# "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:** 483
**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 21, 2024, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9641 "2024-10-21T11:53:52Z")
Wordle 1,220 4/6 πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SPOON jumped out at me and I almost put it in at three, but then decided to slow down and look at all the options. I had SPOON, SWOON, and SHOWN, making SWOON the logical choice. Sometimes going with your gut is better. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9642 "2024-10-21T12:09:17Z")
Wordle 1220 3/6 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 102 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT SNORE SPOON SHOWN and SWOON had already been used. > [@Wheelz](#): > > I had SPOON, SWOON, and SHOWN, making SWOON the logical choice. Sometimes going with your gut is better. Actually, if those three are your only possibilities, going with either of the first two tells you which of the three it is. Only reason to go with SWOON is in case you think there’s other possibilities out there that you hadn’t identified, because unlike SPOON, it can eliminate all three known possibilities. ---
**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 21, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9643 "2024-10-21T13:15:30Z")
You are correct, of course. I tend to overthink these things sometimes. ---
**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 21, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9644 "2024-10-21T14:19:38Z")
Wordle 1,220 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟦⬜ 🟦🟦⬜🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE POUND SPOON ---
**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 21, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9645 "2024-10-21T15:39:26Z")
Wordle 1,220 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST SWORD SMOKY SPOON ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9646 "2024-10-21T16:15:12Z")
> **Wordle 1,220 4/6\* 10/21/2024** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨 > 🟩🟨🟩🟩🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > DICEY β†’ Whiff. First guess second time - and which WoFcons to try? Gotta be A & O for the vowels. > **S** A_N_T_O_ β†’ I just put this down, tried it and it worked. And worked very well, for that matter. Do I have a U, or a second O? If I try the second, what words can I make? > **S** _N_ **OO** _P_ β†’ Well that made it easy > **SPOON** > > Scoredle takes a bogey after falling into the fifth-letter trap - though it could have been worse. DICEY ain’t great for consonants, but it sure does wipe out some vowels in a hurry. ---
**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 21, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9647 "2024-10-21T18:33:27Z")
Wordle 1,220 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY (Time for my vowel-hunting backup word!) BIJOU (Just a placed O, eh? Time for a consonant hunt!) CHALK (Whiff. It happens.) STAMP (Now we’re getting somewhere!) SPOON (Mission accomplished) ---
**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 22, 2024, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9648 "2024-10-22T01:22:02Z")
Wordle 1,220 2/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SPOON Woohoo! ---
**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 22, 2024, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9649 "2024-10-22T03:21:49Z")
Wordle 1,220 5/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE SCOOP SPOOK SPOOR SPOON Sigh. The Bot rated my 4th guess as 0 for skill, I’m not sure why. (It said β€œUnfortunately, this guess didn’t eliminate any of the remaining words”, but it looks like a perfectly valid word to me.) Can anyone weigh in? ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9650 "2024-10-22T05:17:29Z")
Wordle 1,221 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO STOLE SHOUT ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9651 "2024-10-22T05:21:04Z")
You could have had a three if you just followed my lead and stuck to kitchen utensils. ---
**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 22, 2024, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9652 "2024-10-22T06:26:48Z")
Wordle 1,221 3/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAM SOUTH SHOUT ---
**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 22, 2024, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9653 "2024-10-22T07:35:41Z")
Wordle 1,221 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT ROSET SHOOT SHOUT I had double O on the brain because of spoon from yesterday. ---
**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 22, 2024, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9654 "2024-10-22T08:02:51Z")
Wordle 1,221 5/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,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 Q} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\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 O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 22, 2024, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9655 "2024-10-22T10:25:05Z")
Wordle 1,221 3/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Trash Shift Shout ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9656 "2024-10-22T11:07:05Z")
Wordle 1221 3/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 39 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 3 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT SHORT SHOUT Could’ve also been SHOOT; won the mental coin toss. ---
**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 22, 2024, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9657 "2024-10-22T11:56:26Z")
Wordle 1,221 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART LIGHT SHOUT ---
**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 22, 2024, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9658 "2024-10-22T11:56:54Z")
Wordle 1,221 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 RENAL HOIST SHOUT You know you make me wanna… A whiff on the first word led to a good second word. They surely wouldn’t use a double O two days in a row, would they? Well, yeah, they definitely would, but I chose correctly. ---
**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 22, 2024, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9659 "2024-10-22T13:40:31Z")
Wordle 1,221 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟦⬜🟦🟧 🟧⬜🟧🟧🟧 🟧⬜🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE MOIST STOUT SPOUT - Ah crap SHOUT Mini-trap. ::grumble:: ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9660 "2024-10-22T14:58:07Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > You know you make me wanna… My earworm was β€œ[Shout, shout, let it all out, these are the things I can do without](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye7FKc1JQe4)” πŸ˜ƒ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=482) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=484)