# "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:** 429
**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 28, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8561 "2024-07-28T22:09:38Z")
Wordle 1,135 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHORT SMOCK ---
**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 29, 2024, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8562 "2024-07-29T03:54:29Z")
Wordle 1,135 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE ROUGH BISON SMOKY SMOCK I stared at SMOKY half a minute before figuring out SMOCK I’m not happy with the 5, but the Bot said my choices were skillful, just unlucky. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8563 "2024-07-29T04:34:09Z")
Wordle 1,136 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO NURSE SUPER ---
**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 29, 2024, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8564 "2024-07-29T06:34:33Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 1,136 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] CLOSE STEAM SIDER SUPER ---
**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 29, 2024, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8565 "2024-07-29T09:11:48Z")
Wordle 1,136 4/6\* \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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \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 29, 2024, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8566 "2024-07-29T10:09:02Z")
Wordle 1136 3/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 446 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 40 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE I’m SUPER, thanks for asking There were other possibilities, but I liked SUPER better than SEWER, SEDER, SERIF, or any of the less likely possibilities. SEVER, SURER, SERUM, and SKIER had already been used. ---
**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 29, 2024, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8567 "2024-07-29T10:10:51Z")
Wordle 1,136 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SPORE SUPER ---
**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 29, 2024, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8568 "2024-07-29T11:23:44Z")
Wordle 1,136 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BONER LITER UPPER SUPER ---
**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 29, 2024, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8569 "2024-07-29T13:28:27Z")
**Wordle 1,136 4/6** 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHOIR SNEER SUPER Third day in a row where I ignored my instincts for guess #3 (I was liking Super the best)…should _really_ start listening to myself. πŸ™ƒ I’m ok with a 4 though…played it safe by choosing one of the two double E words (Sneer or Sewer). ---
**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 29, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8570 "2024-07-29T15:31:15Z")
Wordle 1,136 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 LINER STAMP SUPER After revealing the potential -ER trap right out of the gate, I decided to abandon Hard Mode immediately and troll for consonants. It worked! ---
**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 29, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8571 "2024-07-29T15:39:40Z")
Wordle 1,136 3/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦 🟧⬜⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE STEER SUPER ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8572 "2024-07-29T16:43:25Z")
> **Wordle 1,136 5/6\* 7/29/2024** > > 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > **S** MOCK β†’ Time for a good first guess second, that can play off that inital S > **S** TAL_E_ β†’ Mmmm, not great, but at least I got the E. So then I played around with WoFcons and another vowel, and hit enter on what I thougtht couldn’t possibly be a word > **S** _ER_IN β†’ but was. So I figured it was time for a Scoredle trick with a double E, which I tried with > **S** HE **ER** β†’ and so I thought about SU?ER words and landed naturally on > **SUPER** > > Really wasn’t anything else after four, Scoredle shows the answer and three bogus words. When left to its own devices, Scoredle takes four guesses, including a double-up find-the-placement guess of SURER on its third. ---
**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 29, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8573 "2024-07-29T18:18:58Z")
Wordle 1,136 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST SHORE SCREW SUPER ---
**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 29, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8574 "2024-07-29T18:56:32Z")
Wordle 1,136 5/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY OURIE TUNER SLUMP SUPER Something told me that I’d be sorry if I didn’t use my second guess to account for all of the vowels, and then my third guess confirmed that I was in a trap. Three guesses left gave me a comfortable margin of up to two sleuth words. And the first one resolved the whole thing for me! ---
**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 29, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8575 "2024-07-29T23:03:00Z")
Wordle 1,136 3/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE THEIR SUPER ---
**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 30, 2024, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8576 "2024-07-30T02:26:34Z")
Wordle 1,136 2/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE SUPER The first word I thought of with a P, E and unused common letters. A lucky guess, considering there were 38 possible options according to the Bot. And the 2 is very welcome, especially considering I had a 5 yesterday. ---
**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 30, 2024, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8577 "2024-07-30T04:11:17Z")
**Tuesday, July 30th** Wordle 1,137 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT LASER FERAL This was a fun one. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8578 "2024-07-30T05:42:06Z")
Wordle 1,137 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHARE CLEAR FERAL ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8579 "2024-07-30T07:47:04Z")
> **Wordle 1,137 4/6\* 7/30/2024** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 > 🟨🟩🟨🟨⬜ > 🟨🟩🟨🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SUP_ER_ β†’ Thought for a second there I was going to whiff. As it is, try an A and two of the three remaining WoFcons with > _L_ **E** _AR_N β†’ Placing the E is good. If I try the R in front, and space out the E & A, it might be > _R_ **E** _L_ **A** Y β†’ Nope, R goes in the middle. LERA? or ?ERAL, the latter looks better for > **FERAL** > EERIE is Scoredle’s second guess, which places the E well (and the R also) but does little for other letters. However, it still finishes in four, just like me. This was fun, even if it was a pain to track down that eventually middle letter. ---
**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 30, 2024, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8580 "2024-07-30T07:47:12Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 1,137 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟨🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] TABLE PLEAD RELAY FERAL [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=428) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=430)