# "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:** 487
**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 27, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9721 "2024-10-27T17:05:42Z")
Wordle 1,226 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY (Probably xANDY, but I need to rule out xADDY) BENCH (Okay, DANDY or SANDY) DANDY (D’Oh!) SANDY ---
**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 27, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9722 "2024-10-27T17:12:38Z")
Wordle 1,226 3/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ABOUT SANER SANDY Went hunting for consonants at two, not expecting to hit three-fifths of the solution. Lucky birdie! ---
**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 27, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9723 "2024-10-27T19:10:55Z")
Wordle 1,226 2/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST SANDY What a lucky guess! I was just looking for WoFcons, as @SunUp likes to call them. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9724 "2024-10-28T00:39:45Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > …WoFcons, as @SunUp likes to call them. I think β€œWheel of Fortune” consonants (=WoFcons) seems clearer and more descriptive than my previous shortening of β€œcommon consonants” to β€œcomcons” (though a bit harder to type). For some reason I think I got it from @Wheelz but a thread search is inconclusive. ---
**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 28, 2024, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9725 "2024-10-28T02:54:05Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > a thread search is inconclusive. Remember this is the second thread. (And we will soon need a third!) ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2024, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9726 "2024-10-28T04:18:54Z")
Wordle 1,227 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LANES MACAW BAWDY Kind of fun not to have all the typical letters. ---
**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 28, 2024, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9727 "2024-10-28T06:39:27Z")
Wordle 1,227 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRAMP HANDY BAWDY ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2024, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9728 "2024-10-28T08:10:06Z")
Wordle 1227 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 1,191 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 173 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY BAWDY ---
**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 28, 2024, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9729 "2024-10-28T09:13:10Z")
Wordle 1,227 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT RACES BAGGY BAWDY Pretty sure I got lucky here. There were several β€˜M’ words it could have been. ---
**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 28, 2024, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9730 "2024-10-28T10:52:43Z")
Wordle 1,227 2/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \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 28, 2024, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9731 "2024-10-28T11:58:24Z")
Wordle 1,227 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART APPLY CANDY BAWDY ---
**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 28, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9732 "2024-10-28T13:50:28Z")
Wordle 1,227 5/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ ⬜🟧⬜⬜⬜ 🟦🟧⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SAILS DATUM PADDY BAWDY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9733 "2024-10-28T13:54:59Z")
> **Wordle 1,227 3/6\* 10/28/2024** > > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > S **A** N **DY** β†’ Wow. OK, I’m seeing TARDY, BALDY, BAWDY. BALDY seems a little slangy. Have we had TARDY before? Seems familiar. Still, I’ll lead with it, and try BAWDY next. > T **A** R **DY** β†’ Fingers crossed for a birdie! > **BAWDY** > {C,D,L and slangy P & B]ADDY were also out there, as Scoredle patiently reminds me, so I was on the brink of a loss without knowing it. Scoredle, knowing better, plays more carefully and ends with a four. ---
**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 28, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9734 "2024-10-28T14:08:36Z")
Wordle 1,227 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST BANJO BAGGY BAWDY ---
**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 28, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9735 "2024-10-28T20:41:10Z")
Wordle 1,227 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY (Wasn’t I just here? Might as well get xxDDY out of the way.) CADDY (Hmm. They wouldn’t do DANDY the day after SANDY, would they? Or _wouldn’t_ they?) DANDY (I guess they wouldn’t. Well, I’m not desperate enough to try a xALDY word yet.) BAWDY ---
**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 28, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9736 "2024-10-28T21:33:38Z")
Wordle 1,227 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 VOICE LUNAR PASTY BAWDY Happy to save par after the slow start. I was looking for a sleuth word and didn’t find one better than BAWDY, which allowed me to stay in hard mode. It was a good choice! > [@SunUp](#): > > For some reason I think I got it from @Wheelz but a thread search is inconclusive. You may indeed have gotten it from me, but I don’t think I came up with it. Maybe, though; I dunno. ---
**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 29, 2024, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9737 "2024-10-29T03:17:45Z")
Wordle 1,227 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE MANOR GAUZY BAWDY ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9738 "2024-10-29T04:30:45Z")
Wordle 1,228 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO DIGIT TULIP TUNIC ---
**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 29, 2024, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9739 "2024-10-29T09:19:16Z")
Wordle 1,228 3/6\* \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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \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:** [October 29, 2024, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9740 "2024-10-29T09:45:27Z")
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