# "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 2)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659>\
**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:** 424

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**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 22, 2024, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8461 "2024-07-22T01:59:17Z")

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Wordle 1,128 3/6\*

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦  
⬛⬛🟧⬛⬛  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

ALONE  
THEIR  
SPECK

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**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 22, 2024, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8462 "2024-07-22T03:19:20Z")

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Wordle 1,128 3/6\*

🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨  
🟨⬜🟩⬜🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

PLATE  
CHEEP  
SPECK

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**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8463 "2024-07-22T04:16:21Z")

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Wordle 1,129 5/6

⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜  
⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨  
🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜  
⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
HASTE  
TAKEN  
FACET  
CADET

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**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 22, 2024, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8464 "2024-07-22T08:14:58Z")

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Wordle 1,129 4/6\*

\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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \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 D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned}

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8465 "2024-07-22T08:30:51Z")

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Wordle 1129 3/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 89  
🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 1  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLANT  
CHORE  
CADET

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**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 22, 2024, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8466 "2024-07-22T09:12:57Z")

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Wordle 1,129 3/6

⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛  
🟩⬛⬛⬛🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

STERN  
CLOUD  
CADET

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**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 22, 2024, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8467 "2024-07-22T09:53:19Z")

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Wordle 1,129 4/6

⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜  
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨  
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

READY  
PAVED  
LADEN  
CADET

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**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 22, 2024, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8468 "2024-07-22T10:28:55Z")

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Wordle 1,129 3/6

⬛⬛🟦⬛🟧  
🟧🟧⬛🟧🟧  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

SLANT  
CARET  
CADET

An extremely fortunate second word!

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**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 22, 2024, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8469 "2024-07-22T10:48:21Z")

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[spoiler]Wordle 1,129 3/6

🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨  
🟩⬜🟨🟨🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler]

ATONE  
CLEAT  
CADET

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**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 22, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8470 "2024-07-22T13:57:42Z")

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> [@Wheelz](#):
>
> An extremely fortunate second word!

I’d have been in the same situation, but my opener kept me out of the trap.

A good start to the week!

Wordle 1,129 2/6

🟧⬜🟦⬜🟦  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

CRANE  
CADET - a lucky guess, but I’ll take it.

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8471 "2024-07-22T16:10:32Z")

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> **Wordle 1,129 5/6\* 7/22/2024**
>
> ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜  
> 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨  
> 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜  
> 🟩⬜🟨🟩⬜  
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> 
> SP_EC_K → Nice C. Still a lot of WoFcons out there, and probably at least one more vowel. I wanted to get an A in there, but spotted an O-word first  
> **C** LON_E_ → Placed the C, at least. Two spots left for the E, and I don’t see a way to check them both. I could have waited for a word that would check both R & T (and A) but spotted a word and went with it  
> **C** HI **E** F → So the E is placed, but still three to fill. The E in 4th made me think it might be an -ER ending, so I went with  
> **C** U_T_ **E** R → And I finally got back around to trying an A, CA?ET evokes  
> **CADET**
> 
> So I played this one horribly. If I had held out for the letter I was trying to guess with my second guess I could spotted CATER or CARET, either of which would have gotten me a three. Scoredle uses CACHE to place the C, then ends up with a par.

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**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 22, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8472 "2024-07-22T16:18:48Z")

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Wordle 1,129 3/6\*

⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩  
⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

LEAST  
WHEAT  
CADET

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**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 23, 2024, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8473 "2024-07-23T03:20:07Z")

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Wordle 1,129 4/6\*

⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨  
⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜  
🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

PLATE  
EATEN  
TASER  
CADET

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**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 23, 2024, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8474 "2024-07-23T04:00:50Z")

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Wordle 1,129 3/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩  
⬛🟨⬛🟨🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

PLANT  
RESAT  
CADET

Holy crap, I almost forgot to play today. I placed the first two guesses last night and didn’t see anything immediately so left it for later. And then forgot until just now. And the time right now is 11:59pm. Yikes.

This one was notable in that I had to come up with a brand new second word. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a yellow A and green T before. Riffing on my “only a green T” followup of roset I went with resat.

And now it’s midnight so let’s see if I can get today’s word more quickly.

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**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 23, 2024, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8475 "2024-07-23T04:04:11Z")

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**Tuesday, July 23rd**

Wordle 1,130 3/6

🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

PLANT  
PROSE  
PRONG

Yeah, a little bit quicker today.

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**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8476 "2024-07-23T04:45:53Z")

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Wordle 1,130 5/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜  
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜  
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
SHORE  
CRONY  
WRONG  
PRONG

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**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 23, 2024, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8477 "2024-07-23T06:46:38Z")

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[spoiler]Wordle 1,130 3/6

⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜  
⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler]

ALONE  
THONG  
PRONG

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**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 23, 2024, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8478 "2024-07-23T07:07:59Z")

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Wordle 1,130 3/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨  
⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

**STERN**  
**CLOUD**  
**PRONG** — _pretty much the only possibility left_

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8479 "2024-07-23T08:36:39Z")

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Wordle 1130 3/6

⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 210  
⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 7  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLANT  
CHORE  
PRONG

FROND, WRONG, IRONY had all been used.

Ellis, glad you remembered to play yesterday in the nick of time! Would be a real downer to lose a streak by forgetting to play.

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**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 23, 2024, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8480 "2024-07-23T08:47:55Z")

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Wordle 1,130 4/6\*

\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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \\ \end{aligned}

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