# "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:** 59
**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 21, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1161 "2023-05-21T12:04:13Z")
Wordle 701 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCARE BRAVO BRASS BRASH This was poor. After 2 I saw bravo and gravy, with braid having already been an answer. Went with the first one I saw, and then a minute or two into looking for options after that I finally noticed that I had a yellow S I completely did not see. Doh! And then to add insult to injury I saw brass before brash. ---
**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 21, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1162 "2023-05-21T12:04:37Z")
Wordle 701 3/6 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART CRASH 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, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1163 "2023-05-21T12:26:51Z")
I can sympathize - a similar bit of overlooking resulted in my loss with JOKER. ETA: Unrelated thought - is the cake icon new? It’s possible that it’s been showing up on posters’ Dopiversaries and I just haven’t noticed. ---
**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, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1164 "2023-05-21T12:34:01Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Unrelated thought - is the cake icon new? It’s possible that it’s been showing up on posters’ Dopiversaries and I just haven’t noticed. It’s not new. Probably a discourse thing. ---
**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, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1165 "2023-05-21T12:37:15Z")
Definitely a Discourse thing, it sure wasn’t there on the old board. ---
**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 21, 2023, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1166 "2023-05-21T12:47:52Z")
Wordle 701 4/6 ⬜🟧🟧⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE TRAIL DRAMA BRASH - this actually jumped into my head, but I went with β€œdrama” ---
**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 21, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1167 "2023-05-21T14:43:03Z")
Went super quick today. Wordle 701 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CRASH BRASH ---
**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 21, 2023, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1168 "2023-05-21T20:04:01Z")
Wordle 701 6/6 πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ARIEL GROAN FRAUD WRATH CRASH BRASH Probably should have stopped messing with vowels after I got the A. On top of that, luck was not on my side today. I haven’t taken a six in about a month and a half. Oh well. ---
**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 21, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1169 "2023-05-21T20:34:07Z")
Wordle 701 4/6\* 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE GRASP CRASH BRASH Should’ve gone with the double consonant and CRASS sooner… ---
**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 22, 2023, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1170 "2023-05-22T00:55:01Z")
**Wordle 701 4/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TUNER RADIO ARRAY BRASH > **Summary** > > Got _super lucky_ on this one! Took a big risk on Array with the double double, and then was left with a lot of choices from there. I deliberated over it all for a little bit, but just had to pick one, and I was happily surprised to see all greens! * * * * * * > [@psychobunny](#): > > Am I wrong or are there a lot of answers recently with just one A in the middle as the only vowel? Yep, there have been 6 one-vowel words, and 5 of them had the A in the middle spot. Makes me think I really should get back to playing my usual start words that have the A in the middle πŸ˜‰, but I like to mix things up. ---
**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 22, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1171 "2023-05-22T02:06:35Z")
Wordle 701 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Oooh all those greens look pretty with no yellows! LEAST CRASH BRASH I wonder how many people guessed CRASH before BRASH if they hadn’t eliminated the C. CRASH made more sense to me, since C is a more common letter (I think?) And @psychobunny, yes, just yesterday we had FLASK and 2 days before that, PLANK ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1172 "2023-05-22T04:13:02Z")
Wordle 702 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO DINGO IGLOO This may have been the only option left after two guesses. ---
**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 22, 2023, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1173 "2023-05-22T06:22:15Z")
Wordle 702 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET BULGY IGLOO Got lucky with the early placement of the L, and an oddball guess on the second word giving me the G… ---
**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 22, 2023, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1174 "2023-05-22T07:09:44Z")
Wordle 702 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET ROUND CHIMP FOGGY IGLOO ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1175 "2023-05-22T08:04:51Z")
Wordle 702 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WEARY PIOUS FOLIC IGLOO ---
**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 22, 2023, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1176 "2023-05-22T08:51:56Z")
Wordle 702 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE TOILS DILDO IGLOO Yeah, I guess it does. ---
**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 22, 2023, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1177 "2023-05-22T10:01:42Z")
Wordle 702 5/6\* \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[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 Q} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1178 "2023-05-22T10:55:14Z")
Wordle 702 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > Nymph > Steal > Cloud > Igloo Wordle poetry ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1179 "2023-05-22T11:20:02Z")
Wordle 702 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 640 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 60 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE GIMPY IGLOO > [@psychobunny](#): > > This may have been the only option left after two guesses. Scoredle agrees. ---
**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 22, 2023, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1180 "2023-05-22T11:52:05Z")
Wordle 702 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART LIONS FOLIO IGLOO [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=58) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=60)