# "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:** 446
**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 22, 2024, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8901 "2024-08-22T11:00:44Z")
Wordle 1,160 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OPERA INTER BERTH BRUTE > [@EllisDee](#): > > I’ve been in a bit of a 4 rut lately. Tell me about it. This is my sixth consecutive four. ---
**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 22, 2024, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8902 "2024-08-22T12:09:51Z")
Wordle 1,160 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART STREP TROVE BRUTE ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8903 "2024-08-22T14:00:32Z")
> **Wordle 1,160 4/6\* 8/22/2024** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟨 > 🟨🟩🟩🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > M_U_LCH β†’ Bit of a low start. One of my β€œsecond words first” goes so well here I just had to try it, though in retrospect I could have tried ROUTE > _R_O **U** S_T_ β†’ Not that this guess was _bad_, mind you. To cover the E, I did decide to repeat a letter, which gave me > _T_ **RU** _E_R β†’ and even though the second R missed, I had enough info to make the par a gimme > **BRUTE** > SAUTE is Scoredle’s second word, which I think is brilliant - better than either of mine - though it misses a coin toss with the second guess and ends up with the same par I eventually scored. All in all, a good fun puzzle today. ---
**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 22, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8904 "2024-08-22T14:12:59Z")
Wordle 1,160 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST TIMER ENTRY TOWER \<β€” completely stupid move! BRUTE ---
**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 22, 2024, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8905 "2024-08-22T15:20:39Z")
Wordle 1,160 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY (Let the vowel hunt begin!) OURIE (Doesn’t seem to have the makings of a trap. Let’s try a sleuth word) PUNCH (I kinda expect a T will be involved. And a B looks like it will be needed) BRUTE (_et voila_!) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8906 "2024-08-23T05:00:05Z")
Got my winning streak to 366 today. It’s a leap year. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8907 "2024-08-23T06:09:59Z")
Wordle 1,161 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUNES LEVEL LEECH I didn’t know where to go after two except to check for another e or a y. Should have tried LEERY. ---
**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 23, 2024, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8908 "2024-08-23T07:22:51Z")
Wordle 1,161 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT ROLES GUILE LEECH We don’t need no stinkin’ greens! ---
**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 23, 2024, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8909 "2024-08-23T07:54:54Z")
Wordle 1,161 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \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 L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ \end{aligned} ! ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8910 "2024-08-23T11:22:09Z")
Wordle 1,161 3/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Unity Serve Leech ---
**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 23, 2024, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8911 "2024-08-23T12:20:46Z")
Wordle 1,161 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NORTH FLASH GULCH LEECH ---
**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 23, 2024, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8912 "2024-08-23T12:31:46Z")
Wordle 1,161 2/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART LEECH got a small assist from the NYT acrostic I was working on- the clue was African Queen hazard which was RAPIDS, but then the voice of Katherine Hepburn shouting β€œLeeches!” stuck in my mind since then, inspiring my second guess. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8913 "2024-08-23T13:37:41Z")
Wordle 1161 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 640 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 7 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE LEECH I thought of BELCH right away, but it had already been used. And FELCH was right out. Took me a while to find the solution. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8914 "2024-08-23T14:14:16Z")
> **Wordle 1,161 4/6\* 8/23/2024** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > BRUT_E_ β†’ Thought for a second I would strike out completely. Ah, well, I can thrown in an A and the last three WoFcons and try > **LE** ANS β†’ That’s good… but now what? I hung up here for a while thinking and eventually tried > **LE** GGY β†’ but, having broken the repeat letter taboo, that led me to see > **LEECH** > LEVEL, a double-repeater, was also out there. Scoredle also makes its way to a four; it does its standard trick of repeating the first letter it can find and fairly quickly figures out the mystery I had to blunder into solving. Nice, though lucky, par. ---
**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 23, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8915 "2024-08-23T14:17:24Z")
Wordle 1,160 4/6 ⬜🟧⬜⬜🟧 ⬜🟧⬜🟦🟧 🟧🟧⬜⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE PROBE BRIDE BRUTE Guess I forgot to hit β€˜enter’ on this one. ---
**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 23, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8916 "2024-08-23T14:18:34Z")
And now for today’s! Wordle 1,161 4/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟦⬜🟧🟦🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE AUDIO - okay, double β€˜e’, I guess CREEL LEECH ---
**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 23, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8917 "2024-08-23T15:23:27Z")
Wordle 1,161 3/6\* 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST LEMUR LEECH ---
**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 23, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8918 "2024-08-23T16:21:08Z")
Wordle 1,161 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY (Not a great start, but at least the E is placed) WEIGH (There don’t seem to be that many three-vowel words beginning xE) TEETH (Getting that H was pretty nice. And TEETH left me with two possibilities) LEECH (A-a-a-n-nd Nailed it!) ---
**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 24, 2024, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8919 "2024-08-24T04:08:27Z")
**Saturday, August 24th** Wordle 1,162 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT GUILT FILET Hey, I broke my four streak, woohoo! ---
**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 24, 2024, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8920 "2024-08-24T04:10:49Z")
Wordle 1,162 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SWEAR CLONE LEGIT FILET [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=445) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=447)