# "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:** 58
**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 20, 2023, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1141 "2023-05-20T12:39:17Z")
Wordle 700 6/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \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 S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \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 S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 20, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1142 "2023-05-20T13:23:18Z")
Wordle 700 6/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 ⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 THING EARLY MODAL QUALM BLACK FLASK Seems appropriate since I’m day drinking Bloody Mary’s. 😉 We’re on vacation! ---
**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 20, 2023, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1143 "2023-05-20T13:37:06Z")
Wordle 700 3/6 ⬜⬜🟧⬜⬜ 🟦⬜⬜⬜🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL FLASK - don’t know why I picked this over ‘flash’ or ‘glass’; just dumb luck again ---
**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 20, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1144 "2023-05-20T14:40:39Z")
Wordle 700 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟦⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟧🟧⬛⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 VOICE GAUNT ALARM FLASH FLASK I _really_ thought I’d salvaged a par there. I have several starters with less common consonants that average pretty well for me. When you do hit on one of those it can be tremendously helpful. VOICE is right in the middle of the pack, but it didn’t come through today. ---
**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 20, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1145 "2023-05-20T14:45:30Z")
Wordle 700 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PLAID thought about CLASS but went with… FLASK ---
**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 20, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1146 "2023-05-20T15:25:53Z")
Wordle 700 4/6\* 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALERT PLAIN SLACK FLASK ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1147 "2023-05-20T15:34:35Z")
> **Wordle 700 4/6\* 5/20/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > GRIE_F_ → I though I had struck out until that last letter turned over. OK, two more vowels and a side of two common consonants, order up… > **F** OUNT → Placed the F, and there’s gotta be an A somewhere. I’ll try right in the middle… > **FLA** C **K** → Should have thought just a little bit longer… > **FLASK** > > Given how lucky I’ve been the past few days, I’m happy with the par. > > > [@EllisDee](#): > > > > I’m going to be annoyed if/when an accented vowel appears in a wordle answer. > > You’re going to be even more annoyed if it appears in a Wordle answer, and you’re expected to type the accent! ---
**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 20, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1148 "2023-05-20T15:42:27Z")
My lucky days continue. Wordle 700 3/6\* ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SCALP FLASK WordleBot advises there were only 3 answers after my second try: GLASS, FLASH and FLASK. I found GLASS but as usual, resisted the double consonant. Didn’t think of FLASH before FLASK, so FLASK it was! ---
**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 21, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1149 "2023-05-21T01:14:49Z")
**Wordle 700 4/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TUNER AMPLY SALVO FLASK Well, this one took a bit of time. Got lucky…could have been worse! ---
**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 21, 2023, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1150 "2023-05-21T02:30:21Z")
Wordle 700 3/6\* 🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST CLASH FLASK Thanks to the used words list I knew it couldn’t be CLASS or GLASS, which left only FLASK or PLASM (according to WordleBot, and I didn’t see it anyway) ---
**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 21, 2023, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1151 "2023-05-21T04:15:27Z")
SUN MAY 21 Wordle 701 4/6\* 🟦⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧 ⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE TRASH CRASH BRASH Someone talked me into going with TRASH instead of SHART, which worked out nicely… ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1152 "2023-05-21T04:35:57Z")
Wordle 701 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LEARN CRASH BRASH Lucky guess three left only one option. Am I wrong or are there a lot of answers recently with just one A in the middle as the only vowel? Also why is there a piece of cake after my name? ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1153 "2023-05-21T07:18:18Z")
Wordle 701 3/6\* ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAZE TRASH BRASH ---
**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 21, 2023, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1154 "2023-05-21T07:18:54Z")
Wordle 701 4/6 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET ROUND CHIMP BRASH ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1155 "2023-05-21T07:59:55Z")
> **Wordle 701 3/6\* 5/21/2023** > > ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > FL **AS** K → This seems vaguely trappish. I need to try a T because one can fit in any of the three remaining spaces, then… more common letters? > T **RASH** → I think I’m out of the trap. Flip a coin for the next guess… > **BRASH** > > Lucky coin flip. ---
**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 21, 2023, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1156 "2023-05-21T09:05:24Z")
Wordle 701 4/6\* ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLAIN REACH WRATH BRASH ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1157 "2023-05-21T09:20:08Z")
Wordle 701 3/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 203 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CRASH BRASH My usual second word is CHORE, but I was thinking that with the A in the middle, the S was almost certainly in the fourth spot, there probably wasn’t a second vowel, and CRASH checked all the consonants of CHORE while verifying where the S was. Besides, a chance at a 2! No cigar there, but set up an easy 3. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1158 "2023-05-21T09:22:16Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Also why is there a piece of cake after my name? When I hover my cursor over it, it says, “Today is the anniversary of the day I joined this community!” So happy Dopiversary to you! ---
**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 21, 2023, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1159 "2023-05-21T10:20:30Z")
Wordle 701 2/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,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 R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ \end{aligned} I needed that. Hey ! I’ve got cake too ! 20 years today !! (🍷 Can’t have cake without wine) ---
**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 21, 2023, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1160 "2023-05-21T11:18:14Z")
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