# "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:** 412
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8221 "2024-07-07T15:09:55Z")
> **Wordle 1,114 4/6\* 7/7/2024** > > ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > S_CO_FF β†’ Hey, a C is nice. And that O… I think I’ll try and keep them together. I see a word that let’s me check another vowel and two WoFcons, hence > **C** _O_URT β†’ And that got me… almost nowhere, though it’s nice to place the C. This time, I’ll try two vowels and one WoFcons, so > **CANO** E β†’ And that leaves (check again, and again) only… > **CANON** > > That third guess was really lucky - after two, I had seven possibles and about 3-4 other words within the perimeter of bogosity. Scoredle narrows it down to five words with its second guess after SCOFF, but then takes three more guesses to get the answer. I’d commiserate with Scoredle, but it’s just an algorithm. ---
**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 7, 2024, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8222 "2024-07-07T16:25:33Z")
Wordle 1,114 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST FANCY MANIC CANON ---
**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 7, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8223 "2024-07-07T19:32:48Z")
Wordle 1,114 4/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ORATE SALON WAGON CANON Eh. CANON would have been the smarter play at three, but I didn’t see BACON and thought CAPON was unlikely. So I went for the coin flip and lost. ---
**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 7, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8224 "2024-07-07T19:40:14Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 1,114 3/6 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] ATONE MANOR CANON ---
**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 8, 2024, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8225 "2024-07-08T02:47:54Z")
Wordle 1,114 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE RADIO MANGO (dumb guess) CANON ---
**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 8, 2024, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8226 "2024-07-08T03:32:32Z")
Wordle 1,114 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SAUCY CAPON CANON ---
**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 8, 2024, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8227 "2024-07-08T03:33:28Z")
**Wordle 1,114 3/6** ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHOIR CANON Nice to win the coin toss between Conga and Canon. πŸ™‚ ---
**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 8, 2024, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8228 "2024-07-08T04:04:55Z")
**Monday, July 8th** Wordle 1,115 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SPARE SHAPE Well this went well. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2024, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8229 "2024-07-08T05:06:52Z")
Wordle 1,115 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHALE KRUMP SHAPE Another bad trap. After a lucky second guess I was left with SHADE, SHAKE, SHAME, SHAPE or SHAVE. Using the best sleuth word I could think of guaranteed at least a five. ---
**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 8, 2024, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8230 "2024-07-08T07:36:56Z")
Wordle 1,115 4/6 πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN CLOUD GIMPY SHAPE ---
**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 8, 2024, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8231 "2024-07-08T07:43:15Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Another bad trap. After a lucky second guess I was left with SHADE, SHAKE, SHAME, SHAPE or SHAVE. Sure, except that SHADE, SHAKE, SHAME, and SHAVE have already been used before: > **Summary** > > [Past Wordle answers: Archive of previous words | Rock Paper Shotgun](https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/wordle-past-answers) ---
**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 8, 2024, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8232 "2024-07-08T07:43:17Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 1,115 4/6 ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] LEAST SHAME SHAVE SHAPE ---
**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 8, 2024, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8233 "2024-07-08T08:56:59Z")
Wordle 1,115 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,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 S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \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 S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \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:** [July 8, 2024, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8234 "2024-07-08T09:42:15Z")
Wordle 1115 3/6 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 104 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE SHAPE Found the would-be trap of SHA(D/K/M/P/V)E after 2, but D,K,M,V had been used, leaving only P. ---
**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 8, 2024, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8235 "2024-07-08T10:02:19Z")
Wordle 1,115 4/6\* πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE STARE SHAME SHAPE ---
**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 8, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8236 "2024-07-08T11:46:13Z")
Wordle 1,115 4/6 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SHADE SHAVE SHAPE ---
**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 8, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8237 "2024-07-08T13:36:09Z")
Wordle 1,115 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OPIUM PANEL CHEAP SHAPE The P kept me out of the trap, but didn’t help me break par. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8238 "2024-07-08T14:10:08Z")
> **Wordle 1,115 5/6\* 7/8/2024** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > C_A_NON β†’ Slow start. Could go with the ever-popular SLATE here, but I think I’ll try the R instead of the L > **S** T **A** R **E** β†’ Uh oh,. This looks like a trap in the making. But I didn’t think it through and dove in with > **SHA** L **E** β†’ and the trap was sprung. D,K,M,P,V all could go there. SLAKE or SPADE would have been better choices. Ah, well, 60% chance of survival, so let’s give it a go > **SHA** V **E** β†’ Nope > **SHAPE** > > Yup. A very close… well, you know. Scoredle falls into the trap and misses, so we know it doesn’t use previously-used-word lists. ---
**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 8, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8239 "2024-07-08T14:15:56Z")
An honest two (I don’t use word lists). Managed to avoid the 14-word trap after the first guess. Wordle 1,115 2/6 🟧⬜🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE SHAPE ---
**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 8, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8240 "2024-07-08T15:17:06Z")
Wordle 1,115 2/6\* ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST SHAPE Easy-peasy, lemon squeezy! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=411) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=413)