# "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:** 255
**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 31, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5081 "2023-12-31T13:22:05Z")
Wordle 925 3/6\* πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHALT SALTY ---
**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 31, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5082 "2023-12-31T14:44:24Z")
Lost my mojo the last couple of days. Wordle 925 5/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ 🟦⬜⬜⬜🟦 ⬜🟧⬜🟦🟦 ⬜🟧🟦🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE ABOUT WAIST PASTA SALTY ---
**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 31, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5083 "2023-12-31T15:41:04Z")
Wordle 925 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART TASTY SALTY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5084 "2023-12-31T15:51:20Z")
> **Wordle 925 3/6\* New Year's Eve 2023** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _T_HREE β†’ Well, the double Es were a waste.Try for A, I and two non-R comcons. S & N could make STAIN, SATIN or > **SA** IN_T_ β†’ Cool. Not seeing much from SAT??, so SA?T? is one to build from, and when I put another comcon in there I just have to use a Y so > **SALTY** > > Oddly enough, Scoredle gets the answer in two, both on its own solve and after playing my start word. No need to get all… that way about it, Scoredle! And happy New Year, fellow Wordlers! ---
**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 31, 2023, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5085 "2023-12-31T17:38:23Z")
Wordle 925 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DRAWL LATCH TALON VALET SALTY ---
**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 31, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5086 "2023-12-31T18:18:44Z")
Wordle 925 5/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AUDIT LATER TALON MALTY SALTY Should have been a four. I would certainly have gone with SALTY if I’d taken a minute to look at all the letters. Instead I saw MALTY and foolishly jumped on it. Not that MALTY _couldn’t_ be a wordle answer, just much less likely. ---
**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 31, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5087 "2023-12-31T20:56:55Z")
**Wordle 925 2/6** 🟩🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE SALTY Quick-n-easy 2…couldn’t be anything else. πŸ˜ƒ **HAPPY NEW YEAR!** πŸ₯³ ---
**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 31, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5088 "2023-12-31T23:05:02Z")
Congrats to all the SLATE people! Wordle 925 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE PASTY SALTY Hope everyone has a safe and delightful New Year’s Eve! πŸ₯‚ πŸ₯³ ---
**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:** [January 1, 2024, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5089 "2024-01-01T05:19:31Z")
MON 1/1/2024 Wordle 926 5/6\* πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHALT LARDY VIRAL MURAL ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5090 "2024-01-01T05:54:45Z")
Wordle 926 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CRANE SCRAP MURAL Is this is a harbinger, it looks to be a pretty average year. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5091 "2024-01-01T07:12:34Z")
> **Wordle 926 5/6\* 1/1/2024** > > ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > S_AL_TY β†’ OK, since I’m up, why not do this. Pretty good start, let’s take another vowel and three more comcons > _L_E_AR_N β†’ Got the R, but nothing’s placed. MIght as well push them all to the end and see what we get > CO **RAL** β†’ Cool. Except, there are at least two more words it could be. Flip a coin > VI **RAL** β†’ Should have been heads > **MURAL** > > Not really hoping for a five to kick off the new year, but that turned out to be more trappish than I had thought. But it could have been worse, as I would have had to chose between RURAL and AURAL if I had missed on fifth. So I should have pushed my fifth guess ahead to fourth, in hindsight. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2024, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5092 "2024-01-01T08:02:34Z")
Wordle 926 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STERN** **ALOUD** **RURAL** **MURAL** Happy New Year! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5093 "2024-01-01T10:30:47Z")
Wordle 926 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 500 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 43 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 13 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 4 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE RALLY AURAL MURAL Hadn’t had a 5 since NINJA (#872) so I guess I was due for one. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2024, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5094 "2024-01-01T11:00:40Z")
Wordle 926 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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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:** [January 1, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5095 "2024-01-01T13:20:53Z")
Wordle 926 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE CHART MOLAR MURAL ---
**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:** [January 1, 2024, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5096 "2024-01-01T14:47:58Z")
Looks like we’re all batting at average. Wordle 926 4/6 ⬜🟦🟦⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟦🟧🟦 ⬜⬜🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE POLAR VIRAL MURAL ---
**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:** [January 1, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5097 "2024-01-01T15:11:04Z")
Wordle 926 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART ARMOR SCRAM MORAY MURAL ---
**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:** [January 1, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5098 "2024-01-01T15:44:18Z")
Wordle 926 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT LASER MORAL MURAL Stupid U. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5099 "2024-01-01T15:59:52Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Stupid U. Hey, don’t diss your alma mater like that! πŸ˜‰ ---
**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:** [January 1, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5100 "2024-01-01T16:26:41Z")
Wordle 926 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HAPPY TREAD SUGAR RURAL MURAL [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=254) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=256)