# "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:** 26
**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 18, 2023, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/501 "2023-04-18T11:56:31Z")
Wordle 668 2/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART HOUND Like all deuces, this was quite a bit of luck. Fishing for vowels, I couldn’t think of a HOI\_ \_ word that didn’t use the T, then I went for HOU \_ \_ and struck gold. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/502 "2023-04-18T12:10:45Z")
Wordle 668 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,480 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 8 ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLART NICHE PHONY HOUND =\> I’m you’re Huckleberry Traps like today’s \_OUND trap are why I don’t even **think** about hard mode. ---
**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 18, 2023, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/503 "2023-04-18T12:20:22Z")
Wordle 668 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ABIDE SOUND WHOMP HOUND I had to give up on hard mode today. Too many words it could have been. > [@RTFirefly](#): > > β€œI gotta go take a whizz” πŸ˜† I thought it was whiz but I see now that both spellings are acceptable. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/504 "2023-04-18T12:29:23Z")
Today I lost my 110 game streak. I still had 3 guesses left to go. If going the hard route, you had to be lucky if you end up where I was. According to Wordlebot, only 79% of folks are getting this one in 6. I think this is the biggest streakbuster I’ve seen. With 7 β€œound” words, that makes sense. Wordle 668 X/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 18, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/505 "2023-04-18T12:53:31Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > With 7 β€œound” words, that makes sense. I think you missed one β€” or else I wouldn’t have needed to screw around with ROWNS and FOHNS. πŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/506 "2023-04-18T12:55:30Z")
You are correct. I forgot of the only one I actually eliminated in my first guess. Each time this last 5 word combo comes up I can expect to have my streak broken. ---
**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 18, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/507 "2023-04-18T13:00:59Z")
Wordle 668 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST ROUND β€” it could be bound found hound mound pound wound WHOMP β€” I’m fishing for letters… got it! HOUND ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/508 "2023-04-18T13:14:38Z")
You gave Wordle a good whomping today! πŸ˜ƒ ---
**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 18, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/509 "2023-04-18T14:21:43Z")
Some days I wish that I’d whomp the shit out of Wordle! 😳 🌞 ---
**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 18, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/510 "2023-04-18T15:19:07Z")
Wow, a lot of fails today. Wordle 668 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟧⬜ ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL - eliminates all other vowels but β€˜u’ or β€˜y’ HOUND - seemed like there hasn’t been an β€˜ou’ combo for awhile. Got really lucky on the β€˜ound’ or β€˜ount’ trap. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/511 "2023-04-18T16:09:31Z")
> **Wordle 668 5/6\* 4/18/2023** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > W_H_IFF β†’ Almost a whiff, except I got the H. Now where should it go? Try first, with some commons… > **HO** TEL β†’ Not bad, got the O as well. Probably another vowel in there, maybe I’ll do the Scoredle thing and try a repeat… > **HO** _N_OR β†’ Nope, but have an N, in either 4th or 5th. Can think of one word with a terminal N here… > **HO** GA_N_ β†’ Nope. OK, getting short on guesses… HO?N?, haven’t tried a U yet, so… > **HOUND** > > Evaded the trap with the first (forced) guess. Today I’d rather be lucky than good. ---
**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 18, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/512 "2023-04-18T16:42:57Z")
I sure didn’t expect a 3 today. Wordle 668 3/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLOUD HOUND After guess 2, I figured it was probably an -OUND word. And here’s where I cheated, according to some: I ran the 7 available -OUND words through the list of past Wordle answers. (Hey, I already play in Hard Mode. Let’s not make things even more impossible!) From that, I learned that 3 of the words had already been played. I picked HOUND first from the remaining 4 because I learned yesterday that the new puppy I’m getting will be born in mid-May – very exciting! And a new HOUND turned out to be a good Wordle word today, too. πŸ™‚ ---
**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 18, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/513 "2023-04-18T18:06:24Z")
Wordle 668 5/6 πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 UNITE LUNAR MOUND WHIPS HOUND I guess I should be happy with a five today. No hard mode for me either. If WHIPS had come up empty, I’d have had a coin flip between BOUND and FOUND, so at the very least I was guaranteed not to fail. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/514 "2023-04-18T19:49:58Z")
> [@Cugel](#): > > Wordle 668 X/6\* Count me in this group as well. I’m glad I’m not alone. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/515 "2023-04-18T23:01:50Z")
Wordle 668 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT BOING HORNY HOUND HORNY seemed unlikely but after all it does have non-sexual/slang uses, too–and I was stuck for a word that had O in second position and N in fourth. And of course it had the virtue of letting me avoid the \_OUND trap. I don’t remember ever having all greens and no yellows, before. ---
**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 19, 2023, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/516 "2023-04-19T02:21:20Z")
**Wordle 668 4/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPACE DONUT THUMB HOUND Thought I got super lucky with my second word…until I realized the mega-trap sitting before me. I then saw that four of the eight words were ruled out already, but I decided to toss up a sleuth word at guess 3 to guarantee a 4. Whatever it takes. πŸ˜‰ * * * * * * @Aspenglow How exciting about your new puppy πŸ•β€¦what breed is it? ---
**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 19, 2023, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/517 "2023-04-19T02:25:42Z")
> [@SeaSun](#): > > How exciting about your new puppy πŸ•β€¦what breed is it? Awww, thanks. πŸ™‚ It is exciting! A mini dachshund. One of my favorite breeds, and about what I feel up to handling these days. My German shepherd and Border collie days are over, I think. ---
**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 19, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/518 "2023-04-19T03:20:48Z")
Wordle 668 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AROSE POINT MOUND BOUND HOUND Thanks to the past answers list I knew that FOUND and POUND weren’t options. Still lucky that I didn’t go with WOUND before HOUND! And yes WordleBot was x/6, as well as 24% of hard mode players–that’s 1/4, no wonder we have so many broken streaks today. ---
**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 19, 2023, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/519 "2023-04-19T03:56:19Z")
slight off-topic meander, but still could spoil game #668 > [@Aspenglow](#): > > A mini dachshund. One of my favorite breeds, and about what I feel up to handling these days. My German shepherd and Border collie days are over, I think. I only just learned recently that they come in mini size, and was surprised because they already are small - lol…I bet they are super cute. I get it…have always had herding breeds, and we just adopted a GSD/BC mix last summer, though she is the most chill dog I’ve ever had. Have fun with your new puppy! ---
**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 19, 2023, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/520 "2023-04-19T04:01:45Z")
APR 19 Wordle 669 3/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHIRT THUMP [Zorro] _”That is a little more like it!”_ [/Zorro] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=27)