# "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:** 322
**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, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6421 "2024-03-19T03:06:36Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > My 5 yesterday makes the 2 today all the sweeter. Thank you for joining me yesterday with the 5 - lol. Though bummer about repeating the T (been there, done that!). Nice that you got a 2 today! πŸ˜€ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6422 "2024-03-19T04:39:22Z")
Wordle 1,004 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO ASIDE ABIDE ---
**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 19, 2024, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6423 "2024-03-19T07:17:07Z")
Wordle 1,004 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STERN** **CLOUD** **GIMPY** β€” _pretty much the only word left is abide_ **ABIDE** β€” _gotcha!_ And for the first time, my streak hit 200! I’m happy with that! ---
**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 19, 2024, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6424 "2024-03-19T09:18:43Z")
Wordle 1,004 2/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 19, 2024, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6425 "2024-03-19T10:25:18Z")
Wordle 1,004 2/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE ABIDE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6426 "2024-03-19T10:46:53Z")
Wordle 1004 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 1,191 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 50 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE MAUVE β†’ Mauve’Bib was the hero of National Lampoon’s _Doon_. πŸ™‚ ABIDE This dude wanted to go with ABIDE on 3, but if it hadn’t been the solution, it would have left too many possibilities on 4. ---
**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 19, 2024, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6427 "2024-03-19T12:11:48Z")
Wordle 1,004 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART CLEAN BASED ABIDE ---
**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 19, 2024, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6428 "2024-03-19T13:37:15Z")
Wordle 1,004 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT RACES ABIDE Nice symmetry. The dude abides. ---
**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 19, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6429 "2024-03-19T14:39:06Z")
Wordle 1,004 4/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟧 🟧⬜⬜⬜🟧 🟧🟧⬜⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE AGREE ABOVE ABIDE ---
**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, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6430 "2024-03-19T17:35:21Z")
In the 2-Club today! Yeah! Wordle 1,004 2/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE ABIDE Pure luck, though. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6431 "2024-03-19T20:42:48Z")
> **Wordle 1,004 5/6\* 3/19/2024** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟨⬜🟨🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SP_E_LT β†’ Two more comcons and an A to go with that E… and what else? Hmmm… a Y… > Y_EA_RN β†’ Two vowels covered, no consonants known. I’ve got a general idea of a word that would work > V_A_GU **E** β†’ At least the E is placed. And barring an AE- ending, it looks like the A is in front. So there’s probably another vowel in there, let’s try an O > **A** _D_O_B_ **E** β†’ Oh, darnit. It was an I. > **ABIDE** > > Fun five. It’s nice to see that Scoredle would have taken the same number of guesses, given the same start word, though by a much different path. ---
**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 19, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6432 "2024-03-19T23:04:47Z")
Wordle 1,004 3/6\* πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE ABUSE ABIDE ---
**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 19, 2024, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6433 "2024-03-19T23:11:16Z")
Wordle 1,004 6/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slant mocha carat pouty affix abide I wanted to nail down the position of β€œA” first. ---
**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, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6434 "2024-03-19T23:43:22Z")
**Wordle 1,004 3/6** ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHOIR ABIDE Just needed to nail those two consonants after seeing it was a three-vowel word, and I got lucky…I had about 3-5 choices. * * * * * * Congrats on all of the 2’s today (three of you so far!) πŸ₯³ ---
**Author:** ![samobabakaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@samobabakaka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samobabakaka)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6435 "2024-03-20T00:17:22Z")
luccy Wordle 1,004 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 20, 2024, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6436 "2024-03-20T03:09:17Z")
Wordle 1,004 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE ARISE ABIDE ---
**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 20, 2024, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6437 "2024-03-20T04:13:28Z")
**Wednesday, March 20th** Wordle 1,005 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT LONER LINGO Nice and quick. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6438 "2024-03-20T06:48:30Z")
Wordle 1005 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 98 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT LONER LINGO Practically the same as Ellis. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6439 "2024-03-20T07:10:47Z")
Wordle 1,005 2/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LINGO ---
**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 20, 2024, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6440 "2024-03-20T11:54:39Z")
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