# "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:** 21
**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:** [April 13, 2023, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/401 "2023-04-13T11:57:33Z")
Wordle 663 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT CARET CARAT Caret is my standard second word when plant returns a green T and yellow A. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/402 "2023-04-13T13:24:57Z")
Wordle 663 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 31 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 4 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLART TAROT =\> Don’t ask me how I saw CARET =\> before CARAT =\> but I did, dammit! 😝 ---
**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, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/403 "2023-04-13T14:13:27Z")
I don’t feel so bad about my second guess now. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/404 "2023-04-13T14:25:04Z")
Wordle 663 4/6 🟧🟦🟦⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟧⬜🟦🟦🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL CHART - dumb-ass! CARAT ---
**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 13, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/405 "2023-04-13T15:14:30Z")
Not quick, but a fairly straightforward 3. Wordle 663 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE ACTOR CARAT ---
**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, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/406 "2023-04-13T16:06:49Z")
Wordle 663 4/6 πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AROSE RAINY LARCH CARAT Another unremarkable par. I thought this word might give people more trouble that it seems to have. Incidentally, @psychobunny, CARET isn’t a misspelling; it’s this: `^` ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/407 "2023-04-13T17:30:13Z")
> **Wordle 663 5/6\* 4/13/2023** > > ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ > ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ > 🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > BO **RA** X β†’ Hey, good start! I hope. Two Rs, perhaps? > RU **RA** L β†’ Nope. If A’s the only vowel, it might be… > S_T_ **RA** P β†’ Nope, but the T is a nice get. Start or end? I thought long here about several possibilities, and one I typed in was… > _T_H **RA** W β†’ And what the heck is THRAW? Anyway. Needed to go to the bathroom here, which cleared my mind to the point that I could get… > **CARAT** > > I blame Sacha Baron Cohen for not my not getting this in 4 - the only thing I could see with an ending in T was BORAT, and I knew it wasn’t that for two reasons… ---
**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, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/408 "2023-04-13T23:55:32Z")
Wordle 663 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN DRIFT JURAT CARAT Once I knew this ended in T, I wanted to try words ending AT (and then would have tried OT and UT words if those vowels hadn’t been eliminated). I looked at a list of words ending in AT and found JURAT, which is the portion of an affidavit in which the '_when, where and before whom was this signed’_ information is found. So that was interesting. ---
**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 14, 2023, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/409 "2023-04-14T02:22:17Z")
**Wordle 663 4/6** ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PATIO TACKY CASTE CARAT I almost always check the R early (first two words), but dang it if I didn’t today. After Caste, I had eliminated all the words I had listed and didn’t have Carat on my radar at all…took me a bit to see it. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/410 "2023-04-14T02:48:03Z")
Same person I was talking about a couple days ago claiming all the β€œgot it in one” Wordles just posted today that she got Quordle in 1,2,3,4. The words were in the order she claimed to get them: DELVE PIXEL MINOR CLOAK StG ---
**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:** [April 14, 2023, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/411 "2023-04-14T04:02:06Z")
Wordle 663 3/6\* 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ARISE CORAL CARAT I started with the same word yesterday amd had the same 2 yellows. I chased them all over the board yesterday until finally getting it in 5. And WordleBot told me about my 2nd guess yesterday that CORAL would have been more efficient, so I tried it today, and it worked! ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/412 "2023-04-14T04:49:50Z")
Wordle 664 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TIPSY TWICE THIEF ---
**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 14, 2023, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/413 "2023-04-14T05:52:23Z")
Wordle 664 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALERT THOSE THIEF Second guess to try the TH I always gravitate towards when I have an unplaced T, the O as another vowel, and the Sβ€”turns out it gave me all the info I needed. Scoredle tells me it would’ve guessed β€˜TETES’ second, and I really can’t figure out what that would’ve accomplished. What’s the strategy behind trying out repeat letters that early? ---
**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 14, 2023, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/414 "2023-04-14T05:56:42Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Same person I was talking about a couple days ago claiming all the β€œgot it in one” Wordles just posted today that she got Quordle in 1,2,3,4. The words were in the order she claimed to get them: Well that’s _some_ luck 🀣 You should tell her to buy a lottery ticket. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/415 "2023-04-14T06:55:07Z")
Wordle 664 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VIOLA INEPT THIEF ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/416 "2023-04-14T10:47:23Z")
Wordle 664 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 441 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLART NICHE THIEF My second word apparently narrowed things down to just one possible solution, I just had to find out what it was. Which reminded me of this: > I didn’t hear him enter, but my nostrils flared at the smell of his perfume… Pyramid Patchouli. There was only one joker in L.A. sensitive enough to wear that scent and I had to find out _who he was_. -Firesign Theatre, β€œThe Further Adventures of Nick Danger, Third Eye” ---
**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 14, 2023, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/417 "2023-04-14T10:53:02Z")
Wordle 664 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,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 S} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \\ \end{aligned} > [@BobLibDem](#): > > SPRAT no idea what this is, just thinking about the dude that could eat no fat In the UK, it’s a small fish. ---
**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 14, 2023, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/418 "2023-04-14T11:41:19Z")
Wordle 664 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISE WEIRD CHIEF THIEF ---
**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:** [April 14, 2023, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/419 "2023-04-14T11:52:59Z")
Wordle 664 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT STORE JETTY TWEED THIEF Took a gamble on jetty – Wordle hates Js – then bumbled by not seeing if tweed had already been an answer. It had. Ignoring vowels cost me on this one. ---
**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 14, 2023, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/420 "2023-04-14T11:55:04Z")
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