# "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:** 323
**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 20, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6441 "2024-03-20T12:49:19Z")
Wordle 1,005 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STERN** **CLOUD** **GIMPY** **LINGO** ---
**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 20, 2024, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6442 "2024-03-20T13:24:39Z")
Wordle 1,005 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE PINCH LINGO ---
**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 20, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6443 "2024-03-20T14:16:00Z")
Wordle 1,005 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE PYLON LONGS LINGO ---
**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 20, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6444 "2024-03-20T15:09:27Z")
I call bullshit. Wordle 1,005 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟦⬜ ⬜🟦🟦🟦⬜ 🟦🟧🟧⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6445 "2024-03-20T17:03:58Z")
> **Wordle 1,005 4/6\* 3/20/2024** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ > 🟨🟩⬜🟨🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > AB_I_DE β†’ Better try another vowel… and three comcons, seeing as how I knocked out zero with the start word. ROIST would normally be my goto here, but I know the I isn’t in the middle, so I’ll shuffle up the letters and try > R **I** _O_TS β†’ and this is where I stopped for a while, including sleeping on it. A lot of words I’d normally try here end in T (e.g. BIGOT, PIVOT) or R (VIGOR etc.). I tried a bunch of non-words here, including some proper nouns (NIMOY, anyone? Had to try it) and tried one word that I thought would get the same treatment, but also KOed a couple more comcons and got > _N_ **I** C_OL_ β†’ and thought OINGO for a second but quickly returned to sanity with > **LINGO** > > Can I say I was really hoping for the excuse to try DUDES for my second guess today? Today I beat Scoredle from the same starting word (it got into a ?IN?? trap). ---
**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 20, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6446 "2024-03-20T19:11:58Z")
Didn’t get a chance to post yesterday. I scored a three with a fortunate opener. ARIEL ASIDE ABIDE Wordle 1,005 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 VOICE PILOT LINGO Another three today! I was going back and forth between LINGO and LIMBO. Could also have been AIOLI, which would have irked me. ---
**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 20, 2024, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6447 "2024-03-20T22:43:46Z")
Wordle 1,005 4/6\* 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST LYRIC LIMBO LINGO ---
**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 20, 2024, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6448 "2024-03-20T22:52:07Z")
A 4 for me today. \< sniffle \> Wordle 1,005 4/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SPINY DINGO LINGO ---
**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 21, 2024, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6449 "2024-03-21T02:30:42Z")
**Wordle 1,005 3/6** ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHOIR LINGO ---
**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 21, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6450 "2024-03-21T03:06:52Z")
Wordle 1,005 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE LURID LIMBO LINGO ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6451 "2024-03-21T07:39:00Z")
Wordle 1,006 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHALE VODKA SHADE Took the lazy way out of this trap. After two, I was left with D, K, M, P or V and used the handy anagram finder to eliminate as many as possible. In my defense, I probably could have thought of a word with three of the letters if I tried. ---
**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 21, 2024, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6452 "2024-03-21T08:22:33Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 1,006 3/6 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] STALE SNAKE SHADE ---
**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 21, 2024, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6453 "2024-03-21T08:56:17Z")
Wordle 1,006 5/6 πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STERN** **CLOUD** **GIMPY** **HAWKS** **SHADE** ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6454 "2024-03-21T10:30:31Z")
Wordle 1006 4/6 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 104 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 4 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT MERCH VAPID SHADE Had three possibilities after 3: SHA(D,P,V)E, so equal chances of getting a 3,4, or 5. So I chickened out on 3 and went with the sleuth word for a guaranteed 4. I hate getting 5s, and I’ve gotten too many of them recently. ---
**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 21, 2024, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6455 "2024-03-21T11:28:32Z")
Wordle 1,006 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE CLOTH DUMPY SHADE ---
**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 21, 2024, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6456 "2024-03-21T11:44:53Z")
Wordle 1,006 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \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 H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} Huh ! It appears i didn’t upload my score yesterday !! I guess i must’ve done it or my streak would be back to 0 ? ---
**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 21, 2024, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6457 "2024-03-21T11:48:13Z")
Wordle 1,006 4/6 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SHAVE SHAME SHADE ---
**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 21, 2024, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6458 "2024-03-21T12:16:33Z")
Wordle 1,006 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCARE SHADE Shake and shame have already been answers. Shape, shale and share were eliminated by my first two words. That left me with only shade and shave to choose from. ---
**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 21, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6459 "2024-03-21T14:16:15Z")
Could have been worse. Wordle 1,006 4/6 🟧⬜🟧⬜🟧 🟧⬜🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE SPACE SHAME SHADE ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6460 "2024-03-21T17:01:07Z")
> **Wordle 1,006 3/6\* 3/21/2024** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > LINGO β†’ Well, that’s gotta be disappointing for the big Russian. On the plus side, this makes my next choice pretty easy… > T_E_ **A** R_S_ β†’ E’s gotta go last. S? Probably first. S?A?E, I’m seeing SHA?E, SHAME, SHAKE, SHADE, SHAPE, oh, or SPA[CDK]E. This could well go six. Try one of the first four and go to SP- if the H comes up empty… > **SHADE** > > That wa a pretty lucky guess. If I had thought about it a bit more I might have tried SHAPE to make the P more obvious, which I think would have been a better play, especially with Scoredle reminding me now about PHASE and CHASE. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=322) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=324)