# "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:** 488
**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 29, 2024, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9741 "2024-10-29T12:41:20Z")
Wordle 1,228 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AISLE THING TOXIN TUNIC ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9742 "2024-10-29T13:02:29Z")
> **Wordle 1,228 5/6\* 10/29/2024** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 > 🟨🟩🟨🟩🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > BAWDY β†’ Whiff. Time for a good first guess second. > SOLER β†’ And… that wasn’t it. Well, only two vowels left, and two WoFcons, so… > _IN_P_UT_ β†’ Now that is a little more like it. I played around with these letters for five minutes, first to verify that NUTTI and TUNNI weren’t Wordle-approved, and I had no repeats, then to try and find some consonant that would fit. I hit enter on the compound word > _C_ **U** _T_ **I** _N_ β†’ and immediately saw that I should have waited a bit more. > **TUNIC** > > I suppose I shouldn’t be too ticked about a bogey after a start like that one, but STORE would have been a much better second guess, meeting my usual criteria. Scoredle guesses an anagram of it, and finishes with par. To add insult to injury, Scoredle starts guessing the answer after my second guess, so it would have birdied after my first two guesses. ---
**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 29, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9743 "2024-10-29T13:53:14Z")
Wordle 1,228 4/6 🟦⬜⬜🟦⬜ ⬜🟦⬜🟦🟦 🟧⬜🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SCENT TONIC TUNIC ---
**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 29, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9744 "2024-10-29T14:20:18Z")
Wordle 1,228 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART STING TUNIC ---
**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 29, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9745 "2024-10-29T15:33:28Z")
Wordle 1,228 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 RATIO STEIN UNFIT TUNIC Slow and steady for the par. ---
**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 29, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9746 "2024-10-29T15:34:47Z")
Wordle 1,228 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST TUMOR TUNIC ---
**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 29, 2024, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9747 "2024-10-29T17:31:32Z")
Wordle 1,228 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY (Whiff. DEPLOY THE ATERNATE START WORD!) BIJOU (Do I smell a Q word?) QUILT (Apparently not. But the T comes in handy…) TUNIC ---
**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 29, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9748 "2024-10-29T23:21:07Z")
Wordle 1,228 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT NOTES UNITY TUNIC Couldn’t find a green to save my life. ---
**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 30, 2024, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9749 "2024-10-30T02:27:19Z")
Wordle 1,228 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE TONIC TUNIC ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2024, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9750 "2024-10-30T04:36:53Z")
Wordle 1,229 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LANES EASEL This one really stumped me I went through all the letters a few times and even resorted to cheating using an anagram finder without finding a word that fit. I finally got it on my own. I had thought of ending in two vowels but not starting that way. ---
**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 30, 2024, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9751 "2024-10-30T06:24:30Z")
Wordle 1,229 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT LASER EASEL ---
**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 30, 2024, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9752 "2024-10-30T09:35:34Z")
Wordle 1,229 6/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,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 L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \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 A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ \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 30, 2024, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9753 "2024-10-30T11:57:24Z")
Wordle 1,229 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PLEAD AMPLE EASEL ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2024, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9754 "2024-10-30T12:44:37Z")
> **Wordle 1,229 4/6\* 10/30/2024** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟨 > 🟨🟩🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > TUNIC β†’ Whiff. Good first guess second time, with A & E > R **A** _L_ **E** _S_ β†’ Hmmm. This looks like a birdie opportunity. I enumerated darn near every word I could think of here, and a few words I couldn’t think of, but the only one I thought might be anywhere near Wordle-shaped was > _L_ **ASE** D β†’ whcih wasn’t it, of course, but led me directly to the fact that I hadn’t thought of repeats for the _vowels_… > **EASEL** > > Scoredle, smugly (in my imagination) gets it in three, as I should have. Continuing the golf analogy, a lousy tee shot leads to a great iron shot to the green, only to miss a near-gimme to settle for par. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9755 "2024-10-30T13:33:27Z")
Wordle 1229 3/6 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 186 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 3 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT BASIL EASEL ---
**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 30, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9756 "2024-10-30T15:14:16Z")
Wordle 1,229 2/6\* 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST EASEL ---
**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 30, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9757 "2024-10-30T15:16:45Z")
Wordle 1,229 6/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟦 ⬜🟦🟦🟦⬜ ⬜🟧⬜🟧🟧 ⬜🟧⬜🟧🟧 ⬜🟧⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 πŸ™„ ---
**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 30, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9758 "2024-10-30T16:14:42Z")
Wordle 1,229 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY (I feel like there might be an EA in the word) WHEAT (Maybe not. Let’s try the E at the end) VALVE (I have to admit, I have no idea. But at least I can guarantee placing that E.) EASEL (Huh. There was an EA after all.) ---
**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 30, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9759 "2024-10-30T16:24:07Z")
Wordle 1,229 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OVINE LATER CAMEL EASEL A bit of a lucky par. I won the coin toss between EASEL and HAZEL, but I’d missed BAGEL, so I actually hit on a 1-in-3 chance. I see others weren’t so lucky today. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2024, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9760 "2024-10-31T05:13:46Z")
Wordle 1,230 4/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CRIME WHIRL WEIRD Just making stupid mistakes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=487) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=489)