# "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:** 5
**Author:** ![chiliwillybing](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chiliwillybing/32/12394_2.png) [@chiliwillybing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiliwillybing)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/81 "2023-03-29T11:17:32Z")
Wordle 648 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISE STEER BESET ---
**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:** [March 29, 2023, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/82 "2023-03-29T11:29:40Z")
Wordle 648 5/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \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 T} \\ \end{aligned} Damn. Back to 5. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/83 "2023-03-29T11:53:22Z")
Wordle 648 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 59 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 13 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLART NICHE BESET =\> Lucky! Good thing I didn’t see GUEST or QUEST. ETA: I was amused to see POSET in Scoredle’s list of possible solutions after my second guess. It’s a shorthand math term for β€œpartially ordered set” such as the set of subsets of the factors of an integer, and is a familiar thing to those of us who studied discrete mathematics. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2023, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/84 "2023-03-29T12:07:32Z")
Deuce! Wordle 648 2/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BESET ---
**Author:** ![chiliwillybing](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chiliwillybing/32/12394_2.png) [@chiliwillybing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiliwillybing)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/85 "2023-03-29T13:06:04Z")
The wordle analyzer is showing the AI play through as SOARE JESUS BESET for today. Does that mean we can use proper nouns for guesses?? It never even occurred to me to try. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/86 "2023-03-29T13:09:24Z")
Wordle 648 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 It’s always fun when all of the vowels are burned up in the first two guesses, leaving one single vowel–by that point some common consonants have been eliminated too. Scoredle 4/6\* 14,855 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ AIERY (1,351) ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 MOUSE (176) 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ SEDES (1) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BESET ---
**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:** [March 29, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/87 "2023-03-29T14:25:16Z")
Wordle 648 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLUES RATIO β€” after this it could be beset sheet skeet steep or sweet SWEET BESET ---
**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:** [March 29, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/88 "2023-03-29T14:34:06Z")
I have seen proper names in the valid guess list. I think the one I saw was Diane. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/89 "2023-03-29T14:42:29Z")
Diane? That’s just wrong. And then SEDES, I never heard of that. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/90 "2023-03-29T14:45:44Z")
I can’t guarantee that’s the one I saw, but it was absolutely like that. When analyzing the lists I have always done my best to avoid looking at either of them, but I do have to spot check here and there to make sure the program works correctly, y’know? And just to be clear I’m 99% sure it was the big 13,000 word guess list, not the answer list where I saw the proper name. ---
**Author:** ![chiliwillybing](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chiliwillybing/32/12394_2.png) [@chiliwillybing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiliwillybing)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/91 "2023-03-29T14:45:46Z")
Thanks! Good to know. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/92 "2023-03-29T14:58:49Z")
Back in the four rut. Wordle 648 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦 🟦⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟦🟦🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL - eliminated all vowels except β€˜u’ GUEST - the only β€˜eu’ or β€˜ue’ word possible with what’s been eliminated, which leaves only: BESET ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/93 "2023-03-29T15:14:45Z")
GUEST - the only β€˜eu’ or β€˜ue’ word possible with what’s been eliminated Well, there was also [Monty Python- The QUEST for the Holy Grail - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHsbwY4EPyA) πŸ˜ƒ (It still left only the solution, though. πŸ™‚ ) ---
**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:** [March 29, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/94 "2023-03-29T15:41:27Z")
Wordle 648 5/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADIEU THREW MOTEL SKEET BESET UGH. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/95 "2023-03-29T15:53:52Z")
Wordle 648 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PIOUS STEAL TENSE RESET BESET Thought I had it at four. BESET is not a word that readily comes to mind. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/96 "2023-03-29T18:39:46Z")
> **Wordle 648 5/6\* 3/29/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ > 🟨🟨🟨🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > HURRY β†’ Ooooohkay. Moving on… > _T_ON **E** D β†’ Lucky hit on the E. But that T could go just about anywhere… > LA_T_ **E** X β†’ Not there. And no A, either. Should I check an I? Perhaps double E instead… > _STE_ **E** P β†’ Good call on the double E! T is last, so ES?ET (nada), E?SET (nada), but ?ESET could be… > **BESET** > > I appear to be in a five-rut, after playing much better on my phone during my trip… ---
**Author:** ![SeaSun](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seasun/32/14820_2.png) [@SeaSun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaSun)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/97 "2023-03-29T20:03:07Z")
**Wordle 648 3/6** ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST BESOT BESET Got lucky with my start word. I had Besot, Beset, or Reset, and any of those three words would tell me what it was if incorrect, so it just was a roll of the dice - unfortunately I rolled wrong for a 2, but nice to get a 3. * * * * * * **This doesn’t spoil anything for today’s game (#648)** > [@EllisDee](#): > > I have seen proper names in the valid guess list. I think the one I saw was Diane. A long time ago when I was gathering past words, I saw Harry and Bobby that were removed, but don’t recall ever seeing Diane…then again, I stopped looking when I thought I was close to getting caught up to current dates, as I didn’t want to get spoiled. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/98 "2023-03-29T20:17:00Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Back in the four rut. Scootch over, please. Wordle 648 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE ETHOS SLEPT BESET ---
**Author:** ![chiliwillybing](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chiliwillybing/32/12394_2.png) [@chiliwillybing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiliwillybing)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/99 "2023-03-29T22:50:23Z")
I went and checked out the guess list, I had never looked at it before. There are a lot of words on there that are also used as names such as patty, cliff, ralph etc., but I also saw jesus, diane and henry I had no clue that those are common words too. There’s likely even more, I just did a quick scan. ---
**Author:** ![Beesnest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/100 "2023-03-29T23:03:54Z")
Wordle 648 5/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 slate,tress,upset,asset, beset Don’t really know how I got the first letter. The word does not come to mind but I had been throwing random letters out. so I’ll take it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=6)