# "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:** 404
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8061 "2024-06-27T12:48:10Z")
Wordle 1,104 2/6\* 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 My starting word made this one fairly easy because there was only one possible word left after guess one: ORATE ORDER But wait: According to Wordlebot, there were two options with the other being β€œorbed”. WTF? Are they running out of 5 letter words and they are going to start using obscure past tense verbs? Is there a list of potential 5 letter answers? I just checked and 2% of the people that started with ORATE tried ORBED. Who are these people? ---
**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 27, 2024, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8062 "2024-06-27T13:05:39Z")
They’re idiots, that’s who. I use ➜ > **Summary** > > [Word Finder for Scrabble and Words With Friends](https://word.tips/unscramble/**eor/length/5) , and according to them there are some other possibles, but all are very obscure: oread, orfus, orgue, oriel, orgus, and ormer. Very obscure. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8063 "2024-06-27T13:16:48Z")
I assume Wordlebot knows which words are actually possible and I never have to try to guess β€œorfus”. Wasn’t that a He-Man character? ---
**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 27, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8064 "2024-06-27T14:21:51Z")
Wordle 1,104 3/6 ⬜🟧⬜⬜🟦 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE POISE - After a bit of thought, it was clear that the answer had to start with a vowel, so. . . ORDER ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8065 "2024-06-27T15:01:15Z")
Wordle 1104 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,713 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 77 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 3 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE MOWER ORDER Could’ve also been OFFER, so happy with a 4. I was seeing a lot of ⸐O⸐ER possibilities after 2, so I wanted to narrow them down, hence MOWER at 3. ---
**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 27, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8066 "2024-06-27T15:03:55Z")
Wordle 1,104 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST MINCE FREED ORDER I didn’t look at the used word list, and re-used MINCE. Oh, well. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8067 "2024-06-27T15:22:35Z")
> **Wordle 1,104 5/6\* 6/27/2024** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 > ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 > 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟨🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > KN_E_A_D_ β†’ Well, that’s something. Better check for a terminal E, and with four WoFcons left, I’ll have many words to chose from. Let’s try > SLI_DE_ β†’ No help there. T & R left among WoFcons; I’ll try an -ER ending with a second E, which seems more likely than an O, so try > _D_ET **ER** β†’ Good on the ending, but I really should have tried an O. Only two places left to put the D, so > C_O_ **DER** β†’ and there’s the O. Two words left, and they’re both repeats. I think I’m safe. Try > **ORDER** > > This was definitely a slow five-that-coutd-have-gone-six. I feel a little less bad seeing Scoredle flail its way to five; but it lost a 50/50 for four, whereas I won mine to avoid six, so I still feel a bit bad. ---
**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 27, 2024, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8068 "2024-06-27T16:46:58Z")
Wordle 1,104 3/6 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY BORED ORDER Another strong start. Decided to try ending with RED. No good, but getting that O made me want to try ODDER. Until I noticed that ORDER could also be in play, and decided to roll the dice on that. ---
**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 27, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8069 "2024-06-27T22:28:50Z")
Wordle 1,104 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE DINER ORDER Do I see a theme? And I saw UDDER first and almost went with it. Thank goodness for second thoughts. ---
**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 27, 2024, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8070 "2024-06-27T23:00:48Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > Do I see a theme? That’s cute. πŸ˜ƒ This was another one I did not enjoy! Wordle 1,104 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE WRECK ORDER A bit of luck was involved in getting today’s. Took long enough, though. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8071 "2024-06-28T04:15:42Z")
Wordle 1,105 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SNORE PROVE GROVE DROVE After two I saw PROVE, PROBE, GROVE, GROPE and DROVE. PROVE was clearly the best guess but after that I just was unlucky. ---
**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 28, 2024, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8072 "2024-06-28T04:26:04Z")
**Wordle 1,104 4/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHOIR OWNER ORDER ---
**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 28, 2024, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8073 "2024-06-28T08:01:51Z")
Wordle 1,105 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[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} Weird. Exactly the same first 2 words as yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8074 "2024-06-28T09:17:52Z")
Wordle 1105 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,713 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 13 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DROVE I found seven possibles after 2, and 5 of them had already been used. The only other possibility was GROPE, which I figured the NYT would avoid due to some of its less pleasant connotations. ---
**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 28, 2024, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8075 "2024-06-28T11:47:03Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 1,105 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] ATONE PROBE GROVE DROVE ---
**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 28, 2024, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8076 "2024-06-28T13:00:14Z")
Wordle 1,105 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN CLOUD DROVE ---
**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 28, 2024, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8077 "2024-06-28T13:37:55Z")
Meh. Wordle 1,105 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟧 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟧 ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟧 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ---
**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 28, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8078 "2024-06-28T14:26:32Z")
Wordle 1,105 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST BONER CHORE GROPE DROVE This one was a toughie for me! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8079 "2024-06-28T14:46:48Z")
> **Wordle 1,105 4/6\* 6/28/2024** > > 🟨🟩🟨🟨⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _O_ **R** _DE_R β†’ Oh, my. Do I have a shot at a two? Let’s see, ?RODE gives > E **RO** _D_ **E** β†’ No. So that D must be at the start; DRO?E gives DROVE or > **DRO** N **E** β†’ Ah, it was > **DROVE** > CREDO was also a possible after the first guess, which I’d have gotten in three after my second guess. Kind of a bummer to wind up with a par after thinking two was possible. ---
**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 28, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8080 "2024-06-28T15:06:32Z")
Wordle 1,105 4/6 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY WIDER DRONE DROVE It was probably a mistake to expect a second day ending in DER. But it did force me to consider possibilities with xxxxD (none viable) and xDxxx (none viable). That left Dxxxx, which gave me only DRONE and DROVE. I just chose the wrong one first. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=403) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=405)