# "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:** 23
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/441 "2023-04-15T14:25:54Z")
Wordle 665 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 1,042 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 120 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 7 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLART PINCH MUDGE WAGON AGONY Thought for sure my fourth guess was the solution. And what @Rebo said! ---
**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 15, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/442 "2023-04-15T15:23:06Z")
Wordle 665 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BANJO ORGAN - I knew R wasn’t there, just fishing for letters AGONY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/443 "2023-04-15T17:24:19Z")
> **Wordle 665 4/6\* 4/15/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > THIEF β†’ OK, second round… > S_ONA_R β†’ Three letters, but unplaced. Swap the vowels and try and find a word to put the N first or last? > C_A_P_ON_ β†’ Ooh, bad guess. This is starting to feel painful… oh, wait… > **AGONY** > > And if I had been sorting between several different possibilities, I might have seen AMONG… ---
**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 15, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/444 "2023-04-15T18:27:32Z")
Worked hard enough for this one. I earned this 3! Wordle 665 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE LAUGH AGONY WordleBot advises there were 5 words to pick from after my second try: AMONG, AGONY, GONAD, BOGAN and DOGMA. I found GONAD but didn’t think it was a likely word. I found BOGAN but didn’t realize it was a word at all. My late NZ/Aussie husband never used it. I didn’t find AMONG or DOGMA before AGONY, so AGONY it was. Bit of luck, that. ---
**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 15, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/445 "2023-04-15T20:13:17Z")
Wordle 665 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 HOUSE LABOR PIANO AMONG AGONY Yep, a very apt word for today. A total slog every step of the way. ---
**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 15, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/446 "2023-04-15T22:01:31Z")
**Wordle 665 3/6** ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PASTY WEARY AGONY Got lucky on this one…had a good number of words to choose from. I’m glad it wasn’t a \_EA\_Y word! ---
**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 15, 2023, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/447 "2023-04-15T23:48:07Z")
Yesterday: Wordle 664 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE TEMPO THIEF Wordle 665 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OUTER VIOLA AGONY On both days, lucky first and second guesses sped this up. ---
**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 16, 2023, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/448 "2023-04-16T02:50:31Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Wordle 665 3/6\* > > πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› > πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ > 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 > > ALONE > AMONG > AGONY > > Sounds like a pretentious art-house film… Wordle 665 3/6\* 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AROSE AMONG AGONY Another art house film title ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/449 "2023-04-16T05:51:13Z")
Wordle 666 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIOUS CREAM BLEND DWELT ---
**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 16, 2023, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/450 "2023-04-16T07:27:11Z")
Wordle 666 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATES THIEF MONTE DEBUT DWELT Ugh, that was a hell of a slog today… ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/451 "2023-04-16T08:55:37Z")
Wordle 666 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO UPSET CLEFT KNELT DWELT This took awhile after guess four. Maybe should have gone with common letters sooner. ---
**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 16, 2023, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/452 "2023-04-16T09:22:24Z")
Wordle 666 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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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:** [April 16, 2023, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/453 "2023-04-16T10:00:04Z")
Wordle 666 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE DEVIL DUELS DWELT When I saw the E and the L, I thought, _heh, I bet they’re getting cute for 666._ When that didn’t pan out, I thought, _I have no idea what’s going on._ ---
**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 16, 2023, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/454 "2023-04-16T11:10:32Z")
Wordle 666 3/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IDEAL BLEND DWELT ---
**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 16, 2023, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/455 "2023-04-16T12:43:21Z")
Wordle 666 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT RELIT SWELT DWELT A brutal slog. After 2 I looked and looked until I finally saw smelt, but that’s been an answer. So I kept looking and looking, and finally saw exult. But that’s also been an answer. Unfortunately I started this in the morning so I couldn’t sleep on it, but I put it aside and came back and then saw evolt and swelt, neither of which I liked. I don’t even know if evolt is a word; figured maybe it was a type of electric car, and email was an answer. Swelt isn’t usually used as a word on its own but Wordle loves those kind of answers so figured what the hell. Still took a minute to see the answer after swelt despite four greens. ---
**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 16, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/456 "2023-04-16T13:41:16Z")
Wordle 666 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SLEET SMELT KNELT DWELT Great, now we’re dipping into archiac KJV Bible lingo ---
**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:** [April 16, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/457 "2023-04-16T14:20:37Z")
Wordle 666 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNAIL β€” I’m now trying different starters: SNAIL OTHER PUDGY and CLIMB (the only repeated letters are I and L)) OTHER PUDGY β€” after this result, dwelt is the only remaining possibility DWELT DWELT? Really? This is not a common word. Not to me it isn’t. @ **BobLibDem** wrote, β€œGreat, now we’re dipping into archiac KJV Bible lingo”. I agreeth with thee, sir. @ **chiliwillybing** β€” nicely played with your 3! @ **The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper** wrote, β€œ _I have no idea what’s going on._” Heh. You ain’t the only one. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/458 "2023-04-16T14:35:03Z")
β€œUncross those beautiful stems of yours, baby, here’s the case I call [Wordle] 666.” - Nick Danger Wordle 666 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 41 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 3 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟩 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLART LINED VELDT DWELT > **Summary** > > After an inspired choice for my second word, I had things narrowed down pretty well, I thought. The only problem was, I could identify all the possibilities, and they were all words that I would have regarded as unlikely solutions. VELDT, DWELT, and even DELFT, which my ancient dead-trees dictionary has in lower case when referring to the pottery from the town of Delft, but I figured that was even less likely than the other two. > > So for my third guess, I had to decide which was the least unlikely of VELDT (the grasslands of South Africa) or DWELT (the past tense of β€˜to dwell’ which one almost never encounters anymore). > > I lost that coin toss, but put me in with all the others who are griping about this solution. β€˜Dwelt’ wasn’t even in common usage fifty years ago, let alone now. ---
**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 16, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/459 "2023-04-16T15:51:27Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > nicely played with your 3! Thanks! But the only reason I got a quick solve was because it was the only word left to play. πŸ˜† ---
**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 16, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/460 "2023-04-16T15:57:48Z")
Fugly mess. Wordle 666 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜🟧🟧⬜ 🟦⬜🟧🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL QUELL - Wordlebot says there is only one word left; LIAR! WHELM DWELT [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=24)