# "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:** 296
### Author:  [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5901 "2024-02-17T18:18:42Z")
Wordle 973 3/6
π¦π¦β¬β¬β¬
β¬π¦π§β¬π§
π§π§π§π§π§
MAUVE
CLAIM
PSALM
Quick and easy three today. I, too, thought this word would give people more trouble than it has.
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### Author:  [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2024, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5902 "2024-02-17T23:51:08Z")
LOL, it gave me trouble! I really derped my way into a 4 on this one.
Wordle 973 4/6\*
β¬β¬π©β¬β¬
π¨β¬π©π¨π¨
π©β¬π©π¨π©
π©π©π©π©π©
IRATE
SCAMP
PHASM
PSALM
WordleBot haughtily advised me that PHASM wasnβt really a Wordle sort of word and implied I was stupid for trying it. Thatβs me told!
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### Author:  [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2024, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5903 "2024-02-18T02:20:54Z")
Wordle 973 3/6\*
β¬β¬β¬π¨β¬
π©π¨π©β¬β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
TROPE
PLAID
PSALM
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### Author:  [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5904 "2024-02-18T03:50:03Z")
Wordle 973 3/6
β¬β¬π©β¬β¬
π©π¨π©β¬β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
HEART
PLAID
PSALM
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### Author:  [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2024, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5905 "2024-02-18T03:51:19Z")
Every night I wonder what the word will be. They always surprise me.
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2024, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5906 "2024-02-18T05:04:00Z")
SUN FEB 18
Wordle 974 4/6\*
β¬β¬β¬β¬π§
β¬β¬π¦π¦π§
π¦π§π¦π§π§
π§π§π§π§π§
ALONE
SHIRE
DIRGE
RIDGE
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### Author:  [@SeaSun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaSun)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2024, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5907 "2024-02-18T06:18:27Z")
**Wordle 973 2/6**
π¨π¨π©β¬β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
SLATE
PSALM
Took me longer to see than it probably should have. Psoas came to me quicker, but that obviously wasnβt right, though it led me straight to it.
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### Author:  [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2024, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5908 "2024-02-18T07:00:04Z")
Wordle 974 3/6
π©β¬β¬π¨β¬
π©π©β¬π¨β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
RATIO
RISEN
RIDGE
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### Author:  [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2024, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5909 "2024-02-18T07:53:02Z")
Wordle 974 4/6
β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬
β¬β¬β¬π¨π©
β¬β¬π¨π©π©
π©π©π©π©π©
PLANT
SCORE
MERGE
RIDGE
This is the same opening from a couple weeks ago when I spent all day coming up with possibilities. Unfortunately I couldnβt find the paper I wrote them down on, so I just searched this thread to find what I went with at 3 last time, which was merge. The answer that time was verge.
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2024, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5910 "2024-02-18T09:52:10Z")
Wordle 974 5/6
β¬β¬π¨π¨β¬
β¬β¬β¬β¬π¨
π¨π©β¬β¬β¬
π¨π©π¨π©π©
π©π©π©π©π©
I saw DIRGE before seeing RIDGE.
**STERN**
**CLOUD**
**GIMPY**
**DIRGE**
**RIDGE**
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### Author:  [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2024, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5911 "2024-02-18T10:08:50Z")
Wordle 974 3/6\*
\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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,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 I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \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 18, 2024, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5912 "2024-02-18T12:40:18Z")
Wordle 974 2/6
π©β¬π¨β¬π©
π©π©π©π©π©
RAISE
RIDGE
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5913 "2024-02-18T13:48:38Z")
Wordle 974 4/6
β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬ 1,713
β¬β¬β¬π¨π© 68
π¨π¨β¬π¨β¬ 4
π©π©π©π©π©
SLANT
CHORE
DEVIL
RIDGE
Given where I was after 2, I was happy to get a 4. I knew I was wasting a letter with my sleuth word at 3, but it was the best one I could come up with, and it was good enough.
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### Author:  [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5914 "2024-02-18T15:10:12Z")
Wordle 974 5/6
β¬π¨β¬π¨β¬
β¬β¬β¬π¨π¨
β¬π¨π¨β¬π¨
β¬β¬π¨π¨π©
π©π©π©π©π©
HEART
SOBER
CREED
HORDE
RIDGE
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5915 "2024-02-18T15:27:24Z")
Wordle 974 4/6
β¬π¦β¬β¬π§
π§β¬β¬β¬π§
π§π§β¬β¬π§
π§π§π§π§π§
CRANE
ROUTE
RIFLE
RIDGE
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5916 "2024-02-18T15:35:35Z")
Wordle 974 3/6\*
β¬π¨β¬β¬β¬
π¨π¨π¨β¬β¬
π©π©π©π©π©
LEAST
GREEN
RIDGE
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### Author:  [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5917 "2024-02-18T17:28:06Z")
I took 4 tries for this one too. And we had the same 3rd word.
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### Author:  [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5918 "2024-02-18T18:48:29Z")
Wordle 974 3/6
β¬π¦β¬β¬π§
β¬β¬π¦π§π§
π§π§π§π§π§
AROSE
MERGE
RIDGE
Doubling up a known vowel was a bit risky, but I didnβt see many other options, and even though there wasnβt a second E, it got me to R\_\_GE and the birdie.
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### Author:  [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5919 "2024-02-18T20:47:47Z")
> [@Bullitt](#):
>
> I saw DIRGE before seeing RIDGE.
Me, too. Dammit.
Plus I pooched it by reusing the βRβ in the wrong position a second time with PRICE. Duh.
Wordle 974 4/6\*
π¨π¨β¬β¬π©
β¬π¨π¨β¬π©
π¨π©π¨π©π©
π©π©π©π©π©
IRATE
PRICE
DIRGE
RIDGE
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### Author:  [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2024, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/5920 "2024-02-18T21:16:55Z")
Wordle 974 4/6\*
β¬π¨β¬β¬π©
β¬β¬β¬π¨π©
β¬β¬π¨β¬π©
π©π©π©π©π©
TROPE
SHARE
CURVE
RIDGE
Chasing that pesky R all over the board
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