# "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:** 489
**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 31, 2024, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9761 "2024-10-31T09:29:23Z")
Wordle 1,230 2/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ \end{aligned} πŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2024, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9762 "2024-10-31T10:00:03Z")
Wordle 1230 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,713 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 23 ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE FIERY WEIRD ---
**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 31, 2024, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9763 "2024-10-31T10:35:21Z")
Wordle 1,230 3/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Intro Spire Weird ---
**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 31, 2024, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9764 "2024-10-31T11:56:23Z")
Wordle 1,230 2/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART WEIRD ---
**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 31, 2024, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9765 "2024-10-31T12:39:47Z")
Wordle 1,230 2/6\* ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST WEIRD Wow! Another lucky guess for two 2s in a row! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2024, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9766 "2024-10-31T12:51:01Z")
> **Wordle 1,230 4/6\* 10/31/2024** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 > 🟨🟩⬜🟨🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _E_ASEL β†’ One and only one, with three possible placements. Other than that, a fruitless start. But only three more WoFcons to go, so > T_R_ON_E_ β†’ Perhaps there’s an I. And that R can’t be an -ER ending which gives me some relief, given that I died on both PARER and CORER. Time to look through lower-level consonants > _R_ **E** B_I_ **D** β†’ Hmm. I usually comes before E, but here it pretty much has to come after, so ?EIRD gives us > **WEIRD** > > Wordle on politics, or on Halloween? Hard to say. Scoredle goes on a different trail than I do, but it still finishes in four. It turns out my third guess was quite lucky - the number of valid guesses was in the teens. ---
**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 31, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9767 "2024-10-31T13:56:11Z")
Wordle 1,230 6/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦 ⬜🟧⬜🟧⬜ ⬜🟧⬜🟧⬜ ⬜🟧⬜🟧🟦 ⬜🟧🟧🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 Total clusterfuck. ---
**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 31, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9768 "2024-10-31T15:49:21Z")
Wordle 1,230 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OPERA SHIRE WEIRD Didn’t see the potential \_ERRY trap, which comprised about a third of my legitimate choices after one. That turned out to be fortunate. ---
**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 31, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9769 "2024-10-31T16:10:24Z")
Wordle 1,230 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCORE WEIRD Well geez, I was feeling good about this 3. Tip of the cap to all the 2s. ---
**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 31, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9770 "2024-10-31T16:55:01Z")
Wordle 1,230 3/6 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY (DEFER comes immediately to mind, so I’ll try it.) DEFER (Nope. But now it can be xEDRx or xERxD or xExRD, And only one of THOSE seems plausible.) WEIRD (Yep.) ---
**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:** [November 1, 2024, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9771 "2024-11-01T04:05:23Z")
Wordle 1,230 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE DINER WEIRD I really hesitated with this solution because it looked too Halloween-themed ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9772 "2024-11-01T04:25:15Z")
Wordle 1,231 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO STILE SIGHT SIXTH ---
**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:** [November 1, 2024, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9773 "2024-11-01T09:15:31Z")
Wordle 1,231 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[silver,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 S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ \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:** [November 1, 2024, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9774 "2024-11-01T12:25:31Z")
Wordle 1,231 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART THINK FIFTH SIXTH ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9775 "2024-11-01T12:58:08Z")
Wordle 1231 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 158 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 62 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 4 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT STRAY (goofed by re-using A) SOUTH SIXTH ---
**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:** [November 1, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9776 "2024-11-01T14:20:34Z")
Wordle 1,231 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT STORE SIXTY SIXTH Lost the coin flip. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9777 "2024-11-01T14:26:47Z")
> **Wordle 1,231 4/6\* 11/1/2024** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 > 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > WE_I_RD β†’ Single I, unplaced, not in the middle, and no E. Well, that’s something. Could only see two WoFcons with an A, so I figured I’d try > PLA_IT_ β†’ Which… isn’t much. I tried a few O & I words, but ended up worried about a possible Y ending, so tried > _T_ **I** NNY β†’ and despite the repeat letter, it felt good to get that out of the way. I’d like to try an S, and with T only in 3rd or 4th now, that would suggest a -TH ending, so it became easy to see > **SIXTH** > > My third guess ended up being my best - both placing the known vowel and eliminating the newly-guessed was were key. On the plus side, I beat Scoredle, which takes five to solve from WEIRD. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9778 "2024-11-01T15:52:39Z")
Wordle 1,231 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST SOUTH SIXTH ---
**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:** [November 1, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9779 "2024-11-01T16:28:53Z")
Wordle 1,231 3/6 🟧⬜⬜🟧⬜ 🟧⬜⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE SOUTH SIXTH ---
**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:** [November 1, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9780 "2024-11-01T17:33:54Z")
Wordle 1,231 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AUDIT LITER PINTO MISTY SIXTH I don’t think I made bad choices, just very slow progress. At least I didn’t need the SIXTH guess. 😁 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=488) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=490)