# "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:** 433
**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 3, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8641 "2024-08-03T13:35:26Z")
Wordle 1,141 3/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PLACE SCALE ---
**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 3, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8642 "2024-08-03T13:50:42Z")
Wordle 1,141 2/6 🟦⬜🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 Woot! CRANE SCALE - There were other possibilities, but I decided to combine this starting word with my other starting word (slate). ---
**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 3, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8643 "2024-08-03T14:51:50Z")
Wordle 1,141 3/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY CHASE SCALE My first thought was β€œOh boy! Another xxAxE trap!” But then I picked CHASE, and it suddenly became an easy choice between SCALE and SCAPE. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8644 "2024-08-03T16:15:20Z")
> **Wordle 1,141 2/6\* 8/3/2024** > > ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > F_L_ **A** K **E** β†’ Hmmm. That L pretty much has to go between A & E. And I know of no words that are ?xALE where x is a vowel. In fact, the only words I’m seeing are S?ALE - STALE, SHALE, SCALE, SWALE, which is a nice little trap. But I think we’ve had STALE before, and SWALE is a bit uncommon, so I’ll flip a coin and try > **SCALE** > > Lucky guess on my part - I didn’t see WHALE, LEASE or LEAVE. Scoredle does, though, and ends up with a better-played four. ---
**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 3, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8645 "2024-08-03T17:19:12Z")
Wordle 1,141 4/6\* 🟨🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST SLAVE SHALE SCALE Man, I thought this one was gonna be easy after the first word with all the revealed letters. I shouldn’t have tried SLAVE. Wordle wouldnt have used that one. ---
**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 3, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8646 "2024-08-03T18:24:35Z")
Wordle 1,141 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 NOISE STALE SCALE After a fortunate second word, I won the coin toss between SHALE and SCALE. Fun one today! ---
**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 3, 2024, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8647 "2024-08-03T18:27:21Z")
**Wordle 1,141 2/6** 🟩🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE SCALE ---
**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 4, 2024, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8648 "2024-08-04T01:52:09Z")
``` Wordle 1,141 2/6* ``` ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE SCALE So relieved that I didn’t get trapped, unlike yesterday! ---
**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 4, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8649 "2024-08-04T02:24:37Z")
Wordle 1,141 3/6\* πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE STALE SCALE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8650 "2024-08-04T04:24:58Z")
Wordle 1,142 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHORE LONER LOVER LOWER Blechhh ---
**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 4, 2024, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8651 "2024-08-04T07:41:59Z")
Wordle 1,142 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT ROLES LOWER ---
**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 4, 2024, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8652 "2024-08-04T09:13:23Z")
Wordle 1,142 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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \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 R} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \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 L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \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 L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \end{aligned} phew. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8653 "2024-08-04T10:15:08Z")
Wordle 1142 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 640 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 16 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE LOWER Saw LOVER and LOWER right away, but LOVER had already been used. When looking for other words that could fit the letters I had after 2, I came up with a few proper nouns (LEROY, ROLEX, BOREL (Borel sets, Heine-Borel theorem, strictly math-geek territory)) but no common nouns, so LOWER it was. Scoredle also had OILER as in a former Houston NFL team; kinda borderline IMHO. ---
**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 4, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8654 "2024-08-04T14:12:21Z")
Wordle 1,142 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART LONER LOWER ---
**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 4, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8655 "2024-08-04T14:26:27Z")
Wordle 1,142 6/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦 ⬜🟦⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟦🟧🟧 🟧🟧⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 πŸ™„ SLATE CRIMP RULER LONER LOVER LOWER ---
**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 4, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8656 "2024-08-04T14:55:24Z")
Wordle 1,142 5/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY OURIE MOWER BLAST LOWER I saw I could be in a trap right away, so I eliminated superfluous vowels first. Things still looked dicey, but MOWER would also eliminate the W. Once I hit that pay dirt, it was time for a sleuth word, and I was happy to take the L FTW! (Didja see what I did there?) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8657 "2024-08-04T15:37:28Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Scoredle also had OILER as in a former Houston NFL team; kinda borderline IMHO. We usually use β€œoll tanker” these days, but OILER as a ship which carries crude or fuel oil from place to place is valid usage, particularly in the naval context of a ship equipped to do underway replenishment (UNREP). > **Wordle 1,142 4/6\* 8/4/2024** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 > ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SCA_LE_ β†’ OK, not bad. I’d like to try an O and two more WoFcons. Swap known letters for an -EL ending? Not seeing too many possibilities. Or even if we break them up, or move them elsewhere. Finally ended analysis paralysis by going with > F_ELO_N β†’ which worked out pretty well - I got that O, anyway. Couldn’t find a way to try both R and T, but settled on the first with > **LO** V **ER** β†’ LORER? LOPER? LONER & LOSER are out. LOXER would be cool (someone who enjoys their bagel with smoked salmon) but probably not Wordle approved. Eventually settled on > **LOWER** > > Scoredle takes a side trip through LEVEL to place E & L, and ends up with a five. It could have been a tough trap but I had fortunately guessed two of the possible fills already. ---
**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 4, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8658 "2024-08-04T16:22:27Z")
Wordle 1,142 2/6\* 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST LOWER Much better than yesterday! ---
**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 4, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8659 "2024-08-04T17:38:42Z")
Wordle 1,142 3/6 πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ROUSE WELCH LOWER I could see the \_O\_ER trap immediately, and came up with what turned out to be a very good sleuth word. This birdie took me quite a while! ---
**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 4, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8660 "2024-08-04T23:42:14Z")
Wordle 1,142 6/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE HOLEY MOTEL LOSER LOVER LOWER [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=432) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=434)