# "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:** 471
**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 2, 2024, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9401 "2024-10-02T10:52:17Z")
Wordle 1,201 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 IDEAL WHUMP SHELL Almost a deuce. It pretty much had to be a double L, and I spotted SHELL right away, but then I saw SWELL, SMELL, SPELL, and QUELL, so I figured a sleuth word was in order. Not mad. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9402 "2024-10-02T10:59:02Z")
Wordle 1201 3/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 121 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 4 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT SMELL SHELL While I was trying to decide which word to go with on 2, my wife mentioned that she’d solved it in 2, which definitely affected my play, knowing that her starting word is almost always SMILE. Since you can’t un-know things, I don’t know for sure what I’d have done on 2 if she hadn’t said that, but my best guess is I’d have gone with SHILL, which would have also resulted in a 3. Anyway, it is what it is. ---
**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 2, 2024, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9403 "2024-10-02T11:52:01Z")
Wordle 1,201 5/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SHONE SHEEP SHEIK SHELL ---
**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 2, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9404 "2024-10-02T14:22:11Z")
Wordle 1,201 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦 🟧🟦🟧⬜⬜ 🟧⬜🟧🟧🟧 🟧⬜🟧🟧🟧 🟧⬜🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SLEET SPELL - And into the trap I go. SWELL SMELL SHELL Son of a. . . ---
**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 2, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9405 "2024-10-02T15:06:12Z")
Wordle 1,201 5/6\* 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST SLIDE SMELL SPELL SWELL ---
**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 2, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9406 "2024-10-02T16:48:56Z")
Wordle 1,201 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY (My standard vowel hunting word in this circumstance) LOUIE (No vowels, but I caught a consonant. Now let’s see if there are two Es) SLEET (Nope, but that S suggests I’m looking for SHELL, SMELL, or SWELL) WHOMP (Okay, it’s SHELL) SHELL (for the bogey) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9407 "2024-10-02T19:30:48Z")
> **Wordle 1,201 4/6\* 10/2/2024** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > MOD_E_M β†’ I was hoping for DUMMY. Ah well Time for a good first guess second > _LE_A_S_T β†’ And, not bad. If I try the E in the middle, S first, S?EL? could be > **SHEL** F β†’ but it’s not. Very close though > **SHELL** > > Could have well been a five if I hadn’t hit the second letter, and fell into the trap. My aversion to doubling up early costs me here. Scoredle repeats the initially found letter, but ends up with the same par. ---
**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 3, 2024, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9408 "2024-10-03T03:44:15Z")
Wordle 1,201 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE LONER WIELD SHELL ---
**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:** [October 3, 2024, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9409 "2024-10-03T04:05:38Z")
Wordle 1,202 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ASIDE PLANT MANGY WAGON ---
**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 3, 2024, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9410 "2024-10-03T04:11:58Z")
Wordle 1,202 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SANER WAGON ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9411 "2024-10-03T04:26:31Z")
Wordle 1,202 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SALON WAGON I actually seemed to remember that BACON had been used ---
**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 3, 2024, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9412 "2024-10-03T11:09:26Z")
Wordle 1,202 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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \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 O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ \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:** [October 3, 2024, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9413 "2024-10-03T11:49:38Z")
Wordle 1,202 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART NASAL CANDY WAGON ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9414 "2024-10-03T12:34:57Z")
Wordle 1202 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 441 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 50 ⬜🟩🟨🟨🟨 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE MANGO WAGON ---
**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 3, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9415 "2024-10-03T14:21:33Z")
Wordle 1,202 3/6 ⬜⬜🟦🟦⬜ ⬜🟦🟦⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE BOAST WAGON A bit of luck after yesterday’s six. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9416 "2024-10-03T14:39:29Z")
> **Wordle 1,202 5/6\* 10/3/2024** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SHELL β†’ Whiff. Two WoFcons down, so I’ll try a vowel-heavy word > R **A** Y **ON** β†’ …and that’s a trap. Last WoFcon still out there, and I’ll trust the B for > B **A** T **ON** β†’ No luck. Repeated N? > C **A** N **ON** β†’ Nope. Scan list of letters for what’s left… > **WAGON** > > Turns out my fourth guess was darn near the best I could have done there, so I was pretty fortunate. Scoredle also finishes in five, but doesn’t hit the trap the same way I did until it was almost over anyway. ---
**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 3, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9417 "2024-10-03T15:09:07Z")
Wordle 1,202 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST DAIRY MANGO WAGON ---
**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 3, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9418 "2024-10-03T16:42:58Z")
Wordle 1,202 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY (Modified vowel hunt) PATIO (Try to confirm the placement of the O xAxOx) SALON (Helpful! FANON and MACON don’t strike me as very likely, so…) WAGON (and wordlebot thinks my par was splendid) ---
**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:** [October 3, 2024, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9419 "2024-10-03T23:09:55Z")
Wordle 1,202 3/6\* πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Nadir Tangy Wagon ---
**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 4, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9420 "2024-10-04T04:03:31Z")
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