# "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:** 33
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/641 "2023-04-24T19:36:26Z")
Was anybody else momentarily insulted by an incorrect guess today? ROFL! Wordle 674 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/642 "2023-04-25T03:29:01Z")
**Wordle 674 3/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCARE POINT DITTO Could only be one word after my second guess…doesn’t happen that often, but great when it does. πŸ™‚ ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/643 "2023-04-25T03:32:58Z")
Wordle 674 3/6 πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OILER BISON DITTO Three straight threes after a long streak of fours and fives. Stared at this one a good long while, though. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/644 "2023-04-25T03:41:24Z")
Wordle 674 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHORE BOAST TIGON DITTO Stupid WordleBot sneered at my choice of TIGON, but it was the only word I could think of with a T, I and O in the right places, and it eliminated every other answer ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/645 "2023-04-25T04:41:28Z")
APR 25 Wordle 675 6/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE TORES ROPEY MOWER COVER JOKER _β€œCould’ve been worse,”_ says man for whom it could have only been the littlest bit worse. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/646 "2023-04-25T04:50:28Z")
Wordle 675 6/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHORN OLDER POWER MERCY JOKER As usual, waited too long to try a test word. Most of my options ( COVER, MOVER, COMER) had an m or c. I seem to remember FOYER already being used. That left ROVER, ROGER and JOKER. I couldn’t come up with a good enough test word that started with r and included c and m or m and v. I gambled on no double letters and won but this one was just lucky. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/647 "2023-04-25T05:20:24Z")
Wordle 675 6/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 UNITE LASER POWER FOYER HOVER JOKER Almost lived to regret hard mode today. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/648 "2023-04-25T06:38:09Z")
Wordle 675 5/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO HOURS CORNY POKER JOKER Lots of potential to get stuck in the mud on -O–ER words. Scoredle rated itself a β€˜fail’ today! ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/649 "2023-04-25T07:33:27Z")
Wordle 675 4/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OCEAN SHOVE POWER JOKER That 4 was disappointing until I saw the average was 5.6 today. Even Wordlebot failed. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/650 "2023-04-25T10:32:11Z")
Wordle 675 2/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ€ ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/651 "2023-04-25T10:43:29Z")
Wordle 675 6/6\* \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[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 G} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt J} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \end{aligned} 😌 (Does that look β€œrelieved” ? not to me…) ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/652 "2023-04-25T12:11:36Z")
Wordle 675 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE LONER POWER COVER JOKER ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/653 "2023-04-25T12:22:22Z")
Wordle 675 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART POKER Brilliant! JOKER ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/654 "2023-04-25T12:29:27Z")
Wordle 675 6/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE REELS CORED MOVER POKER JOKER According to Wordlebot, only 72% are figuring this one out. It even took Wordlebot 6 guesses to get it. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/655 "2023-04-25T12:58:03Z")
Wordle 675 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCORE JUMBO JOKER I saw boxer first, then mover and joker. Jumbo to the rescue. Turns out I never saw foyer; it would have been deflating if jumbo came back with only a yellow O. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/656 "2023-04-25T14:02:51Z")
Word trap. Epic fail. Wordle 675 X/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ ⬜🟧⬜🟧🟧 ⬜🟧⬜🟧🟧 ⬜🟧⬜🟧🟧 ⬜🟧⬜🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL MOWER HOVER BOXER DOZER ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/657 "2023-04-25T14:37:46Z")
I hear ya, @Chefguy … and you did well with the themed sequence, @BobLibDem ! > **Wordle 675 X/6\* 4/25/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > DITT_O_ β†’ Slow start. Common consonants, and another vowel… > S **O** NA **R** β†’ Two placed. Not bad, should be another vowel out there… > L **O** W **ER** β†’ Trap! Two letter spaces, and too many possibliities… > B **O** X **ER** β†’ Nope… > F **O** Y **ER** \* β†’ Nope again… one last try… > P **OKER** β†’ And the answer becomes obvious, just one guess too late! > > I thought yesterday’s six was going to be the low point of the week for me, but Wordle had other plans. On further reflection, I should have played POKER earlier to get the β€œ-OPER/-OKER” words fully exercised. Scoredle starts obsessing on COVER once the trap appears; but there are so many possibilities left that it’s sheer luck (and Scoredle is unlucky too!) ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/658 "2023-04-25T14:56:45Z")
Yes! I got it in 6 but I am very happy with it. This Wordle made for tough sleuthing, but I beat it. Take _THAT_, Wordle! Wordle 675 6/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Summary of my guesses: βœ… LEAST βœ… ROUND βœ… CHIMP βœ… BOXER βœ… HOWFS βœ… JOKER Sleuthing journey: Guesses β€” and remaining letters by frequency βœ… LEAST β€” ROINUDCYPMHGBKFWVZXJQ βœ… ROUND β€” ICYPMHGBKFWVZXJQ ➜ Is possibly (lower case = not likely) β€” BOXER COVER COWER FORCE FORGE FOYER GOFER gomer GORGE HOMER HOVER JOKER moper MOVER MOWER POKER poler POWER vower ➜ Other possible consonants = B C F G H J K M P V W X ➜ Fish for letters β€” beach cough chimp βœ… CHIMP β€” YGBKFWVZXJQ ➜ Is possibly (lower case = not likely) β€” BOXER FORCE FORGE FOYER GOFER gomer GORGE HOVER JOKER MOVER MOWER vower ➜ Other possible consonants = B F G J K V W X ➜ Fish for letters β€” boxer joker… βœ… BOXER β€” YGKFWVZJQ ➜ Already played β€” LEAST ROUND CHIMP BOXER ➜ Is possibly (lower case = not likely) β€” FOYER GOFER HOVER JOKER vower ➜ Other possible consonants = F G H J K V W ➜ Fish for letters β€” howfs; what the hell is HOWF? Had to look it up, of course. I used a word tool to find that. And if I played HOWFS and did not get any of those letters then the remaining possibility has to be JOKER. Sounds good to me. βœ… HOWFS β€” YGKVZJQ βœ… JOKER β€” yes, got it! I am really happy with this 6! Looking at my notes, I could have gotten lucky and got it in 4, but that would not have been as satisfying. Seriously! ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/659 "2023-04-25T16:09:49Z")
Wordle 675 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SWEAT CHIDE JOKER Unbelievable! Scoredle said I had 305 other words for my last guess. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/660 "2023-04-25T16:09:58Z")
Today’s Wordle brought up this for me: 🎡 🎢 β™© β™ͺ β™« ♬ I’m joker, I’m a smoker, I’m a midnight tomoker. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=34)