# "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:** 213
**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 10, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4241 "2023-11-10T13:23:49Z")
Wordle 874 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE LEAST LEASH ---
**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 10, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4242 "2023-11-10T13:24:21Z")
> [@mattgg](#): > > formed by adding S to the root so it will never be a Wordle answer. True, but I don’t try for the answer with my second guess. I spend the first two words checking letters. I’ll happily use a previous answer as my second guess, for example. It’s the third guess where I start trying for the win. In fact, because I try to always follow up plant with something that includes SER – and O if the A didn’t hit – many of my second guesses end in S. It’s only if I’m forced to use a lesser letter in my second word that I try for the win at 2, and even then not always. ---
**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 10, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4243 "2023-11-10T13:32:14Z")
Wordle 874 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLAME SHUNT LEASH ---
**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 10, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4244 "2023-11-10T14:02:21Z")
Wordle 874 4/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SKUNK THOSE FRESH LEASH ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4245 "2023-11-10T15:03:28Z")
> **Wordle 874 6/6\* 11/10/2023** > > ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 > ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > G_L_ **A** Z_E_ β†’ Hey, good start. Great way to get a new streak going, hey! > D **EA** _L_T β†’ Placed the E, very good. Really need to get some more letters, though… > **LEA** FY β†’ Another trap. Sigh. Alright, get that R & N out of the way > **LEA** RN β†’ Clean miss. Rewatched NbyNW last night, so I’ll try > **LEA** C **H** β†’ Oh, the S. > **LEASH** > > Not what I was hoping for when I stated with bravado yesterday that I would be starting a new streak today, but I’ll take it. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4246 "2023-11-10T15:14:13Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 874 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] ---
**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 10, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4247 "2023-11-10T16:26:21Z")
Wordle 874 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 MAUVE LEARN LEAST LEASH About half a dozen legit words after two. I only saw three of them, so this could have gone worse. ---
**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 10, 2023, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4248 "2023-11-10T23:13:53Z")
Ssshhheeeewwww!! Glad I’m back in the 3 groove! Wordle 874 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE HEAVY LEASH WordleBot was wholly unimpressed with my second word choice. I don’t care. It worked out well for me! ---
**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 11, 2023, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4249 "2023-11-11T04:35:16Z")
Wordle 874 3/6\* 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST LEASE LEASH For half a second I thought I had it in one, so the 3 is a little disappointing. Much better than yesterday’s 6, though. ---
**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 11, 2023, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4250 "2023-11-11T04:47:34Z")
**Wordle 874 2/6** ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHOIR LEASH That was a surprise. πŸ˜ƒ ---
**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 11, 2023, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4251 "2023-11-11T05:12:29Z")
SAT NOV 11th Wordle 875 2/6\* πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE ACTOR ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2023, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4252 "2023-11-11T05:24:58Z")
Wordle 875 2/6 🟨🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO ACTOR Another embarrassingly long time to find the answer. ---
**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 11, 2023, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4253 "2023-11-11T08:09:36Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Wordle 875 2/6 > > 🟨🟨🟩⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A 2?! Excellent! Me, a 4. Wordle 875 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLAME SHUNT BRICK ACTOR ---
**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 11, 2023, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4254 "2023-11-11T08:14:49Z")
Wordle 875 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slant Cater Actor ---
**Author:** ![mattgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@mattgg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mattgg)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2023, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4255 "2023-11-11T09:29:15Z")
Wordle 875 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CURIO ACTOR ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2023, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4256 "2023-11-11T11:30:39Z")
Wordle 875 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 294 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 31 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT TREAD ACTOR Lucky me: I made a bad decision at 2, but still managed to luck into a 3. My usual first two words, SLANT and CHORE, work very well together as a package deal. But in the middle of the night, my mind kept yapping to try TREAD at 2 instead. So I did, which turned out to be a bad idea: CHORE would have narrowed it down to ACTOR, while TREAD left me with several possibilities. Fortunately for me, most of them had either been used (AORTA, PARTY, RATIO), or were a bit obscure (ATRIA, RAITA). I still had to reject GATOR and RATTY - slangy but still possible. But a lucky 3 when it didn’t have to be. Congrats to all you folks who got 2s today! ---
**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 11, 2023, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4257 "2023-11-11T12:18:58Z")
Wordle 875 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT RATES ACTOR It took me so long to see actor I had to put it down and come back to it several times. If there were any other possibilities, I sure didn’t see them. ---
**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 11, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4258 "2023-11-11T12:34:13Z")
Wordle 875 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \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 11, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4259 "2023-11-11T12:42:30Z")
Wordle 875 3/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE ACORN ACTOR ---
**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 11, 2023, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4260 "2023-11-11T13:07:40Z")
A fairly easy 2. Wordle 875 2/6 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COURT ACTOR [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=212) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=214)