# "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:** 415
**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 10, 2024, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8281 "2024-07-10T22:36:28Z")
\< sigh \> Wordle days like today vex me. I am vexed. Wordle 1,117 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE HAUNT DAUNT GAUNT I preferred GAUNT to DAUNT but thought DAUNT was more likely. But no. ---
**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 11, 2024, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8282 "2024-07-11T03:35:45Z")
Wordle 1,117 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE RATIO GAUNT ---
**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 11, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8283 "2024-07-11T04:03:55Z")
THU JUL 11th Wordle 1,118 3/6\* πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE FOVEA CAMEO ---
**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 11, 2024, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8284 "2024-07-11T04:09:44Z")
Wordle 1,118 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT RACES CAGEY CAMEO Not my worst game, but definitely not my best, either. ---
**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 11, 2024, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8285 "2024-07-11T04:36:23Z")
**Wordle 1,117 4/6** ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHOIR DAUNT GAUNT ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8286 "2024-07-11T05:03:28Z")
Wordle 1118 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 1,191 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE CAMEO ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8287 "2024-07-11T06:07:42Z")
Wordle 1,118 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO MANGO CAMEO ---
**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 11, 2024, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8288 "2024-07-11T06:54:32Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 1,118 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] STORE COVER CAMEO ---
**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 11, 2024, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8289 "2024-07-11T08:14:19Z")
Wordle 1,118 6/6\* \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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \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 K} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \\ \end{aligned} 2 6s in a row. Must try harder. ---
**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 11, 2024, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8290 "2024-07-11T10:01:49Z")
Wordle 1,118 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STERN** **CLOUD** β€” _could be cozey_ **COZEY** β€” _no; I missed cameo; that’s what it should be_ **CAMEO** ---
**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 11, 2024, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8291 "2024-07-11T11:16:58Z")
Wordle 1,118 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SNEAK APPLE CAMEO ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8292 "2024-07-11T14:24:21Z")
> **Wordle 1,118 5/6\* 7/11/2024** > > ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > G **A** UNT β†’ Uh huh. Nevertheless, I am undaunted. (SWIDT?) I can KO the remaining WoFcons, and add an E, with > L **A** S **E** R β†’ which only gives me the E. Huh. Is a 3-letter trap truly a trap? In any case, time to try a lot of consonants. I’ll trust the B early > B **A** K **E** D β†’ Nope. What’s next? I wonder if this is a word? > W **A** V **E** Y β†’ Turns out it was. And no help. Perhaps some slightly less-rare consonants? And there’s a word that ends in a vowel, so… > **CAMEO** > > Scoredle’s second guess (MARES) was a lot better than mine. And my third guess, while covering three consonants, wasn’t going to be the solution due to regular past tense. I probably could have done better, though I had already eliminated the letter that Scoredle used in the third guess to make their par into a gimme. ---
**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 11, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8293 "2024-07-11T14:51:36Z")
Wordle 1,118 3/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE OCEAN - Got lucky here by using two letters from my other starting word CAMEO ---
**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 11, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8294 "2024-07-11T15:44:21Z")
Wordle 1,118 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY PASTE NAVEL CAMEO This was a toughie. I usually consider that with two vowels, I don’t have any more to seek. Of course, eliminating xAxxE should have thrown that assumption into a cocked hat. Still, going for a two-vowel solution put me onto a xAxEx path, and with the dead consonants I had, the only option left to me was CAMEO. ---
**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 11, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8295 "2024-07-11T15:50:30Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > [spoiler]Wordle 1,118 3/6 > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 > 🟩🟨⬜🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] > > STORE > COVER > CAMEO BTW, there’s no need to try to spoiler the clipboard that Wordle gives you when you click on β€œShare.” It just provides the colored squares. Discourse won’t spoiler them anyway. ---
**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 11, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8296 "2024-07-11T16:07:23Z")
Wordle 1,118 3/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST CREAM CAMEO I got lucky with that second word! ---
**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 11, 2024, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8297 "2024-07-11T16:54:21Z")
I am so computer illiterate. ---
**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 12, 2024, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8298 "2024-07-12T00:40:48Z")
Wordle 1,118 2/6 πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CANOE CAMEO Wow, an _extremely_ fortunate starter came up in the rotation today. Doubly fortunate because I was two pints in before realizing I hadn’t played yet. Nice to not have to think. 😁 ---
**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 12, 2024, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8299 "2024-07-12T03:15:29Z")
Nice going, @Wheelz! My score wasn’t quite so impressive today. Wordle 1,118 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CHEAP CAMEO ---
**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 12, 2024, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8300 "2024-07-12T03:20:48Z")
**Wordle 1,118 3/6** ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE PAGER CAMEO Wanted to check the \_A\_ER trap…was glad to rule _that_ out. I was seeing about 7 words from there, and CAMEO just seemed the most likely. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=414) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=416)