# "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:** 251
### Author:  [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5001 "2023-12-26T18:44:32Z")
Wordle 920 3/6
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ROUTE
CLONE
PHONE
Had the same third word two days in a row - with a better result today!
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### Author:  [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5002 "2023-12-26T19:11:15Z")
> **Wordle 920 5/6\* Boxing Day 2023**
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> EV **O** K **E** β Oh, boy. Trap territory. I think Iβm done with vowels, so try some comcons
> ST **ONE** β Got one. And itβs now a certified trap. There is one word with a vowel and a comcon I feel compelled to try
> AL **ONE** β So no CLONE either. I should check the R, so Iβll try
> CR **ONE** β Ah, that was a misplay. Should have been PRONE. Does it cost me?
> **PHONE**
> OZONE was also a possible, and would have gotten me a six. But I could have arrived at it in five if I had played guess #4 correctly. Fortunately, it didnβt cost me.
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### Author:  [@SeaSun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaSun)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5003 "2023-12-26T21:04:48Z")
**Wordle 920 3/6**
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SLATE
CHOIR
PHONE
* * *
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> [@Bullitt](#):
>
> Does anyone remember if it was?
No, it hasnβt been used yet. I have the list of all previous answers since day one in an Excel sheet, and I put that word up yesterday for a guess after checking. Maybe youβve seen it on the original answers list (future words) that was floating around online way back when. I never looked at the future words list as I didnβt want to get spoiled, but I had heard that NYT had changed the order of the future words, removed some, and also added new words.
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2023, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5004 "2023-12-26T22:39:10Z")
Wordle 920 3/6\*
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COLOR
SHONE
PHONE
Wow!
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### Author:  [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2023, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5005 "2023-12-27T04:13:22Z")
Wordle 920 3/6\*
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SLATE
PRONE
PHONE
A lucky 2nd guess
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2023, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5006 "2023-12-27T05:07:35Z")
WED 12/27
Wordle 921 4/6\*
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ALONE
TRASH
SASSY
DAISY
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### Author:  [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2023, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5007 "2023-12-27T05:40:07Z")
Wordle 921 3/6
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RATIO
DAILY
DAISY
So close!
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### Author:  [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2023, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5008 "2023-12-27T09:56:48Z")
Wordle 921 4/6\*
\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned}
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2023, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5009 "2023-12-27T10:08:38Z")
Wordle 921 4/6
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**STERN**
**ALOUD**
**CHIMP**
**DAISY**
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2023, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5010 "2023-12-27T10:10:37Z")
β¦ and, thanks, @SeaSun .
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2023, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5011 "2023-12-27T11:00:46Z")
Wordle 921 4/6
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SLANT
CHORE
BASIS
DAISY
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### Author:  [@chiliwillybing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiliwillybing)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5012 "2023-12-27T12:58:18Z")
Wordle 921 3/6
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RAISE
WAIST
DAISY
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### Author:  [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5013 "2023-12-27T15:14:57Z")
Wordle 921 4/6
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HEART
AVOID
DAILY
DAISY
The moral of todayβs solution is donβt send your love flowers every day.
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### Author:  [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5014 "2023-12-27T15:33:16Z")
> **Wordle 921 4/6\* 12/27/2023**
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> PHONE β Strikeout. Time for A & I and three comcons
> TR_AI_L β Struck out on the comcons. The S is left; Iβll use it as a plural, which means no 3, but I donβt have enough to take a really good guess at it
> W **AI** F_S_ β SAI?? goes nowhere, so it must be ?AIS?, with no E try a terminal Y which leads us to
> **DAISY**
>
> From Scoredleβs analysis, I think I might have had a shot at a birdie if I had gone with LAIRS for my second guess. Still, probably wouldnβt have done it differently.
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5015 "2023-12-27T15:42:15Z")
Ugh.
Wordle 921 5/6
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SLATE
BREAK
NOISE
AMISS
DAISY
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### Author:  [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2023, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5016 "2023-12-27T17:46:20Z")
Wordle 921 3/6
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RATIO
MAIZE
DAISY
I didnβt like MAIZE much as a guess, in that if it wasnβt the solution it wouldnβt give me a lot of information. But after looking for a while I didnβt find anything better. And it wasnβt bad; it eliminated NAIVE, and then the terminal Y occurred to me, and I won the coin flip between DAISY and DAILY. A good, fun birdie.
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### Author:  [@SeaSun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaSun)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5017 "2023-12-27T21:39:12Z")
**Wordle 921 3/6**
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SLATE
CHOIR
DAISY
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5018 "2023-12-27T22:28:15Z")
Wordle 921 4/6\*
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STEAL
CRASH
PANSY
DAISY
Well, _some_ kind of flower.
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### Author:  [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2023, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5019 "2023-12-27T23:10:11Z")
I am so happy this one is over! I worked _way_ too hard on it.
Wordle 921 4/6\*
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IRATE
FINAL
ASPIC
DAISY
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### Author:  [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2023, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5020 "2023-12-28T04:38:44Z")
Wordle 921 5/6
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PLANT
RACES
SAVVY
GASSY
DAISY
Screwed the pooch on this one. Last night after 2 I could only see saggy, but I really didnβt like that as an answer. As I was falling asleep I thought of savvy, and then completely forgot about Wordle all day until just now. After savvy I really didnβt like gassy, but didnβt see anything else. Then when I finally saw daisy I remembered that I actually thought of daisy just as I was falling asleep last night and thinking that it had to be the answer, but of course I forgot. So much for that potential 3.
This was my 700th game.
Running totals:
| # | 199 | 400 | 500 | 600 | 700 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 34 |
| 3 | 80 | 143 | 196 | 245 | 297 |
| 4 | 69 | 158 | 191 | 230 | 258 |
| 5 | 29 | 66 | 77 | 85 | 89 |
| 6 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 21 |
| L | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| | 3.70 | 3.80 | 3.76 | 3.72 | 3.67 |
Delta stats:
| # | 199 | 201 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | 80 | 63 | 53 | 49 | 52 |
| 4 | 69 | 89 | 33 | 39 | 28 |
| 5 | 29 | 37 | 11 | 8 | 4 |
| 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | 3.70 | 3.89 | 3.6 | 3.55 | 3.32 |
This 100 games saw quite an improvement. I think the impact of the ever-growing previous answers list is starting to snowball.
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