# "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:** 53
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1041 "2023-05-14T20:10:26Z")
Wordle 694 2/6\* 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE SCARF It was that or SCARY, made a lucky guess… ---
**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:** [May 15, 2023, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1042 "2023-05-15T03:56:36Z")
Wordle 694 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST SCARY SCARF ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1043 "2023-05-15T04:18:23Z")
Wordle 695 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SALON CANOE ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1044 "2023-05-15T04:46:30Z")
The 2’s and 3’s contune… Wordle 695 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ASIDE COURT CANOE It had to be COA\_E, CO\_AE, or CA\_OE. How many words end with OE or AE? Plural of COMA, CODA, or COLA? ---
**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:** [May 15, 2023, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1045 "2023-05-15T06:20:13Z")
**Wordle 694 5/6** ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE OVARY QUARK WHARF SCARF When I saw Ovary, I actually thought it _could_ be that word due to it being Mother’s Day. πŸ˜† I decided to play a little differently and went for words with lower use letters, but it didn’t pay off, except for finally getting the F. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1046 "2023-05-15T06:39:19Z")
Wordle 695 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VOUCH SCONE CANOE ---
**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:** [May 15, 2023, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1047 "2023-05-15T07:08:58Z")
Wordle 695 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET ROUND CANOE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1048 "2023-05-15T11:13:15Z")
Wordle 695 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 441 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟩 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE CANOE ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1049 "2023-05-15T11:22:37Z")
Wordle 695 2/6\* πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE CANOE My default starting word narrowed this _way_ the heck down… ---
**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:** [May 15, 2023, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1050 "2023-05-15T11:52:14Z")
Wordle 695 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SANER CANOE Pretty straightforward. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2023, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1051 "2023-05-15T12:02:31Z")
Wordle 695 3/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Boy, I was all happy about a 3 on this one, but it seems that is par…I’m still happy with it. Scoredle 3/6\* 14,855 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ARISE (184) ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 PLATE (55) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CANOE Such a beautiful Wordle-like word: super common with an uncommon vowel combination. Of the 55 words that would have fit the third choice, only 11 were real proper words, with the remainder useless words like MAJOE, FAYNE, and ZAYDE. (Of course someone will come along and mention how they happened to use two of those in a sentence last Tuesday). ---
**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:** [May 15, 2023, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1052 "2023-05-15T12:05:34Z")
Wordle 695 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Tough one for me. HEART PLEAD SAVES GAUGE CANOE ---
**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:** [May 15, 2023, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1053 "2023-05-15T12:30:33Z")
Wordle 695 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE BATHE DANCE CANOE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1054 "2023-05-15T12:57:36Z")
> with the remainder useless words like MAJOE, FAYNE, and ZAYDE Agree on the first two. The third is a variant spelling of zaide, the Yiddish word for grandfather. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2023, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1055 "2023-05-15T13:01:20Z")
Wordle 695 5/6\* \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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \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 E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1056 "2023-05-15T13:21:22Z")
Wordle 695 6/6\* ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET EAGER FAERY MAUVE DANCE CANOE Somehow I just couldn’t think of any words fitting a -A–E-pattern… ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1057 "2023-05-15T14:54:28Z")
Wordle 695 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST DREAM CANOE Another 3. I’ve been really good/lucky at picking a word out when there are 5-15 remaining. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1058 "2023-05-15T15:43:48Z")
Wordle 695 2/6 🟧⬜🟦🟦🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 Wow, another two this past week, along with two 3s. CRANE - leaves only one choice, which is. . . CANOE ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1059 "2023-05-15T17:22:52Z")
> **Wordle 695 3/6\* 5/15/2023** > > ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > S_CA_RF β†’ C is a nice pickup. Need to try at least one other vowel, and a couple common consonants. I tried to shoehorn a T in here, but gave up and tried… > L **AN** _C_ **E** β†’ which was way luckier than I could have expected, leaving only > **CANOE** > > Scoredle said my second guess narrowed 284 possibilities down to 1, which means that both my first and second tries were really lucky… ---
**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:** [May 15, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1060 "2023-05-15T17:24:43Z")
Wordle 695 6/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PARTY BADGE CACHE CAUSE CALVE CANOE Whew! I just knew i would blow my streak… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=52) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=54)