# "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 2) **URL:** \ **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:** 30
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2023, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/581 "2023-04-22T07:26:45Z")
Wordle 672 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIOUS GROAN BROOM BROTH BROKE ---
**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:** [April 22, 2023, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/582 "2023-04-22T07:27:36Z")
Wordle 672 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE DROVE PRONE BROKE ---
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2023, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/583 "2023-04-22T07:33:27Z")
Wordle 672 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slant Climb Broke Never thought I’d get it so early. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2023, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/584 "2023-04-22T08:25:19Z")
Wordle 672 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST ROUND PICKY BROKE ---
**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:** [April 22, 2023, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/585 "2023-04-22T09:48:56Z")
Wordle 672 5/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHORE WROTE PROBE BROKE ---
**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:** [April 22, 2023, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/586 "2023-04-22T10:03:05Z")
Wordle 672 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \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 E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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:** [April 22, 2023, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/587 "2023-04-22T12:23:44Z")
Wordle 672 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISE TROPE GROVE BROKE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/588 "2023-04-22T13:29:48Z")
Wordle 672 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 875 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 69 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 20 ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 1 SLART NICHE DUMPY GREBE BROKE > **Summary** > > After my 3rd fishing-for-letters guess, I came up with five possibilities that hadn’t already been used: BROKE, FROZE, GREBE, VERGE, and VERVE. (FORGE, GORGE, and GROVE had already been used.) > > I didn’t really think GREBE was going to be the solution, but alone of all the five possibilities, it would guarantee a 5. A second E would narrow it down to VERGE or VERVE, and only one has a G. No second E would narrow it to BROKE or FROZE, and only one has a B. > > So I did a good job of playing it safe. But I guess I should have gone for BROKE. πŸ˜‰ ---
**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:** [April 22, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/589 "2023-04-22T14:26:12Z")
Wordle 672 5/6 ⬜🟧⬜⬜🟧 ⬜⬜🟧⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟧 ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL GROVE - ah, crap; a letter trap WROTE BROKE - lucky guess ---
**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:** [April 22, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/590 "2023-04-22T15:05:47Z")
Wordle 672 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 My good run of 2s and 3s ends HEART LITER GROPE PROSE BROKE ---
**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:** [April 22, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/591 "2023-04-22T15:42:15Z")
Wordle 672 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCORE FROZE DROVE BROKE With grove having been a previous answer I could only see three possibilities. Normally I would do another research word to guarantee a 4, but I’m trying to catch my 3s up to my 4s so I played it straight up hoping for a 3. The order I saw the answers in was no friend to me this time. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/592 "2023-04-22T16:03:36Z")
Rough day today, for everyone, it seems. My streak of 3s is broken! Wordle 672 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE PRONE FROZE BROKE Felt lucky to get it in 4, knew I’d get it in 5. ---
**Author:** ![Beesnest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/593 "2023-04-22T16:49:04Z")
Wordle 672 2/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 This was a bizarre solve. I used one of my normal words to start ,then put in a second word that I realized had two errors already so Wheat not bread so try broke ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/594 "2023-04-22T18:27:21Z")
> **Wordle 672 3/6\* 4/22/2023** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _K_AYAK β†’ So, only one K, and in one of the middle positions. Not a bad start… > S_K_I_ER_ β†’ I was lost for a while at this point, until I saw the -KE ending, at which point it was easy to get to > **BROKE** > > But I almost went with SPOKE which would have been disastrously bad given one guess prior. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/595 "2023-04-22T20:28:43Z")
Wordle 672 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CAUSE TRONE BROKE Hallelujah! My first three in almost two weeks! There were eight possible words left, so I probably should have done a sleuth word. But since I only found four of the eight, I went for it, and got lucky. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2023, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/596 "2023-04-22T21:58:09Z")
Wordle 672 4/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OUTER PROSE CUBED BROKE Guess 2 revealed the trap; I had five possibilities that hadn’t yet been solutions or that weren’t ruled out by eliminated letters. CUBED was a sleuth word that narrowed it down enough to give me a hard-fought (and time-consuming) par. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/597 "2023-04-23T00:25:02Z")
I think I made this harder than it should have been. Definitely out of practice. Wordle 672 6/6\* 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RELAY TUNER FRESH DRIVE PROBE BROKE How and where do you find a list of already used words? I suspect it would be useful. ---
**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:** [April 23, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/598 "2023-04-23T01:20:01Z")
**Wordle 672 3/6** ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STONE CLOVE BROKE Getting stuck in the O\_E trap out the gate wasn’t looking too promising, though better early than late. Ruled out quite a lot of words with Clove. Thinking I should check the R in the 2nd spot, the only words that hadn’t been ruled out (or previously used) that I could see were Broke and Froze (didn’t think Grope would be used), and I picked the right one. πŸ™‚ ---
**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:** [April 23, 2023, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/599 "2023-04-23T02:28:08Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > How and where do you find a list of already used words? I suspect it would be useful. > **[Past Wordle answers: Archive of previous words](https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/wordle-past-answers)** > > If you want to check out which Wordle words have been used previously, you can use this archive to find out all previou… Wordle 672 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE CRIME PRONE BROKE ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/600 "2023-04-23T04:16:05Z")
That was fast! Wordle 673 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ASIDE COURT UNZIP Other choices were PUPIL or FUNGI, lucky guess. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=29) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=31)