# "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:** 381
**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 29, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7601 "2024-05-29T12:45:07Z")
Wordle 1,075 5/6\* πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHALT LARDY CAULK PAPAL ---
**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 29, 2024, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7602 "2024-05-29T13:06:40Z")
Wordle 1,075 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE TALON LAUGH MADLY PAPAL ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7603 "2024-05-29T13:17:49Z")
Wordle 1075 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 500 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 103 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT LARCH MOPED PAPAL Scoredle says there was only one possible solution after 3, but it took me the longest time to see what it was. My 400th in a row. ---
**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 29, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7604 "2024-05-29T15:32:40Z")
Cripes. Wordle 1,075 5/6 ⬜🟦🟦⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟧🟧 ⬜🟧⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE ROUGH - vowel eliminator FINAL CABAL PAPAL - this took me for fucking ever ---
**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 29, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7605 "2024-05-29T15:44:12Z")
Wordle 1,075 5/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ASIDE MURAL FATAL CANAL PAPAL Not a fan of double doubles, unless I’m at In N Out. ---
**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 29, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7606 "2024-05-29T15:48:11Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 1,075 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] CLEAR VITAL NASAL PAPAL ---
**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 29, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7607 "2024-05-29T16:31:42Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > My 400th in a row. Awesome! ---
**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, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7608 "2024-05-29T16:34:06Z")
> **Wordle 1,075 5/6\* 5/29/2024** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > MINUS β†’ So I put A & E in a box with three comcons, shook up a few times and got > _AL_ERT β†’ and if there’s one thing I need, it’s another lert. Don’t see many places to put an O, but I should try a terminal Y > B **A** _L_DY β†’ And here was I stuck. Would like to try an O word but couldn’t see one to save my life. But with the A there, there pretty much must be another vowel. Until I remembered something from anatomy… > V **A** G **AL** β†’ and with that it was a short step to > **PAPAL** > > So that was a bit of a slog. Having only three letters out of the alphabet made it hard to get a quick win, as I think we’ve demonstrated - as of this writing no one here has gotten below par. ---
**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 29, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7609 "2024-05-29T17:09:46Z")
Wordle 1,075 4/6\* 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST CLOAK ANNAL PAPAL ---
**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 30, 2024, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7610 "2024-05-30T03:37:10Z")
**Wordle 1,075 5/6** ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHOIR BUMPY APPAL PAPAL This was a bit of a slog…there were a lot of words to sort through. BUMPY would check a lot of them, and it left just two words that I could see. Something didn’t look right with Appal, but I went with it in any case…should have looked up the spelling. πŸ™ƒ ---
**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 30, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7611 "2024-05-30T03:46:36Z")
Wordle 1,075 3/6\* 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE PALLY PAPAL The double double meant that I took ages to get it ---
**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 30, 2024, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7612 "2024-05-30T04:01:41Z")
Wordle 1,076 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHIRT DUMPY GUMMY ---
**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 30, 2024, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7613 "2024-05-30T04:45:17Z")
Wordle 1,076 6/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCORE BUDDY FUZZY YUMMY GUMMY Papal then gummy, huh? Wordle editor bringing out the big guns. What’s tomorrow going to be, queue? ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7614 "2024-05-30T05:19:39Z")
Wordle 1,076 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUNES DUCHY MUGGY GUMMY After three, I was worried about PUPPY or MUMMY, but couldn’t rule out BUGGY. I chose MUGGY to get as much information as possible. ---
**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 30, 2024, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7615 "2024-05-30T07:05:17Z")
Wordle 1,076 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN CLOUD GIMPY GUMMY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7616 "2024-05-30T07:15:41Z")
> **Wordle 1,076 6/6\* 5/30/2024** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > PAPAL β†’ Whiff. TIme for a good first guess second… > TONER β†’ Another whiff. I’d better at least find a vowel… > _M_ **U** SIC β†’ There’s one! I’ll need to at least double up on that M, and try a Y > D **UMMY** β†’ OK, do I need to triple up on it? > M **UMMY** β†’ Oh, I’m an idiot - excluded by my third guess. Well, at least there’s just one word left > **GUMMY** > > And Scoredle reminds me of YUMMY, which I probably would have picked had I seen it. So, close to my second miss of the week. ---
**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 30, 2024, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7617 "2024-05-30T08:07:01Z")
Wordle 1,076 5/6\* \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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \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 30, 2024, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7618 "2024-05-30T10:18:10Z")
Wordle 1076 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,713 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 99 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 4 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY GUMMY Fortunately overlooked YUMMY; MUMMY had already been used. > [@EllisDee](#): > > What’s tomorrow going to be, queue? Nah, it was #883. QUAFF is still available, though. (I have a tab of Q-words in my spreadsheet.) ---
**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 30, 2024, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7619 "2024-05-30T12:25:23Z")
Wordle 1,076 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL FUNNY DUMMY MUMMY GUMMY ---
**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 30, 2024, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7620 "2024-05-30T13:12:26Z")
Wordle 1,076 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE COUNT BUMPY DUMMY GUMMY [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=380) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=382)