# "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 2)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659
**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
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### Author:  [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2023, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4401 "2023-11-20T06:21:12Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 884 2/6
β¬β¬π¨π¨β¬
π©π©π©π©π©[/spoiler]
STANK
CANDY
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### Author:  [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2023, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4402 "2023-11-20T10:10:24Z")
Wordle 884 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned}
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2023, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4403 "2023-11-20T10:33:43Z")
Wordle 884 4/6
β¬β¬π¨π¨β¬ 441
π©β¬β¬β¬β¬ 6
π©π©β¬β¬π¨ 1
π©π©π©π©π©
SLANT
CHORE
CABIN
CANDY
After 2, I had it narrowed down to my 3rd and 4th guesses. You donβt win all the coin tosses, and Iβve certainly won a few lately. π
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2023, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4404 "2023-11-20T10:43:19Z")
Wordle 884 4/6\*
π¦β¬β¬π¦β¬
β¬β¬π¦β¬π¦
β¬π§π§π§π§
π§π§π§π§π§
ALONE
STAIN
HANDY
CANDY
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### Author:  [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2023, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4405 "2023-11-20T12:22:04Z")
Wordle 884 3/6
β¬β¬π¨β¬β¬
π©β¬β¬π¨β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
HEART
CLOAK
CANDY
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### Author:  [@chiliwillybing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiliwillybing)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4406 "2023-11-20T12:58:39Z")
Wordle 884 4/6
β¬π©β¬β¬β¬
β¬π©β¬β¬π¨
β¬π©π©π¨π©
π©π©π©π©π©
RAISE
TALON
FANCY
CANDY
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### Author:  [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4407 "2023-11-20T14:31:16Z")
Wordle 884 3/6
β¬β¬π¨π¨β¬
β¬π©π©β¬β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
PLANT
SANER
CANDY
Yay, finally a 3 again.
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2023, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4408 "2023-11-20T15:59:54Z")
Wordle 884 5/6
β¬β¬π¨β¬β¬
β¬β¬β¬π¨β¬
β¬β¬β¬π¨β¬
β¬β¬π¨β¬π©
π©π©π©π©π©
FLAME
SHUNT
BRICK
PODGY
CANDY
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4409 "2023-11-20T16:17:43Z")
Really ugly today.
Wordle 884 6/6
β¬β¬π¦β¬β¬
β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬
β¬π§β¬β¬π§
β¬π§π¦β¬π§
π§π§β¬π§π§
π§π§π§π§π§
SLATE
SPOIL
BAGGY
WACKY
CADDY
CANDY
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2023, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4410 "2023-11-20T16:51:25Z")
Wordle 884 4/6\*
β¬β¬π¨β¬π©
π¨β¬π¨π¨π©
π©π©β¬π©π©
π©π©π©π©π©
OVARY
DECAY
CADDY \<β I keep trying double letters. Not helping.
CANDY
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### Author:  [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4411 "2023-11-20T17:22:05Z")
This one was a fairly straight forward progression for me.
Wordle 884 3/6\*
β¬β¬π¨β¬β¬
π©β¬β¬π¨β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
IRATE
CLOAK
CANDY
WordleBot said there were five words to choose from after my second try, but in looking them over, I wouldnβt have tried any of them before CANDY. For once, my aversion to using double letters paid off!
> [@RTFirefly](#):
>
> Iβd cheerfully wait in the fudge queue, but Iβd avoid the irate scone.
A wise move, no doubt!
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4412 "2023-11-20T19:35:16Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#):
>
> A wise move, no doubt!
Well, Iβm a wise guy. π
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### Author:  [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2023, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4413 "2023-11-20T19:43:35Z")
So weβve noted. π
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### Author:  [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4414 "2023-11-20T20:37:07Z")
> **Wordle 884 4/6\* 11/20/2023**
>
> β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬
> β¬β¬π¨β¬β¬
> π¨π©β¬β¬π©
> π©π©π©π©π©
>
> QUEUE β Not unexpected. I had one queued up (heh) in this eventuality
> RO_A_ST β That was a little more unexpected. Still, I got something out of it. Is there something where I can test both I & Y?
> _D_ **A** IL **Y** β Hit on the Y! N is still out there - if I try to get that in the guess, I pretty much have to try
> **CANDY**
> HANDY would have been tempting also, had I seen it. Thanks for the tip, Scoredle!
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### Author:  [@SeaSun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaSun)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2023, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4415 "2023-11-21T03:29:16Z")
**Wordle 884 3/6**
β¬β¬π¨β¬β¬
π©β¬β¬β¬β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
SLATE
CHOIR
CANDY
Getting the C in green and A in yellow, I immediately thought Candy and went for itβ¦nice to see all greens turn over! Out of curiosity, I looked at Scoredle afterwards, and it said I had 12 choices after my 2nd guess (really, only 6 were βlegitβ words), so I got pretty lucky.
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### Author:  [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2023, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4416 "2023-11-21T04:57:12Z")
I donβt know if itβs been mentioned before, but I just had a thought about wordlebotβs grades. I bet if you donβt play in hard mode, but follow hard mode rules, wordlebot will think youβre wasting chances to learn new information and will penalize your grade accordingly.
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### Author:  [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2023, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4417 "2023-11-21T05:00:26Z")
Wordle 884 4/6\*
β¬β¬π¨β¬β¬
β¬π©π¨β¬β¬
β¬π©π©π©π©
π©π©π©π©π©
LEAST
RADIO
DANDY
CANDY
A big sigh of relief at seeing the answer, since it could have been HANDY or BANDY or maybe even PANDY, which I read last week in _Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man_: [Pandy Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pandy)
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### Author:  [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2023, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4418 "2023-11-21T05:07:39Z")
**Tuesday, November 21st**
Wordle 885 2/6
π©β¬π©π©β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
PLANT
PIANO
I saw piano before prank, and then only half-heartedly looked for a few more seconds before going with the first thing I saw.
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### Author:  [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2023, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4419 "2023-11-21T05:43:18Z")
Wordle 885 3/6
β¬π¨β¬β¬β¬
π¨β¬π¨β¬β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
COURT
ASIDE
PIANO
On a musical theme - my tbird guess could have been VIOLA.
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### Author:  [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2023, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4420 "2023-11-21T07:55:52Z")
Wordle 885 2/6
β¬π¨β¬π¨π©
π©π©π©π©π©
RATIO
PIANO
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