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4125 "2023-11-04T16:41:43Z")
I had to leave it for an hour and come back to see any word that it could be after my 3rd guess. Then I ALMOST typed in that word again because that is all I see. Wordle 868 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜spore ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜glint 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜manic 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩not manic ---
**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 4, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4126 "2023-11-04T17:05:37Z")
Wordle 868 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHARP MAUVE MADAM MANIA I forgot to play yesterday! 😒 But i went shopping and got two early Black Friday deals. πŸ™ƒ ---
**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 4, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4127 "2023-11-04T19:08:00Z")
Wordle 868 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 RATIO PANIC MANIA A relatively quick three and a nice symmetrical pattern. I also forgot to play yesterday! Had I played yesterday, I would have started with RATIO, giving me three unplaced letters. Second guess would probably have been either AROSE or ORGAN, either of which would likely have led to a four, maybe five. Or, if I’d decided to double up on the R, a two or three. We’ll never know. Also, if I’d played yesterday, today’s starter would have been OLIVE, which I feel would have put me in a world of trouble. Funny how things work out. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4128 "2023-11-04T20:51:06Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > But i went shopping and got two early Black Friday deals. πŸ™ƒ [off topic!] I know you said β€˜_early_’ Black Friday deals, but man, have the retail seasons ever gotten out of whack with the real ones! Retail Halloween started in August, but had been superseded by Retail Christmas in early to mid October, depending on the store. So Early Black Friday on the first Friday of November seems right on time, by the Retail calendar. If there was a Retail Thanksgiving (thank goodness, only the groceries have been able to monetize it!) it might have come and gone by now. I figure Retail Valentine’s Day will kick off in the middle of Advent, and Retail Easter will probably start around the last week of January. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4129 "2023-11-04T20:55:54Z")
Will take the par today. (LOL, as if I have a choice!) Wordle 868 4/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE DAISY MANIC MANIA ---
**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:** [November 5, 2023, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4130 "2023-11-05T03:59:44Z")
Wordle 868 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE ADORN MANIC MANIA Another one joining the MANIC / MANIA Club ---
**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 5, 2023, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4131 "2023-11-05T04:02:34Z")
**Wordle 868 4/6** ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHOIR MAFIA MANIA I had Mania typed in for my 3rd guess, but then I noticed that Mafia would tell me exactly what it was out of the five words I had, so I changed it. I can’t be too mad at myself, as it really was the smartest move, but just wasn’t the _right_ move. ---
**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 5, 2023, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4132 "2023-11-05T04:59:31Z")
**Sunday, November 5th** Wordle 869 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT GLARE BLARE FLARE So my rule is actually trust the B unless G is also a possibility, in which case go with G. An addendum I have previously considered but not adopted is that F trumps both of them. I may have to adopt that now. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4133 "2023-11-05T06:32:45Z")
Wordle 869 5/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHARE GLARE BLARE FLARE ---
**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 5, 2023, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4134 "2023-11-05T07:30:26Z")
Wordle 869 3/6 πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Whoa!! FLAME FLAKE FLARE ---
**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 5, 2023, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4135 "2023-11-05T10:25:28Z")
Wordle 869 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,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 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 E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \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 E} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 5, 2023, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4136 "2023-11-05T10:26:07Z")
Wordle 869 4/6\* πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SLATE FLAME FLARE ---
**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 5, 2023, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4137 "2023-11-05T11:56:38Z")
Wordle 869 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE AWARE GLARE FLARE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4138 "2023-11-05T12:07:51Z")
Wordle 869 3/6 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 65 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 3 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CRIME FLARE ---
**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 5, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4139 "2023-11-05T14:41:49Z")
Wordle 869 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CAUSE TRADE FLARE I’m sure there was a trap there that I avoided! ---
**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 5, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4140 "2023-11-05T14:47:53Z")
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