# "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
**Page:** 273
### Author:  [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2024, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5441 "2024-01-21T11:14:44Z")
Wordle 946 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[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 C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \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 N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ \end{aligned}
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2024, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5442 "2024-01-21T11:58:13Z")
Wordle 946 2/6\*
β¬β¬π¦π¦β¬
π§π§π§π§π§
ALONE
NORTH
Chalk one up for dumb luck!
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### Author:  [@chiliwillybing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiliwillybing)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2024, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5443 "2024-01-21T12:38:49Z")
Wordle 946 3/6
π¨β¬β¬β¬β¬
β¬π©β¬π¨π¨
π©π©π©π©π©
RAISE
COUNT
NORTH
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### Author:  [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5444 "2024-01-21T14:11:47Z")
Wordle 946 5/6
π¨β¬β¬π¨π¨
π¨π¨β¬π¨β¬
β¬π©π©π©π©
β¬π©π©π©π©
π©π©π©π©π©
HEART
THIRD
WORTH
FORTH
NORTH
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5445 "2024-01-21T15:17:53Z")
Glad to see Iβm not the only one caught in the trap.
Wordle 946 5/6
β¬β¬β¬π§β¬
β¬π¦π¦π§π§
β¬π§π§π§π§
β¬π§π§π§π§
π§π§π§π§π§
SLATE
BROTH - Woohoo, can success be right behind?
FORTH - NOOOOOO!
WORTH - Just kill me now
NORTH
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5446 "2024-01-21T15:26:41Z")
Wordle 946 3/6\*
β¬β¬β¬β¬π¨
π©π©π¨β¬π©
π©π©π©π©π©
LEAST
NOTCH
NORTH
Since i started using LEAST as my starter word, Iβve been very lucky!
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5447 "2024-01-21T15:40:15Z")
Wordle 946 3/6
β¬π¨β¬π¨π¨
β¬β¬π¨β¬β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
**STERN**
**ALOUD** β _can only be north_
**NORTH**
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### Author:  [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5448 "2024-01-21T16:48:58Z")
> **Wordle 946 3/6\* 1/21/2024**
>
> β¬β¬π©β¬β¬
> β¬π¨π©β¬β¬
> π©π©π©π©π©
>
> LA **R** GE β I thnk Iβll go with one vowel and three comcons for the followupβ¦ except I canβt think of a word that does that. Well, then, two comcons and another not-rare consonantβ¦
> S_T_ **R** IP β O or U left? And I still need to get that N. THRON/THRUN? Ouch. N?RTH makes me go βHmmmmmβ¦β
> **NORTH**
>
> I was lucky I obsessed over the N because Scoredle shows a lot of alternatives where an N is not featured. At least it wasnβt BURNT which would have left me with par (and ashes).
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### Author:  [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2024, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5449 "2024-01-21T16:54:52Z")
Well, Iβm just on fire lately.
Wordle 946 2/6\*
β¬π¨β¬π©β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
IRATE
NORTH
IRATE left only 5 words (I later learned from WordleBot). With the βTβ in the fourth position, I figured the last letter could only be an βHβ or a βYβ. I decided to play with βHβ words first, and of the available 3 words β WORTH, FORTH and NORTH, I was most interested to learn about the βNβ. So NORTH it was β and turned out to be the answer! Although I admit if Iβd seen RUSTY first, Iβd have tried that one before NORTH. Never saw it because I hadnβt started playing with βYβ words.
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5450 "2024-01-21T19:34:23Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#):
>
> IRATE left only 5 words (I later learned from WordleBot).
I guess the bot includes past solutions in its count, since
FORTH and RUSTY have both been used. (I presume FORTY was the botβs 5th possible solution.)
Iβm guessing RUNTY and PURTY arenβt on the solutions list. π
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### Author:  [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2024, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5451 "2024-01-22T00:34:47Z")
Wordle 946 4/6
β¬π¦β¬β¬β¬
π¦β¬β¬π¦β¬
β¬π§π§β¬π§
π§π§π§π§π§
ARISE
RUMOR
PORCH
NORTH
I didnβt screw this one up _per se_, but didnβt play it particularly well either, leaving both N and T untried until four.
Broke a five-day three streak that I probably should have kept going. Time to start another one, I guess.
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### Author:  [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5452 "2024-01-22T00:45:12Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#):
>
> FORTH and RUSTY have both been used. (I presume FORTY was the botβs 5th possible solution.)
It was actually WORTH. And youβre right β the bot does include past solutions in its count. WORTH was also such a one.
> [@RTFirefly](#):
>
> Iβm guessing RUNTY and PURTY arenβt on the solutions list. π
Right again. π
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### Author:  [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5453 "2024-01-22T00:52:50Z")
Wordle 946 3/6
β¬β¬β¬π¨π¨
β¬β¬π¨π©β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
Slant
Minty
North
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### Author:  [@SeaSun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaSun)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2024, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5454 "2024-01-22T03:23:26Z")
**Wordle 946 3/6**
β¬β¬β¬π©β¬
β¬π¨π¨β¬π¨
π©π©π©π©π©
SLATE
CHOIR
NORTH
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### Author:  [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2024, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5455 "2024-01-22T05:03:40Z")
Wordle 946 2/6\*
π¨π¨π¨β¬β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
TROPE
NORTH
Woohoo! I didnβt see any other solutions and it was 11:59 already, but I got lucky. And WordleBot told me later that there were 17 other possibles.
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### Author:  [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2024, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5456 "2024-01-22T05:28:43Z")
Wordle 947 4/6
β¬π¨π¨β¬β¬
β¬π¨π¨β¬π¨
π¨β¬π©π©π¨
π©π©π©π©π©
RATIO
STALE
WHEAT
TWEAK
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2024, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5457 "2024-01-22T08:12:32Z")
Wordle 947 4/6
β¬π¨π©β¬β¬
π¨β¬β¬β¬β¬
β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
**STERN**
**ALOUD**
**CHIMP** β _tweak is pretty much the only possible word left_
**TWEAK**
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### Author:  [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2024, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5458 "2024-01-22T10:13:02Z")
Wordle 947 4/6\*
\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,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 S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \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 W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ \end{aligned}
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2024, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5459 "2024-01-22T10:21:56Z")
Wordle 947 3/6\*
π¦β¬β¬β¬π¦
β¬π¦π§π§π§
π§π§π§π§π§
ALONE
STEAK
TWEAK
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2024, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5460 "2024-01-22T12:08:51Z")
Wordle 947 3/6
β¬β¬π¨β¬π¨ 294
β¬β¬β¬β¬π¨ 22
π©π©π©π©π©
SLANT
CHORE
TWEAK
Given what I had after 2, I _really_ wasnβt expecting to be able to pull a 3 out of this; I was more in βwhatβs the best way to save a 4β mode. But there really was only one word - _maybe_ two - that worked, much to my surprise.
> **Summary**
>
> I had one consonant and two vowels, and usually that allows for a fair number of possibilities. TWEAK came to mind early, but there are 30 ways you can legally arrange the A,E,T that I had, so I wrote them all down (yes, I **am** that geeky π ), figuring some more possible solutions would jump out at me. Instead, I saw a lot of words ending in the excluded -ED suffix, like (BDFGM)ATED and TA(MPX)ED. Looking at Scoredleβs list of possibilities afterwards, the only other words that remotely seemed like possibilities were (ahoy there) MATEY, and DETAG which is something I could see Wardle including in his list (given early solutions like UNMET) but the NYT saying βnah, letβs drop this one.β
>
> Iβd hope that MATEY is on the solutions list, though. And that itβs the solution on Talk Like A Pirate Day.
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