# "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:** 310
### Author:  [@chiliwillybing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiliwillybing)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2024, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6181 "2024-03-05T11:48:04Z")
Wordle 990 4/6
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RAISE
COUNT
PLUMB
HUNCH
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### Author:  [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6182 "2024-03-05T12:49:03Z")
Wordle 990 5/6
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HEART
HIPPO
HUMUS
HUFFY
HUNCH
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2024, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6183 "2024-03-05T13:19:16Z")
Wordle 990 6/6\*
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ALONE
SNICK
BUNCH
MUNCH
PUNCH
HUNCH
I think I only got there by running out of other options.
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6184 "2024-03-05T14:31:11Z")
Glad I’m not the only idiot in the crowd.
Wordle 990 5/6
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SLATE - should have gone with my other word “crane” as it turns out
POINT - so it’s a ‘u’
NUBBY - stop laughing
LUNCH - no, the ‘L’ is a stupid choice
HUNCH - opted for this because ‘munch’ seemed too verb-y.
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### Author:  [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2024, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6185 "2024-03-05T16:06:02Z")
> **Wordle 990 5/6\* 3/5/2024**
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> FLAME → Clean miss. But now I can try one of my famous second guesses
> ROIST → And… that went nowhere. Need to try an N, and both U & Y, and as many other letters as I can
> P **UN** KY → Oh, that’s a relief. Thought about ?UNU? combos for a while, but other than my username couldn’t think of any, but that -CH looks promising
> B **UNCH** → A good idea, but I should have gone with a better
> **HUNCH**
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> I was lucky to have played P, L, and M in the first three words before it became a trap. Scoredle gives three B.S. words of the five after my third guess, so I missed a coin-flip for par.
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6186 "2024-03-05T16:16:46Z")
Wordle 990 4/6\*
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LEAST
CRONY
PUNCH
HUNCH
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6187 "2024-03-05T16:19:39Z")
Well, there was LUNCH. 😉
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6188 "2024-03-05T16:33:50Z")
[coughs politely]
Eliminated by Word #1.
[/coughs]
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### Author:  [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6189 "2024-03-05T16:34:41Z")
Ick, ick, ick. Horrid game!
Wordle 990 6/6\*
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IRATE
CLOUD
PUNCH
BUNCH
MUNCH
HUNCH
The less said, the better.
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6190 "2024-03-05T18:23:13Z")
And that’s why I’m not very good at this game! 😃
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6191 "2024-03-05T19:52:06Z")
Wordle 990 5/6
Boy, I stunk up the joint today. But at least I had lots of company!
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⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 3
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SLANT
CHORE
PINCH
MUNCH
HUNCH
How did I miss HUNCH when I saw FINCH, PINCH, WINCH, BUNCH (already used), MUNCH, and PUNCH? If I’d seen it, I’d have chosen it over the more slangy MUNCH at 4.
Grrr. Argh.
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### Author:  [@mtnmatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mtnmatt)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6192 "2024-03-05T19:59:46Z")
I had a 93-day streak going with Wordle when I woke up Saturday AM, and really needed to use the head. I always use a different word to start, and that day, I realized that URINE had a good combo of letters, leading to a 2, with URBAN.
The next day, I missed STATE, and today ran out of room again, so my “streak” reset anew.
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### Author:  [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6193 "2024-03-05T20:31:04Z")
Wordle 990 6/6
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ALIEN
NORTH
BUNCH
PUNCH
MUNCH
HUNCH
Gah!!! 6-5-6 in the last three days.
At least my streak is still alive, so that’s a silver lining. Scordle failed today.
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### Author:  [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2024, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6194 "2024-03-06T04:21:39Z")
Wordle 990 4/6\*
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PLATE
MINOR
BUNCH
HUNCH
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### Author:  [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2024, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6195 "2024-03-06T05:43:34Z")
**Wednesday, March 6th**
Wordle 991 3/6
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PLANT
STARE
TEARY
Gotta love having (effectively) four greens at 2.
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### Author:  [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2024, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6196 "2024-03-06T06:54:41Z")
Wordle 991 3/6
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RATIO
STARE
TEARY
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### Author:  [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2024, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6197 "2024-03-06T07:14:42Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 991 5/6
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ATONE
PLEAT
DEATH
TEAMS
TEARY
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2024, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6198 "2024-03-06T08:30:27Z")
Wordle 991 5/6
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**STERN**
**CLOUD**
**GIMPY**
**RETRY**
**TEARY**
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### Author:  [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2024, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6199 "2024-03-06T09:28:33Z")
Wordle 991 3/6\*
\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned}
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### Author:  [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2024, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6200 "2024-03-06T09:39:52Z")
Haven’t legitimately gotten a 2 in ages!
Wordle 991 2/6
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TRANS
TEARY
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