# "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:** 452
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2024, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9021 "2024-09-01T10:16:50Z")
Wordle 1170 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,376 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 25 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY MUSHY I was really lucky today - I saw all the -ISHY and -USHY solutions after 2, and DUMPY was a good sleuth word for those. But I totally missed seeing the HISSY/HUSSY/HUSKY group, and if the solution had been one of those, I’d have gotten a 5 or a 6. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2024, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9022 "2024-09-01T10:27:29Z")
Wordle 1,170 3/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MARCH MIGHT MUSHY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2024, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9023 "2024-09-01T11:54:02Z")
> **Wordle 1,170 4/6\* 9/1/2024** > > 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _S_PO_U_T β†’ Not a bad start. In retrospect, I thought USUAL might have been a good word here - but Scoredle chooses GUESS, doubling the S rather than the U. As for me, I tried my WoFcons & a vowel route > L **U** NE_S_ β†’ Finding the U was nice. Thinking about R words got me to RUSHY, which then suggested > B **USHY** β†’ and I thought about CUSHY for a while but decided on > **MUSHY** > GUSHY was also possible, and Scoredle mentions a couple other bogus-sounding possibilities. Scoredle also finishes in 3 from my start along either its second guess or mine, so this is a good birdie word for the algorithm. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9024 "2024-09-01T13:34:01Z")
Wordle 1,170 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL CUSHY MUSHY ---
**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:** [September 1, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9025 "2024-09-01T13:35:13Z")
Wordle 1,170 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟦⬜⬜🟦⬜ 🟦🟦⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE - Yikes! HOIST SHLEP MUSHY ---
**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:** [September 1, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9026 "2024-09-01T15:36:26Z")
Wordle 1,170 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST SPURN MUCUS MUSHY ---
**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:** [September 1, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9027 "2024-09-01T16:07:55Z")
Wordle 1,170 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY (vowel hunt) LOUSY (Let’s see if I can place that S) SUNNY (Well, I placed it. Now to find a sleuth word for a xUSTY word) BEFOG (Well, THAT didn’t do any good, except to establish that it’s not xUSTY) CHOMP (Is it xUSHY or xUSKY? This will show me) MUSHY (I’ll take a double bogey over a streak-ender any day) ---
**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:** [September 2, 2024, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9028 "2024-09-02T03:34:58Z")
Wordle 1,170 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE MINOR MUSKY MUSHY ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9029 "2024-09-02T04:25:14Z")
Wordle 1,171 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LANES BAGEL CHUMP CAMEL I did what I usually do which is hunt for letters on two, take a reasonable guess on three, see if there seems to be a trap and if so check letters on four ( didn’t feel like going through all the options; only CAMEL and HAZEL cam to mind immediately but I worried I was missing some) then hopefully have two chances to get 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:** [September 2, 2024, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9030 "2024-09-02T04:48:48Z")
Wordle 1,171 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT LASER GAVEL CAMEL I didn’t see hazel at all. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2024, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9031 "2024-09-02T07:00:01Z")
Wordle 1,171 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROUND CLAIM CAMEL ---
**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 2, 2024, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9032 "2024-09-02T08:14:18Z")
Wordle 1,171 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \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 L} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9033 "2024-09-02T09:05:13Z")
Wordle 1171 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 500 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 4 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE CAMEL Would I have walked a mile for this solution? Probably not! ---
**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:** [September 2, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9034 "2024-09-02T12:57:13Z")
Wordle 1,171 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART CLEAN CABLE CAMEL ---
**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:** [September 2, 2024, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9035 "2024-09-02T13:40:34Z")
Wordle 1,171 3/6 🟧⬜🟦⬜🟦 🟧🟦🟦🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE CLEAT CAMEL ---
**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:** [September 2, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9036 "2024-09-02T14:32:06Z")
Wordle 1,171 3/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Piste Excel Camel ---
**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:** [September 2, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9037 "2024-09-02T15:54:10Z")
Wordle 1,171 4/6\* 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST PLEAD AMPLE \<–Dumb. I reused the P! CAMEL ---
**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:** [September 2, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9038 "2024-09-02T17:34:10Z")
Forgot to post yesterday - I pulled a three out of my butt with CA_US_E \> _S_NO_U_T \> _ **MUSHY** _. Though, of Scordle’s 116 remaining words, most of the few that weren’t plurals were… questionable, at best. Today: Wordle 1,171 3/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AROSE CHEAT CAMEL A good second word narrowed things way down! ---
**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:** [September 2, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9039 "2024-09-02T21:04:46Z")
Wordle 1,171 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY (a trap-rich environment. What if I look for sleuth words first?) FIGHT (no help there) BLOCK (THERE we go) CAMEL (Easy-peasy!) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9040 "2024-09-03T00:18:12Z")
> **Wordle 1,171 3/6\* Labor Day (USA) 2024** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _M_USHY β†’ Nothing much here, but it’s nice to get an M. Try an A & E and two WoFcons next > N **AME** R β†’ Should have gone for RAMEN. Not that it would have made much difference… let’s see, words with WoFcons could be TAMED or > **CAMEL** > CAMEO is Scoredle’s second guess, which is naturally a very good one. I am very happy with my birdie nonetheless. > Nice birdie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=451) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=453)