# "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:** 463
**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 19, 2024, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9241 "2024-09-19T10:17:33Z")
Wordle 1,188 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 19, 2024, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9242 "2024-09-19T12:01:10Z")
Wordle 1,188 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BONER CURVE PRESS ---
**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 19, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9243 "2024-09-19T13:55:15Z")
Feel good about this one. Wordle 1,188 3/6 🟧⬜🟧⬜⬜ 🟧⬜🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PAEON PIECE - Only one word it can be. PRESS ---
**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 19, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9244 "2024-09-19T14:54:33Z")
Wordle 1,188 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST DRESS PRESS ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9245 "2024-09-19T15:30:35Z")
> **Wordle 1,188 5/6\* 9/19/2024** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 > 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > FULLY β†’ That may be one of my worst starts ever. Two rare vowels, only one WoFcon (and that repeated), and a strikeout. On the plus side, time for a good first guess second! > _S_TA_RE_ β†’ Well, that’s something. N is the last WoFcon, I fits better than O, so… > _R_I_SE_N β†’ Nada. Feel like I really need to locate the S, so… > D **RESS** β†’ P feels better than C, now, so > **PRESS** > > There were over 7100 possibles left after my first word, which may be a record. Scoredle cites 50 possibles after my third guess, but most of them are plurals - so I had a better shot at it than how it looked at first glance. Scoredle itself goes the distance thanks to some bad guessing at the first letter. ---
**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 19, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9246 "2024-09-19T15:33:31Z")
Wordle 1,188 5/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY OUGHT SLICK MAVEN PRESS Lotta flailing on this one. I’m happy to have escaped with a bogey. ---
**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 19, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9247 "2024-09-19T19:44:50Z")
Wordle 1,188 3/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 STALE MISER PRESS Kind of backed into this one. I smelled an -ER ending, which of course was wrong, but that got me the R. And then doubling up to place the S scored me a birdie! I’ll take it! ---
**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 20, 2024, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9248 "2024-09-20T01:23:17Z")
Wordle 1,188 3/6\* 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE PENNY PRESS I commented last week on my blind spot when it comes to double letters, so I decided to go for it today. Yay! The Bot sneered at the lack of skill in my choices, but it took me 3 guesses, while the Bot took 4. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9249 "2024-09-20T01:39:25Z")
Looks like I haven’t posted here today, even though I knocked this one off in the early morning as usual. Wordle 1188 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,376 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 113 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 12 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPS PRESS After 2, came up with DRESS, PRESS, MISER, RISER, WISER, and REBUS as possibilities, and the sleuth word at 3 narrowed it down to the solution. ---
**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 20, 2024, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9250 "2024-09-20T04:05:17Z")
**Friday, September 20th** Wordle 1,189 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCORE SMOKE Cool pattern. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9251 "2024-09-20T04:45:27Z")
Wordle 1,189 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHONE SPOKE SMOKE ---
**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 20, 2024, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9252 "2024-09-20T08:08:17Z")
Wordle 1,189 5/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,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 L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \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 E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 20, 2024, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9253 "2024-09-20T08:51:32Z")
Wordle 1,189 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FEAST SPINE SHOVE SMOKE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9254 "2024-09-20T09:06:50Z")
Wordle 1189 3/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 446 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 4 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE SMOKE SPOKE had already been used. ---
**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 20, 2024, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9255 "2024-09-20T11:44:28Z")
Wordle 1,189 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPIEL SCONE SMOKE ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9256 "2024-09-20T15:11:09Z")
> **Wordle 1,189 4/6\* 9/20/2024** > > ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ > 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > PR_ES_S β†’ Not bad - and I know there’s only one S, so that’s a help. Time for another good first guess second. > **S** TAL **E** β†’ Bookends. I thought about some possibilities for guessing two vowels here, like SO?IE or SU?IE, but resigned myself to guessing just one in the middle, along with my remaining WoFcon > **S** H **O** N **E** β†’ And that worked surprisingly well. What consonants can go in those last slots? > **SMOKE** > SAUTE was Scoredle’s second guess, and it also finished in four. That’s a creative guess when you’re looking for vowels, so I think it’s a little better than my typical pattern second guess here. Par is cool. ---
**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 20, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9257 "2024-09-20T15:38:10Z")
Wordle 1,189 3/6 ⬜⬜🟦🟦⬜ 🟦🟦🟦🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PAEON MOSEY SMOKE - I thought of β€œsmote”, but it didn’t seem likely that the answer would be a verb. ---
**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 20, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9258 "2024-09-20T16:41:45Z")
Wordle 1,189 4/6 πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SNAIL STORE SPOKE SMOKE S-O-E looked like a rather odious trap, but since I’d already killed N and L, there was only SMOKE, SPOKE, SCOPE, and SHOVE. And SPOKE was sure to narrow it down to one no matter what. This was a fun little brain exercise today! ---
**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 20, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9259 "2024-09-20T17:00:50Z")
Wordle 1,189 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY (Vowel hunt!) LOUIE (There’s no way there isn’t a trap here. Consonant hunt!) FIGHT (Another consonant hunt) SMOCK (Gets me the single bogey and keeps my streak alive) SMOKE ---
**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 20, 2024, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9260 "2024-09-20T17:21:36Z")
Wordle 1,189 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST MISER ← getting an M was very lucky! SMOKE [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=462) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=464)