# "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:** 38
**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 30, 2023, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/741 "2023-04-30T11:44:04Z")
Wordle 680 4/6 πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT PLACE PLAID PLAZA Ouchie. ---
**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 30, 2023, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/742 "2023-04-30T11:51:00Z")
Wordle 680 4/6\* πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SLART PLAID PLAZA ---
**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 30, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/743 "2023-04-30T12:51:50Z")
Wordle 680 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COACH TEARY FLASK GLAND PLAZA ---
**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 30, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/744 "2023-04-30T14:35:50Z")
Looks like a tough one for many. My third β€œthree” in a row; go me. Wordle 680 3/6 ⬜⬜🟧⬜⬜ ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL PLAZA - Apparently β€œglamp” would have been the other choice. It crossed my mind, but I rejected it. As it is, I puzzled over the answer for some time. ---
**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 30, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/745 "2023-04-30T15:03:49Z")
Wordle 680 4/6\* πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT PLACE PLAID PLAZA Well, crap. ---
**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 30, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/746 "2023-04-30T15:04:40Z")
Omg! We have the exact same word choices! Ouchie, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/747 "2023-04-30T15:18:15Z")
Wordle 680 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY STACK LLAMA PLAZA Not improving on my second guess worried me a little. LLAMA was a bit of a Hail Mary for me. ---
**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 30, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/748 "2023-04-30T15:47:50Z")
Wordle 680 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Fell victim to the old double vowel + uncommon consonant trick HEART FLAKY PLAID PLANS PLAZA ---
**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 30, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/749 "2023-04-30T17:14:08Z")
Wordle 680 5/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ANISE TOLAR LAUGH BLACK PLAZA I kept throwing letters at the wall and nothing was sticking. Very frustrating. (TOLAR is the pre-Euro monetary unit of Slovenia, by the way. Yes, of _course_ I knew that! 😁) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2023, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/750 "2023-04-30T20:33:28Z")
Catching up - it’s been a busy few days. Had time to solve these, but not much time to post. Wordle 678 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 1,191 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 11 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE CIRCA =\> CIGAR, the only other real possibility, had already been smoked. Wordle 679 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 1,191 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 12 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE CEDAR Had to decide between CEDAR and the CAPER/CAGER/CAVER/CARER trap (whichever I did, if the R was yellow, I’d get CREAM in 4, so I didn’t consider that for my 3rd guess). Won that coin toss. Wordle 680 4/6 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 65 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 21 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT DRECK LLAMA PLAZA After my first guess, I came up with 18 plausible solutions. I chose my second word to narrow down that list as much as possible, and it did a great job - I only had two possibilities remaining after that guess. This time I lost the coin toss, obviously - it happens. πŸ™‚ But LLAMA had kept on coming up as a possible solution over the past couple months, and I thought this might be its time. Nope. πŸ˜ƒ ---
**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 30, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/751 "2023-04-30T21:24:59Z")
I’ve been away… you may have noticed. Or not. πŸ˜‰ I’m still away, but I’ll take a moment to post my recent scores. Wordle 675 5/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SUPER FOYER POWER JOKER Wordle 676 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE OVERT METRO Wordle 677 3/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CHILD LOGIC Other word was FOLIC, and I didn’t recognize that one as an available choice. Wordle 678 3/6\* πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE NADIR CIRCA Wordle 679 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLEAR CEDAR Wordle 680 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SCALY PLANK PLAZA One rather momentous (to me) thing happened yesterday. For the first time ever since I started playing this game, my scored 3s were equal to my scored 4s. It only took 466 games!! ---
**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 30, 2023, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/752 "2023-04-30T22:06:01Z")
Nice, well done! My 3s are still 10 behind my 4s as of this morning. ---
**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 30, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/753 "2023-04-30T22:21:21Z")
You guys are good! I have 65 more fours than threes. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/754 "2023-05-01T00:50:11Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > … I have 65 more fours than threes. Yeah, that’s me (or close), too. Wordle 680 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AROSE DAILY PLAZA Today’s three owes something to some reading I’ve been doing about Chicago-area movie locations–for example, scenes in the 1993 The Fugitive were filmed in Daley Plaza. The brain is an odd organ. ---
**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 1, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/755 "2023-05-01T01:04:07Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Nice, well done! My 3s are still 10 behind my 4s as of this morning. Thanks. πŸ™‚ That’s where mine sat for most of the time I’ve been playing. I’ve drawn within 2 or 3 a couple of times, but I just couldn’t get to the tie until yesterday. It’s kind of a dumb thing to feel β€œaccomplished” about, but it made me smile. ---
**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 1, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/756 "2023-05-01T01:07:43Z")
**Wordle 680 5/6** 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ANISE HOAGY DRAFT QUACK PLAZA Wasn’t a fun one. Too many annoying words this month. Think I may be taking a break (or quitting entirely)…we’ll see. That said, my 3’s surpassed my 4’s this month, so there’s that at least. ---
**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 1, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/757 "2023-05-01T01:18:03Z")
> [@SeaSun](#): > > my 3’s surpassed my 4’s this month, so there’s that at least. Nice work! ---
**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 1, 2023, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/758 "2023-05-01T04:35:37Z")
Thanks! It’s been a while since that has happened. Still a fair bit behind overall, but I’ve got something to aim for, and I can try to at least close the gap a bit more, if luck is on my side. πŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/759 "2023-05-01T04:56:56Z")
Wordle 681 4/6 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO RANCH RANDY RANGE Should have checked vowels earlier. ---
**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 1, 2023, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/760 "2023-05-01T07:36:04Z")
Wordle 681 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **SALET** β€” _I recently read an article from MIT that said this is the best starting word. I had been using LEAST which uses the same letters but obviously in a different order. SALET paid big dividends, this time._ **ROUND** **RANGE** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=37) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=39)