# "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:** 70
**Author:** ![Beesnest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1381 "2023-06-02T22:33:44Z")
Wordle 713 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I didn’t remember the proper word until I went back and looked at what I did at 7am before I went back to sleep. But I will remember Igloo forever. cheat,hours,humid ---
**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:** [June 3, 2023, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1382 "2023-06-03T03:33:23Z")
Wordle 713 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL ROUND CUPID HUMID ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1383 "2023-06-03T05:01:33Z")
Wordle 714 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SANDY MANLY CHUNK NANNY I am actually proud of thinking this through. After the trap at two I tried a couple of common letters then was left with a few options including NANNY, CANNY, FANNY (unlikely), FANCY, HANKY, WANKY (unlikely). CANNY would probably also have narrowed it down to one of the four likeliest options but I knew I needed to check the N in the fourth spot and a C somewhere. Meanwhile everybody else will probably easily get this in three. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2023, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1384 "2023-06-03T05:47:11Z")
Wordle 714 X/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE ALONG MAUNT FAWNY DANNY PANNY Well there goes my streak. Somehow never occurred to my to try the triple consonant… ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1385 "2023-06-03T06:12:18Z")
Wordle 714 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIOUS GREAT BLANK CANNY NANNY ---
**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:** [June 3, 2023, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1386 "2023-06-03T07:46:05Z")
Wordle 714 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET ROUND CHIMP FANNY NANNY ---
**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:** [June 3, 2023, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1387 "2023-06-03T07:47:20Z")
Bummer, dude, and I’m surprised that DANNY is an acceptable word. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2023, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1388 "2023-06-03T10:08:33Z")
Wordle 714 6/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,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 Q} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \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:** [June 3, 2023, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1389 "2023-06-03T10:42:07Z")
Wordle 714 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE TALON FANCY HANDY NANNY ---
**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:** [June 3, 2023, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1390 "2023-06-03T10:45:13Z")
Wordle 714 6/6\* πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE THANK WARNS FAUNA CANNY NANNY From the comments upthread, I apparently succeeded through sheer ignorance of the fact that β€˜DANNY’ is an acceptable word. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1391 "2023-06-03T12:04:57Z")
Wordle 714 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT EARNS FANNY NANNY Pretty happy with earns for the second word. This is the first time plant has returned a green N and yellow A. Saw fanny first but immediately discarded it because of the British meaning, and I know wordle’s roots skew British. Quickly saw canny but that’s already been an answer. Then I thought I went through the whole alphabet, but of course the tricky triple hid from me. Eventually I convinced myself that β€œfanny pack” was mainstream enough to guess fanny. (I essentially guessed pussy because pussy willow is mainstream enough. Rolls eyes.) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1392 "2023-06-03T12:21:45Z")
Wordle 714 6/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HUMID β†’ Not sure why I expected I’d do better there but I did ROAST β†’ One out of ten. Moving on… L,N, and E should figure in my next guess GLE_AN_ β†’ One success. Perhaps a double letter? C **ANNY** β†’ Yes. Only one word left F **ANNY** β†’ What? Panny? Janny? No way. Oh. Triple letter **NANNY** Been racking up the sixes lately. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1393 "2023-06-03T14:09:36Z")
Wordle 714 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART MANLY HANKY CANDY NANNY The old triple letter trick. Should have known ---
**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:** [June 3, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1394 "2023-06-03T14:17:18Z")
Tough one today! Wordle 714 5/6 ⬜⬜🟦🟧⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧⬜🟧⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL - leaves β€˜u’ or β€˜y’ as a vowel VAUNT - so β€˜y’ it is FANNY NANNY ---
**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:** [June 3, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1395 "2023-06-03T16:28:26Z")
Ugh. Too many tries! Hated this one. Wordle 714 6/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SHOAL FANCY DANDY MANGY NANNY WordleBot advised that JANKY was also an available choice. I’d never have thought of it. Luckily! ---
**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:** [June 3, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1396 "2023-06-03T17:03:22Z")
Wordle 714 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PATIO RANGE LANKY CHADS NANNY Forced to abandon the chance for a four and go sleuth. CHADS eliminated all but NANNY and FANNY. I _almost_ went with FANNY before deciding it was unlikely. Triple letter, though… πŸ™„ ---
**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:** [June 3, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1397 "2023-06-03T17:56:51Z")
Properly spoilering this time, regarding today’s puzzle, I checked to see if FANNY is in the original answers list. (I don’t have the updated NYT answer list.) Answer: FANNY is indeed a valid answer. Not surprised, I guess, because like I said upthread, β€œfanny pack” is a pretty mainstream expression. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1398 "2023-06-03T18:12:53Z")
Wordle 714 6/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRADE CABAL SAVOY HAPPY FANNY NANNY Triple letter? Seriously? ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1399 "2023-06-03T21:39:09Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Answer: FANNY is indeed a valid answer. Not surprised, I guess, because like I said upthread, β€œfanny pack” is a pretty mainstream expression. I didn’t try FANNY because Wordle creator is Welsh and fanny has a different, female specific meaning here in the UK. Maybe he included it with a slight snigger to himself, or maybe he had spent too much time living in Brooklyn. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1400 "2023-06-03T22:11:25Z")
Thanks for the spoilering! I wasn’t sure if it would be enough to keep me from clicking anyway, but it was. So I’m good with your doing it this way, and I appreciate your remembering to do so. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=69) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=71)