# "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:** 64
**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 27, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1261 "2023-05-27T00:51:23Z")
**Wordle 706 3/6** 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPINE SHINE SWINE So close to a 1, then 2…and got 'er done in 3. Oh shoot, I’m just realizing that I never looked at the previous answers…could have had this in 2 (Shine was used already!). But at least another 3 gets me one step closer to my 4’s - don’t think I’ll ever get there though…I’m 40 behind. ---
**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 27, 2023, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1262 "2023-05-27T07:06:18Z")
Wordle 707 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET ROUND RAVEN RAMEN ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1263 "2023-05-27T08:31:44Z")
Wordle 707 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLUTE DREAM MAKER RAMEN ---
**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 27, 2023, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1264 "2023-05-27T10:20:26Z")
Wordle 707 4/6\* πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE TAKEN RAVEN RAMEN ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1265 "2023-05-27T10:41:24Z")
Wordle 707 4/6 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO RANDY RAVEN RAMEN I see a lot of RAVEN before RAMEN so I don’t feel so bad. I also have to remind myself my numbers will always be slightly worse than those of people who check the prior word list. ---
**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 27, 2023, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1266 "2023-05-27T11:47:39Z")
Wordle 707 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IDEAL HEART RAVEN RAMEN ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1267 "2023-05-27T12:02:24Z")
Wordle 707(big ol’ jet airliner πŸ˜‰ ) 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 441 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 9 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT RANCH RAVEN RAMEN Add me to the β€˜RAVEN before RAMEN’ group. And dammit, I played this way better than a 4. My second word was a great choice - the only other possibilities it left were RADON and RAYON, neither of which I thought was at all likely. So _pffft_. ---
**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 27, 2023, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1268 "2023-05-27T12:07:06Z")
Wordle 707 4/6\* \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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \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 M} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\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 M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 27, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1269 "2023-05-27T13:08:22Z")
Wordle 707 4/6\* ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET BARED CAPER RAMEN I did not expect that to be the answer… ---
**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 27, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1270 "2023-05-27T16:32:30Z")
Yowza! Wordle 707 2/6 ⬜🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE RAMEN - six words to choose from, apparently, so luck that I thought of this one first ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1271 "2023-05-27T16:44:04Z")
> **Wordle 707 6/6\* 5/27/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 > 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 > 🟩🟨⬜🟨🟩 > 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SWI_NE_ β†’ Alright, good start, need to place those, and I think I’ll go vowel-heavy for the next guess… > _NEA_TO β†’ Got one, probably the last. Let’s move things over an try again… should I check L or R consonants? I’ll try L… > CL_EA_ **N** β†’ No luck, but placed the N, so that’s good. Maybe I can try two Rs? > **R** _E_R_A_ **N** β†’ And I got so excited about finding a word with two Rs that I made a horrible misplay. E and A should have been switched, then I couldn’t have used two Rs, but… faugh… > **RA** V **EN** β†’ Nevermore. > **RAMEN** > > I was a bit tired this morning when I sat down to Wordle, and it showed. ---
**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 27, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1272 "2023-05-27T20:55:41Z")
Wordle 707 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SCARE RACED RAVEN RAMEN ---
**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 27, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1273 "2023-05-27T21:16:42Z")
\< Scooting over to the 4-camp today. \> Wordle 707 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SPEAR RAVEN RAMEN ---
**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 27, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1274 "2023-05-27T21:39:44Z")
Wordle 707 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OPIUM MEANT RAMEN Catching the M right away eliminated RAVEN for me, then I chose a fortunate second word. NAMED and ENEMA were my other possibilities. I don’t think they use -ED endings, and ENEMA is somewhat off-putting, so it wasn’t hard to pick the right one. ---
**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 28, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1275 "2023-05-28T01:00:15Z")
**Wordle 707 3/6** ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TAPER RAVEN RAMEN Joining the Raven \> Ramen club. I almost went with Ramen, but there have been zero V’s this month. Not pleased with the choice of word, but can’t complain about a 3. ---
**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 28, 2023, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1276 "2023-05-28T01:25:14Z")
Wordle 707 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT RANES RAVEN RAMEN Yet another for the raven club. No idea what ranes is, but those are the letters I wanted and it took it. ---
**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 28, 2023, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1277 "2023-05-28T03:59:04Z")
Wordle 707 3/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST RACED RAMEN I went with my first guess, hoping that the answer wasn’t RAVEN or RARER. And it was a lucky guess! ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1278 "2023-05-28T06:59:16Z")
Wordle 708 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SLIDE SWING SPICY SKIMP Another one where I might have done better having a system other than what letters are left? ---
**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 28, 2023, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1279 "2023-05-28T07:05:45Z")
Wordle 708 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE SMILY SKIMP β€œSkimp” was legitimately just a wild guess I came up with because I was trying to figure out where the M was supposed to be. Lucky me. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1280 "2023-05-28T08:01:28Z")
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