# "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:** 34
**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, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/661 "2023-04-25T16:12:19Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Wordle 675 3/6\* > > β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› > β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SWEAT > CHIDE > JOKER > > Unbelievable! Nice! ---
**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, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/662 "2023-04-25T16:18:56Z")
You guys who play in hard mode: my hat’s off to you. ---
**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, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/663 "2023-04-25T16:43:51Z")
Thanks - it seemed too easy before, but I sometimes regret it! ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/664 "2023-04-25T18:25:25Z")
Wordle 675 3/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 KNIFE CLERK JOKER ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/665 "2023-04-25T23:35:24Z")
Wordle 675 X/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 875 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 179 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 43 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 10 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 8 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 8 SLART NICHE DUMPY VERGE =\> Brain fart, part 1 FROZE =\> Brain fart, part 2 BOWER =\> wrong guess So I blew my 4th and 5th guesses on a pre-dawn brain fart - I thought to myself, β€œthis is the same as BROKE the other day, I’ve got my notes from that and can just use them.” But that had had a green where I had a yellow today, and blew two guesses due to my obliviousness to that. And by the time I recovered, it was too late, baby. I’m sure I could have solved it if it hadn’t been for that; there just weren’t a lot of possibilities. Funny thing, though: while lying in bed, I’d been thinking that Wordle hadn’t interested me nearly as much, this past month or two, as it had used to. I was thinking that I had this nice 220-game win streak, and it’s worth keeping on just to see how long I can keep that going, but I’m ready to put the game down whenever it breaks. And it broke. And maybe that’s just as well. So if you don’t see me for awhile, that’s why. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/666 "2023-04-25T23:57:58Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Look at it this way: this was Wordle #673. There are slightly over 2300 words in the list of solutions, I’m told. So we’re not even 30% of the way through the list. So even the most blatantly, obviously common five-letter word has a better than 70% chance of not having yet been a solution. Excellent point. Yesterday: Wordle 674 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROAST TEMPO LITHO DITTO After spending time on variations of ITCHO and other non-starters, I was glad to get the par. > Wordle 675 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT DRUID WHORE POKER JOKER I knew the W word couldn’t be a solution but was stuck. Then I tried POKER even though it _had_ been a solution. Just a blah game all around. ---
**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 26, 2023, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/667 "2023-04-26T01:11:27Z")
Wordle 675 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AGILE TONER PUCKS JOKER I was fortunate to reveal the trap at two, and then chose a sleuth word that gave me the K _and_ eliminated P. Very happy with par today. ---
**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 26, 2023, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/668 "2023-04-26T04:05:36Z")
**Wordle 675 5/6** ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCARE LIGER MOVER BAWTY JOKER Annoying trap. I had a long list of words, but I was really feeling Joker and _almost_ went with it at 4, but I really didn’t want to fail, so I tossed up a sleuth word (no idea what it means, but was glad Wordle took it). I still had some words that hadn’t been ruled out yet, but I decided to just go with Joker…wished I took the risk at 4 with it, but easy to say in hindsight. ---
**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 26, 2023, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/669 "2023-04-26T07:39:04Z")
Wordle 676 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST ROUND TENOR METRO ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/670 "2023-04-26T07:57:01Z")
Wordle 676 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VAPID MOUSE MELON METRO ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/671 "2023-04-26T08:02:24Z")
Wordle 676 2/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO METRO That is a little more like it after yesterday. ---
**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 26, 2023, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/672 "2023-04-26T09:06:34Z")
Wordle 676 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟨 🟨⬜🟩🟩🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALERT OUTRE RETRO METRO Not exactly inspired, but fairly straightforward. ---
**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 26, 2023, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/673 "2023-04-26T10:10:15Z")
Wordle 676 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE TORES OVERT METRO ---
**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 26, 2023, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/674 "2023-04-26T11:23:25Z")
Wordle 676 2/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \\ \end{aligned} πŸ‘ ---
**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 26, 2023, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/675 "2023-04-26T12:01:45Z")
Wordle 676 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE CRUEL HERON METRO ---
**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 26, 2023, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/676 "2023-04-26T12:05:03Z")
Wordle 676 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL COMET TEMPO METRO I wish I had thought of METRO for my third word. Oh, well! ---
**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 26, 2023, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/677 "2023-04-26T12:22:03Z")
Wordle 676 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART RETRY METRE (thinking they might have a bent for UK spellings) METRO ---
**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 26, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/678 "2023-04-26T13:38:35Z")
Wordle 676 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT STORE OVERT METRO Stupid mistake at 3, replaying T in last position. Metro was one of my standard second guesses back in my clamp store days, meaning I would have definitely seen it. This should have been a 3. ---
**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 26, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/679 "2023-04-26T13:58:44Z")
Wordle 676 4/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ 🟧🟦⬜🟦🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL MOVER METRO ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/680 "2023-04-26T14:34:04Z")
Wordle 676 5/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EXACT DEITY GETUP RETRO METRO [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=33) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=35)