# "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:** 338
**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 7, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6741 "2024-04-07T14:21:14Z")
Wordle 1,023 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > Morph > Voice > Voila Head scratcher after second 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, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6742 "2024-04-07T16:05:09Z")
Wordle 1,023 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART CAPON MODAL FOLIA VOILA ---
**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 7, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6743 "2024-04-07T16:10:20Z")
Wordle 1,023 5/6\* 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST CORAL DOULA MOOLA VOILA This is a bullshit word. Its French! ---
**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 7, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6744 "2024-04-07T18:52:09Z")
Wordle 1,023 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 MAUVE AVIAN VOILA I love it when I hit uncommon consonants. This is why I keep words like MAUVE in the rotation. I really liked my second word too, as it placed both the A and the V, plus an I to boot. _Et VOILA_, there was only one possibility left, foreign as it may be. ---
**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 7, 2024, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6745 "2024-04-07T22:39:36Z")
I’m laughing at those funny guesses! @BobLibDem too, πŸ˜„ ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6746 "2024-04-08T00:11:55Z")
Technically, no. It’s a borrowed word. In subtitling, we italicize foreign words, but not ones that are common in English. Capice? Bon voyage! Avenue, boulevard… But, yes, it’s a dick move by Wordle. ---
**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 8, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6747 "2024-04-08T00:39:25Z")
**Wordle 1,023 3/6** ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHOIR VOILA ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6748 "2024-04-08T01:07:01Z")
[Moderating] A reminder, that when you’re commenting on the current word, you should use spoiler tags. ---
**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 8, 2024, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6749 "2024-04-08T04:18:48Z")
MONDAY, APRIL 8th Wordle 1,024 5/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHIER CURED TREED BREED ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6750 "2024-04-08T05:54:33Z")
Wordle 1,024 6/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO NURSE WHERE GREED CAFES BREED Had to confirm the trap on four, leaving me with BREED, CREED and FREED. Used a sleuth word at five to give me the answer and save the streak. ---
**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 8, 2024, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6751 "2024-04-08T08:05:14Z")
\begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ \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 8, 2024, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6752 "2024-04-08T08:18:06Z")
Wordle 1,024 6/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STERN** **CLOUD** **GIMPY** **HAWKS** **BEEFY** **BREED** ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6753 "2024-04-08T09:00:01Z")
> **Wordle 1,024 5/6\* 4/8/2024** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > VOILA β†’ Whiff. Makes my choice for the next word easy, though - last pair of common vowels and three comcons > T **R** U **E** S β†’ Not bad. Perhaps time to double up that E? and try the last comcon, so > G **REE** N β†’ Not many consonants left, so > G **REED** β†’ Aggggh. Was trusing the B, but my sleepy fingers hit G again. > **BREED** > > I should have waited until tonight to Wordle. Perhaps better luck with clouds today? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6754 "2024-04-08T09:10:13Z")
Wordle 2^10 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,713 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 176 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 16 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE FRUMP GREED BREED Lost the metaphorical coin toss on 4. Such is life. ---
**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 8, 2024, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6755 "2024-04-08T10:59:57Z")
Wordle 1,024 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE OUTER GREEN CREED BREED ---
**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 8, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6756 "2024-04-08T13:21:08Z")
Wordle 1,024 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST WIPER RUMEN BORED BREED ---
**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 8, 2024, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6757 "2024-04-08T13:30:26Z")
Wordle 1,024 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 How to start a family HEART BONER BREED ---
**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 8, 2024, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6758 "2024-04-08T13:40:02Z")
Wordle 1,024 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Thumb Bossy Bread Breed ---
**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 8, 2024, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6759 "2024-04-08T13:49:18Z")
Pretty, pretty, pretty good. Wordle 1,024 3/6 ⬜🟧⬜⬜🟦 ⬜🟧🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE FRESH BREED - thought of β€˜treed’ first, but it didn’t seem likely ---
**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 8, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/6760 "2024-04-08T16:40:22Z")
Wordle 1,024 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 COATI NURSE LEVER BREED Could have been GREED, FREED, or BREED. Sleuth word at four, or randomly take a four, five, or six? Eh, roll the dice. Good roll! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=337) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=339)