# "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:** 27
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/521 "2023-04-19T06:29:03Z")
Wordle 669 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VALID ROUSE THUMP ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/522 "2023-04-19T06:46:40Z")
Wordle 669 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TUNED THUMB THUMP ---
**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 19, 2023, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/523 "2023-04-19T08:50:07Z")
Wordle 669 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST ROUND PICKY BOUGH THUMP ---
**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 19, 2023, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/524 "2023-04-19T11:06:58Z")
Wordle 669 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE COUNT THUMP ---
**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:** [April 19, 2023, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/525 "2023-04-19T11:21:28Z")
Wordle 669 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[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 C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 19, 2023, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/526 "2023-04-19T11:57:02Z")
Wordle 669 6/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Should have been a 4 or 5, couldn’t think of THO or THU words at first HEART THINK THONG THUDS THUMB THUMP ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/527 "2023-04-19T12:17:13Z")
Wordle 669 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 441 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 19 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLART NICHE DUMPY THUMP ---
**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:** [April 19, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/528 "2023-04-19T12:57:29Z")
Wordle 669 3/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟩⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT TROPE THUMP ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/529 "2023-04-19T13:31:26Z")
Wordle 669 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 See above—I think that’s the first time I’ve ever noticed somebody else having the same progression. Guess that means my guesses aren’t all just nonsense! ---
**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 19, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/530 "2023-04-19T14:26:03Z")
Wordle 669 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟦⬜⬜⬜ 🟦🟦🟦⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL - okay, so a ‘u’ and maybe a ‘y’ PUTTY - no ‘y’, but only one possible word left as far as I can see THUMP - dingdingding ---
**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 19, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/531 "2023-04-19T16:00:19Z")
Wordle 669 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟦🟦⬛⬛ 🟧🟧🟧⬛⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 RADIO LUTES THUNK THUMB THUMP I thought I had a three. Then I thought I had a four. Then I had a five. Sometimes you’re the bug. ---
**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, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/532 "2023-04-19T18:20:57Z")
I’m having a nice, unexpected run of 3s. I’ll take it! Wordle 669 3/6\* ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SCOUT THUMP Went quick, too, because I thought I was still just letter-testing. ---
**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 19, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/533 "2023-04-19T23:46:54Z")
Wordle 669 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH THINK THUMP EARTH, from my regular starting-word rotation, gave the TH that was natural to try at the start of guess 2. After that there were only O and U left to try as vowels, and I couldn’t come up with a THO word that was both five letters and not-yet-a-winner. So guess 3 was THUMP by default. ---
**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 20, 2023, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/534 "2023-04-20T02:03:26Z")
**Wordle 669 3/6** ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPACE PIVOT THUMP Nice to get a 3 to break up my streak of 4’s. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/535 "2023-04-20T02:36:58Z")
> **Wordle 669 4/6\* 4/19/2023** > > 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _H_O **U** ND → Good start. I’m going to make a stab at no more vowels, and take a page from Scoredle’s book on repeated letters… > **T** R **U** T_H_ → OK, only T at start, and that H has gotta go second, so THU??, no N so THUNK is out, try… > **THUM** B → Missed it by _that_ much… > **THUMP** > > I don’t know that I’ve had a puzzle where I’ve never guessed A, E or I before. ---
**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 20, 2023, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/536 "2023-04-20T04:01:26Z")
APR 20 Wordle 670 3/6\* 🟦🟧⬛⬛🟧 ⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SLATE PLATE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/537 "2023-04-20T04:34:56Z")
Wordle 670 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SLANT PLATE ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/538 "2023-04-20T07:23:10Z")
Wordle 670 2/6\* 🟨🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALERT PLATE PLATE and SLATE were the obvious possibilities, got lucky on the coin toss. I predict a lot of twos on this one from people using SLATE as their starter… ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/539 "2023-04-20T07:30:28Z")
Wordle 670 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WEIRD PROVE PLATE ---
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/540 "2023-04-20T07:51:20Z")
Wordle 670 2/6 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slant Plate I picked a good starting word. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=28)