# "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:** 315
**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:** [March 11, 2024, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6281 "2024-03-11T03:52:29Z")
Another 3. Will take. It could have been much worse. Wordle 995 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CRASH GRASP ---
**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:** [March 11, 2024, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6282 "2024-03-11T04:01:29Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > > [@EllisDee](#): > > > > WTF? That makes no sense. > > No, it makes perfect sense. The question the bot’s considering isn’t β€œhow well did you play at move _n_, given what today’s solution was?” but β€œhow well did you play at move _n_, given the entire set of possible solutions after move _n-1_?” > > A guess that worked out well, given today’s solution, but would have possibly caused the player to take a loss if the solution had been a different possible solution, wouldn’t be that good a guess really. And that’s what I interpret the bot as saying. That’s what I thought that the bot was saying, but still, I didn’t really feel that it was that important to harp on what could have happened vs. what actually did happen. Wordle 995 3/6\* 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE SPARK GRASP ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6283 "2024-03-11T04:44:53Z")
Wordle 996 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUNES SPECK PESKY Lucky guess on three just trying as many letters as possible. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6284 "2024-03-11T09:24:32Z")
Wordle 996 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,376 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 191 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE GIMPY PESKY No way I was going to get this in 3, so I’m happy with the 4. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2024, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6285 "2024-03-11T10:10:53Z")
Wordle 996 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,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 M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \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:** [March 11, 2024, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6286 "2024-03-11T10:18:17Z")
Wordle 996 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STERN** **CLOUD** β€” one of these days, STERN or CLOUD will be the Wordle! **GIMPY** **PESKY** ---
**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:** [March 11, 2024, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6287 "2024-03-11T11:54:49Z")
Wordle 996 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PEONY PECKY PESKY ---
**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:** [March 11, 2024, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6288 "2024-03-11T13:02:13Z")
Wordle 996 3/6 πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT PROSE PESKY There were remarkably few possible answers left after two. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6289 "2024-03-11T15:05:22Z")
> **Wordle 996 4/6\* 3/11/2024** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 > 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > GRA_SP_ β†’ Not bad, I like that letter pair at the start, so > _SPE_LT β†’ Hit on the E… and I’d like to try an N. But that goes to one word that probably won’t ever be an answer… oh, what the heck > **PE** NI_S_ β†’ So, PES??, PESTO is out there is one with a Y… > **PESKY** > > Yeah, I went there. Hey, Scoredle points out that PUBES was out there on that guess as well… ---
**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:** [March 11, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6290 "2024-03-11T15:09:04Z")
Wordle 996 3/6 🟦⬜⬜⬜🟦 🟧⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE POUND - vowel search, but the β€œP” was a lucky find PESKY ---
**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:** [March 11, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6291 "2024-03-11T15:28:03Z")
Wordle 996 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE SPECK PESKY ---
**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:** [March 11, 2024, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6292 "2024-03-11T18:28:49Z")
Wordle 996 2/6 πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 POISE PESKY Well, whatta ya know? An extremely fortunate opener today; along with 70 β€˜S’ plurals and an handful of nonsense words, all that was left were PESKY and PESTY. I didn’t know that was the case, but after a couple minutes I just went for it. Woot! ---
**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:** [March 11, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6293 "2024-03-11T18:59:02Z")
Wordle 996 3/6\* ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST SEIZE PESKY Wow! That was very lucky! ---
**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:** [March 11, 2024, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6294 "2024-03-11T19:13:26Z")
Bah! Wordle 996 5/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE DECOY JELLY PENNY PESKY ---
**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:** [March 11, 2024, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6295 "2024-03-11T22:47:31Z")
Wordle 996 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHOIR MUSKY PESKY Kind of messed this one up and forgot about the E on my 3rd guess. I also had seen Messy and Pesky, and I wasn’t sure what else but decided to guess one of those three words, and I go and choose the invalid one. At least I got the K and Y and could solve from there. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2024, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6296 "2024-03-11T23:51:10Z")
Wordle 996 3/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE TERMS PESKY ---
**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:** [March 12, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6297 "2024-03-12T00:46:16Z")
Wordle 996 5/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Wordle bot was certain I’d solve by the third guess.πŸ™„ > **Summary** > > Anvil > Terse > Sedum 🀠 > Pesos 🀣 > Pesky ---
**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:** [March 12, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6298 "2024-03-12T02:15:09Z")
Wordle 996 2/6\* 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE PESKY The 1st word I could think of that started with a P, contained an E and wasn’t on the used list (like PERCH) I also thought of PENIS, but WordleBot was very unenthusiastic about it when I used it a few weeks ago) ---
**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:** [March 12, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6299 "2024-03-12T04:03:34Z")
TUE MAR 12 Wordle 997 4/6\* πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SCARE EVADE HEAVE ---
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