# "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:** 499
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9961 "2024-11-16T15:40:29Z")
> **Wordle 1,246 3/6\* 11/16/2024** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > TACKY → Whiff. With only T gone of the WoFcons, I can try a good first word second… for the second straight day > _R_ **I** LE_S_ → I’m glad the E came up gray, or this could have been a major trap. As it is, I spent a few minutes doping out SIR?? words, got nowhere, and then shifted to ?IS?R words, which quite quickly led me to > **VISOR** > Scoredle has five possibles for the third guess, the other four of which I consider to be of high bogosity. It takes a par on the puzzle, so I’m quite happy with my birdie. ---
**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 16, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9962 "2024-11-16T18:05:50Z")
Wordle 1,246 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟦⬛ ⬛🟧🟦⬛⬛ 🟧🟧⬛🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 MAUVE CIVIL VIGOR VISOR Honestly, this should have been a two. After I got the V, I was looking at I and O (the remaining two vowels), and the WoFcons, but couldn’t put anything together. Not enough coffee, I guess. ---
**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 16, 2024, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9963 "2024-11-16T23:45:23Z")
Wordle 1,246 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BROIL VIGOR MINOR VISOR ---
**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 17, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9964 "2024-11-17T00:25:33Z")
Something doesn’t quite look right there… ---
**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 17, 2024, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9965 "2024-11-17T01:02:25Z")
Oh poop I switched the 3rd and 5th words ---
**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:** [November 17, 2024, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9966 "2024-11-17T05:08:44Z")
Wordle 1,247 5/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9967 "2024-11-17T05:13:58Z")
Wordle 1,247 4/6 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO HASTE TALKY TALLY ---
**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:** [November 17, 2024, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9968 "2024-11-17T08:04:25Z")
Wordle 1,247 4/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN CLOUD GIMPY TALLY ---
**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 17, 2024, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9969 "2024-11-17T09:54:38Z")
Wordle 1,247 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9970 "2024-11-17T11:55:42Z")
Wordle 1247 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 80 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ 17 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT LATER TALLY Could’ve possibly been TALKY; didn’t see WALTZ but it had already been used. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2024, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9971 "2024-11-17T12:36:15Z")
Wordle 1,247 3/6\* ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 🟨🟩⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Crawl Ladle Tally ---
**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 17, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9972 "2024-11-17T14:00:20Z")
Wordle 1,247 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART TASTY TAFFY TALLY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9973 "2024-11-17T14:41:49Z")
> **Wordle 1,247 3/6\* 11/17/2024** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > VISOR → Whiff. Time for a good first word second… and with L, N & T plus E & A out there, I think I’ve tried this one before, even though it’s barely a word, so > _L_E_A_N_T_ → Good move. I’d like one more vowel, U or Y, and if I borrow Scoredle’s strategy and double up the L to try to place it I can use a Y, so > **TALLY** > > Bit of a stroke of luck, there, as Scoredle shows three other non-bogus possibles after the second guess. Scoredle itself falls into a trap - the same one I hit on Friday - and goes the distance but avoids defeat. ---
**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 17, 2024, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9974 "2024-11-17T15:20:20Z")
Wordle 1,247 4/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦 🟦🟧⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL LAUGH - Okay, so likely ends in ‘Y’ with perhaps a double ‘L’. TALLY - According to the bot, there were ten words possible, so this was very lucky. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9975 "2024-11-17T16:12:41Z")
Wordle 1,247 4/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Not a bad start.) AUNTY (Placed the Y. And the A. Probably TAxxY. But there are SO MANY of those! Sleuth, do tour stuff!) RIFLE (I’m leaning _against_ TALKY) TALLY (Got my 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:** [November 17, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9976 "2024-11-17T20:01:32Z")
Wordle 1,247 3/6\* 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST TOTAL TALLY ---
**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 17, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9977 "2024-11-17T21:00:18Z")
Wordle 1,247 3/6 ⬛🟨🟨⬛🟨 🟨🟩🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT LATER TALLY Was hoping for a 2 with later but oh well. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9978 "2024-11-18T00:09:11Z")
There were a couple dozen legit possibilities after PLANT, so even if half of them had been used, it was a bit of a long shot on 2. Sometimes those longshots come through, though. Scoredle (where I got that info from, of course) said that “The best guess to make next would be FATAL.” 😮 ---
**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 18, 2024, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9979 "2024-11-18T04:51:16Z")
Wordle 1,247 2/6\* ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE TALLY Woohoo! A lucky 2. I didn’t even post my last 2 plays, a blah 5 yesterday and an even more discouraging 6 the day before. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9980 "2024-11-18T06:09:15Z")
Wordle 1,248 4/6 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CHAIR GRAIN FRAIL [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=498) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=500)