# "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:** 67
**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 30, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1321 "2023-05-30T13:58:36Z")
Wordle 710 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟦🟦 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟧 🟦🟦⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL NEWEL - Wordlebot didn’t care for this KNEEL ---
**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 30, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1322 "2023-05-30T14:08:28Z")
I must be in a Wordle Zone. Another 3. (!!!) Wordle 710 3/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE ENVOY KNEEL With the β€˜E’ eliminated from last and first positions, the β€˜KN’ combination came pretty quickly to mind. I found KNEES, KNEED and KNEEL right away. Siince Wordle doesn’t do plural or past tense words, KNEEL seemed the right choice. WordleBot advises that KNELL, UNFED and UNWED were also options – but I didn’t think of them, fortunately. ---
**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 30, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1323 "2023-05-30T14:56:00Z")
Wordle 710 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT LONER KNEEL After 2 I saw incel first. I thought to myself no, that can’t possibly be it. Please don’t let it be that. I considered hopping on the computer to search the answer file in my program to see if incel is actually in the valid answer list. But then I saw kneel and was all β€œPhew!” ---
**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, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1324 "2023-05-30T16:39:41Z")
Wordle 710 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DEALT LINER NOVEL KNEEL Wordlebot gave me a 99 for skill on this one too. I figured there was a consonant before the N, and I looked at SN with -EL ending for a long time. Finally I thought of the KN combo. πŸ™„ ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1325 "2023-05-30T17:17:15Z")
Posting from tablet here. Let me & a mod know if this didn’t come out spoilered. > **Wordle 710 5/6\* 5/30/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > MOUS_E_ > TH **E** IR > P_L_ **E** AD > F_E_ **E** _L_Y > **KNEEL** > > Should not have let N go unguessed for so long, but couldn’t get it into a good word earlier. Going strong for vowels hurt me here. ---
**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 30, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1326 "2023-05-30T21:01:30Z")
Been off the Dope for a few days. Here’s my last three: Wordle 708 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OUNCE TRAIL SKIMP Went from a clean miss to just one unplaced letter to the win in three. A fun one! Wordle 709 4/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE NOISE WHUMP MOUSE Too many possibilities to go for it in three. WHUMP turned out to be the right sleuth word. Wordle 710 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬› πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SALET LONER NEWEL KNEEL NEWEL was risky, but I couldn’t see anything with I or U. It paid off, letting me know there was a second E. ---
**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 30, 2023, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1327 "2023-05-30T21:59:23Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > After 2 I saw incel first. I thought to myself no, that can’t possibly be it. Please don’t let it be that. I considered hopping on the computer to search the answer file in my program to see if incel is actually in the valid answer list. But then I saw kneel and was all β€œPhew!” Just checked. Incel is a valid guess but not a valid answer, if anyone was wondering. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1328 "2023-05-31T00:42:37Z")
I hate to be a pain in the neck about this, but we’re all used to clicking on the blurred stuff once we’ve done the day’s Wordle. So if you’re going to give information about what words are or aren’t on the list of solutions, please do a bit more to flag them as possible spoilers of FUTURE Wordles. Now I already pretty much knew whether the word @EllisDee mentioned was or wasn’t an eventual Wordle solution. So AFAIAC, no harm, no foul this time. But that won’t always be the case. ---
**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 31, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1329 "2023-05-31T01:20:02Z")
I’m confused. Isn’t the unblurred text crystal clear about what is being blurred? It’s letting you know that if you click the blur, you will see a word that is a valid guess but not a valid answer. What more information is there to give? EDIT: I think I figured out what you mean. I shouldn’t have left so much unblurred, as it gives away what I was trying to hide. Better would have been something like: (Assume I used the same quote box.) Just checked whether incel is in the answer list. If you’re curious, it is a valid guess but not a valid answer. If that’s what you meant I should have done, fair point and agreed. ---
**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 31, 2023, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1330 "2023-05-31T02:04:36Z")
**Wordle 710 4/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACE DOUGH LIVEN KNEEL ---
**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 31, 2023, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1331 "2023-05-31T03:33:42Z")
Wordle 710 4/6\* 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST RILED NOVEL KNEEL ---
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WED MAY 31 Wordle 711 3/6\* πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE AISLE AGILE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1333 "2023-05-31T05:21:47Z")
Wordle 711 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO ASIDE ALIKE AGILE ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1334 "2023-05-31T07:25:06Z")
Wordle 711 3/6\* 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GROAN LAUGH AGILE ---
**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 31, 2023, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1335 "2023-05-31T08:27:32Z")
Wordle 711 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET ROUND CHIMP ALIVE AGILE ---
**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 31, 2023, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1336 "2023-05-31T09:42:59Z")
Wordle 711 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[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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 31, 2023, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1337 "2023-05-31T12:06:06Z")
Wordle 711 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART ALIEN AGILE ---
**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 31, 2023, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1338 "2023-05-31T12:08:50Z")
Wordle 711 3/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE ABIDE AGILE ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1339 "2023-05-31T13:19:11Z")
Wordle 711 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CABLE AMPLE AGILE ---
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