# "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:** 270
**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 18, 2024, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5381 "2024-01-18T01:55:19Z")
Glad your power came back on and that you can continue your streak to get past that almost-Nazi number. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2024, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5382 "2024-01-18T02:08:10Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > and that you can continue your streak to get past that almost-Nazi number. Can you elaborate on what you mean by this? The word, β€˜Nazi,’ is implicitly not kind. ---
**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 18, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5383 "2024-01-18T02:36:36Z")
[https://www.adl.org/resources/hate-symbol/1488](https://www.adl.org/resources/hate-symbol/1488) ---
**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:** [January 18, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5384 "2024-01-18T02:39:37Z")
Ah. Not a reference with which I was familiar. Thanks for enlightening me. Although I think I’m still 1,000 games away from attaining that dubious marker. Unlikely to make it, too. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2024, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5385 "2024-01-18T03:01:04Z")
Wordle 942 4/6\* 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TROPE RATIO NORTH COURT Sadly, this one took me ages. Kudos to those who got it in 2, or in @Mark_Finn 's case, in 1! ---
**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 18, 2024, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5386 "2024-01-18T05:01:50Z")
THU 1/18 Wordle 943 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE WHOLE STOLE ---
**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 18, 2024, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5387 "2024-01-18T05:04:05Z")
Wordle 943 2/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT STOLE Always nice when my standard follow-up word is the answer. (Standard for when L and T come back yellow, not standard always.) ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5388 "2024-01-18T05:12:01Z")
> [@SeaSun](#): > > **Wordle 942 3/6** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SLATE > CHOIR > COURT > > * * * > > * * * > > Congrats to all of the 2’s! I am counting 6 of you so far…could be a record. πŸ˜ƒ > > And congrats to @Mark_Finn for the very rare 1. πŸ₯³ Will you change your start word now? For now - I’ll keep my three start words - even though now all of them have been solutions. I’ll try to come up with at least three new ones. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5389 "2024-01-18T05:24:33Z")
Wordle 943 2/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO STOLE ---
**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 18, 2024, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5390 "2024-01-18T10:11:34Z")
Wordle 943 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \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 L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5391 "2024-01-18T11:28:30Z")
I was on Southwest flight 1488 about a year ago. I meant to write the airline to suggest they not use that number anymore, but I never got around to it. ---
**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 18, 2024, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5392 "2024-01-18T12:59:57Z")
Wordle 943 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE SLOPE STOLE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5393 "2024-01-18T13:35:54Z")
Wordle 943 3/6 Scoredle 3/6\* 14,855 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨 17 🟩🟩🟨⬜🟨 3 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT STEEL STOLE > **Summary** > > After 1, the field was narrowed quite a bit, but not as much as I’d hoped. STOOL and STYLE had already been used, but there were still STILL πŸ˜‰ , STILT, STILE (as in turnstile), STOLE, STEEL, and SILTY. Also possibly STELE, but if I had to place a bet on whether it’s on the solutions list, I’d bet against it. (Not sure about STILE either; anyway, don’t tell me in either case.) I liked STEEL and STILL best, and either one would enable me to tell what the solution was if I assumed STILE and STELE were out. So I went with STEEL on 2, and STOLE on 3, and fortunately it wasn’t STILE. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5394 "2024-01-18T14:54:05Z")
> **Wordle 943 2/6\* 1/18/2024** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > C_O_UR_T_ β†’ Hit on O & T, what next? Like to try an E, then two more comcons… N or L? Try L, so > **STOLE** > > I’m guessing there will be a lot of low numbers today. Fortunately for me, yesterday’s answer wasn’t somethinig like DIZZY… ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5395 "2024-01-18T14:55:24Z")
> [@Mark\_Finn](#): > > For now - I’ll keep my three start words - even though now all of them have been solutions. I’ll try to come up with at least three new ones. Whatever the NYT may have added to the list, there were originally about 2300 words on the solutions list, so there are still well over 1300 unused solutions, if not more. So at least for the rest of this year, the odds of getting a 1 with an unused solution are \>1000 to 1 against. So my attitude is, while a 1 would be sweet, once I get a 1 with my starting word, I’m not changing it. I’ve got a system in place that I’m happy with, and I’m not going to monkey with it for a 1/1000 chance at a 1. ---
**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 18, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5396 "2024-01-18T15:06:36Z")
Wordle 943 3/6 πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STERN** **STATE** **STOLE** ---
**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:** [January 18, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5397 "2024-01-18T15:15:22Z")
Wordle 943 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 UNITE SHOAL STOLE My sleuth-word game was on point today! (Of course, it helps when the solution has three WoF consonants.) ---
**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 18, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5398 "2024-01-18T15:39:11Z")
Wordle 943 3/6 🟧🟦⬜🟦🟧 🟧🟧⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE - With four letters, and only two places for the β€˜L’ and β€˜T’ to logically go, it’s a crap shoot. STYLE - crap STOLE - almost went with β€˜stile’ ---
**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:** [January 18, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5399 "2024-01-18T16:05:16Z")
Wordle 943 2/6\* 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TROPE STOLE A recent NYT article said that statistically the best start word for hard mode is TROPE, which I’ve been using for the past week, but today is the first day it’s really paid off. Since using it (instead of my previous start word, SLATE), I’ve had almost all 4s. ---
**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 18, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5400 "2024-01-18T17:28:54Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > anyway, don’t tell me in either case Just as a reminder, even if you asked to be told, we can only identify if a word was in the original answers list. We know the editor changed that list at least a little bit, so we can’t know for certain if any borderline word is in the new list or not. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=269) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=271)