# "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:** 66
**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 29, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1301 "2023-05-29T12:04:07Z")
Wordle 709 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟨⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCORE MOUSE Saw mouse before house. I felt pretty strongly that the answer was house, so much so that I almost actually guessed it. But as always, my “go with what you saw first” logic remains consistent: If the first thing I see is wrong, oh well, it’s not like I could have known. But if the first thing I see is right and I don’t guess it, I get really annoyed / almost pissed because it feels like second guessing myself. Like on a test back in school. ---
**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 29, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1302 "2023-05-29T13:43:42Z")
Wordle 709 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟧 🟦⬜🟦⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL DOUSE MOUSE ---
**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 29, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1303 "2023-05-29T14:16:54Z")
Wordle 709 6/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SLICE WHOSE OBESE POSSE MOUSE ---
**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 29, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1304 "2023-05-29T17:01:27Z")
I’m having good luck with second words. Sort of. Wordle 709 3/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE LOUSE MOUSE I’d actually thought of MOUSE as well as LOUSE and figured that of the 2, MOUSE was the more likely. But since ‘L’ is the more common letter and I didn’t really expect either to be the answer, I tried LOUSE first. Oh, well. WordleBot later said that DOUSE and HOUSE were also possibilities. They never occurred to me in the 2 minutes this game took to play. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1305 "2023-05-29T18:11:52Z")
> **Wordle 709 4/6\* 5/29/2023** > > 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟨🟨🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _S_KI_M_P → Good start, but I need more vowels. MANES could be it, but I’ll try… > **M** _ESO_N → And, two good vowel pickups. Might be a proto-trap, but I’m stuck with it, so… > **MO** R_ES_ → No R, but I’ve pretty much placed the S & E, so it must be… > **MOUSE** > > At least placing the M early kept me out of the -OUSE trap. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1306 "2023-05-29T19:40:43Z")
Wordle 709 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,376 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 14 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE =\> could be OBESE, DOUSE, or… MOUSE Didn’t see POSSE until afterward, and POISE had already been used. ---
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1307 "2023-05-29T23:40:10Z")
Wordle 709 2/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slant Mouse I used “mouse” because it had three vowels in it. I never expected this result! ---
**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 30, 2023, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1308 "2023-05-30T01:35:13Z")
Wordle 709 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST NOISE HOUSE MOUSE Looks like we have a HOUSE-MOUSE trend ---
**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 30, 2023, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1309 "2023-05-30T03:18:05Z")
**Wordle 709 4/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACE LODGE HOUSE MOUSE ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1310 "2023-05-30T03:51:54Z")
Wordle 709 3/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟨⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLAID STORE MOUSE Wordlebot gave me a skill score of 99 on this one. I think I did pretty well considering my opening word was a total miss. ---
**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 30, 2023, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1311 "2023-05-30T04:01:21Z")
TUE MAY 30 Wordle 710 3/6\* ⬛🟦⬛🟦🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟦⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE KNELT KNEEL ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1312 "2023-05-30T04:53:20Z")
Wordle 710 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO DUNES ELVEN KNEEL ---
**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 30, 2023, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1313 "2023-05-30T06:31:14Z")
Wordle 710 6/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CLUES XYLEM BEVEL WHEEL KNEEL Well that took a bit… ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1314 "2023-05-30T06:57:56Z")
Wordle 710 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUIRE ENJOY SNEAK KNEEL ---
**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 30, 2023, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1315 "2023-05-30T07:54:49Z")
Wordle 710 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET ROUND CHIMP KNEEL ---
**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 30, 2023, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1316 "2023-05-30T10:19:26Z")
Wordle 710 6/6\* \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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ \end{aligned} Yes. Phew. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1317 "2023-05-30T10:42:06Z")
Wordle 710 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 98 🟨⬜🟨🟩⬜ 7 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT LINER NOVEL KNEEL Thought for sure I’d nailed it with my third guess, but even though I know there are lots of words that begin with KN, it just never registers with me that they’re there when I’m looking for letter combinations here. It’s a knotty problem, and I need a knife to cut through it! I should have had the knack by now, especially after past solutions should have taught me to KNOCK and KNOLL with this letter combination. ---
**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 30, 2023, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1318 "2023-05-30T11:44:28Z")
Wordle 710 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE DECOY WHEEL KNEEL ---
**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 30, 2023, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1319 "2023-05-30T12:16:25Z")
Wordle 710 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SLICE MELON UNCLE KNEEL ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1320 "2023-05-30T12:24:55Z")
Wordle 710 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 That was a challenge! Scoredle 4/6\* 14,855 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 SLATE (283) 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ LEVER (5) ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 WHEEL (1) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 KNEEL It turns out that the last word was the only one that would have fit, and it took forever for me to figure out those first two letters. I even came to this thread to quickly gauge whether there were a bunch of complaints of some bogus word. Then I finally saw it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=65) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=67)