# "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:** 65
**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 28, 2023, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1281 "2023-05-28T09:16:28Z")
Wordle 708 3/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟧⬛🟧⬛⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHIRT SKIMP ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1282 "2023-05-28T10:07:03Z")
Wordle 708 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 446 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 39 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE GIMPY SKIMP Retrospectively, there were maybe only five legitimate possibilities left after my second guess - SKIMP, SKIFF, SQUIB, SQUID, and SUDSY - but when you’ve only found one letter, the fact that you’ve eliminated all the words that include A,C,E,H,L,N,O,R, or T, which eliminates a metric ton of words, still doesn’t really help you see what’s left. So I still had to go fishing with guess #3. ---
**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 28, 2023, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1283 "2023-05-28T10:35:13Z")
Wordle 708 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE SLINK SKIMP ---
**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 28, 2023, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1284 "2023-05-28T10:41:55Z")
Wordle 708 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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\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 I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1285 "2023-05-28T13:40:45Z")
Wordle 708 3/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SPORE SKIMP Not sure how many possibilities were left, but it wasn’t many. ---
**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 28, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1286 "2023-05-28T13:58:00Z")
Wordle 708 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟦⬜🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL SKIPS - stupid guess, as plurals are rare SKIMP ---
**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 28, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1287 "2023-05-28T14:44:46Z")
Wordle 708 4/6 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET ROUND CHIMP SKIMP ---
**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 28, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1288 "2023-05-28T17:19:15Z")
Wordle 708 5/6\* 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE SOUND SHIRK SKIFF SKIMP That didn’t really want to come together… ---
**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 28, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1289 "2023-05-28T17:23:49Z")
Wordle 708 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART MINUS SKIMP ---
**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 28, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1290 "2023-05-28T17:36:14Z")
Chose a good second word today. Wordle 708 3/6\* 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SPOIL SKIMP WordleBot said only one choice remained after my second try. So it would seem! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1291 "2023-05-28T19:31:31Z")
> **Wordle 708 4/6\* 5/28/2023** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ > 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > RA_M_EN → Good eliminations, anyway. Let’s go vowel-heavy for the next guess… > _M_O **I** _S_T → Looks like SMILE, but the E is gone. I don’t think there’s a U, but there could be a Y… > **S** L **IM** Y → but there’s not. Only see one word left… > **SKIMP** > > Happy with a par. ---
**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 29, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1292 "2023-05-29T00:49:13Z")
Wordle 708 4/6\* 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL SONIC SPINY SKIMP ---
**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 29, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1293 "2023-05-29T03:09:24Z")
**Wordle 708 4/6** ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TAPER POUCH WISPY SKIMP ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1294 "2023-05-29T04:14:16Z")
Wordle 709 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SLOPE MOUSE Why do all the threes come through dumb luck? ---
**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 29, 2023, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1295 "2023-05-29T07:03:55Z")
Wordle 709 4/6 🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET ROUND HOUSE MOUSE ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1296 "2023-05-29T07:11:23Z")
Wordle 709 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VALID SPORE MOUSE ---
**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 29, 2023, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1297 "2023-05-29T07:27:35Z")
Wordle 709 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SOLED GOOSE MOUSE ---
**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 29, 2023, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1298 "2023-05-29T08:41:29Z")
Wordle 709 4/6\* ⬛⬛🟦⬛🟧 ⬛🟧⬛🟦🟧 ⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE ROGUE HOUSE MOUSE ---
**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 29, 2023, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1299 "2023-05-29T10:01:05Z")
Wordle 709 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 29, 2023, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1300 "2023-05-29T10:41:37Z")
Wordle 709 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IDEAL SNORE POSSE MOUSE [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=64) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=66)