# "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:** 31
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/601 "2023-04-23T06:55:31Z")
Wordle 673 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SOLID ANTIC UNZIP ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/602 "2023-04-23T08:14:18Z")
Wordle 673 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET PRION NIPPY UNZIP Took me longer than I care to say. ---
**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 23, 2023, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/603 "2023-04-23T09:37:44Z")
Wordle 673 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE UNITS UNPIN UNZIP Got lucky with my second guess. ---
**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 23, 2023, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/604 "2023-04-23T09:54:55Z")
Wordle 673 5/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,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 Q} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 23, 2023, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/605 "2023-04-23T11:10:56Z")
Wordle 673 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST ROUND PICKY UNZIP ---
**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 23, 2023, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/606 "2023-04-23T11:56:09Z")
Wordle 673 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IDEAL MOIST CUPID UNZIP ---
**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 23, 2023, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/607 "2023-04-23T11:56:38Z")
Wordle 673 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT RONES UNZIP I don’t think I’ve ever seen yellow P and N before. It kind of threw me, to the point that I forgot the P with my second guess. Not to mention that I don’t know what rones are. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/608 "2023-04-23T12:55:34Z")
Wordle 673 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO MEDIC VIGIL UNFIX UNZIP This was tough. I couldn’t see anything after the first two guesses. I was trying everything starting with UN. I even thought about just trying five new letters. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/609 "2023-04-23T13:43:36Z")
Wordle 673 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,480 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 53 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLART NICHE DUMPY UNZIP Happy to get a 4, no way I was going to get this in 3. Only other possibility on my last guess was UNPIN, which crops up nowadays in phrases like β€œunpin from taskbar” but still struck me as a bit less in common use than the solution. ---
**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 23, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/610 "2023-04-23T14:29:36Z")
Ugh. Wordle 673 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟦⬜ ⬜🟦⬜🟧⬜ 🟦🟦🟦🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟦🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL PUNIM - both wordlebot and I were surprised by this one UNPIN UNZIP ---
**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 23, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/611 "2023-04-23T15:02:39Z")
Wordle 673 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNARL ONION INPUT UNZIP This was a tricky one! ---
**Author:** ![Beesnest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/612 "2023-04-23T15:12:46Z")
I don’t get how wordlebot got his 3. slate croNY unzip I am miffed that he was kind of rude about my choices. He told me there was only one word after my second guess. I took all six and it was blind luck. Wordle 673 6/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 23, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/613 "2023-04-23T15:15:55Z")
Wordle 673 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Tough nut today. Had to fish for vowels on my third guess, knowing there was no O. HEART LIONS UNION UNDID UNZIP ---
**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, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/614 "2023-04-23T15:49:13Z")
Wordle 673 3/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUICK FLUID UNZIP ---
**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 23, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/615 "2023-04-23T16:37:50Z")
Bah! I struggled with this one. (Obviously!) Wordle 673 5/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SPINY PINCH UNPIN UNZIP I think I heard WordleBot mutter, β€œIdiot,” under its breath. ---
**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 23, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/616 "2023-04-23T18:21:30Z")
Wordle 673 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AUDIT EQUIP UNZIP One of my lower-tier starters came through for me today. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/617 "2023-04-23T20:51:56Z")
> **Wordle 673 5/6\* 4/23/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 > 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > BROKE β†’ OK then. > STA **I** _N_ β†’ Not a bad second. If I tried a UN-, what could I have? > **UN** D **I** D β†’ Not that, and probably a bad idea to try a repeat here. I’m rather a square, so I’ll try… > **UN** H **IP** β†’ Which got the terminal P, and I should remember that even though H is more commonly used than Z, a word with H can be rarer than a word with Z… > **UNZIP** > > Scoredle started best-guessing the right answer after my second guess. I can almost imagine it taunting me as I cast about for the right answer… ---
**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, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/618 "2023-04-23T22:37:05Z")
**Wordle 673 3/6** ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STAIN GENIE UNZIP I was so sure it was Genie…wasn’t considering words that started with a vowel yet. I then had several UN words, and I almost went with Unpin, but I decided to take a chance with the rare Z. Good choice. πŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/619 "2023-04-23T23:25:01Z")
That’s some Wordle poetry that is. Wordle 673 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > Tapir > Spoil > Pubic > Unzip ---
**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 23, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/620 "2023-04-23T23:55:22Z")
Wordle 673 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AROSE FLUID TUNIC UNZIP Kind of surprised TUNIC hasn’t yet been a solution. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=30) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=32)