# "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 2)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659>\
**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:** 327

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**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 25, 2024, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6521 "2024-03-25T12:22:19Z")

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Wordle 1,010 5/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜  
🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨  
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩  
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

HEART  
SHOAL  
SAPPY  
SAVVY  
SALLY WTF

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6522 "2024-03-25T13:36:46Z")

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Wordle 1010 3/6

🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 52  
⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 1  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLANT → After a brief  
DELAY, we  
SALLY forth!

I found eleven possibilities after my starting word. Other than SHOAL, SISAL, and SKOAL, my sleuth word at 2 uniquely identified each of the others. If it had come to that, I’d have done those last three in that order. I think the first was way more likely a solution than the other two combined, so I wasn’t worried.

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**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 25, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6523 "2024-03-25T13:51:57Z")

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Wordle 1,010 3/6

⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜  
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RAISE  
SALTY  
SALLY

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**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 25, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6524 "2024-03-25T13:53:10Z")

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Wordle 1,010 5/6

🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛  
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛  
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩  
🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

**STERN**  
**CLOUD**  
**GIMPY**  
**SHYLY**  
**SALLY**

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**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 25, 2024, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6525 "2024-03-25T14:06:11Z")

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Wordle 1,010 4/6

🟧🟦🟦⬜⬜  
🟧🟧🟧⬜⬜  
🟧🟧🟧⬜⬜  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

SLATE  
SALAD  
SALON  
SALLY

The Bot loved my word choices, but I really had to force myself on the last attempt, as it seemed like an unlikely word given past answers.

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**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 25, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6526 "2024-03-25T16:24:32Z")

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Wordle 1,010 4/6

🟦⬛⬛⬛⬛  
⬛⬛⬛🟦🟦  
🟦🟧⬛⬛⬛  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

ADIEU  
MORAL  
LATCH  
SALLY

Kind of surprised to save par here. I wanted to get the L in place and check for terminal Y. If I’d seen SALSA, I probably would’ve gone with that, so good thing I didn’t.

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6527 "2024-03-25T17:21:31Z")

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> [@Wheelz](#):
>
> If I’d seen SALSA, I probably would’ve gone with that, so good thing I didn’t.

SALAD and SALSA were the first two words that occurred to me as possibilities after my starting word. Both of them have been solutions already, though.

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6528 "2024-03-25T19:24:30Z")

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> **Wordle 1,010 4/6\* 3/25/2024**
>
> ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
> 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜  
> 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩  
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> 
> TOWE_L_ → Two more comcons, and a vowel hunt. Shake 'em all together and get  
> **S** _LA_IN → well, no, I didn’t really “get slain” 'cause I’m still here but it’s nice to place that S. SALAD or SALSA would both require doubling up. Could place the L with SALLY but that’s a little obscure as a verb rather than a proper noun. Change an L for a D and get  
> **SA** D **LY** → which, appropriately, wasn’t the right guess.  
> **SALLY**
> 
> And Scoredle guesses the answer right off the bat from yesterday’s answer, and guesses the answer for all of my subsequent guesses as well. Maybe I should have gone with my instincts on the third guess…

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**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 25, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6529 "2024-03-25T22:03:21Z")

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Wordle 1,010 3/6\*

🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜  
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

LEAST  
SADLY, I thought I had a two!  
SALLY

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**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 26, 2024, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6530 "2024-03-26T02:48:51Z")

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Wordle 1,010 4/6\*

⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜  
🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨  
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

PLATE  
SHOAL  
SADLY  
SALLY  
Another member of the SADLY before SALLY club. I did see the answer fairly early, but didn’t think it likely.  
The bot says that 11% of hard mode players didn’t guess it, which is a lot of broken streaks, so in that context a 4 isn’t bad.

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**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 26, 2024, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6531 "2024-03-26T03:03:04Z")

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> [@gkster](#):
>
> The bot says that 11% of hard mode players didn’t guess it, which is a lot of broken streaks, so in that context a 4 isn’t bad.

I was nearly one of them. It was a coin flip, and the wrong choice would have ended my 555 (now 556, barely) streak.

I’m ashamed to even post this one!

Wordle 1,010 6/6\*

⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛  
🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩  
🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩  
🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩  
🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

IRATE  
SAUCY  
SANDY  
SAVVY  
SAGGY  
SALLY

The other possibility, of course, was SAPPY. I just couldn’t go out on SAPPY, so I picked SALLY instead. And I really didn’t believe it was the answer. Phew indeed.

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**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 26, 2024, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6532 "2024-03-26T03:09:29Z")

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Wordle 1,010 4/6\*

🟦🟦⬛⬛⬛  
🟧⬛🟦🟧⬛  
🟧🟧⬛🟧🟧  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

ALONE  
SHALT  
SADLY  
SALLY

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**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 26, 2024, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6533 "2024-03-26T04:01:42Z")

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TUE MAR 26th

Wordle 1,011 3/6\*

🟦⬛🟦⬛⬛  
⬛🟦⬛🟦🟦  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

ALONE  
TODAY  
MAYOR

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**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 26, 2024, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6534 "2024-03-26T04:05:58Z")

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Wordle 1,011 4/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛  
🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛  
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

PLANT  
RACES  
RADAR  
MAYOR

Screwed the pooch on this one. Took a big swing with radar as my guess for the win without even realizing I was replaying R in a known bad spot. This was a bad 4.

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**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6535 "2024-03-26T04:21:46Z")

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Wordle 1,011 5/6

🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨  
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩  
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩  
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
SAVOR  
LABOR  
MANOR  
MAYOR

And this is why blindly guessing is not the best strategy.

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**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 26, 2024, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6536 "2024-03-26T04:30:09Z")

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[spoiler]Wordle 1,011 4/6

🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜  
🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩  
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler]

MOUSE  
MINOR  
MAJOR  
MAYOR

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**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 26, 2024, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6537 "2024-03-26T06:51:26Z")

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**Wordle 1,010 4/6**

🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩⬜🟩🟨🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLATE  
CHOIR  
SPLAY  
SALLY

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**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 26, 2024, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6538 "2024-03-26T08:04:48Z")

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Wordle 1,011 4/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛  
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛  
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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**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 26, 2024, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6539 "2024-03-26T09:56:36Z")

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Wordle 1,011 5/6\*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt J} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \end{aligned}

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6540 "2024-03-26T11:34:28Z")

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Wordle 1011 4/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 1,191  
⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 49  
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 1  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLANT  
CHORE  
DUMPY  
MAYOR

Happy to get a 4, no way I was going to get a 3 today.

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