# "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:** 444
**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 18, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8861 "2024-08-18T16:03:09Z")
Wordle 1,156 3/6\* 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST LAYUP LANKY ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8862 "2024-08-19T05:24:29Z")
Wordle 1,157 4/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO ENTRY UTTER METER ---
**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 19, 2024, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8863 "2024-08-19T07:09:20Z")
Wordle 1,157 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLEAR MOWER MIXER METER ---
**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 19, 2024, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8864 "2024-08-19T08:55:55Z")
Wordle 1,157 4/6\* \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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \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 C} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\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 T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 19, 2024, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8865 "2024-08-19T11:02:28Z")
Wordle 1,157 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 LEANT TEPID FETCH METER I struggled _hard_ today. Tried to make FETCH happen, but it wouldn’t. A Hail Mary, re-using an already-placed letter, saved the par. But I can’t pretend there was much strategy here. ---
**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 19, 2024, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8866 "2024-08-19T11:04:13Z")
Wordle 1,157 4/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY SERVO (looking for more vowels) LEMUR (JACKPOT! in that I placed the R and scored the M) METER (only possibility left) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8867 "2024-08-19T11:25:05Z")
Wordle 1157 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 524 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 32 🟨⬜🟨🟩🟩 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE TIMER METER Joining the crowd of 4’s today. ---
**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 19, 2024, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8868 "2024-08-19T11:37:57Z")
Wordle 1,157 2/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Four days, three deuces! HEART METER ---
**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 19, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8869 "2024-08-19T14:19:07Z")
Wordle 1,157 6/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜🟦🟦⬜ ⬜🟧🟦🟦⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE POISE QUERY - Okay, so a double β€˜e’ or something BERTH DETER METER Ugh. An inauspicious start to the week. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8870 "2024-08-19T14:38:35Z")
> **Wordle 1,157 4/6\* 8/19/2024** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 > 🟩🟩🟨⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > LANKY β†’ Second straight whiff. Almost tried STORM here, for the symmetry, but decided it was more important to try an E > S_T_O_RE_ β†’ I considered TRITE here, but with only one or two slots for trying consonants left, decided it was more important to guess a lot of them, hence > **ME** _R_I_T_ β†’ which instantly suggested > **METER** > > Scoredle finishes in 3 from my start, so I did not beat the bot. Oddly enough, it used an anagram of my second guess which turned out way better than mine. ---
**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 19, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8871 "2024-08-19T15:53:40Z")
Wordle 1,157 3/6\* ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST FETCH ← β€œStop trying to make fetch a _thing_!” METER ---
**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 20, 2024, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8872 "2024-08-20T04:01:46Z")
Wordle 1,157 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT STORE TIMER METER Oof. Kind of spaced this, then I looked up on the clock and there were only minutes left until midnight. ---
**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 20, 2024, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8873 "2024-08-20T04:07:30Z")
**Tuesday, August 20th** Wordle 1,158 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT LASER IDEAL DELAY Not forgetting it today! ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8874 "2024-08-20T05:26:05Z")
Wordle 1,158 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHALE CLEAN DELAY ---
**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 20, 2024, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8875 "2024-08-20T10:25:10Z")
Wordle 1,158 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \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 Y} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 20, 2024, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8876 "2024-08-20T10:48:22Z")
Wordle 1,158 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 IRATE CLEAN LEGAL DELAY My fifth consecutive four. I’m in a rut! ---
**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 20, 2024, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8877 "2024-08-20T11:59:46Z")
Wordle 1,158 4/6 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PLACE (yes I know, I move the vowel that was in the right place and kept the vowel in the worng place. It’s early) LEGAL DELAY ---
**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 20, 2024, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8878 "2024-08-20T13:42:48Z")
Wordle 1,158 5/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟦 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜🟦🟧⬜ ⬜🟧🟦🟧🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE POISE TWEAK - at a total loss here MEDAL - A swag that pays off DELAY Better than yesterday’s 6/6 anyway. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8879 "2024-08-20T15:03:12Z")
> **Wordle 1,158 3/6\* 8/20/2024** > > ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > M **E** TER β†’ Well, that’s something to build on. Mix it together with an A and the last three WoFcons to get > _L_ **E** _A_NS β†’ Try the known letters in the middle: ?ELA?, not SELAH for you psalm readers, or RELAY, but that last looks a lot like > **DELAY** > > Wordle is looking at me very smugly right now, as it ended with a two, picking the answer right after my start word. I almost trusted the B and finished with par, but I figured that word wasn’t common enough. ---
**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 20, 2024, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8880 "2024-08-20T18:27:48Z")
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