# "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:** 438
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8741 "2024-08-10T10:26:41Z")
Wordle 1148 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,713 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 15 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE GIMPY MEDIC ---
**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 10, 2024, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8742 "2024-08-10T12:44:45Z")
Wordle 1,148 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCORE CHECK DICEY MEDIC I couldn’t place a green to save my life. ---
**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 10, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8743 "2024-08-10T12:50:17Z")
Wordle 1,148 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 10, 2024, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8744 "2024-08-10T13:52:03Z")
Wordle 1,148 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART MELON MESSY MEDIC ---
**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 10, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8745 "2024-08-10T14:25:13Z")
Wordle 1,148 4/6 🟦⬜⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟦 🟦⬜🟦🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE POISE EVICT - And ten minutes later. . . MEDIC ---
**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 10, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8746 "2024-08-10T16:11:52Z")
Almost had it in 1! Shouldn’t have forgotten the C ---
**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 10, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8747 "2024-08-10T17:15:38Z")
Wordle 1,148 3/6\* ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST DEIGN MEDIC ---
**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 10, 2024, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8748 "2024-08-10T17:16:27Z")
Wordle 1,148 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY GEOID (uses two more vowels) DEBIT (tries to place the “D”) MEDIC (with the “D” placed properly, this is the only plausible solution) Full disclosure: I accidentally saw the solution in the thread (wasn’t careful about clicking on spoilers). But, out of an adundance of integrity, I played it as I would have ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8749 "2024-08-10T17:39:04Z")
> **Wordle 1,148 4/6\* 8/10/2024** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 > 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > OUN_CE_ → I think this is our fourth day in a row with a C! Nice streak for me. OK, try an A and a couple of WoFcons > _C_L_E_AT → Whiff. And nothing placed, either. I thought about RICES here but settled on > _DICE_R → So that D was nice, but I still haven’t placed anything! I sort of noodled around for a a couple minutes, then got serious and tried E in second, -IC ending, put D in between and it looks like > **MEDIC** > > Much like **Ellis\_Dee** , no greens until the last guess. Scoredle also finishes in 4 from OUNCE. My third guess was quite lucky; it went from about nine non-bogus guesses to one-and-only-one possibility left. One of the rather bogus guesses I could have tried there was XEBEC, a word I’ve only heard in an Aubrey-Maturin context. ---
**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 10, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8750 "2024-08-10T18:49:50Z")
Wordle 1,148 4/6 ⬛🟦⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟧⬛ 🟦⬛⬛🟧⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PIOUS TRAIN CIVIL MEDIC I played this one quickly and without much thought; otherwise I might have brought the E in earlier. But I had a feeling about CIVIL for some reason. At least it led me to a par. ---
**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 10, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8751 "2024-08-10T21:34:29Z")
Wordle 1,148 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦 ⬛⬛🟦🟧⬛ 🟦🟧⬛🟧⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE THEIR DEVIS MEDIC ---
**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 11, 2024, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8752 "2024-08-11T03:33:46Z")
Wordle 1,148 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE DINER MEDIC ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8753 "2024-08-11T05:30:51Z")
Wordle 1,149 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHONE SCONE Well that was no fun. There was only one option after the second 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:** [August 11, 2024, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8754 "2024-08-11T08:16:14Z")
Wordle 1,149 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[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 S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \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 O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 11, 2024, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8755 "2024-08-11T08:34:42Z")
Wordle 1,149 4/6\* ⬛⬛🟧🟧🟧 🟧⬛🟧🟧🟧 🟧⬛🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHONE STONE SCONE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8756 "2024-08-11T09:06:33Z")
Wordle 1149 4/6 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 42 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 6 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT SPINE SHONE SCONE ---
**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 11, 2024, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8757 "2024-08-11T09:39:21Z")
Wordle 1,149 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟨⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT CRONE SCONE Gah! My standard follow-up to just a green N is either scone or crone, depending on my mood. This could so easily have been a 2. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8758 "2024-08-11T13:24:58Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > PLATE > DINER > MEDIC Sad little story there! ---
**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 11, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8759 "2024-08-11T14:33:22Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > This could so easily have been a 2. It was! Wordle 1,149 2/6 🟦⬜⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SCONE - and I beat the Bot, who would have chosed “scene”. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8760 "2024-08-11T15:10:06Z")
> **Wordle 1,149 3/6\* 8/11/2024** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > M_E_DI_C_ → Streak of C words now up to five. More good news for me as I get a “free” non-WoFcon with the first word. I’ll try two of 'em with an A to boot > LA_NC_ **E** → No -CE ending? At least I placed the E. I’ll try an S here, which makes me have to choose between a second E or an O. I’ll try the latter, given the British origins of the puzzle > **SCONE** > > Scoredle uses its second guess to try to place the C, and figures enough to get it with the third, but still takes one more to finish. So pretty cool? I’ve liked our streak of the past week or so. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=437) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=439)