# "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:** 7
**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:** [March 30, 2023, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/121 "2023-03-30T20:33:16Z")
**Wordle 649 X/6** ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEMON PACER ARISE FREAK DREAD TREAD FFS is all I have to say about this. It’s not so much failing, but the ridiculous letter imbalances. In hindsight, I should have played a sleuth word when I realized it was a trap, but I really wanted to play β€œlegit” words today, for whatever reason. πŸ™„ ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/122 "2023-03-30T21:19:18Z")
Wordle 649 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 557 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 122 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟩 5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLART NICHE =\> hated to use my next word: wanted to position A,E,R, RAPED =\> and eliminate 2 of D,M,P. Best I could think of. BREAD =\> Could’ve also been DREAD. Won the coin toss today. ---
**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, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/123 "2023-03-30T21:44:59Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > hated to use my next word: wanted to position A,E,R, pared ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/124 "2023-03-30T21:48:11Z")
Too late now! Just didn’t see it at the time. Maybe I blanked it out on account of PARER πŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/125 "2023-03-30T22:09:41Z")
Wordle 647 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT POUCH HUFFY HURRY Time-consuming. Wordle 648 4/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH TEMPO GEIST BESET Even more time-consuming! Wordle 649 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN CHEER BREAD Faster; I wanted to test A (while using the E and R I already had), and started going through the alphabet. Lucky. ---
**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 31, 2023, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/126 "2023-03-31T04:09:43Z")
MAR 31 Wordle 650 5/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE HEIST CUBER EVERT EVERY ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/127 "2023-03-31T04:28:54Z")
A nice three for my 300th in a row. Wordle 650 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ASIDE COURT EVERY Afraid of being caught in a BERRY, MERRY, FERRY etc quandry, i decided to make a wild guess at EVERY. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/128 "2023-03-31T04:49:10Z")
Wordle 650 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO NURSE DRECK EVERY I don’t think I narrowed it down much. Just lucky. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/129 "2023-03-31T07:19:01Z")
Wordle 650 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟨🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LAUGH SPITE MONEY REEDY EVERY ---
**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 31, 2023, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/130 "2023-03-31T10:00:35Z")
Wordle 650 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE WEIRD LEERY EVERY ---
**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 31, 2023, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/131 "2023-03-31T10:45:55Z")
Wordle 650 5/6\* \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[lime,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 C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\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 E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned} Damn. Back to 5. ☹ And i thought of EVERY before QUERY. Note to self: go with first thought. ---
**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 31, 2023, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/132 "2023-03-31T11:24:29Z")
Wordle 650 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISE LEACH EGRET EVERY ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/133 "2023-03-31T11:32:56Z")
Wordle 650 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 152 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 25 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 9 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLART NICHE DUMPY EVERY =\> FERRY had been used, didn’t see BERRY so was lucky there ---
**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 31, 2023, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/134 "2023-03-31T11:55:51Z")
Wordle 650 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCORE MERRY FIERY EVERY This was a tough one for me. The first thing I saw after 2 was query, but after getting burned guessing a repeat yesterday (break), this time I checked and query has already been an answer. ---
**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 31, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/135 "2023-03-31T12:04:50Z")
Wordle 650 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPERM (channeling my inner 12 year old again) QUERY FIERY EVERY+ ---
**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 31, 2023, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/136 "2023-03-31T14:05:46Z")
Wordle 650 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Letter frequency EAROTLISNCUHPYDGMBFKWVXZJ β—† CLUES β€” AROTINHPYDGMBFKWVXZJQ remain β—† RATIO β€” NHPYDGMBFKWVXZJQ remain β—† NYMPH β€” DGBFKWVXZJQ remain ➜ might be β€” berry derby every ferry or jerky Consonants B D F J K V ➜ try fable (B F), joked (J K D), or baked (B K D), β—† BAKED β€” GFWVXZJQ remain ➜ might be every or ferry β—† EVERY ---
**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 31, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/137 "2023-03-31T15:07:41Z")
Wordle 650 5/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟦⬜🟧🟧 ⬜⬜🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL BERRY QUERY EVERY Not bad, considering I don’t use word lists. ---
**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 31, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/138 "2023-03-31T16:06:20Z")
Wordle 650 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OUNCE HEART EVERY I figured E had to be in the middle, and my first two words had eliminated most common digraphs, so - another E at the beginning? Yes! (I did see SPERM, but decided it was unlikely.) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/139 "2023-03-31T16:27:01Z")
Wordle 650 3/6\* 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY BERRY EVERY Ha! Even with my boneheaded move on guess 2, I still beat WordleBot! And isn’t that the whole reason we play this meshuggenah game? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/140 "2023-03-31T16:41:10Z")
> **Wordle 650 4/6\* 3/31/2023** > > ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 > 🟨🟨🟩🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > B_R_ **E** AD β†’ Good start. Scoredle would usually say try a repeated letter here, I’ll give that a shot… > ST **E** _ER_ β†’ Hey, wow, it worked! Where should the R go, though… plurals and THERE are out… should I try three of one letter? > _RE_ **E** _V_E β†’ Nope. But the V was a good pickup, and R is in 4th… If I go through every letter… hmm… > **EVERY** > > This is an answer that is tougher than it looks at first glance. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=8)