# "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:** 48
**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 10, 2023, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/941 "2023-05-10T00:04:47Z")
I am, as a subscriber. The NYT keeps good track of my Wordle score. Can’t say the same about my crossword streaks. No rhyme or reason why they regularly reset to zero, despite no missed games. ---
**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 10, 2023, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/942 "2023-05-10T00:14:40Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Can’t say the same about my crossword streaks. No rhyme or reason why they regularly reset to zero, despite no missed games. Now that’s interesting. So maybe the NYT site is run by people who think it’s no big deal to reset (and thereby distort/shrink people’s statistics)? So they don’t bother to correct the coding that lets this happen? I mean, I’m sorry that happens to you (and presumably to others, too). But you’d think the NYT would find it prudent to spring for some better coding, to avoid having people form resentful feelings about them. ---
**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 10, 2023, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/943 "2023-05-10T00:20:00Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Now that’s interesting. So maybe the NYT site is run by people who think it’s no big deal to reset (and thereby distort/shrink people’s statistics)? So they don’t bother to correct the coding that lets this happen? I understand they’re quite responsive to people who complain when it happens. I’d bitch if it were my Wordle score. But I can’t get too het up about the crossword. I’m going to miss them now and again and would rather not feel disgruntled over it. Put it this way: It was embarrassing enough keeping the Wordle score alive throughout my recent 2-week internet outage. The local coffee house started calling me by my first name and my friends who offered access to their internet gave me faintly pitying looks. I can’t imagine how much worse that would have been if I’d hung out long enough to do the Sunday crosswords! ---
**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 10, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/944 "2023-05-10T00:21:39Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > The local coffee house started calling me by my first name and my friends who offered access to their internet gave me faintly pitying looks. Annoying—but at least those resources were available! (And I bet you got to try a bunch of new coffee flavors!) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SeaSun](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seasun/32/14820_2.png) [@SeaSun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaSun)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/945 "2023-05-10T01:30:34Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Wordplay just plain doesn’t shut up; it’s got something to say about every word you enter. I just tried that game (puzzle #128) and it took me 6 guesses. I was just kind of quickly going through it, but I got stuck in the STU trap, and I forgot about the N! Anyhow, I only got one snarky comment from it on my 2nd word. It did tell me that most got it in 4.6 guesses though, just to add insult to injury. 😆 * * * * * * > [@Sherrerd](#): > > Out of curiosity—IS every other participant in this thread registered with NYT? I’m not registered. I also play on Chrome browser and get to the game same way as you do. My stats are intact…fingers crossed they stay that way, but I feel your frustration. Have you tried to disable all extensions, just in case? ---
**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 10, 2023, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/946 "2023-05-10T01:57:31Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > However, part of my daily morning ritual is to play Wordle, then accept the verbal abuse heaped upon me by my captor. Stockholm Syndrome, I guess. 😉 LOL this must explain why I keep reading Wordlebot’s abusive comments! And boo hiss on the comment on CAPON; why isn’t it just as valid a word as PINEY and PARER? Wordle 689 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST RAINY ACHOO COCOA And I’m a longtime, 28 year NYT subscriber, paper at first and on the website for 24 years. ---
**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 10, 2023, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/947 "2023-05-10T03:19:03Z")
Until a couple of months ago, I was registered with the NYT, but not a subscriber. At first, I wasn’t logged in, and Wordle kept my stats, but then I lost them at one point, near the beginning of the Times version. Then, I always kept a tab open to the Wordle site, and it kept my stats. I logged in at one point so I could play on other devices. Now I’m a subscriber and logged in, so I hope I won’t lose any stats. ---
**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 10, 2023, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/948 "2023-05-10T03:49:24Z")
> [@eschrodinger](#): > > Then, I always kept a tab open to the Wordle site Actually, I do too. That may be why my stats are intact even though I’ve never registered. Busy day today. I played earlier but didn’t have time to post, and almost forgot completely. Just under the wire: Wordle 689 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT RACES MOCHA COCOA Mocha was close both in spelling and in context. ---
**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 10, 2023, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/949 "2023-05-10T04:02:58Z")
WED, MAY 10th Wordle 690 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦 ⬛🟦🟦🟦⬛ 🟧🟦⬛🟦🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHIER EIGHT ETHIC ---
**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 10, 2023, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/950 "2023-05-10T04:12:10Z")
Wordle 690 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT STORE ETHIC T in second position with no S narrowed it down considerably. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/951 "2023-05-10T04:35:00Z")
Wordle 690 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LIMIT ETHIC ---
**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 10, 2023, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/952 "2023-05-10T07:09:47Z")
Wordle 690 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET ROUND CHIMP ETHIC ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/953 "2023-05-10T07:18:33Z")
Wordle 690 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FEAST ENTRY ETHIC ---
**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 10, 2023, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/954 "2023-05-10T10:03:50Z")
Wordle 690 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\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 H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/955 "2023-05-10T10:27:31Z")
Wordle 690 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 524 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE FETCH ETHIC Thought for sure I’d nailed it with my third guess, but nope. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2023, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/956 "2023-05-10T10:42:24Z")
Wordle 690 2/6\* ⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > Stain > Ethic ---
**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 10, 2023, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/957 "2023-05-10T11:22:33Z")
Wordle 690 3/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IDEAL TWICE ETHIC ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/958 "2023-05-10T11:46:52Z")
Wordle 690 3/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Scoredle 3/6\* 14,855 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ AIERY (429) 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ ELIDE (10) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ETHIC I’ll take that 3 and be happy with it after the COCOA unpleasantness yesterday. ---
**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 10, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/959 "2023-05-10T12:04:47Z")
Wordle 690 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART THEME TENTH ETHIC ---
**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 10, 2023, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/960 "2023-05-10T13:20:35Z")
Wordle 690 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET TENOR CIVET ETHIC …in my defense, I had meant to erase the third word, and hit enter instead… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=47) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=49)