# "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:** 28
**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 20, 2023, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/541 "2023-04-20T10:43:49Z")
Wordle 670 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,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 F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 20, 2023, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/542 "2023-04-20T11:20:18Z")
Wordle 670 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IDEAL LATER PLATE ---
**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 20, 2023, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/543 "2023-04-20T11:46:36Z")
Wordle 670 2/6 πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT PLATE Woohoo! I don’t even remember my last 2 it was so long ago. ---
**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 20, 2023, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/544 "2023-04-20T11:59:44Z")
Wordle 670 2/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Two deuces in one week! Woot! HEART PLATE ---
**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:** [April 20, 2023, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/545 "2023-04-20T12:10:32Z")
Wordle 670 2/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE PLATE It’s been ages since I got a 2! ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/546 "2023-04-20T12:46:08Z")
Wordle 670 2/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE PLATE A couple days ago I lost my streak due to the huge number of β€œound” words and I hadn’t reviewed the list of those previously used. I wasn’t going down that path again so I referred to the list this time and was able to rule out 6 previously used β€œxxate” words. Doing that made this an easy 2 since it was the only other xxate word that popped into my head Edit to add: Wordlebot says there were still 9 xxate words so I got lucky. I didn’t think of the several that start with β€œs” and β€œa”, nor β€œelate”. When the day comes that β€œovate” is the word, I will again lose my win streak. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/547 "2023-04-20T12:57:08Z")
Wordle 670 2/6 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 7 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLART =\> narrowed it down to ELATE and PLATE Have been in a 13-day streak where I’ve averaged above 4, so this was a welcome break. ---
**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 20, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/548 "2023-04-20T13:58:03Z")
Wordle 670 2/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST β€” wow! Good results here. Therefore it could be EXALT or PLATE. PLATE β€” Yes! A 2! Woo-hoo! Today’s going to be a good day! ---
**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 20, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/549 "2023-04-20T14:00:12Z")
Lots of 2s among us! Woo-hoo! ---
**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 20, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/550 "2023-04-20T14:08:28Z")
Wordle 670 3/6 ⬜⬜🟧⬜🟧 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL PLATE ---
**Author:** ![Beesnest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/551 "2023-04-20T14:12:40Z")
Wordle 670 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨I used a new start word β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©Used this on a whim to mock > **Summary** > > worlebot’s start Slate 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/552 "2023-04-20T14:50:58Z")
Two days after not being able to get it in six, my first honest-to-god got it in one. Wordle 670 1/6\* 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 (I’ve had other β€œones”, but in those cases I had finished Wordle and then for some reason it forgot that I had played, so I got a do-over.) ---
**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 20, 2023, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/553 "2023-04-20T15:46:35Z")
Awesome! ---
**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 20, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/554 "2023-04-20T16:25:03Z")
LOL, wow, I feel like a slacker today! But at least my streak of 3s continues. Wordle 670 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SPATE PLATE Congrats to all the 1s and 2s! πŸ˜ƒ ---
**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, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/555 "2023-04-20T21:10:39Z")
**Wordle 670 4/6** ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCARE BLADE PLUNK PLATE Had five choices after my 2nd word…sleuth word at 3 told me what it was. Edit to add (after looking at all the awesome scores) - Someone had to get a 4 today…just doing my part. πŸ˜† ---
**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 21, 2023, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/556 "2023-04-21T00:17:14Z")
Wordle 670 4/6 πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE BRAGS KEMPT PLATE I’m behind the curve again today. It _looked_ like a really good start, until I came up with 15 possible words using 13 different letters. Had to do a sleuth word at two, which narrowed my choices down to 4. Figured a sure par was better than a possible six. (And I’d missed ELATE, so I think I made the right choice playing it safe.) ---
**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 21, 2023, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/557 "2023-04-21T00:31:27Z")
Wordle 670 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN TEMPO PLATE β€œS” was eliminated by guess 1, so I wasn’t tempted by SLATE. Fairly straightforward, though at first I spent a lot of time looking for PA\_ \_ \_ words. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/558 "2023-04-21T00:42:04Z")
> **Wordle 670 3/6\* 4/20/2023** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _T_HUM_P_ β†’ Two letters, no vowels. Need to try A & E, so… SPATE? or perhaps an R, PATER? or maybe… > **P** R **ATE** β†’ That was one lucky guess. > **PLATE** > > Scoredle says I should have tried PASTE as my second guess. I agree in the abstract, but I might have ended up with a 4… ---
**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:** [April 21, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/559 "2023-04-21T01:40:43Z")
Wordle 670 5/6\* ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL LATER DELTA ELATE PLATE I don’t know how I saw ELATE and didn’t see PLATE Somebody had to be the high scorer amid all the 2s today, and with a 5 not just a 4. Waah! ---
**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 21, 2023, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/560 "2023-04-21T03:15:42Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > Somebody had to be the high scorer amid all the 2s today, and with a 5 not just a 4. Waah! You just took the scenic route…it’s sometimes a lovelier way to go. πŸ˜‰ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=29)