# "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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### 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 25, 2024, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5501 "2024-01-25T04:29:14Z")

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Sure wasn’t my day!

Wordle 949 5/6\*

🟨🟨⬛⬛🟨  
⬛🟨⬛🟨🟨  
⬛🟩🟨🟨⬛  
⬛🟩🟨🟩🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

IRATE  
MINER  
WEIRD  
PERIL  
RELIC

I played this one poorly. So it goes. 🙂

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### 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 25, 2024, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5502 "2024-01-25T05:02:29Z")

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THUR 1/25

Wordle 950 3/6\*

⬛🟧🟧⬛⬛  
⬛🟧🟧⬛⬛  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

ALONE  
SLOTH  
BLOCK

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### 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 25, 2024, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5503 "2024-01-25T05:11:43Z")

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Wordle 950 3/6

⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛  
🟨🟩🟩⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

PLANT  
CLOSE  
BLOCK

I never like getting just a green L because that means I have to check C instead of R, but boy did that work out well today.

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### Author: ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2024, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5504 "2024-01-25T06:29:24Z")

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Wordle 950 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
SHONE  
BLOCK

Pure luck searching for letters.

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### 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: [January 25, 2024, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5505 "2024-01-25T07:53:56Z")

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**Wordle 949 3/6**

⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨  
🟨⬜⬜🟩🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLATE  
CHOIR  
RELIC

I almost forgot to play…got in with about 15 minutes to spare, and good thing I was able to solve it lickety split.

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### 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 25, 2024, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5506 "2024-01-25T08:03:32Z")

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Wordle 950 4/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛  
⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛  
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

**STERN**  
**ALOUD**  
**CHIMP**  
**BLOCK**

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### Author: ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2024, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5507 "2024-01-25T08:05:31Z")

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[spoiler]Wordle 950 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler]

TRASH  
MOUND  
PILOT  
BLOCK

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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 25, 2024, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5508 "2024-01-25T10:17:45Z")

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Wordle 950 3/6

⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 167  
🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 3  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLANT  
CROME  
BLOCK

FLOCK had already been used.

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### 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 25, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5509 "2024-01-25T12:17:17Z")

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Wordle 950 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RAISE  
COUNT  
BLOCK

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### 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 25, 2024, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5510 "2024-01-25T12:28:35Z")

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Wordle 950 3/6\*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ \end{aligned}

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### 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: [January 25, 2024, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5511 "2024-01-25T12:56:18Z")

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Wordle 950 5/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨  
🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜  
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

HEART  
SPOIL  
CLOUD  
FLOCK  
BLOCK

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### Author: ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5512 "2024-01-25T14:48:25Z")

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> **Wordle 950 4/6\* 1/25/2024**
>
> ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨  
> 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜  
> ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩  
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> 
> RE_L_I_C_ → Got a noncommon with the carryover guess. Now to use it. Could be 1st or 4th, but with that L - I like some CL- words. I can knock out two more vowels and a comcon with  
> _C_ **LO** UT → So C in 4th, ?LOC?, probably ?LOCK, I’m seeing  
> F **LOCK** → Oh, no. Take another look for  
> **BLOCK**
> 
> I shoulda trusted the B.

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### Author: ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5513 "2024-01-25T14:55:02Z")

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Wordle 950 4/6\*

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

LEAST  
DRILL  
GHOUL  
BLOCK

Once I got the L placed, it was easy. 🙄 ETA: Oops, GHOUL has been used.

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### 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 25, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5514 "2024-01-25T15:12:27Z")

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Wordle 950 3/6

⬜🟧⬜⬜⬜  
🟦🟧🟧⬜⬜  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

SLATE  
CLOWN  
BLOCK

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### 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 25, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5515 "2024-01-25T19:32:21Z")

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Wordle 950 3/6

⬛🟦⬛⬛⬛  
🟦🟧🟧⬛⬛  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

NOISE  
CLOUT  
BLOCK

Hmmm, probably either FLOCK or BLOCK.  
FLOCK was my first inclination, and I would have accepted an honest four. But, yeah, I broke down and consulted the used words list.

Scoredle said there was also PLOCK, but whatever. I didn’t miss any _real_ words.

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### Author: ![Cugel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cugel/32/1199_2.png) [@Cugel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cugel)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5516 "2024-01-25T19:47:39Z")

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Website is down for me currently, I wonder if they have a plan to preserve everyone’s streaks if it all goes pear.

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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 25, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5517 "2024-01-25T20:31:52Z")

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> [@Wheelz](#):
>
> Scoredle said there was also PLOCK, but whatever. I didn’t miss any _real_ words.

Yeah, I call them ‘bullshit words.’ All those words I’ve never seen in a lifetime of reading anything and everything. You look at past solutions like PINEY and PARER and think, yeah, those are _words_, but man, it’s really stretching the envelope for them to be solutions. The bullshit words are the words Scoredle shows as possibilities (and apparently are legit to use as guesses) that make PINEY and PARER look legit by comparison.

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### 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 25, 2024, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5518 "2024-01-25T23:11:02Z")

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Happy with my 3 today. 🙂

Wordle 950 3/6\*

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛  
🟨🟩🟩⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

IRATE  
CLOUD  
BLOCK

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### 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 26, 2024, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5519 "2024-01-26T03:43:17Z")

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Wordle 950 3/6\*

⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜  
🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

TROPE  
CLOAK  
BLOCK

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### 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: [January 26, 2024, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5520 "2024-01-26T05:04:43Z")

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**Wordle 950 3/6**

⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜  
🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLATE  
CHOIR  
BLOCK

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