# "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 2)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659>\
**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:** 450

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**Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8981 "2024-08-28T17:05:49Z")

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Wordle 1,166 2/6\*

🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

LEAST  
LITHE

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**Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8982 "2024-08-29T01:22:57Z")

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Wordle 1,166 3/6\*

⬛🟩⬛🟨🟩  
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩  
Love this start word

Piste  
Tithe  
Lithe

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**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 29, 2024, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8983 "2024-08-29T04:05:02Z")

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**Thursday, August 29th**

Wordle 1,167 4/6

⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛  
⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛  
⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

PLANT  
CLONE  
SLING  
FLUNK

Such a pretty trap.

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**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 29, 2024, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8984 "2024-08-29T04:12:22Z")

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Wordle 1,167 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Drain  
Fling  
Flunk

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**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8985 "2024-08-29T04:46:31Z")

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Wordle 1,167 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜  
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
LUNES  
CLUNG  
FLUNK

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8986 "2024-08-29T07:21:12Z")

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> **Wordle 1,167 4/6\* 8/29/2024**
>
> 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜  
> ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜  
> ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩  
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> 
> _L_ITHE → Not much to go on. Try A & O and two more WoFcons  
> SO_L_AR → U & Y are still out there. UN- prefix? -LY ending? Some of both? Thought of both of those for a while, but nothing doing. Then, I saw  
> P **LU** C **K** → and I realized I needed to try that last WoFcon, ergo  
> **FLUNK**
> 
> Scoredle also takes a par. It takes its time finding the vowels, but once it settles on it there’s pretty much no other words left. Me, I prefer to try them at least by the pair, so I have a little more time in case there’s a trap on the way.

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**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 29, 2024, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8987 "2024-08-29T08:08:58Z")

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Wordle 1,167 5/6\*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,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 Q} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\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 U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ \end{aligned}

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8988 "2024-08-29T10:16:21Z")

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Wordle 1167 3/6

⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 29  
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 5  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLANT  
BLINK  
FLUNK

Could’ve also been CLUNK; PLUNK had been used.

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**Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8989 "2024-08-29T10:44:25Z")

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Wordle 1,167 5/6

⬛🟦⬛⬛⬛  
⬛⬛🟧🟧⬛  
⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧  
⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

AUDIT  
PRUNE  
CLUNK  
SLUNK  
FLUNK

Fell into a trap and made all the wrong choices.  
For what it’s worth, Wordlebot gave me a 91 for skill and 37 for luck.

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**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 29, 2024, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8990 "2024-08-29T11:38:35Z")

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Wordle 1,167 5/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩  
Streak hits 100!

HEART  
SPOIL  
FULLY  
FLUFF  
FLUNK

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**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 29, 2024, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8991 "2024-08-29T13:39:25Z")

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Wordle 1,167 3/6\*

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

LEAST  
BLIND  
FLUNK

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**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 29, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8992 "2024-08-29T14:18:45Z")

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Wordle 1,167 4/6

⬜⬜⬜🟧⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟧⬜  
⬜🟦⬜🟧⬜  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

CRANE  
POINT - Okay, a ‘u’ and maybe a ‘y’  
BUNNY  
FLUNK

Not bad, considering a poor start.

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**Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8993 "2024-08-29T16:09:43Z")

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Wordle 1,167 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

READY (Backup word to eliminate unused vowels)  
BIJOU (Not a promising result)  
STUCK (That’s a bit better. I know there’s an N.)  
FLUNK (only one I could think of)

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**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 29, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8994 "2024-08-29T22:27:59Z")

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Ouch! Three high too low  
Wordle 1,167 5/6\*

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛  
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟨⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Gamut  
Flush  
Fluid  
Fluke  
Flunk

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**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 29, 2024, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8995 "2024-08-29T23:00:18Z")

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Excellent Wordle pattern!

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**Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8996 "2024-08-30T01:08:03Z")

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Wordle 1,167 3/6\*

⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

PLATE  
SLICK  
FLUNK

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**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8997 "2024-08-30T04:43:37Z")

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Wordle 1,168 5/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩  
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩  
⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
SHALE  
PEACE  
QUAKE  
KNAVE

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**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 30, 2024, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8998 "2024-08-30T05:23:03Z")

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Wordle 1,168 3/6

⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛  
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

PLANT  
SNARE  
KNAVE

I really didn’t want to guess knave because I didn’t think it would be an answer, but I couldn’t find anything else.

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**Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/8999 "2024-08-30T08:12:46Z")

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Wordle 1,168 6/6\*

\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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}

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**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 30, 2024, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9000 "2024-08-30T12:00:11Z")

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Wordle 1,168 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩  
⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SPOUT  
CHIVE  
GRAVE  
KNAVE

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