# "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:** 321
**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 18, 2024, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6401 "2024-03-18T03:54:29Z")
@SeaSun joining you in representing the 5s today Wordle 1,002 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE TONIC BROTH (dumb move, I knew that the T wasn’t in that position STORK SNORT ---
**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 18, 2024, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6402 "2024-03-18T04:01:31Z")
MON MAR 18 Wordle 1,003 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHELF SPELT ---
**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 18, 2024, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6403 "2024-03-18T04:02:18Z")
In the 4 corner today. Wordle 1,002 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE STRUM SPORT SNORT ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6404 "2024-03-18T04:43:39Z")
Wordle 1,003 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO UPSET SPENT SPELT ---
**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:** [March 18, 2024, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6405 "2024-03-18T07:19:06Z")
Wordle 1,003 3/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slant Smelt Spelt Spelt was the word I first thought of…but then decided against it. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6406 "2024-03-18T08:53:13Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 1,003 3/6 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] SPORT SPLIT SPELT ---
**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 18, 2024, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6407 "2024-03-18T09:29:57Z")
I thought I might get this in 2 but it ended up being a 4. Wordle 1,003 4/6 πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STERN** β€” _could be sheet skeet slept spelt swept_ **SHEET** **SWEPT** **SPELT** ---
**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 18, 2024, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6408 "2024-03-18T09:40:33Z")
Wordle 1,003 5/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \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 L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \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 L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \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 L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \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 18, 2024, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6409 "2024-03-18T10:53:24Z")
Wordle 1003 3/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩 7 🟩🟩🟨⬜🟩 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT SPLIT β†’ really thought this would be the solution! SPELT β†’ does anyone even use this word anymore? ---
**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 18, 2024, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6410 "2024-03-18T11:49:39Z")
Wordle 1,003 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE SWEPT SPELT ---
**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 18, 2024, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6411 "2024-03-18T12:15:49Z")
Wordle 1,003 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART FEINT stupid guess I left the E where it was ELECT SMELT SPELT ---
**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 18, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6412 "2024-03-18T13:04:14Z")
Wordle 1,003 3/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SPLIT SPELT Like @RTFirefly, I was sure I was getting a 2 today. Then as I was starting to get all worked up about another British spelling, Google told me that spelt is a type of wheat. Huh. Learned my something new for the day, I guess. Still doesn’t seem like a common enough word to be a Wordle answer, though. ---
**Author:** ![Beesnest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6413 "2024-03-18T13:17:08Z")
Wordle 1,003 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜RAINY 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨THOSE 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩SWEET 🟩🟨🟩🟨🟩SLEPT This transposed letters really aggravated me 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩spelt ---
**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 18, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6414 "2024-03-18T14:10:57Z")
> [@Newtosite](#): > > Spelt was the word I first thought of…but then decided against it. Same here. Wordle 1,003 4/6 🟧🟦⬜🟦🟦 🟧🟦🟧⬜🟦 🟧⬜🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE - Wow, four letters! A two for sure! STEEL - Okay, then a three! SMELT - Well, crap. SPELT ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6415 "2024-03-18T15:13:50Z")
> **Wordle 1,003 4/6\* 3/18/2024** > > 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟨🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > **S** NOR **T** β†’ After one guess, I’m down to a three-letter Wordle. Could this be a trap in the making? Not seeing one. I’d like a word with and L and an E, but I’m seeing one right off the bat with two so > **S** _L_ **E** E **T** β†’ SMELT, SPELT… is SWELT a word? SKELT? Nah. Flip a coin. > **S** M **ELT** β†’ Should have guessed tails. > **SPELT** > > If yesterday’s answer was SPORT, that could have been a three. Ah, the hands that life deals us. ---
**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 18, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6416 "2024-03-18T16:11:36Z")
Wordle 1,003 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ROUSE STEIN SLEET SPELT Another par in which I’m hard-pressed to see what I could have done better. I almost tried STEEL at two, which _might_ have earned me a birdie. But that’s easy to say after knowing the answer. ---
**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 18, 2024, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6417 "2024-03-18T16:58:56Z")
Wordle 1,003 4/6\* 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST SLEET \<β€” M or P? :flips coin: oh well. SMELT SPELT ETA: I see I copied @SunUp 's strategy! ---
**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 19, 2024, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6418 "2024-03-19T02:40:55Z")
Wordle 1,003 2/6\* 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE SPELT Woohoo! My 5 yesterday makes the 2 today all the sweeter. ---
**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 19, 2024, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6419 "2024-03-19T02:47:53Z")
> [@Beesnest](#): > > This transposed letters really aggravated me I feel your pain. Wordle 1,003 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟨🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SCENT SLEPT SPELT ---
**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 19, 2024, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6420 "2024-03-19T02:48:25Z")
**Wordle 1,003 3/6** 🟩🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE STEEL SPELT Spelt came to me right away after my start word…I’ve eaten Spelt bread - it wasn’t my favorite, as it’s course and crumbly. With the repeat S and T in same spots two days in a row, I chose Steel over Spelt, but the editor _loves_ to repeat things, and I should have known better. Not mad about a 3 though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=320) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=322)