# "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:** 376
**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:** [May 23, 2024, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7501 "2024-05-23T07:14:49Z")
Wordle 1,069 5/6 πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STERN** **CLOUD** **GIMPY** **HAWKS** **SWISH** ---
**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 23, 2024, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7502 "2024-05-23T08:06:42Z")
Wordle 1,069 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ \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 23, 2024, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7503 "2024-05-23T10:42:04Z")
Wordle 1069 3/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 446 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 8 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE SWISH It amazes me that a green S and a yellow H narrowed things down so much. The only other real possibility was SUSHI, which I overlooked. (It occurs to me that when I check Scoredle for what I’ve overlooked, SUSHI has been one of those words several times. I might should stop overlooking it.) ---
**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 23, 2024, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7504 "2024-05-23T11:52:09Z")
Wordle 1,069 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Wordle 1,069 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART misses the rim SHINY barely hits the rim SMITH in and out SWISH nothing but net ---
**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 23, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7505 "2024-05-23T14:15:32Z")
Wordle 1,069 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE HOIST SWISH ---
**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 23, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7506 "2024-05-23T14:25:39Z")
Wordle 1,069 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟧🟧⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE - Ugh! POISE TWIST SWISH ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7507 "2024-05-23T14:42:30Z")
> **Wordle 1,069 4/6\* 5/23/2024** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟨🟨🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > EXALT β†’ Usually, my β€œfirst guess second” words have either A or E in them. Now, I have get creative. Comcons with I & O both, so I jumbled them up and arrived at > _I_RON_S_ β†’ which isn’t perfect due to the plural, but at least covered everything. I thought about some U possibilities, but decided to try the I in the middle and throw lots of different consonants at it, thus going with > _WH_ **IS** K β†’ which transforms to ?WISH, which pretty obviously becomes > **SWISH** > > Nice par, I even got to use my IRONS. I’m just glad I didn’t try for a third vowel with my second guess (terminal Y) and end up missing the letter that was overrepresented in the answer. ---
**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 23, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7508 "2024-05-23T15:42:54Z")
Wordle 1,069 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PATIO LINES SHIRK SWISH I spent an inordinate amount of time looking for -CH and -GH endings before realizing there was a second S. ---
**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 23, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7509 "2024-05-23T16:43:30Z")
Wordle 1,069 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST CRUSH SWISH ---
**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 24, 2024, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7510 "2024-05-24T03:14:56Z")
Wordle 1,069 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE MINOR WHIFF SWISH ---
**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 24, 2024, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7511 "2024-05-24T04:02:26Z")
Wordle 1,069 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCORE SQUID SISSY SWISH Got murdered on this one. I was pleased with myself when I came up with squid, but then didn’t see anything all day. By dinner time I finally saw sissy, but I was like, nah, no way that’s an answer. Then at 11:54 I remembered that I never finished today’s Wordle, so in a panic I just tried the only word I had thought of. Locking in that second green S helped me finally see swish with only 2 minutes to spare before midnight. ---
**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 24, 2024, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7512 "2024-05-24T04:07:02Z")
**Friday, May 24th** Wordle 1,070 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT CLOSE GLIDE For some reason I immediately thought of the Phish song, and now I’m listening to that album. Haven’t thought of either the song or the album in a hot minute. ---
**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 24, 2024, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7513 "2024-05-24T05:31:42Z")
**Wordle 1,069 3/6** 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHOIR SWISH ---
**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 24, 2024, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7514 "2024-05-24T06:14:44Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 1,070 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] COURT SPINE ALIVE GLIDE ---
**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:** [May 24, 2024, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7515 "2024-05-24T07:33:04Z")
I guessed correctly. Wordle 1,070 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STERN** **CLOUD** β€” _could be blade blade glide_ **GLIDE** And I don’t even know what the Phish song is. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2024, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7516 "2024-05-24T08:17:01Z")
Wordle 1,070 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHINE GLIDE ---
**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 24, 2024, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7517 "2024-05-24T08:52:34Z")
Wordle 1,070 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\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 I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \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:** [May 24, 2024, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7518 "2024-05-24T09:17:49Z")
Wordle 1,070 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SLIDE GLIDE ---
**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 24, 2024, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7519 "2024-05-24T11:24:11Z")
Wordle 1,070 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART POISE GUILE GLIDE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2024, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7520 "2024-05-24T11:44:53Z")
Wordle 1070 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 167 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 21 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT FORCE GLIDE With L in the 2-spot after my starting word, I used FORCE instead of my usual CHORE at 2 because there wasn’t a lot of room for an H in the solution, and I wanted to knock off an extra consonant that could precede the L. After 2, I could only find six words that could fit: ELIDE, ELUDE, GLEBE, GLIDE, PLEBE, and PLUME. ELUDE had already been used, and GLEBE and PLEBE seemed less likely\*. Of the remaining three, I liked GLIDE best, and it would do well for narrowing things down if wrong. And today I got lucky and it was the solution. πŸ™‚ (My choice of second word knocked out FLUME, which had been used, and FLUKE, which hadn’t. So it helped. πŸ™‚ ) \*Despite how many times GLEBE appears in Arlington, VA. πŸ˜€ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=375) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=377)