# "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:** 236
### Author:  [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4701 "2023-12-07T15:20:02Z")
> **Wordle 901 4/6\* 12/7/2023**
>
> ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
> ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜
> 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟨
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
>
> WOMAN → , without her man, is nothing. Or, WOMAN: without her, man is nothing. Either way, I got nothing. Time for a favorite second guess
> H_E_I_S_T → And that’s not bad. Two comcons left, and two vowels; I’ll prioritize the former
> _L_UR **E** _S_ → Got the L, placed the E. I thought for a while and decided that two Es were at least as likely as one Y, so I went with
> **SLEEP**
>
> Coming from that start, I’ll take a par, especially since the last letter was a toss-up.
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2023, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4702 "2023-12-07T15:28:05Z")
WOOT!
Wordle 901 2/6
🟧🟧⬜⬜🟦
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
SLATE
SLEEP - Wordlebot said there were only two choices. I chose. . .wisely.
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### Author:  [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2023, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4703 "2023-12-07T17:26:57Z")
Wordle 901 4/6
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
BEARD
EVENT
SWEEP
SLEEP
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### Author:  [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4704 "2023-12-07T18:08:07Z")
Wordle 901 4/6
🟦⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟦⬛🟧⬛
🟧⬛🟦🟧🟧
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
PATIO
UPPER
SHLEP
SLEEP
I may have played this one a little too fast. Scordle’s trick of doubling up on the unplaced letter placed the P at the end, which was good. Then I did think about two E’s, but somehow I didn’t think of them _in a row_, and so SCHLEP was all I could come up with. Shoulda slowed down and thought more.
On the other hand, it could have been SLEEP, SHEEP, SWEEP, BLEEP, or CHEEP, and no matter which it was, SCHLEP narrowed it to just one word. So I guess I did OK.
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### Author:  [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2023, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4705 "2023-12-08T04:39:04Z")
Wordle 901 3/6\*
🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
LEAST
SLICE
SLEEP
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### Author:  [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2023, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4706 "2023-12-08T05:25:58Z")
**Friday, December 8th**
Wordle 902 3/6
🟨⬛🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟨🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
PLANT
SPARE
SHARP
In terms of my strategy, this was textbook.
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### Author:  [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2023, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4707 "2023-12-08T06:02:29Z")
Wordle 902 4/6
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
RATIO
CLEAR
PRAWN
SHARP
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2023, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4708 "2023-12-08T08:48:35Z")
Wordle 902 3/6
🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 104
⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 3
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
SLANT
CHORE
SHARP - could’ve been SHARK; SHARD had already been used.
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### Author:  [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2023, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4709 "2023-12-08T09:18:02Z")
Wordle 902 4/6\*
\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ \end{aligned}
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2023, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4710 "2023-12-08T09:44:08Z")
Wordle 902 3/6
🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
**STERN**
**ALOUD** — _could be scary scarf shark sharp spark swarm_
**SHARP**
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2023, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4711 "2023-12-08T10:55:55Z")
Wordle 902 3/6\*
🟦⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟦🟧🟦🟦
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
ALONE
TRASH
SHARP
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### Author:  [@chiliwillybing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiliwillybing)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2023, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4712 "2023-12-08T11:54:55Z")
Wordle 902 2/6
🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
RAISE
SHARP
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### Author:  [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4713 "2023-12-08T12:53:11Z")
Wordle 902 5/6
🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
HEART
CHARM
SHARD
SHARK
SHARP if that didn’t work SHART was next
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4714 "2023-12-08T15:00:48Z")
Wordle 902 4/6
⬜🟦🟧⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟦⬜
🟧🟦🟧🟧⬜
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
CRANE
FOIST
SPARK
SHARP
Well, at least Wordlebot loved my choices.
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### Author:  [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4715 "2023-12-08T15:26:46Z")
> **Wordle 902 4/6\* 12/8/2023**
>
> 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩
> 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩
> 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
>
> **S** LEE **P** → Well. Happy for two placed letters, worried that this might turn into a trap soon. Only KOed one vowel, so they’ll have to be a priority
> **S** ITU **P** → Two vowels down, two (or three) to go - but SYRUP is out, so probably just two. Tried to think of something to cover A & O both there, but didn’t, and since STOOP and SLOOP were already gone I figured I should try
> **S** NOO **P** → So its one or two As. Probably just one, in the middle. R still out there, which needs to go 4th if I try it, so S?ARP, probably not SCARP, so
> **SHARP**
>
> The tail end was a trap - SCAMP, SWAMP and SCRAP were all possibilities. I think I could have doped any of them out with two guesses left, but might have been tight. Happy with a 4.
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### Author:  [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4716 "2023-12-08T18:17:14Z")
Wordle 902 4/6
⬛⬛⬛🟦⬛
🟧⬛⬛🟦🟦
⬛🟧⬛⬛🟧
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
NOISE
SUGAR
WHOMP
SHARP
Too many possibilities to shoot for the birdie. WHOMP may not have been the best sleuth word; if none of my consonants had hit, there still would have been five valid options. But it worked! A little skill, a little luck. And another par.
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2023, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4717 "2023-12-08T18:19:52Z")
Wordle 902 4/6\*
⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛
🟩⬛🟩🟩⬛
🟩⬛🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
BLADE
START
SNARK
SHARP
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### Author:  [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2023, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4718 "2023-12-09T04:48:53Z")
Wordle 902 4/6\*
⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜
🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟨🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
LEAST
SCARY
SPARK
SHARP
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### Author:  [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2023, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4719 "2023-12-09T04:52:33Z")
I have to catch up 2 again. Got distracted last night and didn’t get it done.
Wordle 901 3/6\*
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨
🟩🟨🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
IRATE
SPECK
SLEEP
Wordle 902 4/6\*
⬛🟨🟩⬛⬛
🟩⬛🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
IRATE
SCARY
SHARK
SHARP
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2023, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4720 "2023-12-09T05:01:55Z")
SAT DEC 9
Wordle 903 3/6\*
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟧🟧🟧⬛🟧
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
ALONE
SHIRT
SHIFT
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