# "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:** 35
**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 26, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/681 "2023-04-26T17:25:09Z")
Wordle 676 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST RETCH METER METRO At least I tied Wordlebot. ---
**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, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/682 "2023-04-26T17:40:03Z")
Wordle 676 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ACUTE STEEL TEPID BEGOT METRO Banished to five-land again. Scoredle’s trick of doubling up unplaced letters didn’t do me much good. And I didn’t really like BEGOT, but I honestly couldn’t think of anything else; a terminal O just didn’t occur to me. Not my best work. ---
**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 26, 2023, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/683 "2023-04-26T22:50:17Z")
Wordle 676 5/6 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH TRESS RIVET OUTRE METRO Time-consuming, and annoying in that I’m not fully willing to concede that β€œmetro” is a legitimate word (as opposed to being an abbreviation). But: there it is. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/684 "2023-04-27T00:38:14Z")
Wordle 676 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 524 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟨 3 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE =\> RETRO had already been used, so… METRO Woke up in the middle of the night last night, couldn’t get back to sleep, so figured what the hey. Glad I did. ---
**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 27, 2023, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/685 "2023-04-27T01:38:47Z")
Good to see you. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/686 "2023-04-27T04:18:52Z")
A couple of 3’s the last two days to make up for a recent 6. Wordle 677 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ASIDE COURT LOGIC I could have guessed IONIC. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/687 "2023-04-27T04:37:47Z")
Wordle 677 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SOLID LOGIN LOGIC ---
**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 27, 2023, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/688 "2023-04-27T04:59:22Z")
**Wordle 676 3/6** ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCARE FIERY METRO ---
**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 27, 2023, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/689 "2023-04-27T07:11:20Z")
Wordle 677 4/6 πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST ROUND CHIMP LOGIC ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/690 "2023-04-27T08:23:10Z")
Wordle 677 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WINCE CHILD LOGIC ---
**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 27, 2023, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/691 "2023-04-27T09:38:16Z")
Wordle 677 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE TOILS LOGIC Feels like it took longer than it should’ve. ---
**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 27, 2023, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/692 "2023-04-27T10:23:53Z")
Wordle 677 5/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,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 Q} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 27, 2023, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/693 "2023-04-27T11:47:50Z")
Wordle 677 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IDEAL LINGO LOGIC ---
**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 27, 2023, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/694 "2023-04-27T11:54:30Z")
Wordle 677 3/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GREAT BUGGY LOGIC Lucky 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 27, 2023, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/695 "2023-04-27T12:05:22Z")
Wordle 677 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART LIONS LOGIC ---
**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 27, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/696 "2023-04-27T16:14:47Z")
Wordle 677 5/6 🟦⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟦🟧🟦 ⬜🟧⬜🟧🟧 ⬜🟧⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 Stupid, stupid, stupid. CRANE SPOIL - don’t forget the β€˜L’! TOXIC - forgot it COMIC - forgot it LOGIC - no duh ---
**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 27, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/697 "2023-04-27T16:41:39Z")
Wordle 677 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ROUSE POINT FOLIO LOGIC FOLIO wasn’t the best guess, I suppose, but just as likely as any other -O-I- word. I probably would have gone with LOGIC at three if I’d seen it, though. ---
**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 27, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/698 "2023-04-27T17:41:27Z")
Wordle 677 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNARE LUMPY LIGHT LOGIC Though to try a new a starter. Didn’t do much good ---
**Author:** ![Beesnest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/699 "2023-04-27T19:48:55Z")
Wordle 677 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›I too used a new start word β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› my second word is barely a word ,specialized use β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©better, with two solid letters than did not hit 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 even a stopped clock is right sometimes chair,scrip,tonic,logic ---
**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 27, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/700 "2023-04-27T22:54:19Z")
**Wordle 677 3/6** ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPACE CHOIR LOGIC Got lucky…had about 5 words ending in IC and got the right one. πŸ™‚ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=36)