# "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:** 432
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8621 "2024-08-02T03:50:07Z")
Wordle 1,139 4/6\* ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE FRAIL SLASH - Dumb move, 1st guess eliminated L in the 2nd position CHALK ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8622 "2024-08-02T06:51:04Z")
Wordle 1,140 6/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHALE PLANE BLADE FLAME FLAKE Bad trap. Didn’t treat it seriously enough. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8623 "2024-08-02T09:20:21Z")
Wordle 1,140 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT FECKS FLAKE Had to bail on hard mode immediately. After listing out the words I could see, I wanted to check f, c, k, s. I did still have fucks to give so I tried the other vowels first to see if I could keep it clean. Turns out fecks is a word. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8624 "2024-08-02T09:25:53Z")
Wordle 1140 3/6 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 65 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT DRECK FLAKE With the green LA in my starting word, this was a replay of Wordle 1116 for me. 1116’s solution, BLARE, took one possibility out of play, and it made enough of a difference for me to change my sleuth word on 2 from BRIDE to DRECK. It did the job. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8625 "2024-08-02T09:28:40Z")
Wordle 1,140 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \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 F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} Lucky second guess. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8626 "2024-08-02T11:46:56Z")
Wordle 1,140 4/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PLACE BLADE FLAME ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8627 "2024-08-02T13:34:00Z")
Wordle 1,140 3/6\* 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST PLANE FLAKE @BobLibDem - your final answer is typed wrong. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8628 "2024-08-02T13:48:24Z")
Thanks Rebo. Anyway I typed it right where it counts, in the game. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8629 "2024-08-02T13:57:44Z")
Wordle 1,140 4/6 ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟧 ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE PLACE - Ironically, I immediately thought of β€œflake”, but went with this stupid choice FLAME FLAKE ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8630 "2024-08-02T15:19:38Z")
Wordle 1,140 6/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY SHALE BLAZE ELATE KNAVE FLAKE I got a β€œPhew!” I still maintain that my approach is systematic, and the optimal one for me. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8631 "2024-08-02T15:35:29Z")
> **Wordle 1,140 3/6\* 8/2/2024** > > ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 > 🟨🟨🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CH **A** _LK_ β†’ Hmm. Is a two possible? Getting that K make it… possible. SKA… but unless it’s SKALD, goes nowhere. KEA… same. KNA…, AKA. I started putting the L at the front and saw > _LE_ **AK** Y β†’ Which meant ?LAKE, which meant > **FLAKE** > SLAKE was also possible, and woujld have meant a four after that great start. Scoredle sees it, and goes for the answer with its second guess - great deduction, its worst case on that answer with that start was a three. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8632 "2024-08-02T16:08:25Z")
Wordle 1,140 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PATIO SNARL BLAME FLAKE By the time I fell into the trap, only three plausible words remained. Logic dictated that GLADE or GLAZE would guarantee at worst a five. But today I decided to look at the used words list and found that GLAZE was off the table, allowing me a coin-toss shot at the word I liked better, which was FLAKE. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8633 "2024-08-02T18:47:10Z")
**Wordle 1,140 3/6** ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE PRIDE FLAKE I used PRIDE as a sleuth to check some of the letters in the available trap words, and it helped but still left 3 choices…got lucky choosing correctly! * * * * * * > [@RTFirefly](#): > > it made enough of a difference for me to change my sleuth word on 2 from BRIDE to DRECK Ah, Dumpy’s long lost cousin Dreck! πŸ˜† That was a good one for what you were facing. This game can be rather systematic, so part of the fun is coming up with a good sleuth word…I’m not always able to do so, but it’s fun trying. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8634 "2024-08-03T02:45:38Z")
Wordle 1,140 5/6\* πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SLATE BLADE FLAME FLAKE ---
**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:** [August 3, 2024, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8635 "2024-08-03T02:55:09Z")
Wordle 1,140 5/6\* ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE BLADE GLARE SLAKE FLAKE Caught in a trap! ---
**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:** [August 3, 2024, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8636 "2024-08-03T04:04:49Z")
[spoiler]Wordle 1,141 3/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩[/spoiler] YEARN BLADE SCALE ---
**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:** [August 3, 2024, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8637 "2024-08-03T04:34:06Z")
Wordle 1,141 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT LEARS SCALE I saw shale first but decided to go rogue because I felt like scale would be the answer. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8638 "2024-08-03T06:15:51Z")
Wordle 1,141 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHALE SCALE ---
**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:** [August 3, 2024, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8639 "2024-08-03T09:11:43Z")
Wordle 1,141 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\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 A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \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 L} \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:** [August 3, 2024, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8640 "2024-08-03T10:20:00Z")
Wordle 1141 2/6 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 29 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT SCALE SCALD, SHALL, SHAWL, and SMALL had already been used. I went with SCALE on 2 because it stood at the intersection of two mini-traps: S(C/H/W)ALE and SCAL(E/P/Y); I figured I’d find which mini-trap I was in, and either win or lose a coin toss on 3. But instead it was the solution. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=431) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=433)