# "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:** 24
**Author:** ![Beesnest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/461 "2023-04-16T17:01:11Z")
I started with what is a two word opener to me. It gave me a lot so did not use the second word. Wordlebot said there we only 3 other words to choose . I did not see any of them and they were much more common. ---
**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 16, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/462 "2023-04-16T17:12:20Z")
Man, I pooched this one. It’s embarrassing to post, but here it is: Wordle 666 5/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SPENT CLEFT ELECT DWELT Derp-da-derp-da-derp. My fourth try was a total waste, and DWELT was the only answer after CLEFT, as WordleBot sniffily pointed out. Ugh. ---
**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 16, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/463 "2023-04-16T17:28:14Z")
Wordle 666 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ARISE MELON CLEFT DWELT Broke up my four streak with a five yesterday, so I guess falling back into the rut counts as an improvement. Only one possibility left after CLEFT, but damned if I could find it in any reasonable amount of time. ---
**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 17, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/464 "2023-04-17T01:16:58Z")
**Wordle 666 4/6** ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PASTE TONER DEBIT DWELT A rather uncommon word. πŸ™„ I had it on my list but felt Debit was more likely, along with 8 other more likely words that are _actually_ used by the current modern population. ---
**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 17, 2023, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/465 "2023-04-17T01:21:12Z")
Yes, an word today. Where is Josh Wardle when we need him??!! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/466 "2023-04-17T02:58:54Z")
> **Wordle 666 5/6\* 4/16/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 > 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > AGONY β†’ Second straight day for a first guess strikeout. Ok, moving on… > H_E_IS **T** β†’ That is a little more like it. Where does the E go? > _E_RUP **T** β†’ Not there. And no more letter pickups. All out of vowels. Is there a double E? Guessing for one would at least place a lone E… > F_L_ **E** E **T** β†’ And there it is. Also, an L. L?E?T, with neither question mark a vowel? Or ??ELT, hmmm… > **DWELT** > > There were so few letters left. ---
**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 17, 2023, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/467 "2023-04-17T04:04:29Z")
Wordle 666 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCORE METAL TILED DWELT I didn’t think that TILED was a likely answer, but it was a lucky guess. Also it felt odd to have no greens at all until the final guess. And an 1843 song featuring the word in its title, recorded by a well known artist in the 1990s: [Enya: I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J7n52gpjSY) The song has its own Wiki page: [I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Dreamt_I_Dwelt_in_Marble_Halls) ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/468 "2023-04-17T06:34:52Z")
Wordle 667 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SLING CHIMP WHIZZ WHIFF After three I knew it was WHI but I had a lot of trouble coming up with anything that worked. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/469 "2023-04-17T06:37:23Z")
Wordle 667 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIOUS IRATE CHILD WHINY WHIFF ---
**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 17, 2023, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/470 "2023-04-17T06:45:44Z")
Wordle 667 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET MINGY QUICK PRIOR WHIFF Well, that one had me on the ropes a fair bit… Scoredle claims that the third possibility for the final guess besides WHIZZ and WHIFF was… XVIII? Seriously? That’s supposed to be a valid word? ---
**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 17, 2023, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/471 "2023-04-17T08:51:05Z")
Wordle 667 5/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,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[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 I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \\ \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 17, 2023, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/472 "2023-04-17T09:32:58Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > And an 1843 song featuring the word in its title, recorded by a well known artist in the 1990s: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J7n52gpjSY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J7n52gpjSY) > The song has its own Wiki page: [I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Dreamt_I_Dwelt_in_Marble_Halls) Heh. When I was a kid, I read a book that contained the following: Knock-Knock! Who’s there? I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls. β€œI dreamt I dwelt in marble halls,” _who?_ I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls, _Kowalski._ Be that as it may, Wordle 667 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHIRT CHIMP WHIFF ---
**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 17, 2023, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/473 "2023-04-17T10:51:46Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > Also it felt odd to have no greens at all until the final guess. That was me today. Wordle 667 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST ROUND PICKY β€” only 1 yellow, no greens BOUGH β€” only 2 yellows, no greens. I’m starting to worry. I might to do an X/6 today. I think it has to have WHI in it, and if that’s true then it can only be 1 word… WHIFF ---
**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 17, 2023, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/474 "2023-04-17T11:46:26Z")
Wordle 667 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCORE MUDDY WHIFF Well that’s a first. Nada, zilch, squadoosh for the first three guesses, then all green. ---
**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 17, 2023, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/475 "2023-04-17T11:52:17Z")
Yeah that’s pretty wild. ---
**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 17, 2023, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/476 "2023-04-17T12:03:21Z")
Wordle 667 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SHINY CHILI WHIFF ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/477 "2023-04-17T12:15:02Z")
Wordle 667 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Isn’t it a joy when the first two guesses are all blanks? Scoredle 5/6\* 14,855 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ SLATE (1,059) ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ROUND (58) 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ WHINY (3) 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ WHICH (2) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WHIFF And what a joy it is to smugly watch as the first three letters come in green, only to have success taken away in the last two letters. Though I was skeptical that WHINY had somehow been the right one, I was totally convinced that WHICH was the right word…until it wasn’t. Argh! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/478 "2023-04-17T12:53:17Z")
Wordle 667 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,480 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Got a nice pattern out of it. SLART NICHE DUMPY WHIFF Glad to get this in 4, no way I was going to get it in 3 or less. The hard part was finding a word that worked at all after my third guess, given the handful of letters I had left (consonants B,F,G,H,J,K,V,W,X,Z; vowels I,O). ---
**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 17, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/479 "2023-04-17T13:25:37Z")
Wordle 667 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE POINT CHILD WHIFF A lot of blanks today! @Bullitt and @EllisDee that’s amazing! I didn’t even know whizz was a word. ---
**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 17, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/480 "2023-04-17T14:30:09Z")
Wordle 667 4/6 ⬜⬜🟧⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ADIEU - thought I’d try a vowel eliminator SPORT - . . .and there goes the last one WHINY - leaves β€˜which’ or β€˜whiff’ WHIFF - decided not to go with double β€˜h’ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=25)