# "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:** 72
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1421 "2023-06-04T23:36:29Z")
Wordle 715 3/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 15 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT BOAST BEAST So close to that 2, but this isn’t horseshoes or hand grenades. (1,2,_5!_) ---
**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 5, 2023, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1422 "2023-06-05T00:07:19Z")
3 sir! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1423 "2023-06-05T00:19:11Z")
_Three!_ [boom] ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1424 "2023-06-05T04:47:48Z")
> **Wordle 715 3/6\* 6/4/2023** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > N_A_NNY β†’ Better than I thought it’d be. Try E and common consonants > L **EAST** β†’ Wow. F or B. Try… > **BEAST** > > Lucky guess for a birdie. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1425 "2023-06-05T05:47:58Z")
Wordle 716 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SINGE ENNUI ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1426 "2023-06-05T07:23:52Z")
Wordle 716 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE ENNUI I had no idea where to go after my standard opener, so I Googled β€œfive letter words u n i e” for a list of valid words, and β€œennui” and β€œcunei” were the only two that didn’t end with E, so I went with the one I knew the definition of. I would’ve thought β€œennui” was too obscure a word to have been in the original Wordle, but apparently in the old list of correct answers it would’ve been used on October 9th of this year. (Today’s word would’ve been β€œrisky”, which has not yet appeared since the NYT abandoned the old list.) ---
**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 5, 2023, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1427 "2023-06-05T07:31:07Z")
Wordle 716 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE TINES DENIM ENNUI Only got it due to knowing, after 3, that β€œE” was the first letter, and _only_ the first letter β€” and that β€œI” was the last letter, and _only_ the last letter β€” and, with the β€œN” in the middle, nothing else occurred to me, and maybe nothing else exists. ---
**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 5, 2023, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1428 "2023-06-05T09:09:29Z")
Wordle 716 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[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 L} \bbox[yellow,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \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 U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \\ \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 5, 2023, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1429 "2023-06-05T11:24:25Z")
Wordle 716 4/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IDEAL SIREN WHINE ENNUI ---
**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 5, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1430 "2023-06-05T12:04:25Z")
Wordle 716 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE β€” I’d been using SALET but that just felt weird. ROUND CHIMP ENNUI ---
**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 5, 2023, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1431 "2023-06-05T12:06:36Z")
Wordle 716 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART CLOSE INFER ENNUI ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1432 "2023-06-05T12:31:52Z")
Wordle 716 4/6 SLANT CHORE GIMPY ENNUI Happy to get a 4. I had a hard time coming up with any valid words after my third guess, finally saw ENNUI, so I put that in and got lucky. Scoredle points out that the seemingly more likely INDEX was an option, but fortunately I didn’t see it. ---
**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 5, 2023, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1433 "2023-06-05T12:41:23Z")
Wordle 716 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRYST ADIEU EQUIP ENNUI I thought I had it with EQUIP! It fit so perfectly. (I don’t look at the used word list, so I don’t know if it was 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:** [June 5, 2023, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1434 "2023-06-05T12:41:53Z")
Wordle 716 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SNORE ENNUI Google voice is translating my pronunciation of ennui as on Wii, which has a certain je ne sais quois. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1435 "2023-06-05T13:38:59Z")
Wordle 716 2/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ₯³ UNCLE ENNUI ---
**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 5, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1436 "2023-06-05T14:02:30Z")
Nice! ---
**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 5, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1437 "2023-06-05T15:24:41Z")
Wordle 716 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦⬜⬜ 🟦🟧🟦⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE NEIGH INEPT - which only leaves ENNUI ---
**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 5, 2023, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1438 "2023-06-05T16:39:21Z")
Wordle 716 4/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 NOISE BEGIN DINER ENNUI I thought this word might give people more trouble than it has. I was fortunate to find three letters right away, but had a hard time placing them. But, like @The_Other_Waldo_Pepper, I knew it started with E and ended with I, with N in the middle; and indeed there was only one option left. > [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > UNCLE > ENNUI Band name! ---
**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:** [June 5, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1439 "2023-06-05T18:25:58Z")
Wordle 716 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Scoredle 5/6\* 14,855 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ STRAY (1,584) ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 VOICE (111) ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ LINED (7) ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ RENIG (1) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ENNUI ENNUI… the new PINEY. What a bogus word (IMHO). Never heard of it. Though I’m certain folks around here rely on this workhorse of a word daily in their verbiage, I surely don’t. ---
**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 5, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1440 "2023-06-05T19:10:11Z")
No 3s for me lately. At least it’s not another 6!! Wordle 716 4/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SPIED ELFIN ENNUI [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=71) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=73)