# "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:** 409
**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:** [July 3, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8161 "2024-07-03T22:09:06Z")
Wordle 1,110 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE STOIC THIRD THIGH ---
**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:** [July 3, 2024, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8162 "2024-07-03T22:13:15Z")
Wordle 1,110 4/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SPLIT DITCH THIGH > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Also, they shouldn’t penalize your streak when you miss a day. I feel your pain! I lost my 630 streak due to computer/wireless router problems that lasted 2 days. It still stings a bit. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8163 "2024-07-03T23:28:40Z")
Wordle 1,110 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT STORE CHIDE THIGH Too many possibilities after 2 so I had to resort to a sleuth word. And I still could have wound up with a five or six if the answer were \_itty. If that were the case, I would be sorely tempted to guarantee a 5 with a rare double sleuth play. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2024, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8164 "2024-07-04T03:48:19Z")
**Wordle 1,110 3/6** ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHOIR THIGH ---
**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:** [July 4, 2024, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8165 "2024-07-04T04:14:36Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 1,111 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler]? ATONE FILET CREST DEBUT ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8166 "2024-07-04T04:57:19Z")
Wordle 1,111 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CHUTE UNSET DEBUT ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8167 "2024-07-04T07:59:33Z")
> **Wordle 1,111 5/6\* US Independence Day 2024** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 > 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _T_HIGH β†’ OK. I suppose I could have expected that. Let’s try A & E and two WoFcons, to get > L **E** AS **T** β†’ and that ain’t bad… but it looks a little trappish. With an O, I can’t try the last two WoFcons, so one at a time… > R **E** PO **T** β†’ Yeah, it’s really trap territory. And I can’t see much of anything at all here. Eventually, I took a random swing at a word that somehow worked out > _B_ **E** WE **T** β†’ Hmm, should have tried a U instead of a repeat E. But that B is nice to have. ?E?BT goes nowhere, but ?EB?T, with a U between B & T (hence ?EBUT) can only be > **DEBUT** > > The pronounciation of the answer kinda threw me off when I was looking for words - I might have had it in four, as Scoredle does. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8168 "2024-07-04T08:27:49Z")
Wordle 1111 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 182 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 25 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DEBIT DEBUT ---
**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:** [July 4, 2024, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8169 "2024-07-04T08:45:29Z")
Wordle 1,111 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[yellow,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[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 E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\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 B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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:** [July 4, 2024, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8170 "2024-07-04T10:23:56Z")
Wordle 1,111 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN CLOUD DEBUT ---
**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:** [July 4, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8171 "2024-07-04T11:46:30Z")
Wordle 1,111 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE THEIR SETUP DEBUT ---
**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:** [July 4, 2024, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8172 "2024-07-04T13:41:46Z")
Wordle 1,111 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦 🟦🟧⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 POISE BEACH REBEL DEBUG - Really thought I had it. DEBUT ---
**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:** [July 4, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8173 "2024-07-04T14:42:04Z")
Wordle 1,111 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART DEBIT DEBUT ---
**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:** [July 4, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8174 "2024-07-04T15:04:01Z")
Wordle 1,111 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY HEDGE DEMON DEBIT DEBUT HEDGE made it pretty likely that it was a DExxx word, since ending in D would usually mean ending in ED. Other than that, I didn’t exactly cover myself in glory. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8175 "2024-07-04T16:16:12Z")
Wordle 1,111 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT ROSET EIGHT DEBUT Still waiting for when eight is the answer. When it wasn’t, I had to mull it over for the morning before I finally saw debut. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8176 "2024-07-04T17:10:28Z")
Wordle 1,111 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CAMEO BRINE DEBUT My first three in a while! It looks like I didn’t have much to go on, but that B was a key find. Not a lot of possibilities after that. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8177 "2024-07-04T21:34:38Z")
Wordle 1,111 3/6\* ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST TENET DEBUT ---
**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:** [July 4, 2024, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8178 "2024-07-04T21:39:22Z")
Wordle 1,111 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SLEPT BEGOT DEBUT ---
**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:** [July 4, 2024, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8179 "2024-07-04T23:59:50Z")
Wordle 1,111 5/6\* πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Dryer Dealt Depot Debit Debut ---
**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:** [July 5, 2024, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8180 "2024-07-05T03:54:06Z")
Wordle 1,111 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE TENOR DEBIT DEBUT As soon as I saw the answer I knew there would be others in the DEBIT/DEBUT club. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=408) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=410)