# "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:** 211
**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 8, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4201 "2023-11-08T13:24:01Z")
Wordle 872 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE CLAIM PIZZA NINJA ---
**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 8, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4202 "2023-11-08T14:25:29Z")
Wordle 872 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MANGE ANNOY NINJA That took me forever to figure out! Once I had the second N, I kept looking for the ending -NAN or -NNA, and there just weren’t any words. ---
**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 8, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4203 "2023-11-08T14:34:46Z")
Wordle 872 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SANER ANNOY NINJA Exact same experience as @Rebo immediately above me. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4204 "2023-11-08T15:01:20Z")
> **Wordle 872 5/6\* 11/8/2023** > > ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > L **I** MIT β†’ I guess it’s nice to place one and only one I, so there’s that. More comcons and an E to guess > R **I** SE_N_ β†’ a nice unplaced N. I’d like to try both A & O next, and there’s a word that will do both… > P **I** _AN_O β†’ So that A is cool, but I really need to start placing letters. I’m sure Scoredle would have done something with two or three Ns on that last guess. I’ll keep trying the β€œbroad front” approach > K **IN** D **A** β†’ Three placed, no leads. Perhaps time to try a repeat letter? I thought about this for ten seconds while the answer crept up on me > **NINJA** > > I only half expected my fourth guess to be valid, but in the end it led me to the answer. ---
**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 8, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4205 "2023-11-08T15:12:20Z")
Wordle 872 5/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟦🟦⬜ ⬜🟦🟧🟦⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE POINT MANIC DINAR NINJA ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4206 "2023-11-08T15:33:29Z")
> [@mattgg](#): > > This left DIVAN but I didn’t like that one so I kept looking and eventually saw NINJA. Wordlebot says KINDA was also in play but I would have rejected it anyway if I had seen it. Yeah, after 3 I saw DIVAN which is a word I’ve known for years, but seemed a bit obscure for a Wordle solution. But I didn’t see NINJA until after putting in DIVAN as my fourth guess which narrowed down where the letters I had could be. Scoredle also noted KINDA but that seems _too_ slangy for a Wordle solution. ---
**Author:** ![mattgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@mattgg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mattgg)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4207 "2023-11-08T16:12:39Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Yeah, after 3 I saw DIVAN which is a word I’ve known for years, but seemed a bit obscure for a Wordle solution. But I didn’t see NINJA until after putting in DIVAN as my fourth guess which narrowed down where the letters I had could be. Scoredle also noted KINDA but that seems _too_ slangy for a Wordle solution. This was one of the toughest ones for me yet. I spent more time on my third and fourth guesses than I think I ever have before. I almost gave up and tried DIVAN but I just felt that it was so unlikely that I couldn’t do it. ---
**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 8, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4208 "2023-11-08T16:45:10Z")
Wordle 872 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ROUTE SLAIN CHINA NINJA Happy with the par on a tough word, but I’m guessing NYT wouldn’t choose CHINA as an answer, even if it just means dishes. A little more thought might have gotten me a three. (There’s another word that starts with NI and ends with A that I was _very_ surprised Scordle offered up as a possible solution.) ---
**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 9, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4209 "2023-11-09T00:44:39Z")
Ugh. What an awful word. Wordle 872 4/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE ALIGN MANIC NINJA By my third try, I was stumped. I kept trying to find an _INA_ word, and it just wasn’t there! This one took way too long and I ended up wrenching hard through it before finally coming up with the answer. The only other possible was KINDA, and I kinda thought that wasn’t a real word so I didn’t try it. Glad this round is over! ---
**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 9, 2023, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4210 "2023-11-09T04:30:39Z")
**Wordle 872 5/6** ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STONE CHAIR ALIGN FINAL NINJA ---
**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 9, 2023, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4211 "2023-11-09T05:02:53Z")
THU NOV 9 Wordle 873 6/6\* πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SLATE FLAME BLADE PLACE GLAZE I didn’t do it _well,_ but I didn’t _not_ do it. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4212 "2023-11-09T05:15:48Z")
Wordle 873 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHALE BLAME GLADE GLAZE Had to run the entire alphabet to find it because I was pretty sure it wasn’t going to be GLACΓ‰. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4213 "2023-11-09T05:56:00Z")
Phew! My 523 consecutive solving streak continues. Wordle 873 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COURT ASIDE NYMPH FABLE LEAVE GLAZE ---
**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 9, 2023, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4214 "2023-11-09T07:01:20Z")
Whoa, I almost forgot to play it today. It’s 2300 local time here. Wordle 872 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLAME SHUNT BRICK NINJA ---
**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 9, 2023, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4215 "2023-11-09T08:11:19Z")
Wordle 873 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLAME BEGIN GLARE GLAZE ---
**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 9, 2023, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4216 "2023-11-09T11:12:49Z")
Wordle 873 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT GLARE GLAZE Deja vu from when it was 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 9, 2023, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4217 "2023-11-09T11:18:18Z")
Wordle 873 2/6\* \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[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 G} \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 Z} \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 9, 2023, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4218 "2023-11-09T13:30:11Z")
Wordle 873 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE PLACE GLADE GLAZE ---
**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 9, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4219 "2023-11-09T13:38:07Z")
Wordle 873 4/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PLACE BLAME GLAZE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4220 "2023-11-09T14:25:14Z")
Wordle 873 3/6 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 65 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 3 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT GRIME GLAZE - liked this better than GLADE, won the toss > [@EllisDee](#): > > Deja vu from when it was flare. Yeah, I still had my scribbles from the other day to use as a starting point! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=210) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=212)