# "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:** 420
**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 17, 2024, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8381 "2024-07-17T01:36:05Z")
Wordle 1,123 6/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE HOSER TOKED DEMOB DEFOG DECOY …bungled that one pretty badly. ---
**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 17, 2024, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8382 "2024-07-17T02:26:42Z")
Wordle 1,123 3/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE BLEND DECOY ---
**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 17, 2024, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8383 "2024-07-17T04:04:39Z")
Wordle 1,123 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE DINER DEFOG DECOY Annoyed at myself because I almost saw DECOY–I saw DECRY and knew that wasn’t it because the R was eliminated ---
**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 17, 2024, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8384 "2024-07-17T04:04:43Z")
WED JUL 17 Wordle 1,124 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHIRE TWICE QUITE ---
**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 17, 2024, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8385 "2024-07-17T04:06:42Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 1,124 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] STALE CHORE QUITE ---
**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 17, 2024, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8386 "2024-07-17T04:12:32Z")
Wordle 1,124 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT STORE QUITE I feel like there were a lot of other possible answers it could have been. It’s always nice when the first thing I see in such a situation turns out to be the answer. Gives me that simpatico feeling, like I’m thinking like Wordle. ---
**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 17, 2024, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8387 "2024-07-17T04:20:01Z")
**Wordle 1,123 3/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHOIR DECOY ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8388 "2024-07-17T05:36:55Z")
Wordle 1,124 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TILDE SMITE WHITE QUITE ---
**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 17, 2024, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8389 "2024-07-17T08:55:59Z")
Wordle 1,124 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,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 S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \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 17, 2024, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8390 "2024-07-17T09:33:59Z")
Wordle 1,124 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STERN** **CLOUD** β€” _could be butte haute quite taupe_ **QUITE** β€” _a good guess!_ ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8391 "2024-07-17T09:50:19Z")
Wordle 1124 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 524 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 27 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE QUITE After 2, I saw QUITE pretty quickly, but like Ellis, I had the feeling that there must be a number of other possibilities out there. But finally, not seeing anything else, I had to just give up and go with it. As it turned out, there wasn’t much else out there in my case, just BUTTE and TEPEE, which I would have considered less likely, so I don’t feel bad about not seeing them. > [@gkster](#): > > Annoyed at myself because I almost saw DECOY–I saw DECRY and knew that wasn’t it because the R was eliminated Something similar happened to me yesterday, I saw DECOR, but had already eliminated the R. But I thought, maybe some other letter would work in that spot, and then I saw the solution quickly. (Spoilering because it’s still yesterday in a couple of time zones out there.) ---
**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 17, 2024, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8392 "2024-07-17T11:56:31Z")
Wordle 1,124 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPITE QUITE ---
**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 17, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8393 "2024-07-17T13:29:09Z")
Wordle 1,124 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST TRIBE QUITE ---
**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 17, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8394 "2024-07-17T14:15:39Z")
Wordle 1,124 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟧🟧 ⬜⬜🟧🟧🟧 🟦⬜🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE WRITE UNITE QUITE ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8395 "2024-07-17T14:48:34Z")
> **Wordle 1,124 4/6\* 7/17/2024** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > D_E_COY β†’ About as good a start as I could have expected. Time for a good first guess second - and I think I’ll really exercise the vowels with this one > RA **I** S **E** β†’ Good luck on the vowels. Not so much with the consonants. Three WoFcons remaining, and it’s a good thing I didn’t see TWINE or I might have gone for it. Instead, I got obsessive about the remaining vowels and picked > G **UI** L **E** β†’ and once I saw the S would slot in 4th, realized what must go before the U > **QUITE** > > Getting that second character with the third guess was a stroke of luck - I was headed for a tough trap otherwise, with Scoredle showing me at least ten and maybe more than a dozen non-bogus entries. Then again, Scoredle makes the same guess with its third, and is even luckier as it had 110 words to choose from, about 20 of which were non-bogus. Moral of the story, it’s good to be a vowel completist. ---
**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 17, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8396 "2024-07-17T14:49:50Z")
Wordle 1,124 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY OUTIE QUITE That policy of covering all the vowels paid off! ---
**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 17, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8397 "2024-07-17T20:51:54Z")
Wordle 1,124 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE PRIME THUGS QUITE I found this one QUITE challenging. I smelled the \_\_I\_E trap right away and my second word confirmed it, but alas, no consonants yet. I could have swung for the fences at three, but the odds were too long for my liking, with a good chance of not eliminating much if wrong. So I chose a sleuth word, and it turned out to be a good one! Happy with the par here. ---
**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 18, 2024, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8398 "2024-07-18T04:11:21Z")
**Wordle 1,124 2/6** ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE QUITE I wasn’t _quite_ expecting that to be the answer, but out of the 5 words I had, I could see that it’d tell me exactly which one it was. Nailed it! πŸ™‚ ETA - I wasn’t sure I had all words it could be, so I just put my results in Scoredle, and turns out I missed seeing 3 words (not including the bogus words it always shows)…I was lucky it wasn’t one of them. ---
**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 18, 2024, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8399 "2024-07-18T04:15:06Z")
Wordle 1,124 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE SUITE QUITE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8400 "2024-07-18T04:18:16Z")
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