# "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:** 382
**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 30, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7621 "2024-05-30T14:20:43Z")
Wordle 1,076 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟧⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧⬜⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE - crap GROIN - vowel eliminator, so it has to be a ‘u’, has a double consonant and probably ends in ‘y’ GUPPY - right idea, wrong choice GUMMY ---
**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 30, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7622 "2024-05-30T16:08:05Z")
Wordle 1,076 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟦⬛ ⬛⬛🟦🟧⬛ ⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ARIEL SNOUT CHUMP DUMMY GUMMY All five vowels and all five WoF consonants on the board, and all I had was a single unplaced U. Not great. I smelled the terminal Y, but decided to throw as many consonants as possible at the wall to try to stay out of the \_U\_\_Y trap. And that worked. Lost the coin toss, but still not mad to escape with a bogey here; early on, it felt like I was on the road to a fail. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7623 "2024-05-30T17:22:50Z")
When I’m guessing, I stay away from words with multiples of the same letter but lately it seems that’s been the case in recent days. ---
**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 30, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7624 "2024-05-30T17:24:57Z")
Wordle 1,076 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST MINOR GUMMY It was the only vowel left, but I still got lucky. ---
**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, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7625 "2024-05-30T21:09:28Z")
Wordle 1,076 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE MINOR GUMMY @Rebo Yes lucky here too! DUMMY and YUMMY were possible, but I didn’t see them. And 6% of hard mode players didn’t guess it, meaning broken streaks. ---
**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 31, 2024, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7626 "2024-05-31T04:04:32Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 1,077 3/6 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] CLOSE COATS CHAOS ---
**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 31, 2024, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7627 "2024-05-31T04:32:55Z")
Wordle 1,077 4/6 ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟨🟨🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCARE CHASM CHAOS Another terminal S. ---
**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 31, 2024, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7628 "2024-05-31T05:06:37Z")
**Wordle 1,076 4/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHOIR DUMPY GUMMY ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7629 "2024-05-31T07:57:10Z")
Wordle 1,077 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO NODAL AWOKE CHAOS Another one where I couldn’t find an answer. I was so sure that xxAOX could not be possible. ---
**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 31, 2024, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7630 "2024-05-31T08:49:52Z")
Wordle 1,077 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \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 31, 2024, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7631 "2024-05-31T08:50:25Z")
Wordle 1077 3/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 203 🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜ 9 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHASE - so close! CHAOS - tap-in for the birdie First 3 in nearly a week. ---
**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 31, 2024, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7632 "2024-05-31T09:28:43Z")
Wordle 1,077 3/6\* 🟦⬛🟦⬛⬛ 🟦🟦🟧⬛⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SOAPY CHAOS ---
**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 31, 2024, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7633 "2024-05-31T12:13:15Z")
Wordle 1,077 5/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SLASH CHADS should be obvious but I stupidly move a correct placement for the next guess CHASM CHAOS ---
**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 31, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7634 "2024-05-31T12:45:08Z")
Wordle 1,077 5/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟨⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN CLOUD GIMPY HAWKS CHAOS ---
**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 31, 2024, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7635 "2024-05-31T13:00:10Z")
Wordle 1,077 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE STACK CHAOS ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7636 "2024-05-31T14:40:25Z")
> **Wordle 1,077 4/6\* 5/31/2024** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > GUMMY → Not unexpected. I had a first guess played second ready for just this eventuality > _S_L **A** TE → Would be nice to try both N & R, but I don’t see how. I’ll load up on consonants and trust the B > BR **A** _SH_ → If the S is second, I pretty much have to have a vowel in first, but then ?SAH? goes nowhere. So it’s a terminal S, which is odd. HOA?S goes nowhere, ?HA?S with no leading S or T pretty much forces a C which looks like > **CHAOS** > > I resisted putting that final letter in that spot for as long as I could. Scoredle figures it out really quickly; I think it likes getting that fourth letter out there as soon as possible. ---
**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 31, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7637 "2024-05-31T15:54:58Z")
Wordle 1,077 4/6 🟧⬜🟧⬜⬜ 🟧⬜🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟦🟧🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE CLAIM COAST CHAOS ---
**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 31, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7638 "2024-05-31T16:19:20Z")
Wordle 1,077 3/6 🟦🟦⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟦🟦⬛🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ACUTE BASIC CHAOS I came up with CHAOS rather quickly and was feeling proud of myself. There were more words left than I thought, so it’s a good thing I didn’t think harder about it. I’ll take a little luck these days. ---
**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 31, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7639 "2024-05-31T18:29:29Z")
Wordle 1,077 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST SHARK CHAIS CHAOS CHAIS was a dumb guess. I didn’t see CHAOS, though! ---
**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:** [June 1, 2024, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7640 "2024-06-01T03:34:53Z")
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