# "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:** 293
### Author:  [@SeaSun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaSun)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2024, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5841 "2024-02-14T05:33:06Z")
**Wordle 969 3/6**
π©β¬π¨β¬β¬
π¨β¬β¬β¬π¨
π©π©π©π©π©
SLATE
CHOIR
SCRAM
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### Author:  [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2024, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5842 "2024-02-14T05:34:00Z")
Wordle 970 2/6
β¬π©π¨β¬π¨
π©π©π©π©π©
RATIO
TALON
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### Author:  [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2024, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5843 "2024-02-14T07:43:28Z")
> **Wordle 970 3/6\* Valentine's Day & Ash Wednesday 2024**
>
> β¬β¬β¬π¨β¬
> π¨β¬π¨π¨π¨
> π©π©π©π©π©
>
> SCR_A_M β That was little less than I expected. Three comcons and an E can maybe pick up something
> _L_E_ANT_ β Quite a bit, actually. Move A up again to second, T to start and N to end, then add in an O and get
> **TALON**
>
> That was over considerably faster than I thought it would be. My second guess was apparently a very bad one, except that it left exactly one possible word remaining so⦠high luck rating?
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### Author:  [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2024, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5844 "2024-02-14T10:18:35Z")
Wordle 970 4/6\*
\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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \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 N} \\ \end{aligned}
Stupid 3rd guess β¦ π
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### Author:  [@chiliwillybing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiliwillybing)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2024, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5845 "2024-02-14T10:25:11Z")
Wordle 970 2/6
β¬π©β¬β¬β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
RAISE
TALON
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2024, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5846 "2024-02-14T10:26:11Z")
Wordle 970 3/6\*
π¦π¦π¦π¦β¬
β¬π§π§π§π§
π§π§π§π§π§
ALONE
SALON
TALON
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2024, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5847 "2024-02-14T11:18:07Z")
Wordle 970 2/6
β¬π¨π¨π¨π¨ 8
π©π©π©π©π©
SLANT
TALON β Couldβve also been TONAL; NATAL had already been used.
Happy to join the 2s club this morning.
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### Author:  [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5848 "2024-02-14T12:50:52Z")
Wordle 970 4/6
β¬β¬π¨β¬π¨
π©π©β¬β¬β¬
π©π©π¨β¬π¨
π©π©π©π©π©
HEART
TACKY
TANGO
TALON
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2024, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5849 "2024-02-14T13:09:15Z")
Wordle 970 3/6
β¬π¨β¬β¬π©
β¬π¨π¨β¬β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
**STERN**
**CLOUD** β _thereβs only 1 possible word, talon_
**TALON**
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5850 "2024-02-14T14:45:34Z")
On a roll this week with two twos and a three.
Wordle 970 2/6
β¬π¦π¦π¦β¬
π§π§π§π§π§
SLATE
TALON - very lucky guess using the letter βnβ from my alternate start word and the βoβ for a second vowel
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### Author:  [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2024, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5851 "2024-02-14T17:21:05Z")
Wordle 970 3/6
β¬π¦β¬π¦β¬
β¬π¦π¦β¬β¬
π§π§π§π§π§
ROUTE
STOIC
TALON
Always happy with a birdie, but this should have been a deuce. My eye landed on the unused I when I looked at the keyboard. If Iβd looked down to the second row, I would have realized A was a better vowel, And TALON, with the T plus two more commons, would almost certainly have been my word of choice.
I gotta start slowing it down.
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5852 "2024-02-14T17:27:23Z")
Wordle 970 2/6\*
π¨β¬π¨β¬π¨
π©π©π©π©π©
LEAST
TALON
Woo-hoo! I started to go with TALLY, but thought better of the double L to test more letters.
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### Author:  [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5853 "2024-02-14T22:56:42Z")
Wordle 970 3/6\*
β¬β¬π¨β¬π¨
π©π©β¬β¬β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
HEART
TACKY
TALON
I started to go with TALLY for the 2nd guess but thought Iβd try for more letters. When TALON came up, I realized that it should have been my 2nd guess.
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### Author:  [@SeaSun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaSun)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2024, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5854 "2024-02-15T05:23:10Z")
**Wordle 970 2/6**
β¬π¨π¨π¨β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
SLATE
TALON
I was _not_ expecting thatβ¦had a long list of words and was just checking letters and placements. Nice! π
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### Author:  [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2024, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5855 "2024-02-15T06:59:52Z")
Wordle 971 4/6
β¬π¨π¨β¬π¨
β¬π¨π¨π¨β¬
π¨β¬π¨π¨π©
π©π©π©π©π©
RATIO
LOATH
STOAT
ASCOT
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### Author:  [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2024, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5856 "2024-02-15T07:46:30Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 971 4/6
π¨β¬π¨β¬π©
β¬π¨β¬π¨π©
π©π©β¬β¬π©
π©π©π©π©π©[/spoiler]
SLANT
WAIST
ASSET
ASCOT
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2024, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5857 "2024-02-15T09:14:31Z")
Wordle 971 3/6
π¨π¨β¬β¬β¬
π¨β¬π¨β¬β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
**STERN**
**CLOUD**
**ASCOT**
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### Author:  [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2024, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5858 "2024-02-15T09:18:25Z")
Wordle 971 3/6\*
\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 F} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\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 C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned}
!
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2024, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5859 "2024-02-15T10:28:44Z")
Wordle 971 3/6\*
π§β¬π¦β¬β¬
π§π¦π¦π§β¬
π§π§π§π§π§
ALONE
ACTOR
ASCOT
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2024, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5860 "2024-02-15T11:41:19Z")
Wordle 971 3/6
π¨β¬π¨β¬π© 18
β¬π¨β¬π¨π© 7
π©π©π©π©π©
SLANT
WAIST
ASCOT
Had a shot at the 2, but had to settle for the 3. After my opening word, there were only four possible solutions I could find - KARST, ASCOT, WAIST, and ASSET - and ASSET had already been used. I think KARST is on the obscure side if youβre not a caver (as I used to be) or a geologist, and I liked WAIST a lot better of the remaining two, but turned out it was ASCOT after all. Bet that was a Wardle original, ascots are definitely more of a Brit than a U.S. thing.
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