# "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:** 56
**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 18, 2023, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1101 "2023-05-18T07:40:04Z")
Wordle 698 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE NORTH SHORN Good return on the second word made this a quick one. ---
**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 18, 2023, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1102 "2023-05-18T09:45:17Z")
Wordle 698 4/6\* \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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} Bastards !! \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1103 "2023-05-18T10:03:00Z")
Wordle 698 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRUDE RATIO PORKY FLOOR SHORN ---
**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 18, 2023, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1104 "2023-05-18T10:10:35Z")
Wordle 698 5/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE STOUN SWORN SCORN SHORN No, I don’t know what STOUN is. ---
**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 18, 2023, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1105 "2023-05-18T10:43:20Z")
Wordle 698 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SAUCY STORE SWORD SHORN ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1106 "2023-05-18T12:00:06Z")
Wordle 698 plus tax 3/6 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 102 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 3 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT KENCH SHORN I actually thought of doing my 3rd guess as my second guess. Ah well. πŸ™‚ ---
**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 18, 2023, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1107 "2023-05-18T12:07:37Z")
Wordle 698 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART CHURN SHORN ---
**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 18, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1108 "2023-05-18T13:52:48Z")
Wordle 698 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AISLE ROUST SHORN Very quick three today, with a dash of good luck. There were five, maybe six, decent words left. I just went with the first one I saw because it had useful letters. Bingo! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1109 "2023-05-18T14:12:48Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > No, I don’t know what STOUN is. It’s a kind of musical sound, a kind of β€˜ding’ noise. Which is why people will sometimes say β€œIt’s a STOUN ding.” :d&r: (Time is fleeting, madness takes its toll. πŸ˜ƒ ) ---
**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 18, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1110 "2023-05-18T14:34:27Z")
Getting worse as the week goes by. Wordle 698 5/6 ⬜🟦⬜🟦⬜ 🟧⬜🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟦🟧🟧⬜ 🟧⬜🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL - high hopes after this SNORT - uh-oh SWORN SHORN ---
**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 18, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1111 "2023-05-18T14:54:42Z")
Wordle 698 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SNORE SWORN SHORN After 2 I was pretty sure the answer was shorn, but I saw sworn first. Good thing it wasn’t scorn, which I did not see. This was a pretty disappointing way to end my streak of 3s. ---
**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 18, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1112 "2023-05-18T15:05:07Z")
Had it down to the last two, picked wrong for Choice #3. Oh, well. Wordle 698 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SCRUB SWORN SHORN ---
**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 19, 2023, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1113 "2023-05-19T03:57:18Z")
Wordle 698 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST SONIC SHORN (which always reminds me of Shaun the Sheep in Wallace and Gromit) And once again WordleBot spoils my pleasure in a 3 by telling me it was a lucky guess and downgrading me on skill ---
**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 19, 2023, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1114 "2023-05-19T05:09:33Z")
**Wordle 698 4/6** 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHOUT SHOVE SHOOK SHORN Hitting 3 greens out the gate was nice, except too many words to choose from. I could have played a bit smarter and gone with Shore instead of Shove, but that V hasn’t shown up in _so long_ (since 3/31 to be exact), so I went for it. And I _almost_ went with Shorn at 3, but decided to take a chance on the double O instead, and to check the K, as I had Shock on my list too. Just didn’t go my way today, but a 4 isn’t bad. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2023, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1115 "2023-05-19T05:21:25Z")
> **Wordle 698 3/6\* 5/18/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > PLA_N_K β†’ Slow start. N is not in one of my usual second words, so I’ve got to be a little creative with common letters… > T_ON_E_R_ β†’ Good second guess. Still have S & H left among common letters, I’d better try something with them… > **SHORN** > > Well, that was an unexpected three. Scoredle had 18 words left after my second guess, ten of which were non-bogus, so I guess this goes as pretty lucky… ---
**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 19, 2023, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1116 "2023-05-19T05:41:03Z")
Wordle 698 3/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLEAS STOIC SHORN I had a string of 3s going, then broke the streak with a 6. Maybe I can get another streak going. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2023, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1117 "2023-05-19T06:36:57Z")
Wordle 699 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LINER GRIEF ---
**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 19, 2023, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1118 "2023-05-19T07:05:17Z")
Wordle 699 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET ROUND CHIMP BRIEF GRIEF ---
**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 19, 2023, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1119 "2023-05-19T08:07:49Z")
Wordle 699 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHIER TRIED GRIEF ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2023, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1120 "2023-05-19T08:08:02Z")
Wordle 699 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUEST RENAL PROVE BRIEF GRIEF [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=55) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=57)