# "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
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### Author: ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2023, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4821 "2023-12-15T10:21:38Z")

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Wordle 909 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 524  
🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 6  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLANT  
CHORE  
TOPIC

Saw previous solution TOXIC but overlooked OPTIC.

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### 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: [December 15, 2023, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4822 "2023-12-15T10:22:13Z")

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Wordle 909 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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,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 C} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \\ \end{aligned}

🙄 again.

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### 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: [December 15, 2023, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4823 "2023-12-15T10:37:02Z")

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Wordle 909 3/6\*

⬛⬛🟦⬛⬛  
🟧🟧⬛⬛⬛  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

ALONE  
TORUS  
TOPIC

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### 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: [December 15, 2023, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4824 "2023-12-15T12:52:42Z")

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Wordle 909 4/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛  
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛  
🟨⬛🟨⬛🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

**STERN**  
 **ALOUD**  
 **CHIMP**  
 **TOPIC**

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### 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: [December 15, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4825 "2023-12-15T13:06:32Z")

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Wordle 909 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜  
🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

HEART  
STONY  
PIVOT  
TOPIC

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### Author: ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4826 "2023-12-15T13:17:19Z")

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Wordle 909 3/6\*

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛  
🟩🟩⬛🟨⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

VENOM  
TORCH  
TOPIC

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### 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: [December 15, 2023, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4827 "2023-12-15T13:21:48Z")

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Wordle 909 4/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜  
🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜  
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RAISE  
ITCHY  
TOXIC  
TOPIC

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### 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: [December 15, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4828 "2023-12-15T13:50:55Z")

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Wordle 909 3/6

⬛⬛🟦⬛⬛  
🟧🟧⬛🟧🟧  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

ALIVE  
TONIC  
TOPIC

A good second word and a nice symmetrical grid for the win!

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### 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: [December 15, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4829 "2023-12-15T17:58:39Z")

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> [@Wheelz](#):
>
> A good second word

Same here.

Wordle 909 3/6

⬜⬜⬜🟦⬜  
🟦🟧🟦⬜🟦  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

SLATE  
POINT  
TOPIC

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### Author: ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2023, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4830 "2023-12-15T18:59:12Z")

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> **Wordle 909 5/6\* 12/15/2023**
>
> ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜  
> 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜  
> 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜  
> 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩  
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> 
> W **O** ULD → Well, that’s something. I’ll focus on comons for the next guess, with an E  
> **TO** NER → And now I throw caution to the winds and double up on the repeat letters…  
> **TO** OTH → And strikeout. Ah, well. Can’t be TOAST, either. TOS?? goes nowhere, as does TOI??. But TO?I? could be  
> **TO** X **IC** → Already checked the N, so  
> **TOPIC**
> 
> The Hail Mary third guess ended up fruitless, but at least Scoredle says it cut possibles down by more than half, though most of those words were pretty bogus.

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### 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: [December 16, 2023, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4831 "2023-12-16T00:29:34Z")

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**Wordle 909 3/6**

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
🟨⬜🟨🟩⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLATE  
CHOIR  
TOPIC

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### 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: [December 16, 2023, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4832 "2023-12-16T00:36:21Z")

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My brain was slow this morning.

Wordle 909 4/6\*

🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛  
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨  
🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

IRATE  
FLINT  
TIMID (not my favorite try)  
TOPIC

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### 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: [December 16, 2023, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4833 "2023-12-16T05:02:13Z")

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Wordle 909 3/6\*

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLATE  
NITRO  
TOPIC  
I saw TOXIC, but that was on the used words lists, and VOMIT, but liked the look of TOPIC better. WordleBot said that IDIOT was another possible.

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### Author: ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2023, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4834 "2023-12-16T06:05:21Z")

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Wordle 910 5/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩  
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩  
🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
SHONE  
CLOVE  
BLOKE  
GLOBE

Bit of a slog here. I did get one letter with each guess.

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### 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: [December 16, 2023, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4835 "2023-12-16T09:47:33Z")

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Wordle 910 3/6\*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[yellow,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 E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}

That’s better.

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#### Post date: [December 16, 2023, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4836 "2023-12-16T10:04:54Z")

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Wordle 910 3/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛  
⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

**STERN**  
 **ALOUD** — _could be clove elope globe glove_  
 **GLOBE** — _elope and glove had already been used_

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### 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: [December 16, 2023, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4837 "2023-12-16T10:53:43Z")

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Wordle 910 4/6\*

⬛🟧🟧⬛🟧  
⬛🟧🟧⬛🟧  
⬛🟧🟧⬛🟧  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

ALONE  
CLOSE  
ELOPE  
GLOBE

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### 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: [December 16, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4838 "2023-12-16T12:12:29Z")

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Wordle 910 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩  
🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩  
⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RAISE  
OUNCE  
WHOLE  
GLOBE

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### 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: [December 16, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4839 "2023-12-16T13:08:40Z")

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Wordle 910 3/6

⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛  
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

PLANT  
CLOSE  
GLOBE

Started out rough having to go C instead of R. Saw bloke but didn’t love it, then glove, but it turns out both have already been answers. Then pretty quickly so globe. Been a hot minute since we’ve had any Bs, huh?

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### 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: [December 16, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4840 "2023-12-16T14:48:54Z")

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Wordle 910 5/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩  
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I was a tortoise, not the hare today. Progress every step but slow progress.  
HEART  
CYCLE took a big chance here  
SLIME  
GLOVE  
GLOBE

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