# "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:** 380
**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 28, 2024, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7581 "2024-05-28T08:34:40Z")
Wordle 1,074 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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,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 P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \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 M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \\ \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 28, 2024, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7582 "2024-05-28T11:07:06Z")
Wordle 1074 4/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 300 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 39 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 30 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT NOISE FINIS MINUS I’m a freakin’ _mathematician_ - I should have seen this at 3! > [@psychobunny](#): > > This took me a ridiculously long time trying to come up with any word for guess three. You weren’t the only one. When I saw the word that was my third guess, I jumped on it out of sheer desperation! ---
**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 28, 2024, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7583 "2024-05-28T11:26:27Z")
Wordle 1,074 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SNORE MINUS Super difficult. Any answer that ends in S is generally brutal. ---
**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 28, 2024, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7584 "2024-05-28T11:42:20Z")
Wordle 1,074 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN CLOUD MINUS ---
**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 28, 2024, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7585 "2024-05-28T11:43:49Z")
Wordle 1,074 5/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE KNITS HINDS RINGS MINUS ---
**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 28, 2024, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7586 "2024-05-28T11:44:01Z")
Wordle 1,074 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL MISTY MINUS ---
**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 28, 2024, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7587 "2024-05-28T12:44:50Z")
Wordle 1,074 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE BISON MINUS ---
**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 28, 2024, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7588 "2024-05-28T13:59:05Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 1,074 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] CUBIC QUIET MINUS ---
**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 28, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7589 "2024-05-28T14:14:51Z")
Wordle 1,074 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟦⬜ ⬜⬜🟦🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE POINT MINTY MINUS ---
**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 28, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7590 "2024-05-28T16:04:36Z")
Wordle 1,074 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST SHOCK MUMPS MINUS ---
**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 28, 2024, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7591 "2024-05-28T18:57:41Z")
Wordle 1,074 2/6 β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PIOUS MINUS Sweet deuce! It was either MINUS or VIRUS, and I won the coin flip. (Then I looked at Scordle. If it had been FICUS, I’d be pissed right now!) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7592 "2024-05-29T00:33:16Z")
Had a weekend away, so played on my phone. Wordle 1,072 4/6\* TITAN - Whiffed, try a first guess second LOSER - Could UEL or EEL, don’t see any words with the former WHEEL - ?E?EL but not LEVEL (see previous guess) BEVEL Wordle 1,073 X/6\* BEV **E** L - No second E, so that’s good. Try something with A and some comcons **S** AN **ER** - Uh, this looks like a trap. Three (or four) more vowels to go… **S** OB **ER** - Not that one. U this time? **S** UP **ER** - Aggh. Hope it’s an I **S** _I_Z **ER** - It is… but not where I wanted it to be. H? **S** H **IER** Why didn’t I see the K? I knew the spelling is SHYER, but… aggh. What a way to go. > **Wordle 1,074 4/6\* 5/28/2024** > > 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 > ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _S_K_I_ER β†’ OK, not bad. A and comcons… or, after not seeing a word with two of 'em, at least one comcon > BA_SIN_ β†’ I trusted the B, and look what happened? All right, I see a followup word with a pair of Ts (actually two followup words, as it anagrams to STINT) so… > T **IN** T **S** β†’ We don’t usually see a terminal S, so a word that’s not plural and not a third person regular vowel. Ah, with a U… > **MINUS** > > Scoredle guesses the answer with its second guess, and stays with it thereafter. Pretty impressive by Scoredle; for me, it’s a par, but that’s and improvement after yesterday… ---
**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 29, 2024, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7593 "2024-05-29T01:46:30Z")
Wordle 1,074 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE MINOR MINUS ---
**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 29, 2024, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7594 "2024-05-29T01:56:41Z")
I’m behind in posting! Wordle 1,072 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SHELF BELLY BEVEL Wordle 1,073 3/6\* πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE MINER SKIER Wordle 1,074 4/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SPINY BISON MINUS Which brings my current streak to 620 after having missed PARER. I find it a little pathetic that my life is regimented enough that nothing has diverted me from playing this dumb game every single day for nearly 2 years. Oh, well. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7595 "2024-05-29T04:31:49Z")
Wordle 1,075 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LANES CAULK BALMY PAPAL I chased that L all over the place! ---
**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 29, 2024, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7596 "2024-05-29T04:52:00Z")
**Wordle 1,074 4/6** 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHOIR WISPY MINUS Lost the coin toss. You’d think there would be a lot more words with just the S and I in yellow, but I was only seeing two of them. ---
**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 29, 2024, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7597 "2024-05-29T08:35:04Z")
Wordle 1,075 6/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \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 A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ \end{aligned} Bastards. ---
**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 29, 2024, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7598 "2024-05-29T11:55:38Z")
Wordle 1,075 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SQUAD a long shot to be sure CLOAK no E, O, or U. Time to try I INLAY PAPAL bull shit word ---
**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 29, 2024, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7599 "2024-05-29T12:13:46Z")
Wordle 1,075 4/6 πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT PEDAL PUPAL PAPAL Sneaky double double. ---
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Wordle 1,075 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN CLOUD GIMPY HAWKS PAPAL [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=379) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=381)