# "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:** 337
**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 6, 2024, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6721 "2024-04-06T13:37:42Z")
Wordle 1,022 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Rhino Night Winch Finch Beated the bot again ---
**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 6, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6722 "2024-04-06T15:25:34Z")
Trap day, I see. Wordle 1,022 5/6 🟦⬜⬜🟦⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE LINCH PINCH WINCH FINCH ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6723 "2024-04-06T16:22:02Z")
> **Wordle 1,022 4/6\* 4/6/2024** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > WR_I_ST β†’ Now that is a slow start. Need to try an E here, with comcons and… another vowel? Or another consonant? Let’s try > L **IN** ED β†’ This is looking a little trappy. But, at least, I don’t see many more vowels that can go here though I should check one > P **IN** KY β†’ Starting to get a little nervous. Hey, that knocked out PINOT as well! Good guess, in retrospect. Looking around for consonant pairs that can go after that N, I see > **FINCH** > NINJA, MINIM and BINGO were still out there, which means I was mighty lucky. Especially considering Scoredle takes five to solve from WRIST, ---
**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 6, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6724 "2024-04-06T17:06:30Z")
Wordle 1,022 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST GOURD PICKY \<\<–I knew this had been used, but I had no letters! FINCH I forgot to play yesterday! First thing, i checked the used words to see if LEAST was the word. Whew! ---
**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 6, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6725 "2024-04-06T21:25:41Z")
WB used corns on guess two. Not my favorite🀭 ---
**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 6, 2024, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6726 "2024-04-06T23:16:01Z")
Wordle 1,022 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OUNCE PINCH WINCH FINCH Bah. I guessed that it was either a \_INCH word or FANCY. (I missed seeing RANCH.) First instinct was to put down FINCH to check for the F, but then thought, nah, if it isn’t \_INCH then I’ll know it’s FANCY, so I don’t need to check for F. Talked myself out of a two. ---
**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 6, 2024, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6727 "2024-04-06T23:41:20Z")
Another 4. So annoying! But it could have been worse, so I’ll take it. Wordle 1,022 4/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SPINY WINCH FINCH ---
**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 7, 2024, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6728 "2024-04-07T01:02:58Z")
**Wordle 1,022 4/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHOIR PINCH FINCH Toss-up today…instead of a sleuth to guarantee a 4, I just went for it - good thing it wasn’t Winch. ---
**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 7, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6729 "2024-04-07T03:29:15Z")
Wordle 1,022 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE SCION RUNIC WINCH FINCH Add me to the WINCH before FINCH club! And @chela I agree with you on not thinking highly of Wb’s 2nd guess. ---
**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 7, 2024, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6730 "2024-04-07T03:32:06Z")
Barely remembered to play in time. Wordle 1,022 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SHINY APHID LINCH FINCH ---
**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 7, 2024, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6731 "2024-04-07T04:11:28Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 1,023 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] Bah! ---
**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 7, 2024, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6732 "2024-04-07T04:14:55Z")
Wordle 1,023 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT LASER VOCAL VOILA I don’t love voila as a Wordle answer. I guess it qualifies as a borrowed word in English at this point, but it really feels French to me. Will voici also be an answer? ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2024, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6733 "2024-04-07T04:35:28Z")
Wordle 1,023 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO AXIOM VOILA ---
**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 7, 2024, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6734 "2024-04-07T05:34:38Z")
Wordle 1,023 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STERN** **CLOUD** **GIMPY** **HAWKS** _ **VOILA!** _ ---
**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 7, 2024, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6735 "2024-04-07T08:48:20Z")
Wordle 1,023 4/6\* \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[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 M} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2024, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6736 "2024-04-07T10:49:30Z")
Wordle 1023 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 500 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 131 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 18 🟩🟨⬜🟩🟩 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT LARCH IMPEL VILLA VOILA That’s not an English word. It’s certainly familiar to English speakers, but still. ---
**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 7, 2024, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6737 "2024-04-07T12:13:26Z")
Wordle 1,023 6/6\* πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE POLAR LOAMY TOTAL DOULA VOILA What the actual fuck? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2024, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6738 "2024-04-07T12:31:40Z")
> **Wordle 1,023 4/6\* 4/7/2024** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > F_I_NCH β†’ Fourth Wordle in a row with an I. It’s been a minute since I’ve struck out completely with the first guess. The second guess is a choice between a vowel hunt or three comcons - I’ll go for the former > R_A_ **I** SE β†’ Got a vowel, now I’d really like to clean up a couple more comcons… but I’d need to double up to do so. Since it’s early (in the morning, and in the game) I’ll try it, which may be a fool’s errand > _A_T **IL** T β†’ Struck out on the T’s, but finding and placing the L is great - and the A must go on the end, so ??ILA - I guess it’s > **VOILA** > > It’s common enough, I suppose, but it’s making loanwords do a lot of heavy lifting. Scoredle solved it just like I did from FINCH, execpt that it tried AXIAL with it’s third guess which gave it just enough info to place the L. ---
**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 7, 2024, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6739 "2024-04-07T13:17:29Z")
Wordle 1,023 3/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE ALIGN VOILA ---
**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 7, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6740 "2024-04-07T14:15:07Z")
Wordle 1,023 4/6 ⬜🟦🟦⬜⬜ ⬜🟦⬜🟧⬜ 🟧🟦🟦🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE RALLY VIOLA - Yay, a three. . .wait, what? VOILA - Je n’aime pas cette merde! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=336) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=338)