# "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:** 470
**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 30, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9381 "2024-09-30T15:03:01Z")
Wordle 1,199 4/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST MOGUL FLOUR CLOUD ---
**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 30, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9382 "2024-09-30T18:18:51Z")
Wordle 1,199 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY (time for a vowel hunt) ODUIM (that was productive. And only so many words that use D, O, and U. At least with the U in that position.) CLOUD (Ta-da!) ---
**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 30, 2024, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9383 "2024-09-30T18:28:59Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > I was annoyed that I had to play a C instead of R but then that turned out to be key. Can you unpack that for me, please? Whence the annoyance? ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9384 "2024-10-01T01:45:43Z")
Wordle 1,199 3/6\* ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE SLIMY CLOUD ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9385 "2024-10-01T05:08:19Z")
Wordle 1,200 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHONE GOLEM MODEM ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9386 "2024-10-01T08:40:30Z")
Wordle 1,200 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\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 D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9387 "2024-10-01T09:36:20Z")
Wordle 1200 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,713 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 75 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY MODEM Glad to get a 4, I certainly wasn’t going to get this one any sooner. Not only did I draw a blank with my starting word, but my two yellows on 2 were both vowels. So I went with my fallback of DUMPY on 3 which did the trick. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9388 "2024-10-01T10:29:35Z")
Wordle 1,200 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 TRAIL OUNCE MOSEY MODEM I feel lucky to have saved a par after that start. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9389 "2024-10-01T11:52:20Z")
Wordle 1,200 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPINE LOVEY MODEM ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9390 "2024-10-01T14:12:47Z")
Wordle 1,200 5/6 ⬜⬜🟦🟦⬜ ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟦 ⬜🟧⬜🟧⬜ ⬜🟧🟦🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PAEON SLOPE TOWER HOMEY MODEM I honestly thought this was going to be a fail after the second word gave me nothing. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9391 "2024-10-01T14:50:44Z")
> **Wordle 1,200 3/6\* 10/1/2024** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CL_O_U_D_ β†’ Three straight with a D. Feel like I should pair with the O, then the rest can be an E and two of four WoFcons left > N **ODE** S β†’ Now what. MODEL/YODEL’s out. I feel like this isn’t my first RODEO, which AFAICT leaves only > **MODEM** > > My aversion to repeat letters on the third guess might have sunk me, but the only two real options both had the repeats. Scordle doubles up to place the D and comes _so_ close with its third guess, finishing with a par. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9392 "2024-10-01T16:15:42Z")
Wordle 1,200 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST RIPEN EMBED MODEM ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9393 "2024-10-01T17:26:49Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Can you unpack that for me, please? Whence the annoyance? Not wanting to speak for @EllisDee , but: My usual pattern is to try to guess all the Wheel Of Fortune consonants (L, N, R, S, T) within my first couple of guesses. If I was looking at a placed L and nothing else after PLANT, I might want to try both S and R, along with the next two common vowels, O & E. Which, in this case, means SLORE would be my perfect word - only it’s not a word. (If the L had been unplaced, LOSER would be the next guess.) So I’d have to compromise by mixing in a different consonant, which can create some annoyance at not being able to execute my plan the way I want to. But in the event, that C turned out to be the best of all possible guesses. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9394 "2024-10-01T19:31:19Z")
Wordle 1,200 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY (explore the probability that there’s more than one vowel) GEOID (So far, so good. Using four untried consonants, find a word with no hits) BLIMP (One hit. The ideal outcome! The only possible word is MODEM) MODEM ---
**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:** [October 2, 2024, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9395 "2024-10-02T01:59:00Z")
Wordle 1,200 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE DINER CODED MODEM ---
**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:** [October 2, 2024, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9396 "2024-10-02T04:01:05Z")
Wordle 1,200 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCORE MODEM Almost missed the day. Since I’m here, might as well do the new one as well. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2024, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9397 "2024-10-02T04:05:23Z")
**Wednesday, October 2nd** Wordle 1,201 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT ROLES SHELL I saw several possibilities after 2 so this was definitely lucky. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2024, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9398 "2024-10-02T04:44:00Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Whence the annoyance? @SunUp explained it exactly right. Just annoyed having to not check one of my preferred letters and instead waste a letter on a crappy C. But then of course the C turned out to be a nice find. > [@SunUp](#): > > (If the L had been unplaced, LOSER would be the next guess.) Originally that was my follow-up to a yellow L, but I like to try and keep my wordle guesses clean and positive, so pretty quickly I switched it from loser to roles. > **My guesses** > > plant > > all black: > score > > one yellow: > spore, roles, races, snore, store > > one green: > prose, close, scare, scone, roset > > etc… ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9399 "2024-10-02T05:05:13Z")
Wordle 1,201 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUNES SLEEP SHELF SHELL ---
**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:** [October 2, 2024, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9400 "2024-10-02T08:28:32Z")
@psychobunny : Ha ! Wordle 1,201 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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ &\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 E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \\ &\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 E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ \end{aligned} [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=469) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=471)