# "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:** 363
**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:** [May 6, 2024, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7241 "2024-05-06T13:18:08Z")
Wordle 1,052 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE SHAPE MIKED SHAVE ---
**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:** [May 6, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7242 "2024-05-06T13:58:30Z")
Wordle 1,052 4/6 ⬜⬜🟧⬜🟧 🟧⬜🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPATE SHALE SHAVE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7243 "2024-05-06T14:21:11Z")
Wordle 1052 3/6 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 104 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 4 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT PERCH SHAVE I found 29 possible solutions after my starting word. 10 of them had already been used, but that still left 19 possibilities. If the solution had been SHAKY or SHADY, I’d have had to guess which one it was on 3, but my second word identified the solution if it was any of the other 17. So I was pleased with the 3, and with the process of getting there. > [@EllisDee](#): > > Leaving only shave, woohoo! And SUAVE. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7244 "2024-05-06T14:21:43Z")
Hush, you! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7245 "2024-05-06T14:23:16Z")
😁 😁 😁 ---
**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:** [May 6, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7246 "2024-05-06T14:27:14Z")
Wordle 1,052 4/6 πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE CHUNK PROVE SHAVE I’m not too proud of this par. CHUNK was not a great second word; despite placing the H, it still left five options, and no words that could test more than three of them. Sloppily played. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7247 "2024-05-06T14:45:38Z")
> **Wordle 1,052 5/6\* 5/6/2024** > > ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ > 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > D_E_C_A_L β†’ Got vowels-a-poppin’! So I can switch them and load up on comcons for the second guess. > **S** _A_N_E_R β†’ Good one on the S! I’m glad I kept looking past RATES. Plus, the placed S gives me fewer places to shuffle A & E into. Next, something with a T and another consonant, and hunt for the vowels’ places > **S** T_EA_K β†’ That ain’t right. Dumb-de-dumb-dumb! STAKE would have been right. In fact, S?A?E must be it. Wasted guess. And now I see a word that makes me worry I have another vowel… > **S** U **AVE** β†’ Nope, I didn’t. That was a close > **SHAVE** > > Clumsily played. Scoredle tries the same second guess, then jumps right to the answer on three and stays on it through my fourth guess. Smug Scoredle. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7248 "2024-05-06T15:04:11Z")
Wordle 1,052 2/6\* ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST SHAVE Sweet! ---
**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:** [May 7, 2024, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7249 "2024-05-07T00:53:10Z")
**Wordle 1,052 4/6** 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE SHARE SHAPE SHAVE ---
**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:** [May 7, 2024, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7250 "2024-05-07T01:24:03Z")
I’ll certainly take the par today. Wordle 1,052 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SCALE SHAPE SHAVE ---
**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:** [May 7, 2024, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7251 "2024-05-07T01:34:08Z")
I just noticed that they are now offering to play the Archives…is anyone going to play games they haven’t played before? I still haven’t set up an account, but I just might do so now. I started playing this game at the end of January 2022, but I played sporadically until March 2022, and then played daily from there. I did miss some games now and again, and I think it might be fun to play all the ones I haven’t played. I do have the previous answers in a spreadsheet, but I won’t remember them…at least not what dates they showed up, and certainly can’t recall all of the words. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2024, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7252 "2024-05-07T03:28:28Z")
Wordle 1,052 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE SHARE SHAVE And I didn’t start playing regularly until mid 2022, so I’d like to play some of the archives! WordleBot took 6 guesses to solve this one. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7253 "2024-05-07T04:30:10Z")
Wordle 1,053 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CHUTE LUSTY MUSTY Should have been a three but I went for the better letter but less likely word. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7254 "2024-05-07T07:17:14Z")
> **Wordle 1,053 5/6\* 5/7/2024** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _S_HAVE β†’ Slow start. Time for one of my favorite second guesses > ROI_ST_ β†’ Four vowels down and no hits. Feel like I need to try U & Y both there, and fortunately there’s a word that can do it > L **USTY** β†’ Uh oh. Didn’t see that one coming. B, D, G, M all in play, 4 letters in three guesses. I’ll leave BUSTY out, GUSTY for last, and try > D **USTY** β†’ first, but that wasn’t it, so > **MUSTY** > > I feel very fortunate with today’s solution. Scoredle, starting from SHAVE, finishes in 3, adroitly avoiding the trap. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2024, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7255 "2024-05-07T08:42:35Z")
Wordle 1,053 4/6\* \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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7256 "2024-05-07T09:53:54Z")
Wordle 1053 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 403 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 61 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT THOSE MISTY MUSTY I like my 3rd guess better than their solution. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2024, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7257 "2024-05-07T10:22:03Z")
Wordle 1,053 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHIRT DUSTY MUSTY ---
**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:** [May 7, 2024, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7258 "2024-05-07T11:18:07Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 1,053 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] LEAST STICK GUSTO MUSTY ---
**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:** [May 7, 2024, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7259 "2024-05-07T11:49:07Z")
Wordle 1,053 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART STILL JOUST MUSTY ---
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Wordle 1,053 4/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN CLOUD GIMPY MUSTY [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=362) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=364)