# "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 2)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659>\
**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")\
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**Post date:** [June 26, 2024, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8041 "2024-06-26T08:19:45Z")

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Wordle 1,103 4/6

⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛  
⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛  
⬛🟨⬛🟩🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

PLANT  
SANER  
BEGAN  
KNEAD

Tough one.

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**Post date:** [June 26, 2024, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8042 "2024-06-26T08:50:02Z")

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Wordle 1,103 5/6\*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ \end{aligned}

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**Post date:** [June 26, 2024, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8043 "2024-06-26T10:48:23Z")

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Wordle 1,103 5/6

⬛⬛🟩⬛🟨  
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛  
⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

STERN  
CLOUD  
GIMPY  
HAWKS  
KNEAD

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2024, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8044 "2024-06-26T11:25:41Z")

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Wordle 1103 4/6

⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 441  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 49  
⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 1  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLANT  
CHORE  
BEGAN  
KNEAD

That one took some work. As it turned out, most of the words I thought of after 2 in addition to my 3rd guess - amend, naked, vegan, but not apnea - would have narrowed it down to the solution. But it was hard to find that word, even then.

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**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 26, 2024, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8045 "2024-06-26T12:21:41Z")

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[spoiler]Wordle 1,103 3/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨  
🟨🟨⬜🟨🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler]

SLATE  
NAMED  
KNEAD

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**Post date:** [June 26, 2024, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8046 "2024-06-26T13:14:02Z")

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Wordle 1,103 3/6\*

⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

LEAST  
CREAM  
KNEAD

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**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8047 "2024-06-26T13:36:16Z")

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Wordle 1,103 3/6\*

⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛  
🟨⬛⬛🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Tidal  
Nomad  
Knead

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**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 26, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8048 "2024-06-26T14:59:18Z")

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Wordle 1,103 3/6

⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜  
⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

READY  
PLANK  
KNEAD

I knew just where I wanted to put that EAD, and only two words fit the bill. It could easily have been ADDLE or WAGED or something that _didn’t_ end with EAD, so PLANK was a bit of a dice roll. But it paid off handsomely! I would have been terribly embarrassed if the answer had been NAKED, though.

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**Post date:** [June 26, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8049 "2024-06-26T15:05:20Z")

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> **Wordle 1,103 4/6\* 6/26/2024**
>
> ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
> ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨  
> ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨  
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> 
> S_A_VOR → Can’t think of a word with A, E, L, N, T, so I’ll have to throw in a nonWoFcon to try it. Perhaps  
> PL_ANE_ → Which is not bad. Played around to try to guess a T here as well, but saw one word I thought I should give a go  
> E **NE** M_A_ → Thought of nothing with ANE??, so looked at ?NEA? and quickly saw  
> **KNEAD**
> 
> There were about four non-bogus words left after my second guess, which is why this felt rather like a slog. Still happy with a par, on the whole.

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**Post date:** [June 26, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8050 "2024-06-26T15:12:44Z")

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> [@SuntanLotion](#):
>
> Has anyone got a 1 twice?

My scorecard shows that I have a 1 to my credit, but damned if I know what the word was (it might have been WEARY). If my current starter word ever hits, I’ll be up to two, then I’ll need a new starter word.

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**Post date:** [June 26, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8051 "2024-06-26T17:27:30Z")

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Good grief.

Wordle 1,103 6/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦  
⬜⬜🟦🟦🟦  
🟦🟦⬜🟦⬜  
⬜🟦🟦⬜🟦  
⬜⬜🟧🟧🟦  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

POISE  
CRANE  
NAVEL  
YENTA - A total swag  
GLEAN - Just plain stupid  
KNEAD

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**Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8052 "2024-06-27T01:33:36Z")

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Well, it was a 3. But not an easy one.

Wordle 1,103 3/6\*

⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨  
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

IRATE  
PLEAD  
KNEAD

According to WordleBot, my second try fortuitously eliminated all other words except AHEAD and KNEAD. I found AHEAD very fast but also saw it had already been used. It took f-o-r-e-v-e-r to figure out KNEAD.

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**Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8053 "2024-06-27T02:02:56Z")

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Wordle 1,103 4/6

⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜  
⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜  
🟨⬜🟩🟨🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Slant  
Candy  
Amend  
Knead

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**Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8054 "2024-06-27T02:40:52Z")

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Wordle 1,103 3/6\*

⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨  
⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

PLATE  
CREAM  
KNEAD

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**Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8055 "2024-06-27T04:28:41Z")

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**Thursday, June 27th**

Wordle 1,104 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛  
⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

PLANT  
SCORE  
ORDER

Super quick.

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**Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8056 "2024-06-27T04:35:32Z")

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**Wordle 1,103 4/6**

⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLATE  
CHOIR  
BEGAN  
KNEAD

Looks like I’m in good company with a few of you who did the same with Began. Not much to go on with my two start words - I saw about 7 choices…not sure if I had them all, but I’ll gladly take the 4 on this one.

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**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8057 "2024-06-27T05:22:36Z")

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Wordle 1,104 5/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩  
🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩  
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
LOSER  
OFFER  
ODDER  
ORDER

Mini trap. Three was my usual random guess. After that I made myself sit down and go through all of the possibilities. I came up with OCHER ( not likely), ODDER and ORDER. Couldn’t come up with any xxOER. This whole week has been 4-6. I don’t know how people keep getting 3. I only do when I’m lucky.

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**Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8058 "2024-06-27T08:18:04Z")

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Wordle 1,104 3/6\*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \end{aligned}

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**Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8059 "2024-06-27T08:55:16Z")

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Wordle 1,104 6/6\*

⬛⬛🟦⬛🟦  
⬛🟦🟦🟦⬛  
⬛🟦⬛🟧🟧  
🟧⬛⬛🟧🟧  
🟧⬛🟧🟧🟧  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

ALONE  
HEROS  
MOPER  
OTTER  
ODDER  
ORDER

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**Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8060 "2024-06-27T12:35:15Z")

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Wordle 1,104 3/6

⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛  
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

**STERN**  
**CLOUD** — _can be doper dover dozer horde odder order; order is the most common word and the others are a bit strange, so…_  
**ORDER** — _bingo!_

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