# "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
**Page:** 225
### Author:  [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2023, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4481 "2023-11-25T02:43:58Z")
Wordle 888 3/6
β¬β¬π¦β¬π¦
π§π¦β¬β¬β¬
π§π§π§π§π§
ABOUT
TONIC
THROW
I thought I got super lucky, but it turns out there wasnβt much to choose from. Just THROW, THROE (not likely), or TEMPO, which I didnβt see. A good three, I think.
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### Author:  [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2023, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4482 "2023-11-25T04:41:54Z")
Wordle 888 4/6\*
β¬π¨β¬β¬π¨
π¨β¬π¨β¬π¨
π©π¨β¬π©β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
LONER
RATIO
TROOP
THROW
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### Author:  [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2023, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4483 "2023-11-25T05:21:47Z")
**Saturday, November 25th**
Wordle 889 4/6
β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬
β¬β¬β¬β¬π©
β¬π©π¨π¨π©
π©π©π©π©π©
PLANT
SCORE
BUDGE
GUIDE
Yesterday I never saw throb, thankfully. Unfortunately today I trusted the B.
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### Author:  [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2023, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4484 "2023-11-25T06:00:37Z")
Wordle 889 4/6
β¬β¬β¬π¨β¬
β¬β¬π©β¬π©
π©β¬π©π©π©
π©π©π©π©π©
RATIO
SHINE
GLIDE
GUIDE
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### Author:  [@SeaSun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaSun)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2023, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4485 "2023-11-25T06:15:49Z")
**Wordle 888 3/6**
β¬π¨π¨β¬β¬
β¬π©β¬β¬π¨
π©π©π©π©π©
STOLE
CHAIR
THROW
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2023, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4486 "2023-11-25T07:04:27Z")
Wordle 889 4/6
β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬ 1,713
β¬β¬β¬β¬π© 69
π©π¨β¬β¬β¬ 1
π©π©π©π©π©
SLANT
CHORE
GIMPY
GUIDE
A 4 is pretty good when you only have one letter from your first two words. Iβll take it. π
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2023, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4487 "2023-11-25T08:30:04Z")
Agree. A good 4!
Me, I got 6.
Wordle 889 6/6
β¬β¬β¬β¬π©
β¬β¬π©β¬β¬
β¬β¬π©β¬π©
β¬β¬π©β¬π©
β¬π©π©β¬π©
π©π©π©π©π©
**FLAME**
**BRICK** β _and then I started chasing possible solutions when instead I should have kept eliminating letters_
**SHINE**
**POISE** β _dumb dumb dumb! The S! DUMB!_
**QUITE** β _fortunately thereβs only one possibility left_
**GUIDE**
Man, I was lucky to survive this one. If I kept eliminating letters instead of chasing possible solutions I likely would have got it in 4. I likely would have gone with these:
**FLAME**
**BRICK**
**SNOUT** β _I likely would have gone with SNOUT because all 5 letters are new and are frequent-use_
**GUIDE**
DAMN. Fortunately, I survived. Hey, hey, I will survive.
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### Author:  [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2023, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4488 "2023-11-25T08:38:41Z")
Wordle 889 3/6
β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬
β¬β¬β¬β¬π©
π©π©π©π©π©
Slant
Chore
Guide
I didnβt expect guide to be the word, but I wanted to eliminate the remaining
vowels i and u.
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### Author:  [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2023, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4489 "2023-11-25T09:16:51Z")
Wordle 889 5/6\*
\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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \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 G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}
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### Author:  [@chiliwillybing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiliwillybing)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4490 "2023-11-25T12:56:23Z")
Wordle 889 3/6
β¬β¬π©β¬π©
β¬β¬π¨β¬β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
RAISE
CLUMP
GUIDE
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4491 "2023-11-25T13:26:15Z")
Wordle 889 3/6\*
β¬β¬β¬β¬π§
β¬β¬π§β¬π§
π§π§π§π§π§
ALONE
SHIRE
GUIDE
β¦Tom Bombadil?
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2023, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4492 "2023-11-25T13:40:28Z")
I had to look that up, Waldo.
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4493 "2023-11-25T13:41:36Z")
Wordle 889 4/6\*
π©β¬β¬β¬β¬
π©β¬β¬β¬β¬
π©π©β¬β¬β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
GRANT
GLOSS
GUMMY
GUIDE
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### Author:  [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2023, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4494 "2023-11-25T14:51:26Z")
Wordle 889 3/6
β¬π¨β¬β¬β¬
β¬β¬π©β¬π©
π©π©π©π©π©
HEART
SLICE
GUIDE
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### Author:  [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4495 "2023-11-25T15:54:57Z")
> **Wordle 889 6/6\* 11/25/2023**
>
> β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬
> β¬π¨β¬π¨β¬
> β¬π¨π¨π¨β¬
> π¨π¨π©β¬β¬
> β¬β¬π©π©π©
> π©π©π©π©π©
>
> THROW β Whiff. Really need some vowel guesses here, but I can try two of them along with three more comcons, so
> L_I_N_E_S β Two hits! Maybe Iβm out of vowelsβ¦ but I really need to get some consonant hits here too
> M_EDI_C β Thereβs one. If I move those over and try another vowel, maybe I can chip in for par
> \*ED **I** FY β Nope. Words are getting sparser. E placed by process of elimination. D goes before it. Iβm really seeing
> AB **IDE** β but that wasnβt it! Oh, boy. QUIDE - just no. U?IDE goes nowhere with whatβs left. Aha, the G
> **GUIDE**
>
> This was kind of fun, except for that moment of panic when the first two letters came up grey on my fifth guess.
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4496 "2023-11-25T16:27:51Z")
Another fizzle.
Wordle 889 5/6
β¬β¬β¬β¬π§
β¬β¬β¬β¬π§
β¬β¬π§β¬π§
β¬β¬π§β¬π§
π§π§π§π§π§
SLATE
PROBE
CHIME
KNIFE
GUIDE
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4497 "2023-11-25T16:35:46Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#):
>
> ALONE
> SHIRE
> GUIDE
>
> β¦Tom Bombadil?
π
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### Author:  [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4498 "2023-11-25T21:19:00Z")
Wordle 889 4/6
β¬β¬β¬β¬π¦
β¬π¦β¬π¦β¬
β¬β¬π§β¬π§
π§π§π§π§π§
COATI
LINER
SPIKE
GUIDE
I correctly surmised that I was in the middle and E at the end, and after looking for a _long_ time, SPIKE was all I could see that fit. So I was quite surprised when that wasnβt it. Took me another eternity to see GUIDE, which was a real βduhβ moment. I had a blind spot for the U.
Not mad at a four today, but I still canβt help thinking I should have done better.
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### Author:  [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4499 "2023-11-25T21:53:23Z")
Well, this is what I get for getting all cocky about my 3s. Hereβs a 4 to take the wind out of my sails a bit. π
Wordle 889 4/6\*
π¨β¬β¬β¬π©
β¬β¬π©β¬π©
π©β¬π©π©π©
π©π©π©π©π©
IRATE
SPINE
GLIDE
GUIDE
WordleBot was soooo nice about it. Hey, WordleBot! Donβt patronize me!
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### Author:  [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2023, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4500 "2023-11-26T01:44:43Z")
Wordle 889 4/6\*
β¬β¬π¨β¬β¬
π¨π¨π¨β¬β¬
β¬β¬π©π©π©
π©π©π©π©π©
STEAL
EIDER
CHIDE
GUIDE
I saw OXIDE as well but for some reason thought that GUIDE was more likely. Phew!
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