# "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:** 6
**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:** [March 30, 2023, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/101 "2023-03-30T04:05:42Z")
MAR 30 Wordle 649 4/6\* πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE LEASH GREAT BREAD Yeah, I slipped up a little, there. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/102 "2023-03-30T05:07:25Z")
Wordle 649 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SNARE CLEAR BREAD ---
**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:** [March 30, 2023, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/103 "2023-03-30T05:08:10Z")
Wordle 649 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT RACES BREAK BREAD An honest 4. As I was getting ready to post this I was going to say that I was focused on EA as the long E sound which is why I didn’t see bread, but then while typing my answers above I realized that break isn’t the long E sound either. Just happened to see break before bread. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/104 "2023-03-30T07:42:32Z")
Wordle 649 3/6\* ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRUMB BRIEF BREAD I suppose you could argue that a CRUMB is a BRIEF form of BREAD ---
**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:** [March 30, 2023, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/105 "2023-03-30T10:01:42Z")
A 6 today, but after 3 guesses I was able to find it definitively. After 4 guesses only 2 possibilities remained. Wordle 649 6/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 β—† CLUES β€” AROTINHPYDGMBFKWVXZJQ remain β—† RATIO β€” NHPYDGMBFKWVXZJQ remain β—† NYMPH β€” DGBFKWVXZJQ remain ➜ _might be β€” aware beard brake brave bread break drake dread freak grade grave graze weak zebra_ B D G K V W consonants remain ➜ _try wedge_ β—† WEDGE β€” DGBFKWVXZJQ remain ➜ _might be β€” beard dread_ B D G K V W consonants remain ➜ _try dread_ β—† DREAD β€” DGBFKWVXZJQ remain β—† BREAD β€” success! ---
**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:** [March 30, 2023, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/106 "2023-03-30T10:02:55Z")
Wordle 649 2/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,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 E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ \end{aligned} πŸ™‚ ---
**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:** [March 30, 2023, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/107 "2023-03-30T10:09:22Z")
@The_Other_Waldo_Pepper, how was your progression of guesses a slip up? ---
**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:** [March 30, 2023, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/108 "2023-03-30T10:12:08Z")
@pjd β€” nice one! ---
**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:** [March 30, 2023, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/109 "2023-03-30T10:51:44Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > @The_Other_Waldo_Pepper, how was your progression of guesses a slip up? Heh. Well, neither of us seeing it at first makes me feel a little less bad about it: I played LEASH after ALONE had already eliminated the β€œL” β€” which was a waste of a letter, giving me less information than BEACH or SHEAR or whatever would have. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2023, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/110 "2023-03-30T11:09:16Z")
Wordle 649 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE GREAT BREAK BREAD ---
**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:** [March 30, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/111 "2023-03-30T12:00:20Z")
Wordle 649 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART CARES BREAD ---
**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:** [March 30, 2023, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/112 "2023-03-30T12:49:22Z")
Okay, I got you. Yeah the reuse of that letter wasn’t a smart move. But we’ve all done that. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/113 "2023-03-30T13:43:12Z")
Thanks WE, sorry about the miscoding. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/114 "2023-03-30T15:12:20Z")
Wordle 649 4/6 ⬜🟧🟦⬜🟦 ⬜🟧🟧🟧⬜ 🟦🟧🟧🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE GREAT DREAM BREAD - wordlebot said this was the only possible word, but what about β€˜dread’? ---
**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:** [March 30, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/115 "2023-03-30T15:27:02Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > what about β€˜dread’? Your third guess determined that it did not start with D. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/116 "2023-03-30T15:44:25Z")
Wordle 649 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CANOE STEAL BREAK BREAD BREAD would have been a stronger third guess than BREAK (Scordle agrees), as there were more possible words with D than with K. Not a bad par though. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/117 "2023-03-30T15:57:15Z")
Quite happy with a 3 today, considering it could easily have been a 4. Or even a 5! Wordle 649 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CREAM BREAD There were 5 potentials after CREAM. I found 'em all. One of them (BREAK) had already been used, so I had WREAK, FREAK, DREAD and BREAD left. Resisting the double consonant as always, I decided to try BREAD first. It just seemed the most innocuous. Happy result! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/118 "2023-03-30T16:14:21Z")
> **Wordle 649 3/6\* 3/30/2023** > > 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > **B** _E_SET β†’ S & T gone, one and only one E, and the starting B. Good one! I’ll try to focus on the consonants next… > **B** L **E** N **D** β†’ Still have R to check, and there might be another vowel in there as it turns out… > **BREAD** > > Feels good to get back on the right side of par. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/119 "2023-03-30T17:07:33Z")
Again, we go down the exact same path since we start with the same word. I had the exact same progression as you and also got it in three. First third word that popped into my head was dread, but I decided to go with bread and avoid the double D ---
**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:** [March 30, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/120 "2023-03-30T20:18:04Z")
Wordle 649 2/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROUTE BREAD Well, that was a lucky two… According to Scoredle, there were 703 possibilities for the second guess. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=7)