# "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:** 400
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7981 "2024-06-22T10:08:21Z")
Wordle 1099 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 182 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE EDICT Could’ve also been EVICT; EJECT had already been used. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7982 "2024-06-22T13:34:19Z")
Wordle 1,099 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SLEPT EDICT ---
**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 22, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7983 "2024-06-22T14:16:25Z")
Wordle 1,099 4/6 🟦⬜⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜🟧⬜🟦 🟧⬜🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE POISE EVICT - I knew this was unlikely, but didn’t see the other option, which is. . . EDICT ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7984 "2024-06-22T14:48:20Z")
> **Wordle 1,099 4/6\* 6/22/2024** > > ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 > ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 > ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > PA **I** N **T** β†’ Oh, boy. I thought of about eight words that would fit off the top of my head, which means there are a lot more. My first impulse was vowels, but I decided that I should concentrate on consonants early since that middle I might work with no other vowels, and so tried > FL **I** R **T** β†’ So this time I decided to try to focus on vowels. I wanted an E in there, which mostly meant ??IET (though I didn’t see HEIST) and looking at that I figured out how to get a U in there too > QU **I** _E_ **T** β†’ The U was fruitless, and I still didn’t see HEIST, but after I thought about an initial E what came to me was > **EDICT** > > Scoredle lists 53(!) possibles after my first guess, at least half of which, by my lights, are non-bogus, possibly the best non-bogus fraction I’ve ever seen Scoredle make after a first guess. Scoredle finishes in 4 guesses from my first, and does it much more systematically than my guesses - I still had five non-bogus possibles when I made my last guess, so a loss was not out of the question today. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7985 "2024-06-22T14:57:41Z")
Wordle 1,099 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY LIKED OLDIE EDICT Don’t know why I picked that third one, since a letter had already been eliminated. It made the final answer kinda obvious though. ---
**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 22, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7986 "2024-06-22T16:20:12Z")
Wordle 1,099 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST EVENT EDICT ---
**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 22, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7987 "2024-06-22T16:26:30Z")
Wordle 1,099 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 MOUSE LEANT CREPT EDICT My final choices were EDICT and EVICT, but it took a lot of staring at the screen to realize that. EDICT was the one I saw first, so yay. ---
**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 23, 2024, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7988 "2024-06-23T03:14:55Z")
Wordle 1,099 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE TENOR SHEET EDICT A big sigh of relief to see that I didn’t lose the coin toss with the answer! It was either EDICT or EVICT ---
**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:** [June 23, 2024, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7989 "2024-06-23T03:21:28Z")
Wordle 1,099 3/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE DEBIT EDICT Got very lucky with my second try. It eliminated all words but the answer. ---
**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 23, 2024, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7990 "2024-06-23T03:40:27Z")
**Wordle 1,099 4/6** ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHOIR EVICT EDICT ---
**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 23, 2024, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7991 "2024-06-23T04:06:38Z")
**Sunday, June 23rd** Wordle 1,100 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT ROLES GUILE BUGLE After 2 I saw and rejected bible and then quell. Then I saw guile and figured at least it would check another two vowels. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7992 "2024-06-23T07:07:47Z")
Wordle 1,100 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUNES BULGE BUGLE ---
**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 23, 2024, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7993 "2024-06-23T07:23:42Z")
Wordle 1,100 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STERN** **CLOUD** **GIMPY** β€” _it’s either bugle or bulge; flip a coin_ **BUGLE** β€” _I guessed right_ ---
**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 23, 2024, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7994 "2024-06-23T08:00:08Z")
Wordle 1,100 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \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 23, 2024, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7995 "2024-06-23T11:03:29Z")
Wordle 1100 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 640 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 39 🟩⬜🟨🟨🟩 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE BILGE BUGLE We’re being really consistent so far. πŸ˜€ ---
**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 23, 2024, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7996 "2024-06-23T12:03:33Z")
Wordle 1,100 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE STILE BUGLE ---
**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:** [June 23, 2024, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7997 "2024-06-23T12:40:17Z")
Wordle 1,100 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PLIER SPELL BUGLE ---
**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 23, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7998 "2024-06-23T14:10:39Z")
Well, that got ugly. Wordle 1,100 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟧 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟧 ⬜🟧⬜⬜🟧 ⬜🟧⬜🟦🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE POISE QUEUE JUDGE BUGLE ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7999 "2024-06-23T14:26:41Z")
> **Wordle 1,100 4/6\* 6/23/2024** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜🟨🟨🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _E_DICT β†’ Slow start, not that I expected much more. Try an A and two WoFcons. > _LE_ANS β†’ I went to L, and look what it got me! Perhaps I should have tried LEARN. OK, what can I make with L, E, R and at least one more vowel? Thought about an O for a while here, but decided on a U because > _G_R_UEL_ β†’ was just such a good word, and it did work out, but it was a long time before I could trust the B and try > **BUGLE** > BULGE was also possible, so I sank a 50/50 putt for that par. Scoredle is much more methodical; it still finishes in 4 but gets the par putt down to a tip-in (only word left from its list). ---
**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:** [June 23, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8000 "2024-06-23T14:43:07Z")
Wordle 1,100 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY OUTIE PULSE BUGLE There really wasn’t a lot of choice here. Rant time. Here’s what wordlebot had to say about guess three: _Your guess eliminated four words. This is pretty good, but there were some better options. Guessing BULGE, for example, would have guaranteed eliminating every word but one._ Dammit, I’m not going to guess a word that’s already been used! And don’t try to pretend you don’t have them all in your memory banks, ya fuckin’ robot! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=399) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=401)