# "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:** 291

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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: [February 11, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5801 "2024-02-11T15:58:00Z")

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Wow, a five-second three _and_ I beat the Bot!

Wordle 967 3/6

⬜🟦⬜🟦🟦  
🟦🟦⬜🟧🟧  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

CRANE  
ENTER  
NEVER

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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: [February 11, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5802 "2024-02-11T17:40:08Z")

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Wordle 967 3/6\*

⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

LEAST  
FEVER  
NEVER

Boom.

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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: [February 11, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5803 "2024-02-11T20:30:01Z")

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Yesterday:  
Wordle 966 4/6

🟦🟧⬛⬛🟦  
⬛🟧🟧🟧⬛  
⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

IRATE  
CRIER  
DRIED  
FRIED

Since I forgot to play until about 11pm and had been drinking most of the day, I’m happy with this result!

Wordle 967 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛  
⬛⬛🟦🟧🟧  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

AUDIT  
LONER  
NEVER

Fun to nail a birdie after a clean miss at one.

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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: [February 12, 2024, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5804 "2024-02-12T03:30:22Z")

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Wordle 967 3/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛  
⬛🟨⬛🟨🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

PLANT  
SNORE  
NEVER

Another labor intensive one where I spent much of the day coming up with possible answers. None of which would positively identify among the others, so I just went with the one I felt most likely to be the answer. Lucked out with never.

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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: [February 12, 2024, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5805 "2024-02-12T03:45:32Z")

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Wordle 967 3/6\*

⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨  
🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

TROPE  
REACH  
NEVER

WordleBot says “You got it! With 24 words still to choose from, this was a very lucky guess.” And it rated me at just 79/99 for skill.

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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: [February 12, 2024, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5806 "2024-02-12T05:00:32Z")

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**Wordle 967 4/6**

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩  
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLATE  
CHOIR  
DEMUR  
NEVER

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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: [February 12, 2024, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5807 "2024-02-12T05:13:45Z")

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MON FEB 12

Wordle 968 4/6\*

🟦⬛⬛⬛⬛  
🟦⬛🟦🟦⬛  
🟧⬛🟦🟦🟦  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

ALONE  
TRASH  
PITAS  
PASTA

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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: [February 12, 2024, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5808 "2024-02-12T05:16:38Z")

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Wordle 968 4/6

⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜  
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜  
🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
CASTE  
PHONY  
PASTA

I am proud that I actually put a little thought into this one. After two I was thinking xASTY so instead of guessing one of those words to see I went with a sleuth word that also ended in Y which eventually got me a four instead of five.

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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: [February 12, 2024, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5809 "2024-02-12T05:18:40Z")

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> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#):
>
> > **Summary**
> >
> > ALONE  
> > TRASH  
> > PITAS  
> > PASTA

And how was your Super Bowl party?

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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: [February 12, 2024, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5810 "2024-02-12T05:37:55Z")

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Can somebody please spoiler the above? I did message the mods. It won’t let me do it and I feel terrible for messing up. I thought that I had the spoiler tags in the quote.

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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: [February 12, 2024, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5811 "2024-02-12T06:12:29Z")

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Wordle 968 4/6

🟩⬛🟨⬛🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

PLANT  
PASTE  
PASTY  
PASTA

Doh!

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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: [February 12, 2024, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5812 "2024-02-12T08:59:18Z")

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[spoiler]Wordle 968 3/6

🟨⬜🟨🟩⬜  
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler]

SLATE  
NASTY  
PASTA

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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: [February 12, 2024, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5813 "2024-02-12T10:46:32Z")

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Wordle 968 3/6

🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 218  
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 20  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLANT  
HASTE  
PASTA → coulda been PASTY, but didn’t seem likely; TASTY’s been used

Went with HASTE on 2 to test for the -ASTE trap (and might’ve been the solution; didn’t go with TASTE since it’s been used) and to check for SH and TH combinations. Worked out well. 🙂

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### Author: ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2024, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5814 "2024-02-12T11:07:07Z")

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Fixed.

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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: [February 12, 2024, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5815 "2024-02-12T12:52:46Z")

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Wordle 968 3/6

⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜  
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RAISE  
HASTY  
PASTA

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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: [February 12, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5816 "2024-02-12T13:01:29Z")

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Wordle 968 4/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨  
🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜  
🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

HEART  
TALLY  
SATIN  
PASTA

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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: [February 12, 2024, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5817 "2024-02-12T13:17:42Z")

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Wordle 968 5/6

🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛  
⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛  
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

**STERN**  
**CLOUD**  
**GIMPY**  
**HAWKS**  
**PASTA**

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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: [February 12, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5818 "2024-02-12T14:05:26Z")

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Wordle 968 5/6\*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,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 G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \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 P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \\ \end{aligned}

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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: [February 12, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5819 "2024-02-12T15:11:48Z")

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Giddy-up!

Wordle 968 2/6

🟦⬜🟦🟧⬜  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

SLATE  
PASTA

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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: [February 12, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5820 "2024-02-12T15:12:19Z")

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> **Wordle 968 4/6\* 2/12/2024**
>
> ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
> ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨  
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜  
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> 
> NEVER → Well. After that, I was looking for a word with a lot of comcons and A & O for vowels. I was plugging in lots of combinations when suddenly I hit on  
> LO_AST_ → which I have no idea what it is, but at least it got me three letters. They looked like they went together so I moved them over one space, tacked on a consonant and a likely looking-vowel, and went with  
> **PAST** Y → which I had noticed would go equally well with PASTA or TASTY, so the solution was easy  
> **PASTA**
> 
> Scoredle had 108 words remaining after the second guess, but most of them were regular plurals, so my guess wasn’t quite as lucky as that statistic would make it seem.

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