# "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:** 388
**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:** [June 7, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7741 "2024-06-07T13:04:59Z")
Wordle 1,084 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE NOTED MELON ---
**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:** [June 7, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7742 "2024-06-07T13:53:50Z")
Wordle 1,084 4/6\* 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST JELLY FELON MELON It should have been FELON! ---
**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:** [June 7, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7743 "2024-06-07T13:55:11Z")
Wordle 1,084 4/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦 ⬜🟦⬜🟦⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE POUND FELON - I have chosen. . .poorly MELON ---
**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:** [June 7, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7744 "2024-06-07T15:49:09Z")
Wordle 1,084 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 STILE LEARN MELON Hundreds of possible words left after STILE, and LEARN narrowed it to two, so I’m pleased with that choice. MELON just seemed more Wordle-y than FELON, and I guessed right! Scoredle takes five guesses from STILE, which makes me feel even better about my birdie. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2024, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7745 "2024-06-08T03:54:32Z")
Wordle 1,084 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE LINER FELON MELON It should have been FELON! Even the Bot guessed it before the actual solution. ---
**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 8, 2024, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7746 "2024-06-08T03:59:42Z")
**Wordle 1,084 4/6** ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHOIR DOWNY MELON I saw Melon and Felon first, but then found several other words, so up went DOWNY to sort it out. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2024, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7747 "2024-06-08T04:24:14Z")
**Saturday, June 8th** Wordle 1,085 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SNORE DUNCE FENCE HENCE Even with a bunch of help from the previous answers list I still get a 5. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7748 "2024-06-08T04:37:16Z")
Wordle 1,085 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUNES WENCH HENCE ---
**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:** [June 8, 2024, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7749 "2024-06-08T08:19:22Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 1,085 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] SHARE LITHE POUND HENCE ---
**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:** [June 8, 2024, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7750 "2024-06-08T08:55:22Z")
Wordle 1,085 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,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 F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7751 "2024-06-08T09:25:41Z")
Wordle 1085 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 584 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 3 🟨⬜🟨🟨🟩 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE NICHE HENCE The solution after 2 was so obviously NICHE, I didn’t even look for anything else until I saw all those yellows on 3. HENCE is a perfectly reasonable word to be a Wordle solution afaiac, I just wasn’t expecting it. β€œHie thee hence, you leafy narc!” - Tim Benzedrine, _Bored of the Rings_ ---
**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:** [June 8, 2024, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7752 "2024-06-08T10:32:16Z")
Wordle 1,085 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE OUNCE FENCE HENCE ---
**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:** [June 8, 2024, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7753 "2024-06-08T10:38:58Z")
Wordle 1,085 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SNIPE NUDGE HENCE ---
**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:** [June 8, 2024, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7754 "2024-06-08T12:55:03Z")
Wordle 1,085 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN CLOUD GIMPY HAWKS HENCE ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7755 "2024-06-08T14:40:29Z")
> **Wordle 1,085 4/6\* 6/8/2024** > > ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > M **E** LO_N_ β†’ Should I try an A, or knock out the WoFcons? Flip a coin mentally and go for the latter. Not a great guess, but it does the job > T **E** R_N_S β†’ I elminated the new letters, but that’s all. For some reason, I’m still feeling consonants, so trust the B and try > B **ENC** _H_ β†’ which leaves only one word; ergo > **HENCE** > > Starting from MELON, Scoredle runs into a trap and ends up losing. My third guess, in retrospect, was _really_ lucky. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7756 "2024-06-08T15:09:23Z")
Wordle 1,085 5/6\* ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST FEMUR PEONY NERVE ← oops, i used the R again HENCE This one was tough. Old-fashioned word is not fair, Wordle! ---
**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:** [June 8, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7757 "2024-06-08T15:45:13Z")
Wordle 1,085 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟧 🟦⬜⬜🟦🟧 ⬜🟦🟦⬜🟧 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 POISE - a bust CRANE UNCLE - okay, no vowel joy FENCE HENCE - Really? _hence?_ Common usage for Shakespeare, mayhaps. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7758 "2024-06-08T16:48:33Z")
Replying to @Chefguy. (Just tossing the entire thing in a blur spoiler seemed much easier.) > [@Chefguy](#): > > Common usage for Shakespeare, mayhaps. I disagree. And if you do a search for the word here on the boards, it looks like it gets used multiple times every day. Now granted, many of those uses are in legal threads, but many are not. For example, this from yesterday: > [@New York governor quashes Manhattan congestion pricing project](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-governor-quashes-manhattan-congestion-pricing-project/1002541/18): > > Plus, as I understand it, New York is very easy to get around in without a car, and hence many residents don’t even own one. I’d expect that poorer folks would be disproportionately in that category. > > How much does public transportation cost? I assume that there’s an all-you-can-ride option available monthly, for instance. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7759 "2024-06-08T16:49:27Z")
Please allow me my crankiness in peace. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7760 "2024-06-08T16:50:38Z")
I don’t like the term β€œlol” but I did actually chuckle out loud at that. If it makes you feel any better, I’m right there with you in the 5 club today. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=387) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=389)