# "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:** 54
**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:** [May 15, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1061 "2023-05-15T17:28:50Z")
Lucky, lucky me! A 2 to celebrate my new streak! πŸ˜ƒ Wordle 695 2/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CANOE I was lucky without a doubt, but I worked for this one, too. WordleBot advised there were 50 words to choose from after my opening word, but I hit on the answer because it was the first word I wanted to try for letter-testing. I ran through a lot of other letter combinations first. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1062 "2023-05-15T19:51:19Z")
Wordle 695 4/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ABOUT POACH CAROM CANOE CANOE is in my stable of starting words, but alas, today was not the day for the elusive ace. Wasn’t looking for a third vowel. ---
**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 16, 2023, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1063 "2023-05-16T02:02:59Z")
**Wordle 695 4/6** ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE BARGE MAUVE CANOE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1064 "2023-05-16T05:04:03Z")
Wordle 696 4/6 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LATCH LATEX LATTE ---
**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 16, 2023, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1065 "2023-05-16T06:18:21Z")
Wordle 696 5/6\* 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALERT PETAL LATEX LATHE LATTE Frustrating. I had excluded LATTE as a solution because I guess I don’t think of it as an English word… ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1066 "2023-05-16T07:05:15Z")
Wordle 696 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STILE LATHE LATTE I thought I had it in 2 ☹ ---
**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 16, 2023, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1067 "2023-05-16T07:49:14Z")
Wordle 696 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET LATER LATTE ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1068 "2023-05-16T07:49:39Z")
This one almost got me. Wordle 696 5/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE LATHE LATKE LATTE ---
**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 16, 2023, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1069 "2023-05-16T09:45:07Z")
Wordle 696 4/6\* πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHALE LARGE LATTE ---
**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 16, 2023, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1070 "2023-05-16T09:49:35Z")
Wordle 696 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 S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \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 K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \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 A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \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 L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1071 "2023-05-16T10:20:12Z")
Wordle 696 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 80 🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜ 3 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT LATER =\> narrowed it down to LATHE, LATTE, and probably not LATKE LATHE =\> guessed wrong, ending 5-day streak of 3’s LATTE ---
**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 16, 2023, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1072 "2023-05-16T11:16:03Z")
Wordle 696 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART STEAM DATED LATTE ---
**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 16, 2023, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1073 "2023-05-16T11:20:47Z")
Wordle 696 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IDEAL STALE LATHE LATTE ---
**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 16, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1074 "2023-05-16T13:59:08Z")
Wordle 696 5/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟧 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦 🟧🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 Well, that’s the end of my run. CRANE SPOIL LATHE LATKE LATTE ---
**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 16, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1075 "2023-05-16T14:59:08Z")
Wordle 696 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT LATER LATHE LATTE Looks like I’m not alone with having a pretty decent 3 streak ended by this one. It was frustrating for me because I even went through the entire keyboard checking all the possibilities before going with lathe. All the possibilities _except for duplicates_, of course, so it’s my own damn fault. Doh! ---
**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:** [May 16, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1076 "2023-05-16T15:27:40Z")
Looks like I dodged a bullet today. Happy with a 3. Wordle 696 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE HAUTE LATTE I had already found LATTE before HAUTE, but I can’t resist trying more letters before trying doubles. There was also MATTE, but it being early morning, LATTE appealed to me more. 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:** [May 16, 2023, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1077 "2023-05-16T15:28:27Z")
Wordle 696 4/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ABOUT TANGY LATHE LATTE If I drank fancy coffee instead of working in engineering I might have gotten this one in three! ---
**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:** [May 16, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1078 "2023-05-16T17:04:16Z")
Wordle 696 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 HOUSE ALINE LARGE LADLE LATTE Grrr. I had LATTE before LADLE but didn’t pull the trigger. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1079 "2023-05-16T23:30:55Z")
> **Wordle 696 4/6\* 5/15/2027** > > ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > C **A** NO **E** β†’ Productive start. I can see why this is a dark-horse starting word for some… > P **A** S **TE** β†’ Good pickup with the T. It’s looking a bit traplike, but I can’t come up with a whole lot of words to fill the trap in. So either I’m missing something obvious, or I’m in better shape than I feel like. > H **A** U **TE** β†’ Felt like I had to try another vowel. But it wasn’t a vowel, was it? No, it was a double… > **LATTE** > > I should have asked SunLass, the only coffee drinker in the house, for help… ---
**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 17, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1080 "2023-05-17T01:50:57Z")
**Wordle 696 3/6** ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLEAT LATKE LATTE I was feeling hungry more so than needing caffeine. πŸ˜† [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=53) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=55)