# "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
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#### Post date: [January 18, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5401 "2024-01-18T17:32:48Z")

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Another 2 today. Day-um!

Wordle 943 2/6\*

⬛⬛⬛🟨🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

IRATE  
STOLE

I nearly went with STOKE instead of STOLE, but figured learning about the ‘L’ would be more useful to find the answer. STONE and STOVE had already been used.

I wish my luck in life was as strong as it is in playing Wordle!

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#### Post date: [January 18, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5402 "2024-01-18T18:23:42Z")

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It’s only my 39th 2 in 711 plays.

> **Summary**
>
> Alder  
> Stole  
> Wordle 943 2/6\*
> 
> ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛  
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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#### Post date: [January 18, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5403 "2024-01-18T19:28:20Z")

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Wordle 943 4/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨  
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩  
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

HEART  
QUITE  
STONE  
STOLE

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### 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, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5404 "2024-01-18T20:09:07Z")

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Tru dat, but it would still be more information than I’d want to know.

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#### Post date: [January 18, 2024, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5405 "2024-01-18T23:08:33Z")

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Wordle 943 2/6\*

🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

LEAST  
STOLE

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#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5406 "2024-01-19T04:28:03Z")

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**Wordle 943 2/6**

🟩🟨⬜🟨🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLATE  
STOLE

Stole is one of my alternate start words…too bad I didn’t go with _that_ today, but I’ll gladly take the 2! 🙂

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#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5407 "2024-01-19T05:03:44Z")

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Fri 1/19

Wordle 944 4/6\*

⬛⬛⬛🟧⬛  
⬛🟧⬛🟧🟦  
🟧🟧🟧🟧⬛  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

ALONE  
SHUNT  
THINK  
THING

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#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5408 "2024-01-19T05:10:17Z")

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Wordle 944 3/6

⬛⬛⬛🟩🟨  
⬛🟨⬛🟩⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

PLANT  
STONE  
THING

Nice and quick. I saw thing then think in rapid succession, and think has already been an answer.

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#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5409 "2024-01-19T05:35:35Z")

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Wordle 944 3/6

⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
THINE  
THING

So close! I wanted to check the E.

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#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5410 "2024-01-19T08:09:10Z")

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Wordle 944 4/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛  
⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

**STERN**  
**ALOUD**  
**CHIMP** — _think or thing but think has been used; I doubt it’s thine_  
**THING**

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#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5411 "2024-01-19T09:25:47Z")

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Wordle 944 2/6

⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 32  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLANT  
THING

Lots of 2s the past couple of days, nice to join the club.

THINK, TREND, TWINE had been used; thought of THING, THONG, TRUNK, and THING was the best choice of that group. Didn’t see TINNY, TYING.

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#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5412 "2024-01-19T10:00:36Z")

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Wordle 944 4/6\*

\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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,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[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 I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\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 I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \\ \end{aligned}

I never check any lists or use bots, or i wouldn’t have tried THINK

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#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5413 "2024-01-19T12:33:10Z")

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Wordle 944 3/6

⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RAISE  
THICK  
THING

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#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5414 "2024-01-19T13:00:41Z")

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Wordle 944 3/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

HEART  
THINK  
THING

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#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5415 "2024-01-19T14:19:08Z")

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> **Wordle 944 4/6\* 1/19/2024**
>
> ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
> 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨  
> 🟩🟨⬜🟩⬜  
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> 
> S_T_OLE → That’s all, out of a pretty good starter word? Well, at least I can try one of my preferred second guesses  
> **T** RA_IN_ → Now that is a little more like it! I think I’ll try a Scoredle strategy here and double up on the N, looks a little more likely than chasing a U  
> **T** _I_N **N** Y → The only N is 4th, the I is 3rd, assuming that’s an H in 2nd looks like  
> **THING**  
> A terminal K didn’t occur to me, and would have meant a bogey. Oddly enough, Scoredle didn’t adopt the doubling-up strategy on the third guess like I did.

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#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5416 "2024-01-19T14:52:57Z")

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Wordle 944 3/6

⬛🟦⬛🟧⬛  
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

PIANO  
WREST  
THING

Another good second word, if I do say so myself! Narrowed it down to THING, THINK, and TYING. I didn’t see TYING, and I remembered THINK having been an answer before.

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#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5417 "2024-01-19T15:50:03Z")

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Wordle 944 4/6

⬜⬜⬜🟧⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟧⬜  
⬜🟧🟧🟧⬜  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

CRANE  
POUND - Okay, so the vowel is ‘i’, with perhaps a ‘y’ at the end  
SHINY  
THING

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#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5418 "2024-01-19T16:03:22Z")

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Wordle 944 4/6\*

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

LEAST  
TRICK  
THIGH \<— I should have tried the N first with THING  
THING

Hindsight is 20-20, eh?

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#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5419 "2024-01-19T21:47:38Z")

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Back to a 3.

Wordle 944 3/6\*

🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛  
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

IRATE  
JOINT  
THING

WordleBot must be sick of me. It keeps telling me to go play the game, then come back for WordleBot’s analysis. I _did_ play the game and it _does_ reflect in my stats. Not sure what WordleBot’s problem is!

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#### Post date: [January 20, 2024, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5420 "2024-01-20T02:58:09Z")

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Wordle 944 3/6\*

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

LEAST  
TONIC  
THING

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