# "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:** 427
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8521 "2024-07-26T04:19:15Z")
Wordle 1,133 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHALE GNASH QUASH AWASH ---
**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 26, 2024, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8522 "2024-07-26T08:01:41Z")
Wordle 1,133 X/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,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 P} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \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 S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ \end{aligned} Bolleaux. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8523 "2024-07-26T08:16:18Z")
Wordle 1133 4/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 203 ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ 4 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHASE ABASH AWASH After my starting word, I was seeing a lot of words like CHASE, CRASH, and CHASM, so I took a chance with CHASE on 2. After that, I just saw ABASH and QUASH; I decided the latter was a bit too specialized a word. Good thing because if I’d guessed that on 3 I’d have had a 5 since I didn’t see AWASH until after I’d tried ABASH. ---
**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 26, 2024, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8524 "2024-07-26T09:37:57Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 1,133 6/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] ---
**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 26, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8525 "2024-07-26T12:45:54Z")
Wordle 1,133 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 IDEAL ROAST CHASM GNASH AWASH A tough word today, but I also didn’t play it particularly well. Played too quickly without thinking enough about the possible outcomes. CHASM eliminated almost nothing, and in fact, AWASH would have been the smartest move at three, solution or not. ---
**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 26, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8526 "2024-07-26T13:07:32Z")
**Wordle 1,133 3/6** 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHOIR AWASH Took a chance at guess #3 instead of going with a sleuth for the three words, and luck was on my side. Worst I’d have done is a 4 though, since two of them started with an A, but 3’s are more fun. πŸ˜‰ ---
**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 26, 2024, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8527 "2024-07-26T13:38:24Z")
Wordle 1,133 5/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SHANK FLASH QUASH AWASH ---
**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 26, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8528 "2024-07-26T14:15:30Z")
Seems I’m in good company. Wordle 1,133 5/6 🟦⬜🟧⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟧🟧🟧 ⬜⬜🟧🟧🟧 ⬜⬜🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE CRASH GNASH QUASH AWASH - at least I didn’t pick β€œabash” ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8529 "2024-07-26T14:47:34Z")
> **Wordle 1,133 5/6\* 7/26/2024** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > PORC **H** β†’ Not bad. Need some vowels, so E & A, and pick a pair of WoFcons from the 4 that are left. Couldn’t find a good word with T, so I went with > LE **ASH** β†’ Which looks like a trap. I can try a word with a T, to appease my WoFcon obsession, but it takes another S. Well, what the heck. > ST **ASH** β†’ Nope. Looking through remaining letters now. Ah, there’s a very singular one I’d better check > QU **ASH** β†’ Wasn’t that. Oh, there’s a word with a repeated A that I need to try > **AWASH** > I’m somewhat embarrassed that I didn’t see ABASH. (heh) In the event, my last guess had me covered if it had been any of the three words remaining. Scoredle shows nine possibles after two, at least 6-7 of which are non-bogus, so that’s a high ratio and a tough trap. Scoredle is also more clinical about it, finishing in 4 what might have taken me the distance to guess. ---
**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 26, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8530 "2024-07-26T17:23:49Z")
Wordle 1,133 6/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY MIAOU THICK SLASH BROWN AWASH Given my usual strategies, this was never going to be an easy one. After my first two submissions established which vowels _weren’t_ in the solution, I looked for a word with four consonants I could eliminate (and without an β€œA,” so as not to distract myself with an unhelpful yellow square.) The β€œH” made xxASH a pretty easy decision, And SLASH eliminated the β€œL.” _How can you successfully insert a double carriage return without disrupting your spoiler tags?_ At this point there were two guesses left, and three possible solutions, GNASH, AWASH, and ABASH (although if I’d bothered to check the Used Words list, I wouldn’t have needed to eliminate GNASH.) BROWN did an admirable job of leading the way. ETA: No, really, _How can you successfully insert a double carriage return without disrupting your spoiler tags?_ I want my paragraph breaks, and I’m not crazy about hand-coding my spoiler tags multiple times in a single post. ---
**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 26, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8531 "2024-07-26T17:27:25Z")
Wordle 1,133 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST CRASH QUASH AWASH ---
**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 26, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8532 "2024-07-26T17:47:16Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > ETA: No, really, _How can you successfully insert a double carriage return without disrupting your spoiler tags?_ I want my paragraph breaks, and I’m not crazy about hand-coding my spoiler tags multiple times in a single post. Give the spoiler tags their own lines, top and bottom. [spoiler] Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 [/spoiler] ---
**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 26, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8533 "2024-07-26T17:50:43Z")
This text will be blurred Testing Testing It works! ---
**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 27, 2024, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8534 "2024-07-27T00:42:42Z")
Wordle 1,133 4/6\* πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE ASTIR AMASS AWASH ---
**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 27, 2024, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8535 "2024-07-27T03:14:26Z")
Wordle 1,133 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE SCARY ABASH AWASH ---
**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 27, 2024, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8536 "2024-07-27T04:21:13Z")
**Saturday, July 27th** Wordle 1,134 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCORE CHIDE JUICE The rare J makes an appearance. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8537 "2024-07-27T04:55:46Z")
Wordle 1,134 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHINE ELIDE JUICE ---
**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 27, 2024, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8538 "2024-07-27T07:07:56Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 1,134 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] ATONE DRIVE SPICE JUICE ---
**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 27, 2024, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8539 "2024-07-27T08:56:14Z")
Wordle 1,134 5/6\* \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 P} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \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[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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt J} \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 C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8540 "2024-07-27T09:45:15Z")
Wordle 1134 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,713 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 9 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE PIECE JUICE After 2, I was torn between PIECE and JUICE; guessed wrong. (DEUCE was also still a possibility after 2, but I didn’t think it was going to be the solution.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=426) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=428)