# "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:** 425
**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 23, 2024, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8481 "2024-07-23T14:53:36Z")
Me and Elvis; caught in a trap. Wordle 1,130 5/6 ⬜🟧⬜🟧⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE FRONT IRONY WRONG PRONG ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8482 "2024-07-23T14:57:21Z")
> **Wordle 1,130 3/6\* 7/23/2024** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CADET β†’ Whiff. A & E are out, so let’s try something with I & O and three of the four WoFcons. > L_O_I **N** S β†’ Tbat’s not bad. Not many places to put the U, so I’m guessing a single O in the middle. Gotta try the R, so ?RON?, thought about GRONK for a second but decided on > **PRONG** > > Scoredle tried a different word with the same vowels as my second, but being slightly more obsessive about covering WoFcons paid off for me, as it doesn’t get the fourth letter until the very end. Scoredle reminds me, though, that the answer could have been WRONG, in which case I also would have been wrong, though I think it’s been an answer fairly recently.. ---
**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 23, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8483 "2024-07-23T16:22:45Z")
Wordle 1,130 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST GOURD PRONG ---
**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 23, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8484 "2024-07-23T17:29:22Z")
Wordle 1,130 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 LONER SCORN FRONT PRONG I don’t usually, but I admit to checking the used words list today, because I _really_ wanted it to be IRONY, even though that wouldn’t have been the best move. I saw that IRONY and WRONG were both off the table. Without checking the list I would definitely have scored a five. (WRONG β†’ PRONG) ---
**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 23, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8485 "2024-07-23T18:14:21Z")
Wordle 1,130 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY CURIO TROOP PRONG At least I got a β€œSplendid” out of it. ---
**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, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8486 "2024-07-23T19:25:13Z")
Wordle 1,130 3/6\* 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE PRION PRONG ---
**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 24, 2024, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8487 "2024-07-24T02:01:12Z")
Wordle 1,130 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE STONY WRONG PRONG ---
**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 24, 2024, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8488 "2024-07-24T04:13:15Z")
**Wednesday, July 24th** Wordle 1,131 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT STORE FORTE I didn’t like the chances I felt forte would be in the answer list – pretty high but not guaranteed – but I absolutely loved it as a solution to the results of my first two words. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8489 "2024-07-24T05:25:04Z")
Wordle 1,131 4/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO STORE TORTE FORTE ---
**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 24, 2024, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8490 "2024-07-24T06:33:55Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 1,131 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] ACTOR WORTH TORTE FORTE ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8491 "2024-07-24T07:35:59Z")
Wordle 1,131 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE PORTE FORTE This one had me buffaloed for way too long. After my two-part opener, I knew β€œporte” had to be wrong because of how uncommon that word is, but I guessed it anyway to try and figure out where the R and T were. When β€œORTE” turned out to be correct I thought to myself that there couldn’t possibly be any other word with those letters in that order, and I spent a good five minutes trying to rhyme words with β€œporte” until I realized β€œforte” and β€œporte” don’t rhyme. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8492 "2024-07-24T10:12:18Z")
Wordle 1131 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 524 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE FORTE ROUTE had already been used; I figured I’d go with FORTE and save TORTE for dessert. πŸ˜‰ ---
**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 24, 2024, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8493 "2024-07-24T10:33:14Z")
Wordle 1,131 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 LONER HORSE FORGE FORCE FORTE Gah. Thought I had a three, then thought I had a four. Scordle played all of the exact same words from my starting point, so there’s that, I guess. ---
**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 24, 2024, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8494 "2024-07-24T11:37:04Z")
Wordle 1,131 6/6\* \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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,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[yellow,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} Stupid 4th guess… i’d already eliminated G… ---
**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 24, 2024, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8495 "2024-07-24T11:53:54Z")
Wordle 1,131 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART TRESS ROUTE FORTE ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8496 "2024-07-24T13:03:32Z")
Wordle 1,131 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Aloft Often Forte ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8497 "2024-07-24T17:42:55Z")
> **Wordle 1,131 4/6\* 7/24/2024** > > ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ > 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > P_RO_NG β†’ OK, not bad. Should I try two vowels, for a total of three? Or add two WoFcons? I’ll go with the latter and see if I hit on the vowel. > _R_ **O** L_E_S β†’ Placed the O, added an E, but don’t have an -ER ending. In fact, that E pretty much has to go last. And no ?OO?E, so I think I’m done with vowels. Can’t think of a ?O?RE word that fits, but I’m seeing one from ?OR?E that’s out of my normal pattern, but I just have to try > **FOR** C **E** β†’ Ah, shoujld have thought about WoFcons some more > **FORTE** > CORER is Scoredle’s second guess, and it ends up being better than mine, placing both known letters and discovering a third. But, we both end up with the same par from that same start. Fun day. ---
**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 24, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8498 "2024-07-24T18:05:15Z")
Wordle 1,131 5/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY INURE GROPE TORTE FORTE ---
**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 25, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8499 "2024-07-25T02:24:50Z")
Wordle 1,131 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE WHITE SMOTE TORTE FORTE Sigh, lost the coin toss on this one, and I see I’m not the only one. ---
**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 25, 2024, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8500 "2024-07-25T02:50:32Z")
Wordle 1,131 5/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE ROGUE WORSE FORCE FORTE [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=424) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=426)