# "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:** 334
**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 3, 2024, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6661 "2024-04-03T01:11:56Z")
Wordle 1,018 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE RECON DEFER SERUM ---
**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:** [April 3, 2024, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6662 "2024-04-03T03:28:54Z")
Yeah, I’m fine with a 4 today. Wordle 1,018 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE LONER SPERM SERUM Hey, @SunUp, what kind of day is today? πŸ˜ƒ ---
**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 3, 2024, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6663 "2024-04-03T03:44:05Z")
**Wordle 1,018 3/6** 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE SUPER SERUM ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6664 "2024-04-03T04:17:17Z")
Wordle 1,019 2/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO PLAIT ---
**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 3, 2024, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6665 "2024-04-03T04:25:02Z")
Wordle 1,019 2/6 πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT PLANT Plait? WTF? Was I supposed to know that word? ---
**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 3, 2024, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6666 "2024-04-03T04:53:30Z")
Wordle 1,019 5/6\* πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE CLASH GLAMP PLATY PLAIT > [@EllisDee](#): > > Plait? WTF? Was I supposed to know that word? I knew it from reading about whips… ---
**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:** [April 3, 2024, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6667 "2024-04-03T05:33:33Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 1,019 4/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] TRADE BLAST PLANT PLAIT ---
**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 3, 2024, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6668 "2024-04-03T08:57:12Z")
Wordle 1,019 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 3, 2024, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6669 "2024-04-03T10:16:14Z")
Wordle 1,019 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STERN** **CLOUD** **GIMPY** **PLAIT** ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6670 "2024-04-03T11:17:51Z")
Wordle 1019 2/6 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 8 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT PLAIT I knew this word, and not just as a proper noun (Phil Plait, aka the Bad Astronomer, used to hang out here), but it’s uncommon enough that even after seeing it pretty quickly, I looked at every combination of letters that could fit in those two empty spaces before shrugging and going with 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:** [April 3, 2024, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6671 "2024-04-03T11:33:33Z")
I saw it too, but messed up and got a 4. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6672 "2024-04-03T12:41:11Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Plait? WTF? Was I supposed to know that word? Not a fan of words like this. They aren’t proper Wordle words in my opinion. I knew what it was but still chose PLAID over PLAIT figuring that the latter was more obsure. Then, with all other options eliminated, I got it in 4. If I were Wordle Boss, I would declare that all words have to be commonly used in day to day conversation, and I would decree that the difficulty increase over the week, culminating in some weird thing with traps and three and a half vowels (but still commonly used in conversation!) on Friday. I would ask that the first day or two of the week words be solvable by ESL speakers so they can join in the fun. Of course, I’m not Wordle Boss, so you don’t have to suffer under my silly rules! ---
**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 3, 2024, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6673 "2024-04-03T13:02:41Z")
Wordle 1,019 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BLAST PLANT respondez s’il vous PLAIT ---
**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 3, 2024, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6674 "2024-04-03T13:16:35Z")
Wordle 1,019 3/6 ⬜🟧🟧🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE - Well, of course it must be. . . PLANT - A two! Wait, what the. . .? PLAIT - Yeah, I know this word, as in to plait one’s hair, but. . .really? ---
**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 3, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6675 "2024-04-03T14:13:46Z")
Wordle 1,019 2/6\* 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST PLAIT I reall didn’t think that was it! Doesn’t sound like a Wordle word. I was just fishing for letters. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6676 "2024-04-03T14:45:26Z")
> **Wordle 1,019 4/6\* 4/3/2024** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 > 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SERUM β†’ Whiff. Take two, and a good β€œrestart” word at that… > _T_ON_AL_ β†’ Not bad for that restart. I’m seeing a word that would knock out the remaining vowels, and that is too tempting to resist… > _LAIT_Y β†’ And I hit on one of them. I see one word that I can get by moving all the letters over one and adding a new start, and all the letters go into a new spot, so… > **PLAIT** > > From all gray through yellows to green in four. Scoredle gets the first letter with its second guess, then gets a much more methodical four out of it. ---
**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 3, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6677 "2024-04-03T15:57:24Z")
Wordle 1,019 3/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AUDIT TRAIT PLAIT Congrats on all the twos today! I got lucky with the -IT ending on my starter, and I did see PLAIT at two, but resisted it as being too obscure. 😠 Didn’t really want to double up on a placed letter, but after a couple minutes I saw no other options. If I’d given in to temptation and checked the used word list (TRAIT is on it), I would have gone with TACIT, so it wouldn’t have helped. HABIT is the word I didn’t see. I think no matter what the solution or my second word had been, I was destined for a three today. ---
**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 3, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6678 "2024-04-03T16:04:16Z")
Wordle 1,019 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE PLAIN PLAID PLAIT ---
**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 3, 2024, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6679 "2024-04-03T23:00:47Z")
**Wordle 1,019 2/6** ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE PLAIT Only two possible words…good thing Plant had already been used. πŸ˜ƒ ---
**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 4, 2024, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6680 "2024-04-04T03:47:20Z")
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