# "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:** 280
### Author:  [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5581 "2024-01-29T18:19:09Z")
Wordle 954 4/6
β¬β¬β¬β¬π¦
β¬β¬π¦π¦β¬
β¬π¦π¦β¬β¬
π§π§π§π§π§
ROUSE
INLET
PLEAD
LEGGY
I was kind of surprised to save par here. Iβd figured there must be a terminal Y, and kept trying to find an -LY ending. When I couldnβt, I tried L at the beginning. I didnβt like LEGGY at all (still donβt), but it was all I could see.
Checking Scordle afterward, it was my only real choice after all; it was just a matter of convincing myself to use it.
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### Author:  [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5582 "2024-01-29T21:20:06Z")
NOT the finest showing for my 500th game in a streak out of 741 games consecutively played. But Iβll take it!
Wordle 954 5/6\*
β¬β¬β¬β¬π¨
β¬β¬π¨β¬β¬
β¬π©π¨β¬β¬
β¬π©β¬β¬π¨
π©π©π©π©π©
IRATE
SPECK
MELON
JEWEL
LEGGY
Naturally, I only found the answer when it was the only choice left. And even then, it took me forever!
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2024, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5583 "2024-01-30T01:16:11Z")
Wordle 954 4/6\*
π©π©β¬β¬β¬
π©π©β¬β¬β¬
π©π©β¬π©β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
LEAST
LEVER
LEDGE
LEGGY
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### Author:  [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2024, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5584 "2024-01-30T04:17:24Z")
Wordle 954 4/6\*
β¬β¬β¬β¬π¨
π©π©β¬β¬β¬
π©π©β¬β¬β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
TROPE
LEASH
LEVEL
LEGGY
Really? LEGGY?
@Wheelz Iβm right with you in not liking this word. Itβs almost as bad as PINEY.
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### Author:  [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2024, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5585 "2024-01-30T04:26:32Z")
> [@EllisDee](#):
>
> Itβs good that these kind of slogs are few and far between.
And of course it happens two days in a row.
Wordle 954 4/6
β¬π¨β¬β¬β¬
β¬β¬π¨π¨β¬
π¨β¬β¬π¨π¨
π©π©π©π©π©
PLANT
ROLES
GUILE
LEGGY
Another one where I spent all day coming up with possible solutions after 2. This time I found a little over a dozen but a good amount were previous answers, leaving me with a little under 10 to narrow down. G and I were the most common letters, and guile would narrow it down to positively identify among the solutions.
But of course the result from guile was a surprise since leggy was not one of the answers I came up with. So I had to sit and stare at this one even after all the effort, making it even worse than yesterday.
Tomorrowβs better be something easy like stale or plate.
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### Author:  [@SeaSun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaSun)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2024, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5586 "2024-01-30T04:58:21Z")
**Wordle 954 3/6**
β¬π¨β¬β¬π¨
β¬π©β¬π¨π©
π©π©π©π©π©
SLATE
REPLY
LEGGY
Well that was a lucky 2nd word π I think Leggy was all I had to choose from, unless Ledgy would ever be an answer, which I doubted.
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### Author:  [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2024, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5587 "2024-01-30T06:09:16Z")
**Tuesday, January 30th**
Wordle 955 4/6
π¨π¨β¬β¬β¬
π¨β¬π©π©β¬
β¬π¨π©π©π©
π©π©π©π©π©
PLANT
LOPES
REPEL
EXPEL
This one made me chuckle. When repel wasnβt the answer I was stumped for a second. Not having any idea what it could be, I just started typing in what I knew with X as a placeholder to see if something jumped out at me. Meaning I typed in EXPEL _oh now I see it._
At least it was a nice normal one instead of an all-day word search odyssey.
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### Author:  [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2024, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5588 "2024-01-30T07:46:44Z")
Wordle 955 5/6
β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬
π¨β¬β¬π©β¬
β¬β¬π¨π©π©
β¬π¨β¬π©π©
π©π©π©π©π©
RATIO
LUNES
WHEEL
BEVEL
EXPEL
I feel like these are getting harder.
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### Author:  [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2024, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5589 "2024-01-30T10:16:55Z")
Wordle 955 4/6\*
\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[silver,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ \end{aligned}
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2024, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5590 "2024-01-30T10:24:06Z")
Wordle 955 6/6\*
β¬π¦β¬β¬π¦
β¬β¬π¦π¦β¬
β¬β¬π¦π§β¬
π¦β¬β¬π§β¬
π§π§β¬π§π§
π§π§π§π§π§
ALONE
SHELF
TILER
LOWED
EXCEL
EXPEL
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2024, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5591 "2024-01-30T10:40:10Z")
Wordle 955 5/6
β¬π¨β¬β¬β¬ 640
β¬β¬β¬β¬π¨ 90
β¬β¬β¬π¨β¬ 6
β¬β¬π¨π©π¨ 1
π©π©π©π©π©
SLANT
CHORE
GIMPY
JULEP
EXPEL
Couldnβt they intersperse these hard words in with the easier words, rather than having three in a row? Sheesh.
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### Author:  [@chiliwillybing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiliwillybing)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5592 "2024-01-30T12:54:14Z")
Wordle 955 4/6
β¬β¬β¬β¬π¨
β¬β¬β¬π©β¬
β¬β¬π¨π©π©
π©π©π©π©π©
RAISE
MONEY
WHEEL
EXPEL
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### Author:  [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2024, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5593 "2024-01-30T13:02:56Z")
Wordle 955 3/6
β¬π¨β¬β¬β¬
β¬π¨π¨π©π¨
π©π©π©π©π©
HEART
SLEEP
EXPEL
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5594 "2024-01-30T15:05:34Z")
Wordle 955 5/6
β¬β¬π¨β¬β¬
β¬π¨β¬β¬β¬
β¬β¬β¬π¨β¬
β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
**STERN**
**CLOUD**
**GIMPY**
**HAWKS**
**EXPEL**
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5595 "2024-01-30T15:26:08Z")
Wordle 955 4/6
β¬π¦β¬β¬π¦
β¬π¦π¦β¬β¬
π§π§β¬π§π§
π§π§π§π§π§
SLATE
MELON
EXCEL - A wildly lucky guess
EXPEL
Totally dumb luck to get this in four.
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### Author:  [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5596 "2024-01-30T16:34:03Z")
> **Wordle 955 3/6\* 1/30/2024**
>
> π¨π¨β¬β¬β¬
> β¬π¨β¬β¬π¨
> π©π©π©π©π©
>
> _LE_GGY β Not a bad start. Hey, I can use a great start word for my second guess!
> S_L_AT_E_ β No help there. Really need to place some letters. Could put E first, middle or 4th, L middle-last. DWELL would KO two L places. If Wordle used Leetspeak, I could try ELEET, but it would be better to try something that puts the L somewhere new. Iβll try
> **EXPEL**
>
> The stream-of-consciousness commentary should make it apparent that there was serious luck involved. Scoredle says there were 90 words left, and a large percentage of them were non-bs, including a couple proto-traps.
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5597 "2024-01-30T17:44:05Z")
Wordle 955 4/6\*
π¨π¨β¬β¬β¬
β¬β¬β¬π¨π¨
β¬β¬β¬π©π©
π©π©π©π©π©
LEAST
RIFLE
VOWEL
EXPEL
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### Author:  [@SeaSun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaSun)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2024, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5598 "2024-01-31T03:35:04Z")
**Wordle 955 4/6**
β¬π¨β¬β¬π¨
β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬
β¬π¨β¬π©π©
π©π©π©π©π©
SLATE
CHOIR
BEVEL
EXPEL
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### Author:  [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2024, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5599 "2024-01-31T03:55:48Z")
Blimey.
Wordle 955 4/6\*
β¬β¬β¬β¬π¨
β¬π¨π¨β¬β¬
π¨β¬β¬β¬π¨
π©π©π©π©π©
IRATE
SPECK
PUDGE
EXPEL
Hated this one. They can sure make 'em hard when they want to. I knew it was bad when I had to resort to PUDGE.
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### Author:  [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2024, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5600 "2024-01-31T04:01:11Z")
Wordle 955 4/6\*
β¬β¬β¬π¨π¨
π¨π¨β¬β¬π©
β¬π¨β¬π©π©
π©π©π©π©π©
TROPE
PENAL
SPIEL
EXPEL
Quite a slog with this one
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