# "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:** 239
### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4761 "2023-12-11T18:03:17Z")
Wordle 905 2/6\*
β¬π©π©β¬π¨
π©π©π©π©π©
TOUCH
HOUSE
Lucky first word!
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### Author:  [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4762 "2023-12-11T20:05:38Z")
Wordle 905 3/6
β¬β¬β¬β¬π§
β¬π§π§β¬π§
π§π§π§π§π§
AGILE
ROUTE
HOUSE
I did something I rarely do and checked the used words list. I figured I was down to HOUSE or MOUSE and didnβt want to waste a guess. I missed seeing DOUSE and COUPE, so a bit of luck came my way as well.
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### Author:  [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4763 "2023-12-11T20:07:04Z")
Lots of 3s around here today! Iβm one, too.
Wordle 905 3/6\*
β¬β¬β¬β¬π©
π¨β¬π¨β¬π©
π©π©π©π©π©
IRATE
SCONE
HOUSE
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### Author:  [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2023, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4764 "2023-12-12T04:27:54Z")
Wordle 905 2/6\*
β¬β¬β¬π©π©
π©π©π©π©π©
ARISE
HOUSE
My last 2 was 15 days ago, so this one feels good!
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### Author:  [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2023, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4765 "2023-12-12T05:04:13Z")
**Tuesday, December 12th**
Wordle 906 3/6
β¬β¬β¬β¬π¨
π¨π¨β¬β¬π©
π©π©π©π©π©
PLANT
STORE
THESE
Iβve been simpatico with Wordle these last few days.
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### Author:  [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2023, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4766 "2023-12-12T05:45:17Z")
Wordle 906 3/6
β¬β¬π¨β¬β¬
β¬β¬π©π©π¨
π©π©π©π©π©
RATIO
GUEST
THESE
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2023, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4767 "2023-12-12T06:19:12Z")
Wordle 906 3/6
π¨β¬β¬β¬π¨ 403
β¬π©β¬β¬π© 1
π©π©π©π©π©
SLANT
CHORE
THESE
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### Author:  [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2023, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4768 "2023-12-12T09:47:38Z")
Wordle 906 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2023, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4769 "2023-12-12T10:01:48Z")
Wordle 906 3/6
π¨π¨π©β¬β¬
β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
**STERN**
**ALOUD** β _after these (heh), it pretty much only leaves chest and these, and chest was previously used_
**THESE**
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2023, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4770 "2023-12-12T10:26:10Z")
Wordle 906 3/6\*
β¬β¬β¬β¬π§
π¦π§β¬β¬π§
π§π§π§π§π§
ALONE
SHIRE
THESE
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### Author:  [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4771 "2023-12-12T12:57:26Z")
Wordle 906 3/6
π¨π¨β¬β¬π¨
π©π©π©β¬π©
π©π©π©π©π©
HEART
THEME
THESE
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### Author:  [@chiliwillybing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiliwillybing)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4772 "2023-12-12T13:59:39Z")
Wordle 906 3/6
β¬β¬β¬π©π©
β¬β¬β¬π©π©
π©π©π©π©π©
RAISE
CLOSE
THESE
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4773 "2023-12-12T15:23:08Z")
This took way longer than it should have.
Wordle 906 4/6
β¬β¬β¬β¬π§
π¦β¬β¬β¬β¬
π¦β¬π¦β¬π§
π§π§π§π§π§
CRANE
SPOIL
ENSUE - Wordlebot sneered at this
THESE
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### Author:  [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4774 "2023-12-12T15:36:04Z")
> **Wordle 906 3/6\* 12/12/2023**
>
> π¨β¬β¬π©π©
> β¬π©β¬π©π©
> π©π©π©π©π©
>
> _H_OU **SE** β Thatβs a great start! H must be second, CHASE-PHASE, what else? Flip a coin and go with P
> P **H** A **SE** β Ah, there was something else. ?HESE, gotta be a T
> **THESE**
>
> A very lucky pair of solutions between yesterday and today for me. Scoredle had four options after the first guess.
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4775 "2023-12-12T15:41:14Z")
> [@Chefguy](#):
>
> ENSUE - Wordlebot sneered at this
Well, you had already excluded N with your opening word.
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4776 "2023-12-12T16:44:17Z")
Ah, crap. Sneer deserved.
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### Author:  [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4777 "2023-12-12T17:53:24Z")
Wordle 906 3/6
β¬β¬β¬π§π§
β¬π§β¬π§π§
π§π§π§π§π§
ROUSE
CHASE
THESE
Nice quick birdie. I didnβt expect to hit on the H and not the A, but after that happened, the solution became immediately evident.
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### Author:  [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4778 "2023-12-12T17:57:41Z")
Well, scootch over, @Chefguy. My second word narrowed it down to two choices β and I chose wrong. π
Wordle 906 4/6\*
β¬β¬β¬π¨π©
π¨π¨β¬β¬π©
π©π¨β¬π©π©
π©π©π©π©π©
IRATE
STOLE
TENSE
THESE
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4779 "2023-12-12T19:21:00Z")
Wordle 906 5/6\*
β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬
β¬β¬β¬π¨π¨
π©π©β¬β¬β¬
π©π©π©β¬β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
WORLD
MIGHT
THANK
THEFT
THESE
I thought it was THEFT for sure. I got ripped off!
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4780 "2023-12-12T22:56:15Z")
> [@Rebo](#):
>
> I got ripped off!
π
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