# "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:** 355
**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 27, 2024, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7081 "2024-04-27T00:41:35Z")
No 2 for me today. \< sniffle \> Wordle 1,042 4/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE BASIL MANIC VAPID ---
**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 27, 2024, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7082 "2024-04-27T03:23:14Z")
Wordle 1,042 3/6\* 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE RAPID VAPID A lucky 2nd guess! ---
**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, 2024, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7083 "2024-04-27T04:16:58Z")
**Saturday, April 27th** Wordle 1,043 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT CLEAR GLEAM The only other word I could see was bleak, which I saw first, but that’s already been 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 27, 2024, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7084 "2024-04-27T04:30:10Z")
Wordle 1,043 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHALE GLEAM ---
**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, 2024, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7085 "2024-04-27T08:32:29Z")
Wordle 1,043 5/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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, 2024, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7086 "2024-04-27T10:54:42Z")
Wordle 1,043 4/6\* πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE CLEAT PLEAD GLEAM ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7087 "2024-04-27T11:15:03Z")
Wordle 1043 3/6 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 75 ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟨 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT ALGAE GLEAM ---
**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, 2024, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7088 "2024-04-27T11:27:29Z")
Wordle 1,043 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STERN** **CLOUD** **GIMPY** **GLEAM** ---
**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, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7089 "2024-04-27T14:23:00Z")
Wordle 1,043 5/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟦 🟦🟦⬜⬜🟦 ⬜🟧🟧🟧⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE EASEL PLEAD BLEAT GLEAM ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7090 "2024-04-27T14:35:19Z")
> **Wordle 1,043 4/6\* 4/27/2024** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > V_A_PID β†’ Slow start, one vowel found and no comcons down. On the plus side: Time for a good second word! > RO_A_ST β†’ And…not so good. Maybe I should have gone for LEAST. or LEARN. If I try ?LEAN, what can fill in the blank? Ah, > **GLEA** N β†’ Oh my, thought I chipped in for birdie there, but it bounced off the rim of the cup. > **GLEAM** > > I think I’d get a pretty hefty luck score on that one - in retrospect, I’m kinda surprised I didn’t try CLEAN third. And Scoredle tries BLEAT with its penultimate guess rather than CLEAT - is there a reason why we both didnt trust the C? ---
**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, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7091 "2024-04-27T14:52:30Z")
Wordle 1,043 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART CLEAN PLEAD GLEAM ---
**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, 2024, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7092 "2024-04-27T15:19:10Z")
Wordle 1,043 4/6\* 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST PLEAD CLEAR GLEAM ---
**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, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7093 "2024-04-27T15:23:58Z")
Wordle 1,043 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE CLEAN GLEAM ---
**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 27, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7094 "2024-04-27T16:11:10Z")
Wordle 1,043 3/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Adopt Glean hesitated here M or N? Gleam ---
**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, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7095 "2024-04-27T19:37:46Z")
Wordle 1,043 5/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 LINER STOLE PLEAD BLEAK GLEAM I have a list of 45 start words containing three vowels each. I’ve gotten a little bored of those, and decided to switch things up a little. I started a new list of words with three or four comcons instead. Day one didn’t go great. ---
**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 28, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7096 "2024-04-28T01:43:07Z")
**Wordle 1,043 3/6** ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE PLEAD GLEAM I almost went with Gleam at 2, but I was seeing 4 words that haven’t been used (Alder, Alley, Gleam, and Plead), and Plead would tell me which one it was. Always good with a 3 regardless (2’s are more fun though πŸ˜‰) ---
**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 28, 2024, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7097 "2024-04-28T01:55:37Z")
Back to a 3. Shew!! Wordle 1,043 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CHEAP GLEAM ---
**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 28, 2024, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7098 "2024-04-28T03:21:56Z")
Wordle 1,043 3/6\* ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE BLEAR GLEAM ---
**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 28, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7099 "2024-04-28T04:03:44Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 1,044 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] Another stoopid ---
**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 28, 2024, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7100 "2024-04-28T04:08:26Z")
Wordle 1,044 3/6 πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT PRONE PRUNE This went well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=354) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=356)