# "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:** 451

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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 30, 2024, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9001 "2024-08-30T12:00:21Z")

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Wordle 1168 4/6

⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 31  
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 9  
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 1  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLANT  
BRAWN  
KNACK  
KNAVE

There were only a dozen possible solutions after 1, and AGAIN, CHAIN, DRAIN, and YEARN had already been used, leaving BRAIN, GRAIN, BRAWN, DRAWN, PRAWN, KNACK, KNAVE, and (iffy) UNARM. (I’m pleased that YEARN was the only one I didn’t see as I was working on it.) BRAWN didn’t distinguish between KNACK and KNAVE or between DRAWN and PRAWN, so there were a couple ways I could get a 4, but otherwise I’d get a 3. Turned out that the solution was one of the ways to get a 4. That’s life.

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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 30, 2024, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9002 "2024-08-30T12:06:58Z")

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Wordle 1,168 4/6

⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩  
⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

HEART  
PLACE  
SNAKE- well that narrows it down  
KNAVE

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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 30, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9003 "2024-08-30T13:29:39Z")

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Wordle 1,168 3/6

⬜⬜🟧🟦🟧  
⬜🟧🟧🟦🟧  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

CRANE  
SNAKE  
KNAVE - Forsooth, ye varlet!

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**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 30, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9004 "2024-08-30T15:37:56Z")

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Wordle 1,168 4/6

⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

READY  
LIGHT  
SWANK  
KNAVE

I figured there was bound to be a trap, so I just started with sleuth words. And I lucked out on my second try.

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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 30, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9005 "2024-08-30T16:14:27Z")

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Wordle 1,168 3/6\*

⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

LEAST  
QUAKE  
KNAVE

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**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 31, 2024, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9006 "2024-08-31T03:19:05Z")

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Wordle 1,168 4/6\*

⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩  
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩  
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

> **Summary**
>
> PLATE  
> SHARE  
> AMAZE  
> 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 31, 2024, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9007 "2024-08-31T04:27:13Z")

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**Saturday, August 31st**

Wordle 1,169 3/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩  
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

PLANT  
SPORT  
SPOUT

So close! At least it was super quick.

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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 31, 2024, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9008 "2024-08-31T05:46:39Z")

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Wordle 1169 3/6

🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 39  
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 9  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLANT  
CHOIR  
SPOUT

STOUT had already been used. Went with CHOIR instead of my usual CHORE at 2 because I was seeing a lot of i’s and not many e’s in the possible solutions I saw after 1.

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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 31, 2024, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9009 "2024-08-31T06:35:51Z")

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Wordle 1,169 5/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨  
🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜  
🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜  
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
STOLE  
SOOTH  
SCOUT  
SPOUT

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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 31, 2024, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9010 "2024-08-31T08:21:44Z")

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Wordle 1,169 3/6\*

\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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned}

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**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 31, 2024, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9011 "2024-08-31T12:22:51Z")

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Wordle 1,169 6/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨  
🟩🟨🟨🟨⬜  
⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩  
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

READY  
BIJOU  
SOUTH  
COUNT  
STOUT  
SPOUT

An embarrassing double bogey. PUNCH would have been a better sleuth word.

At least I still have my streak.

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**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 31, 2024, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9012 "2024-08-31T12:47:46Z")

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Wordle 1,169 2/6

⬛🟦🟦🟦⬛  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

LOUPE  
SPOUT

Been a while since I scored a deuce - and a nice symmetrical one at that!  
I saw CROUP first and didn’t like it; then I saw SPOUT and just went with it.  
There was also GROUP, PROUD, PIOUS, and OPIUM, so I’ll cop to a bit of luck. I was due!

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**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 31, 2024, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9013 "2024-08-31T13:39:57Z")

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Wordle 1,169 4/6\*

🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜  
🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜  
🟩🟨🟩⬜🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

> **Summary**
>
> PLATE  
> TOPIC  
> STOOP  
> SPOUT

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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 31, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9014 "2024-08-31T13:51:02Z")

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Alas, missed a day. And, worse, didn’t realize it before I started today’s, so I’m off my usual start.

> **Wordle 1,169 3/6\* 8/31/2024**
>
> ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜  
> ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨  
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> 
> FL_U_NK → Hmm, hmm. FLOUT is out, but I kinda like an OU pairing, and I see one with a WoFcon, so  
> GR **OU** _P_ → My instincts were right! (i.e. I was lucky) Not PROU? or PLOU?, so must be ?POU?, and with two WoFcons left I’ll have to try  
> **SPOUT**
> 
> That just all kind of fell into place. I thought my second guess was bad initially, but the one letter it revealed turned out to be key for the birdie. Pretty lucky on the whole.

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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 31, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9015 "2024-08-31T13:53:29Z")

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Wordle 1,169 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

HEART  
FLINT  
SPOUT

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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 31, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9016 "2024-08-31T14:34:29Z")

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Wordle 1,169 4/6

🟧⬜⬜🟦⬜  
🟧🟦🟧⬜⬜  
🟧🟧🟧⬜🟧  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

SLATE  
STOIC  
SPORT  
SPOUT

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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 31, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9017 "2024-08-31T14:55:21Z")

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Wordle 1,169 3/6\*

⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩  
🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

LEAST  
SHORT  
SPOUT

I apologize if anyone saw my unblurred post! Sometimes my phone can be difficult.

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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:** [September 1, 2024, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9018 "2024-09-01T04:16:11Z")

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Wordle 1,170 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨  
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
LUNES  
PUSHY  
MUSHY

The only other trap answers I saw were CUSHY and GUSHY so I decided to take the risk.

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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:** [September 1, 2024, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9019 "2024-09-01T05:57:44Z")

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Wordle 1,170 4/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛  
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛  
🟨🟩🟨⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

PLANT  
SCORE  
HUMID  
MUSHY

So little to go on after the first two guesses I had to bail on hard mode.

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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:** [September 1, 2024, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9020 "2024-09-01T09:51:35Z")

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Wordle 1,170 4/6\*

\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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned}

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