# "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:** 46
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/901 "2023-05-08T01:20:10Z")
Wordle 687 3/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST CLOUD GHOUL I was lucky to guess CLOUD because that meant that the last 3 letters had to be OUL. So CLOUD eliminated every word except for GHOUL ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/902 "2023-05-08T04:39:45Z")
Wordle 688 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CHAOS ALLOW AGLOW Still don’t know how people keep getting these in three. It almost always takes at least four. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/903 "2023-05-08T07:31:24Z")
Wordle 688 3/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GUISE ALONG AGLOW ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/904 "2023-05-08T08:58:05Z")
Wordle 688 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLUES DOILY LOGAN GLOAT AGLOW I blame this on not quite being awake yet… ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/905 "2023-05-08T09:10:27Z")
Wordle 688 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TREAD FLASH LAPIN AGLOW I went with LAPIN because I literally couldn’t think of anything else, and I just wanted to place a letter or get another letter. And I didn’t get either of those things. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/906 "2023-05-08T10:41:26Z")
Wordle 688 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,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 C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/907 "2023-05-08T11:54:28Z")
Wordle 688 3/6\* πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE AFLOW AGLOW Once again, I saw the weird one a _lot_ sooner than I saw the regular one. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/908 "2023-05-08T11:57:13Z")
Wordle 688 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART GLOAM ALONG AGLOW ---
**Author:** ![chiliwillybing](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chiliwillybing/32/12394_2.png) [@chiliwillybing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiliwillybing)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/909 "2023-05-08T12:44:31Z")
> [@SeaSun](#): > > Nice! πŸ™‚ From what I can see you only had two choices (Mogul being the other)…good place to be in after a start word. Thanks, I realized that afterwards, at the time I was just fishing for vowels. πŸ˜€ Back to my usual 4 today. Wordle 688 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE CLOAK LOATH AGLOW ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/910 "2023-05-08T13:32:14Z")
Wordle 688 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET ROUND ALLOW AGLOW ---
**Author:** ![Beesnest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/911 "2023-05-08T14:46:00Z")
Wordle 688 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›chase β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨moral πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨along 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩aglow My 2nd and 3rd words were lucky progressions after using a new 1st word. What I thought was interesting was wordlebots answers I don’t know how it got from slate,rally,polka to the answer. It was missing 2 unusual letters G and W but he pulled it off.Honestly almost every wordle has a99 percent solve rate. We are not masterminds here. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/912 "2023-05-08T15:30:56Z")
Wordle 688 4/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟦 🟧⬜🟧🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL ALLOW AGLOW ---
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/913 "2023-05-08T15:49:56Z")
Wordle 688 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT LASER CHOLA MODAL AGLOW 3rd word was a total accident. I was just filling in letters while brainstorming, then I went to backspace it out but finally ran afoul of the fact that quordle has enter and backspace on different sides of the on-screen keyboard. So when I went to backspace it out, I hit enter and it accepted. I don’t want to know what a chola is; it sounds derogatory to me. That said, even though I didn’t want to guess it, it did give me good information. Still not enough to solve. I didn’t expect modal to be the answer in that it feels like a technical term to me, but at least it finally placed the A and L, both having shown yellow in four different positions. Tough one. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/914 "2023-05-08T19:08:44Z")
Wordle 688 5/6 πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 LOUPE TONAL LABOR ALLOT AGLOW Just a complete shitshow. Brain-farted at two _and_ three with letters in known wrong spots. Then four was supposed to be ALLOY, but I accidentally entered it with the typo. Not that that last one would have made a difference, but, ugh. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/915 "2023-05-08T19:44:00Z")
> **Wordle 688 4/6\* 5/8/2023** > > 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 > 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _G_H_O_U_L_ β†’ Good start- but where to place this bounty of found letter riches? > _LOG_IN β†’ No help there, and no new letters. I think this will be a question of eliminating words, rather than letter frequencies. I took a break, and when I came back, one word came to mind… > I **GLO** O β†’ Though I should have noticed that I had already eliminated the I! Still helped, as suddenty hitting on all three letters left little more to try… > **AGLOW** > > A 3 would have been nice, though I don’t think I could have gone to the answer without my third guess. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/916 "2023-05-08T22:07:57Z")
I’ve been traveling and simultaneously suffered a lengthy internet outage (satellite dish crapped out), but I managed to Wordle one way or another every day. How sick is that? Catch-up scores: Wordle 685 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SHELF ELBOW BELOW Wordle 686 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SPEAR WAGER ANGER Wordle 687 3/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SCOUR GHOUL Wordle 688 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLOAK SALON AGLOW Glad that interruption is at last in the rear view mirror. I’ve missed you all! ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/917 "2023-05-08T22:35:05Z")
Given your username, you really should have gotten that last one sooner. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/918 "2023-05-08T23:28:57Z")
Wordle 688 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 500 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 43 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 12 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE MODAL AGLOW After my third guess, it took me all day to come up with _any_ word that would fit. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/919 "2023-05-08T23:42:15Z")
I know, right? I thought the exact same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2023, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/920 "2023-05-09T00:31:19Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Maybe a slog, but a _pretty_ slog. Love the symmetry. Yeah, I hadn’t even noticed, but it was a nice pattern! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=45) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=47)