# "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:** 416
**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 12, 2024, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8301 "2024-07-12T03:28:56Z")
Wordle 1,118 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE CREAM 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 12, 2024, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8302 "2024-07-12T04:09:42Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 1,119 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] ---
**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 12, 2024, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8303 "2024-07-12T04:11:18Z")
**Friday, July 12th** Wordle 1,119 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCORE DRIFT JIFFY I remember just recently blanking on my first two words and coming up with a sleuth word, so I searched the thread for my posts containing the word score. It was June 30th, and the answer then was buddy. So when drift came back how it did, I had trouble remembering what word that identified. I was like, jiffy? No, it can’t be jiffy, can it? Turns out, yes it can. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8304 "2024-07-12T04:36:42Z")
Wordle 1119 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,713 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 99 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 10 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY FIZZY JIFFY I don’t normally play this close to midnight, so when at 12:02am, I started seeing yet a third row of black squares, I was wondering if I’d fallen in some brief gap in between one day’s solution and the next. So I was quite relieved to see that last letter in my third word turn green. Saw FIZZY, then JIFFY, preferred the former, lost the coin toss. Can’t say I feel too bad about the 5. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8305 "2024-07-12T05:12:59Z")
Wordle 1,119 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHINE PICKY FILMY JIFFY ---
**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 12, 2024, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8306 "2024-07-12T07:10:24Z")
Wordle 1,119 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Wow, I blanked out on my first, second, and fourth words! **STERN** **CLOUD** **GIMPY** **HAWKS** β€” _wow only 2 letters so far, and 18 letters eliminated; the solution can be bivvy fizzy or jiffy, and of these my best play is jiffy_ **JIFFY** β€” _bingo!_ ---
**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 12, 2024, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8307 "2024-07-12T08:20:20Z")
Wordle 1,119 6/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt J} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned} 3 6s in a row. πŸ™„ ---
**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 12, 2024, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8308 "2024-07-12T10:09:32Z")
Wordle 1,119 5/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHIRT MIDGY WICKY JIFFY ---
**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 12, 2024, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8309 "2024-07-12T11:39:23Z")
Wordle 1,119 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL DINKY JIFFY ---
**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 12, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8310 "2024-07-12T14:19:17Z")
Well, there goes another streak. Wordle 1,119 X/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ ⬜🟧⬜⬜🟧 ⬜🟧⬜⬜🟧 ⬜🟧⬜⬜🟧 🟦🟧⬜⬜🟧 ---
**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 12, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8311 "2024-07-12T14:54:38Z")
Wordle 1,119 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY UNITY IMPLY DIZZY SHACK JIFFY I was definitely feeling the heat after IMPLY yielded nothing but the location of the I, and DIZZY was a long shot. So I picked SHACK as a sleuth word, hoping that ONE of those four letters would appear. No joy, so I found JIFFY and rolled the dice. Whew! is right! ---
**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 12, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8312 "2024-07-12T18:19:52Z")
Wordle 1,119 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST WONKY BIDDY JIGGY ← I knew better, but didn’t see… JIFFY This one was hard! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8313 "2024-07-12T19:02:21Z")
The least wonky biddy gets jiggy in a jiffy! > [@Rebo](#): > > This one was hard! Seconded! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8314 "2024-07-12T19:32:47Z")
> **Wordle 1,119 5/6\* 7/12/2024** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CAMEO β†’ Hmm. Three vowels down. I can try two more, and three WoFcons with them, via > RU_I_NS β†’ I, not in the center. Is there a Y too? If there is… ?I??Y has trap written all over it. I would like to try as many consonants as I can here, but definitely T and L (?ILLY/?ITTY) but I don’t have another letter to go with them. So I’ll try > T **I** LL **Y** β†’ which was useless. I can try DIVVY or the ?IDDY words with > D **I** ZZ **Y** β†’ Nowhere. What’s left? Two guesses left, It’s looking iffy… wait a minute > **JIFFY** > > So that was a near-disaster. Scoredle actually misses from CAMEO, losing a coin toss with FIZZY at the end. I had 14 to choose from on the fifth guess, and really very little idea of which ones are bogus and which aren’t. ---
**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, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8315 "2024-07-12T21:20:41Z")
Wordle 1,119 6/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AMUSE INTRO BADLY PICKY FIZZY JIFFY A damn tough one to make up for yesterday’s easy deuce. At least I wasn’t the only one who had trouble with this one. I smelled the \_I\_\_Y trap after two, and came up with what I thought was a decent sleuth word, but it wasn’t much help. By five, I was down to JIFFY, FIZZY, and FIGGY. (If JIGGY or WIGGY are ever answers, god help us all.) I guessed that JIFFY was the most likely solution, but if it wasn’t, I was leaving myself open for the fail. So I bit the bullet and made sure my streak lived to see another day. (Sorry, @Chefguy.) ---
**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 13, 2024, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8316 "2024-07-13T00:04:27Z")
Wordle 1,119 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE MINOR FISHY JIFFY I felt lucky to get it in 4! ---
**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 13, 2024, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8317 "2024-07-13T00:12:46Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > I felt lucky to get it in 4! You _were_ lucky to get it in 4! Well done. πŸ™‚ Wordle 1,119 5/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SPINY MILKY GIDDY JIFFY ---
**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 13, 2024, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8318 "2024-07-13T04:04:48Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 1,120 4/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] ---
**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 13, 2024, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8319 "2024-07-13T04:08:25Z")
**Saturday, July 13th** Wordle 1,120 2/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT ENACT Yay! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8320 "2024-07-13T04:54:49Z")
Wordle 1120 2/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 3 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT ENACT That helps make up for yesterday’s 5. πŸ™‚ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=415) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=417)