# "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:** 414
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8261 "2024-07-10T05:20:18Z")
Wordle 1,117 5/6 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO PASTE HAUNT JUDGE GAUNT Yet another trap. After three I was left with DAUNT, GAUNT, JAUNT, TAUNT and VAUNT. I needed a sleuth word to make sure to narrow it down. ---
**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 10, 2024, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8262 "2024-07-10T06:30:21Z")
**Wordle 1,116 3/6** ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE BRING BLARE Really glad I went with BRING for a sleuth…I had a few different ones in mind for the list of 9 words I was seeing. Turned out to be a good choice. πŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8263 "2024-07-10T07:44:25Z")
> **Wordle 1,117 4/6\* 7/10/2024** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 > 🟨🟩🟨🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > BL_A_RE β†’ Slow start. The three more WoFcons and one vowel to add to the A… tried to think of a word with O, but decided on I instead > S **A** _T_I_N_ β†’ So that wasn’t bad. Try to place the N & T, then try an O this time, so go with > _T_ **A** _NG_O β†’ NAGHT is not a word, so I think the N needs to go 4th, which puts the T last and the G first, so GA?NT must be > **GAUNT** > > From my start-word-o’-the-day, Scoredle finishes in five, falling into the [DGHJTV]AUNT trap on 3 and getting fairly lucky in a 1-in-3 loss situation. So my third guess was a rather lucky one, as it killed the trap before it could be sprung. ---
**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 10, 2024, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8264 "2024-07-10T08:23:35Z")
Wordle 1,117 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT TAINT HAUNT GAUNT I really thought I had a 2. Ah well. ---
**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 10, 2024, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8265 "2024-07-10T09:00:32Z")
Wordle 1,117 6/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 10, 2024, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8266 "2024-07-10T09:47:47Z")
Wordle 1,117 4/6\* πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE STANK HAUNT GAUNT ---
**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 10, 2024, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8267 "2024-07-10T09:58:22Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 1,117 3/6 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] ATONE PLANT GAUNT ---
**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 10, 2024, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8268 "2024-07-10T10:14:51Z")
Wordle 1,117 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN CLOUD GIMPY GAUNT ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8269 "2024-07-10T10:25:25Z")
Wordle 1117 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 21 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT THIGH GAUNT A multi-trap! Days like this are why I don’t play hard mode. After 1, Scoredle says I have 21 words, and ten of them were real. In one trap, (F/P/T)AINT; in the other, (D/G/H/J/T/V)AUNT; and AGENT off to the side. Fortunately, AGENT, JAUNT, and TAUNT had been used (and they’re not going to TAUNT us a second time until they start re-using past solutions), so it was now the full first trap, and the second reduced to D/G/H/V. I came up with the recently-used THIGH as a sleuth word, with the I determining which trap I was in, and the T,H,G nailing or eliminating TAINT, HAUNT, and GAUNT. I got lucky with the G, but the worst case would have been a 4. ---
**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 10, 2024, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8270 "2024-07-10T11:52:49Z")
Wordle 1,117 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART FAINT TAUNT GAUNT ---
**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 10, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8271 "2024-07-10T15:17:20Z")
Wordle 1,117 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY PATIO HAUNT GYVED GAUNT After an inauspicious beginning, HAUNT was a bit of good luck. Unfortunately, there were still three possibles. Fortunately, there was a sleuth word that tested all three (although two would have been sufficient). A 5 was okay by me. ETA: TINGS??!!?? The bot guessed TINGS??? That’s not a word, that’s onomatopoeia! Pluralized, no less! I call shenanigans! 😑 ---
**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 10, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8272 "2024-07-10T15:22:02Z")
Wordle 1,117 4/6 ⬜⬜🟦🟧⬜ ⬜🟧⬜🟧🟧 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE PAINT - Uh-oh: pretty much has to be an β€œau” combo which means. . . HAUNT - …a trap! GAUNT - Got very lucky on this one. ---
**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 10, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8273 "2024-07-10T15:28:50Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Wordle 1,117 5/6 > > ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > Yet another trap. After three I was left with DAUNT, GAUNT, JAUNT, TAUNT and VAUNT. I needed a sleuth word to make sure to narrow it down. TIP: Apparently, the bot doesn’t consider DAUNT a viable word choice. The caveat to that is that I _have_ seen the bot strike out once. ---
**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 10, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8274 "2024-07-10T15:29:40Z")
Wordle 1,117 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST HAUNT GAUNT I thought HAUNT was more Wordle-worthy than GAUNT. Hmmph. ---
**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 10, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8275 "2024-07-10T15:34:06Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Wordle 1,117 3/6\* > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > I thought HAUNT was more Wordle-worthy than GAUNT. Hmmph. From now on, it is! ---
**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 10, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8276 "2024-07-10T15:48:15Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > From now on, it is! … πŸ‘ … ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8277 "2024-07-10T16:44:43Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > TIP: Apparently, the bot doesn’t consider DAUNT a viable word choice. The caveat to that is that I _have_ seen the bot strike out once. Hmmm…Scoredle’s OK with it, so it must at least have been on the original list of 14,855 words that one can use as guesses. ETA: And I can’t see why it wouldn’t be a valid solution. If it had come to that, I’d have chosen it ahead of VAUNT. ---
**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 10, 2024, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8278 "2024-07-10T18:27:25Z")
Both of those words as answers annoy me to no end because they’re essentially never used in their five letter form. Octordle was a big fan of daunt as an answer and it pissed me off every time. I would feel the same about plussed and whelm. They aren’t really words in their own right anymore. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8279 "2024-07-10T18:49:47Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > I would feel the same about plussed and whelm. They aren’t really words in their own right anymore. Now those two, I’m in complete agreement with you about. Same with vaunt, because β€˜vaunted’ is the only way you ever see it. β€˜Daunt’ bothers me less because while it’s almost never used straight up, it’s not locked into a single use. With dauntless, daunting, undaunted, etc., you don’t as much lose sight of the underlying word as a word of its own. At least I don’t, anyway; YMMV and probably does. ---
**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 10, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8280 "2024-07-10T22:32:34Z")
Wordle 1,117 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OILER HAUNT GAUNT A super lucky birdie! A sleuth word would have been much smarter at three, but I forgot to play this morning and my brain was a little mushy after a rough work day. I’ll take it! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=413) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=415)