# "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:** 284
### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5661 "2024-02-03T16:00:34Z")
Wordle 959 5/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟦🟦⬜⬜
⬜🟦🟦🟦⬜
🟦⬜🟦🟦🟧
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
What a bullshit word.
SLATE
HOIST
GROIN
CURIO
MICRO
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### Author:  [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2024, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5662 "2024-02-03T16:06:43Z")
GUILE
CHAIR
MICRO
Wordle 959 3/6\*
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟨⬛⬛🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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### Author:  [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5663 "2024-02-03T20:33:19Z")
Yeah, dumb word.
Wordle 959 3/6\*
🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟨⬛🟨🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
IRATE
CHIRP
MICRO
WordleBot was an asshole, though. It told me that after my second guess, there was only one word left (the answer). Yet it gave me only an 84 for skill. Below the NYT average of 87. Peevish.
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### Author:  [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5664 "2024-02-03T20:47:37Z")
> **Wordle 959 4/6\* 2/3/2024**
>
> 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
> 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜
> ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
>
> _C_LEFT → Not the letter I would have expected. Let’s load up on vowels, and while I’d usually go for two comcons here, I’d rather check up on one fairly common letter that often goes with the C
> _RO_A_C_H → Nope, no H. But that RO was great! C is rarely at the end, so I’ll try it second. I’d like to try another vowel, but I see a word with two comcons I can try
> S_CO_ **R** N → Neither comcon hit, but now that I’ve placed the R, I have only two options for the O. Not many words end in -RC, so O?CR? or ??CRO, the second could be
> **MICRO**
>
> Yes, it’s a prefix, but it’s used a lot as a standalone word these days also. It’s much better than the only other word that Scoredle had for my final guess.
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### Author:  [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5665 "2024-02-03T23:19:50Z")
Wordle 959 4/6
🟦⬛🟦⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟦🟦⬛
🟦🟧⬛🟦⬛
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
OVINE
SPOIL
RIGOR
MICRO
I’m with the “It’s a prefix” crowd.
I had to step away after three, and came back hours later with fresh eyes. When I finally saw MICRO, I thought, “Nah, that can’t be it, _it’s not a word_.”
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5666 "2024-02-03T23:58:08Z")
> [@Wheelz](#):
>
> I thought, “Nah, that can’t be it, _it’s not a word_.”
I’d have thought the same thing, except for past solutions like HYPER and ULTRA. I agree that prefixes aren’t real words and shouldn’t be solutions, but Wardle and the NYT make the rules and clearly disagree.
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2024, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5667 "2024-02-04T00:33:17Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#):
>
> MICRO isn’t a word, it’s a mf’ing _prefix_
> [@Chefguy](#):
>
> What a bullshit word.
What, you two never refer to stuff “at the micro level” as opposed to the macro level?
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2024, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5668 "2024-02-04T01:38:43Z")
As a verbal shorthand on occasion, but that’s about it. Writing? Nope. Might say ‘at the local level’ or ‘at the molecular level’ if talking about politics or biochemistry. There’s usually a field-appropriate word.
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2024, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5669 "2024-02-04T02:04:59Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#):
>
> As a verbal shorthand on occasion, but that’s about it. Writing? Nope.
Well, maybe not [any more…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peak-oil-the-real-scoop/311124/90)
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### Author:  [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5670 "2024-02-04T02:15:28Z")
Wordle 959 3/6\*
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
TROPE
ROMAN
MICRO
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### Author:  [@SeaSun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaSun)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2024, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5671 "2024-02-04T04:47:50Z")
**Wordle 959 3/6**
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟨⬜🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
SLATE
CHOIR
MICRO
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### Author:  [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2024, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5672 "2024-02-04T05:33:27Z")
**Sunday, February 4th**
Wordle 960 4/6
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛🟨🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
PLANT
SCORE
MERGE
VERGE
Well this would have been quicker without the previous words list. After 2 I thought drive? Nope. Bride? Nope. Bribe? Nope. Grime? Nope. Uh…
So then I started looking for vowels in position 2 and finally saw merge. As soon as I saw it wasn’t a previous answer I guessed it immediately. So close!
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### Author:  [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2024, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5673 "2024-02-04T05:56:20Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 960 4/6
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler]
STARE
CHOIR
LARGE
VERGE
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### Author:  [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2024, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5674 "2024-02-04T07:05:49Z")
Wordle 960 5/6
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
RATIO
CRUEL
MERRY
SERVE
VERGE
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2024, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5675 "2024-02-04T07:19:33Z")
I got a 6 only because my 5th guess was stupid. I should’ve gotten a 5.
Wordle 960 6/6
⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
**STERN**
**CLOUD**
**GIMPY**
**HAWKS** — _pretty much has to be verge_
**VIRGE** — _DOH! I had dirge on my brain and forgot how to spell verge. DAMN!!!_
**VERGE** — DAMN! DAMN! DAMN! DAMN!
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### Author:  [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2024, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5676 "2024-02-04T10:42:55Z")
Wordle 960 5/6\*
\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}
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### Author:  [@chiliwillybing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiliwillybing)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2024, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5677 "2024-02-04T11:28:25Z")
Wordle 960 4/6
🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩
⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩
⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
RAISE
PRONE
CURVE
VERGE
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2024, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5678 "2024-02-04T11:36:24Z")
Wordle 960 5/6\*
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟧
⬛⬛⬛🟦🟧
⬛🟦⬛⬛🟧
⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
ALONE
SHIRE
TRUCE
MERGE
VERGE
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2024, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5679 "2024-02-04T11:42:20Z")
Wordle 960 3/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,713
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 68
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
SLANT
CHORE
VERGE
I really wasn’t expecting a hit with my 3rd guess. After 2, I came up with 15 possible solutions, 9 of which had already been used, leaving 6 known possibilities. I chose the word I did on 3 because if it wasn’t the solution, it would tell me which of the other five it was - assuming, of course, I hadn’t missed anything. (Which I had missed a few, actually, but only a few. I really did pretty well at that stage.) So a good combination of luck and skill for the 3.
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5680 "2024-02-04T15:52:05Z")
Wordle 960 4/6
⬜🟦⬜⬜🟧
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟧
⬜⬜🟧🟧🟧
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
CRANE
SLOPE - no help, other than to eliminate letters and the likelihood of an “i”
DIRGE
VERGE - almost went with ‘merge’
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