# "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:** 247
### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4921 "2023-12-21T14:54:11Z")
Glad to see I’m not the only one having problems this morning.
Wordle 915 5/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟧⬜🟧
⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧
⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
CRANE
POINT
QUILT
GUILT
BUILT
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### Author:  [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4922 "2023-12-21T14:56:53Z")
> **Wordle 915 3/6\* December 21, 2023**
>
> ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜
> ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
>
> SMA **L** L → So, one and only one L. Nice to know. I feel like I need to focus on vowels here, with only one guessed so far (and not present). A couple minutes thought gives me a word that I can try three with
> DO **IL** Y → I feel like I need to focus back on consonants. Perhaps GUILT, or - oh, I should trust the B, right?
> **BUILT**
>
> Scoredle gives five valid guesses left after 2, so I’m chalking this one up to mostly luck. Still probably my best week in, er, a long time.
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### Author:  [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4923 "2023-12-21T16:49:09Z")
Wordle 915 5/6
⬛⬛🟧⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟧
⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧
⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
OVINE
SHAFT
QUILT
GUILT
BUILT
Gah. I deviated from Hard Mode to avoid a potential trap, then fell in head first.
At least I wasn’t the only one.
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### Author:  [@SeaSun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaSun)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4924 "2023-12-21T20:08:08Z")
**Wordle 915 4/6**
⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
SLATE
CHOIR
BUGGY
BUILT
Buggy to check the \_UILT trap, plus I had Twill too. Of course it’s another B…should have just put up Built.
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### Author:  [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2023, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4925 "2023-12-22T05:11:00Z")
**Friday, December 22nd**
Wordle 916 3/6
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨
⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
PLANT
STORE
TOUCH
This 3 is thanks to tough already having been an answer.
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### Author:  [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2023, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4926 "2023-12-22T05:14:30Z")
Wordle 916 3/6
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
RATIO
STOLE
TOUCH
Pure luck. I get no credit for this one.
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### Author:  [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2023, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4927 "2023-12-22T05:14:59Z")
My first 2 in about a month. It’s easy when four letters show up in your first guess word.
Wordle 916 2/6
🟨🟩🟩⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
COURT
TOUCH
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2023, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4928 "2023-12-22T08:01:48Z")
Wordle 916 4/6
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
STERN
ALOUD
TOUGH
TOUCH
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### Author:  [@chiliwillybing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiliwillybing)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2023, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4929 "2023-12-22T09:50:16Z")
Wordle 916 3/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟨🟩🟩⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
RAISE
COUNT
TOUCH
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### Author:  [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2023, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4930 "2023-12-22T10:36:44Z")
Wordle 916 2/6
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 earth
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩touch
It is 5 am I have been up since 4 am because there is an emergency workcrew from the water company digging outside my front door. No notices-no idea how bad the situation is.
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2023, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4931 "2023-12-22T10:56:38Z")
Wordle 916 4/6\*
⬛⬛🟦⬛⬛
⬛🟧🟧🟦🟧
🟧🟧🟧⬛🟧
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
ALONE
SOUTH
TOUGH
TOUCH
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4932 "2023-12-22T13:36:05Z")
I’d forgotten that TOUGH had already been used.
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### Author:  [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4933 "2023-12-22T13:43:43Z")
Wordle 916 4/6\*
\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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ &\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 U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ \end{aligned}
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### Author:  [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4934 "2023-12-22T14:15:13Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 916 3/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler]
MEANT
DOUBT
TOUCH
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4935 "2023-12-22T14:58:38Z")
Without knowing what has or hasn’t been used:
Wordle 916 3/6
⬜⬜⬜🟦⬜
⬜🟧⬜⬜🟦
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
SLATE
MOIST
TOUCH - Dumb luck and nothing else
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### Author:  [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4936 "2023-12-22T15:00:00Z")
> **Wordle 916 3/6\* 12/22/2023**
>
> ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨
> ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
>
> 'B_U_IL_T_ → Good start, on the whole. I think I’ll focus on the vowels here; I can knock out two others with one word (and try a comcon as well)
> R **OU** _T_E → Must be TOU??, seems like TOU?H, C or G? I avoided the G yesterday and it worked; I’ll try that again
> **TOUCH**
>
> It worked again.
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4937 "2023-12-22T15:02:54Z")
Wordle 916 3/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 524
🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 6
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
SLANT
CHORE
TOUCH - managed not to BOTCH it 😉
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### Author:  [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4938 "2023-12-22T15:22:43Z")
Wordle 916 4/6
🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨
🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
HEART
THINK
TOOTH
TOUCH
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### Author:  [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4939 "2023-12-22T16:45:07Z")
Wordle 916 3/6
🟦⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟧🟧⬛🟦⬛
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
OPINE
TORUS
TOUCH
TORUS is one of Scordle’s favorite words, so I thought I’d give it a try (and sure enough, that was confirmed as my “best guess”). That narrowed it to TOUGH and TOUCH, and yes, I checked the used words list. I really wanted a three; it’s been too long.
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### Author:  [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/4940 "2023-12-22T16:52:53Z")
Yesterday was crazy-busy, so I forgot to post. Here’s yesterday’s:
Wordle 915 4/6\*
🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟨⬛🟩⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
IRATE
THING
QUILT
BUILT
I’m another who fell into the QUILT/BUILT trap. But I can see it could have been worse!
Today’s: A 2!! My first in a very long time!
Wordle 916 2/6\*
⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
IRATE
TOUCH
Obviously pure luck. Still counts!
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