# "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:** 208
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4141 "2023-11-05T15:41:01Z")
> **Wordle 869 4/6\* 11/5/2023** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > M_A_NIA β†’ One and only one A (cool!) Now I gotta place it, along with an E and three comcons > ST **ARE** β†’ Oooh, good guess. Let’s see, [BFG]LARE… and what else? Not seeing anything. On average, I should get a 4 here. > G **LARE** β†’ Average down to 4.5. Flip a coin and get > **FLARE** > > Scoredle had _17_ words left after my second guess, 14 of which were incredibly bogus, so I feel vindicated in only seeing three. ---
**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 5, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4142 "2023-11-05T15:56:09Z")
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!!? Wordle 869 6/6 ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟧 ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ---
**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 5, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4143 "2023-11-05T20:19:29Z")
Wordle 869 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OLIVE SLATE GRUMP FLARE Way too many possibilities to go for it in three. Laying up for the par was the right play, as GRUMP narrowed it down to just two choices (even Scoredle couldn’t find anything besides BLARE and FLARE), and I won the coin toss. ---
**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 5, 2023, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4144 "2023-11-05T22:14:00Z")
Another 3. Lucky again! Wordle 869 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SPARE FLARE There were 3 other available words, GLARE, AWARE and BLARE. I don’t like using double letters, so between the 3 remaining, FLARE just seemed the most like a Wordle word. Guess it was. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4145 "2023-11-06T06:58:20Z")
Wordle 870 6/6 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TRAMP TRACK TRASH TRAWL TRADE ---
**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 6, 2023, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4146 "2023-11-06T07:47:57Z")
**Wordle 869 4/6** ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE BUDGE CRAMP FLARE Well that was a doozy of a trap out the gate, but glad to escape with a 4. ---
**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 6, 2023, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4147 "2023-11-06T08:07:33Z")
Wordle 870 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 slant grate trade ---
**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 6, 2023, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4148 "2023-11-06T09:23:36Z")
Wordle 870 4/6\* \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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \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 E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \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 D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \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 D} \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 6, 2023, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4149 "2023-11-06T10:19:34Z")
Wordle 870 3/6\* πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE HASTE TRADE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4150 "2023-11-06T10:25:12Z")
Wordle 870 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 71 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 10 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE TRADE =\> could’ve also been PRATE. GRATE, IRATE already used. ---
**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 6, 2023, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4151 "2023-11-06T10:48:44Z")
Wordle 870 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT STARE TRADE ---
**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 6, 2023, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4152 "2023-11-06T11:19:57Z")
Wordle 870 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLAME SHUNT BRICK TRADE ---
**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 6, 2023, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4153 "2023-11-06T12:13:19Z")
Wordle 870 3/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE CRANE TRADE ---
**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 6, 2023, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4154 "2023-11-06T12:48:54Z")
Wordle 870 3/6 ⬜🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART TRACE never trust the C TRADE ---
**Author:** ![mattgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@mattgg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mattgg)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4155 "2023-11-06T13:55:32Z")
Wordle 870 2/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE TRADE The only possible answers after SLATE were TRACE and TRADE and I remembered that TRACE had already been used (I rely only on my memory, not on past word lists). ---
**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 6, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4156 "2023-11-06T14:35:48Z")
Shoulda, woulda, coulda. Picked the wrong opening word. Wordle 870 4/6 ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟧 ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟧 ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE BRAVE FRAME TRADE ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4157 "2023-11-06T15:01:12Z")
> **Wordle 870 3/6\* 11/6/2023** > > ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > FL **A** _R_ **E** β†’ Best guess is the R goes in second. Darn it, now I have to think. Slight chance for a 2, -ACE -ATE -AKE TRADE ERASE, not much chance. Best chance for good eliminations, CRATE or TRACE, flip a coin to get > C **RA** _T_ **E** β†’ Aha. > **TRADE** > > Scoredle has 43 possibles after my first guess, and really liked my second guess, though I missed -AZE endings. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4158 "2023-11-06T15:05:33Z")
Today’s word was my opening word! Got it in 1 πŸ™‚ ---
**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 6, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4159 "2023-11-06T17:52:45Z")
Wordle 870 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 UTTER REMIT TERRA TRADE Well done, @ZipperJJ ! ---
**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 6, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4160 "2023-11-06T20:06:17Z")
Wordle 870 2/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AUDIT TRADE The second-tier consonant paid off. I love when that happens! And, symmetry! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=207) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=209)