# "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:** 472
**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 4, 2024, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9421 "2024-10-04T04:06:24Z")
Wordle 1,203 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAIM GUILT TITLE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2024, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9422 "2024-10-04T04:26:32Z")
Wordle 1,203 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LITHE TITLE ---
**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 4, 2024, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9423 "2024-10-04T04:29:22Z")
Wordle 1,203 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT STOLE TITLE We’ve got a nice little 3 streak going here today on the boards, three for three. ---
**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 4, 2024, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9424 "2024-10-04T09:09:02Z")
Wordle 1,203 4/6\* \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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} Sorry ! ---
**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 4, 2024, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9425 "2024-10-04T11:03:16Z")
Wordle 1,203 4/6 πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 LINER BILGE AISLE TITLE A four for me too. Thought I had a shot at a two, and also thought I chose a word that would guarantee a three. Missed the double-T word and couldn’t have been less lucky with my guesses. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2024, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9426 "2024-10-04T11:41:30Z")
Wordle 1203 2/6 Scoredle 2/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 100 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT TITLE A 2 always requires a certain amount of luck, and this was no exception. First of all, my starting word hit two (yellow) consonants, and I decided that was enough info to start going directly at solving, rather than following up with CHORE as usual. Then I came up with a dozen likely prospects for a solution (I missed a few, too) and decided that of them, the solution was the prospect that would best narrow down my choices. I really didn’t expect it would be the solution, but no complaints. πŸ™‚ ---
**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 4, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9427 "2024-10-04T11:46:30Z")
Wordle 1,203 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART STEEL TILDE TITLE hit the wrong reply button, not meant to specifically reply to Wheelz ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9428 "2024-10-04T14:36:53Z")
> **Wordle 1,203 3/6\* 10/4/2024** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > WAGON β†’ Whiff. So, I & E and three WoFcons of the four remaining. > S_TI_ **LE** β†’ Good guess. Hmmm. I could probably finish this with my next guess. IT?LE goes nowhere, as does I?TLE. But if the I is second, both ?ITLE and TI?LE are evocative… > **TITLE** > > Might not have had the guts to try that in most circumstances, but it virtually screamed at me. Scoredle does similarly well from my start, but only takes two from its usual SLATE. ---
**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 4, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9429 "2024-10-04T15:45:19Z")
Wordle 1,203 4/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ ⬜🟧⬜⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PAEON SIEGE TITHE - I knew a verb answer was unlikely, but the obvious alternative didn’t occur to me. TITLE I’ll take it, considering my start. ---
**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 4, 2024, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9430 "2024-10-04T17:56:06Z")
Wordle 1,203 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY (There’s a word I use so I’ll have tried all the vowels) LOUIE (The results are productive. Let’s try two Es) ELITE (There can’t be a lot of possible words with those four letters) TITLE (Just the one, as it turns out) ---
**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 4, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9431 "2024-10-04T21:06:36Z")
Wordle 1,203 3/6\* 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST MOTEL TITLE ---
**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 5, 2024, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9432 "2024-10-05T03:13:16Z")
Wordle 1,203 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE STOLE TULLE TITLE My 3rd guess was better suited for the NY Times Spelling Bee, where fabric names appear regularly ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9433 "2024-10-05T05:23:06Z")
Wordle 1,204 6/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHIRE LINER FINER DINER MINER Saw the trap but had enough guesses so decided to stay in hard mode. Thank goodness I didn’t miss any. ---
**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 5, 2024, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9434 "2024-10-05T07:46:27Z")
Wordle 1,204 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLOPE GIVEN MINER ---
**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 5, 2024, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9435 "2024-10-05T09:30:17Z")
Wordle 1,204 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[yellow,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 R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 5, 2024, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9436 "2024-10-05T11:12:20Z")
Wordle 1,204 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SNORE NEWER MINER Getting pretty sick of this trap. The result for my first two words originally left over a dozen possibilities. But so many have been used as answers it’s down to like two now, I think. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9437 "2024-10-05T11:35:10Z")
Wordle 1204 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 584 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 46 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE MINER A lucky 3. I chose my third word among several possibilities because it would determine for sure which of those possibilities was the solution, but I got lucky and it turned out to be the solution itself. ETA: Because every word reminds me of a song, I now have β€œClementine” as an earworm. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9438 "2024-10-05T11:43:21Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Getting pretty sick of this trap. The result for my first two words originally left over a dozen possibilities. But so many have been used as answers it’s down to like two now, I think. I’m seeing nervy, newer, riven, and reign that strike me as legit. ---
**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 5, 2024, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9439 "2024-10-05T13:43:12Z")
Wordle 1,204 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART COVER FLIER INNER MINER ---
**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 5, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9440 "2024-10-05T13:55:13Z")
Wordle 1,204 5/6 ⬜🟦⬜🟦🟦 ⬜⬜🟦🟦🟦 ⬜⬜🟧🟧🟧 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE STERN LONER DINER MINER [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=471) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=473)