# "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:** 319
**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 15, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6361 "2024-03-15T17:05:51Z")
Wordle 1,000 πŸŽ‰ 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST ERECT ERUPT ---
**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 15, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6362 "2024-03-15T17:18:03Z")
Wordle 1,000 πŸŽ‰ 3/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE THEIR ERUPT ---
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Wordle 1,000 πŸŽ‰ 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART CREST GREET ERUPT ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6364 "2024-03-15T17:52:01Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Especially when coupled with the fact that words that start with a vowel are my kryptonite. Naturally, I had to go look - in games 0-1000, solutions have started with: A - 73 times E - 33 times I - 16 times O- 13 times U - 22 times (7 of these with an β€˜un’ prefix, e.g. unmet) Doing a quick scan of the last ~150 games, I seem to do _slightly_ worse when solutions start with vowels, but the sample size is small. ---
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I’ll celebrate with another 3. πŸ™‚ Wordle 1,000 πŸŽ‰ 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CREST ERUPT Congrats to all the 2s! ---
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**Wordle 1,000** πŸŽ‰ **4/6** ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHOIR ENTRY ERUPT ---
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Wordle 1,000 πŸŽ‰ 3/6\* 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE STEEP ERUPT ---
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SAT MAR 16th Wordle 1,001 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SCION ROBIN TOXIN ---
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[spoiler]Wordle 1,001 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] SLIDE GROIN TOXIN I actually thought of it first, it came to me!, but I thought, nah. Almost had it in 1. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2024, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6370 "2024-03-16T04:52:05Z")
Wordle 1,001 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TOPIC TOXIN ---
**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 16, 2024, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6371 "2024-03-16T08:58:57Z")
Wordle 1,001 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STERN** **CLOUD** **BATON** **TOXIN** ---
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I don’t Wordle, but y’all will enjoy this 13-minute talk and call-in hosted by WNYC-FM’s wonderful Brian Lehrer: > **[1000 Wordles Later | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC](https://www.wnyc.org/story/1000-wordles-later/)** > > Tracy Bennett, New York Times digital puzzles editor, talks about the celebration around the 1,000th Wordle game and offers insights into how the NYT puzzles are created and played. ---
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Wordle 1,001 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE TONIC TOXIN ---
**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 16, 2024, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6374 "2024-03-16T10:51:12Z")
Wordle 1,001 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT TONER TOXIN ---
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Wordle 1,001 4/6\* \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[silver,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2024, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6376 "2024-03-16T11:20:52Z")
Wordle 1001 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 119 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ 16 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 3 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT NOTCH TOKEN β†’ lost the coin toss TOXIN ---
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Wordle 1,001 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART STONY TONIC TOXIN ---
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Wordle 1,001 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Yodel Notch Point Toxin ---
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Wordle 1,001 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟦⬜ ⬜🟧🟦🟦🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE POINT TOXIN ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6380 "2024-03-16T15:22:54Z")
> **Wordle 1,001 3/6\* 3/16/2024** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > ERUP_T_ β†’ For a second as the letters were flipping, I thought strikeout. As it is… A & I, and a couple comcons to go with the T. TRAIL would be nice, but the R is gone, and the thought led to > S_T_A **IN** β†’ so I figured an O or second I would be good to try. RICIN was out, so a second I went nowhere, I thought about ?OTIN but saw nothing until I tried TO?IN and saw > **TOXIN** > > Not a bad start to a second Worldle-millenium. Scoredle really went hard to place the T for its second guess with TATTY, I think I was a bit lucky by getting the -IN terminal pair which really clinched the puzzle. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=318) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=320)