# "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:** 75
**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 7, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1481 "2023-06-07T13:45:58Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > EARTH - it’s _not_ this? WTF?! I agree. Wordle 718 4/6 ⬜🟦🟦⬜🟦 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦 🟦🟧🟦🟦🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SHIFT - went with a consonant-heavy word EARTH - &$#@! HATER ---
**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 7, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1482 "2023-06-07T18:50:20Z")
Wordle 718 6/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT RATES WATER TATER HEEDS HATER It’s been quite a while since I’ve had to break hard mode rules, but this one had way too many potential answers. None of them felt like viable answers to me, which meant they all became viable. Still, with water, tater and later eliminated and cater having previously been an answer, the top choices I had remaining were dater, eater and hater. But there were still others out there so I couldn’t just check two and assume if nothing hit the third was the answer. Couldn’t find a word that started with E and included DH, so I had to guess a double E word to verify eater. ---
**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 7, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1483 "2023-06-07T19:46:13Z")
Well, I see I’m in good company today. The answer was a perfect word for today. Wordle 718 5/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE WATER LATER EATER HATER Nasty stupid trap word. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1484 "2023-06-07T22:44:04Z")
> **Wordle 718 5/6\* 6/7/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ > 🟨🟩🟩🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SCOU_T_ β†’ Makes the second guess easy. > _TRA_IN β†’ Good pickups but I really need some green here > _R_ **ATE** D β†’ A trap is forming. At least T R C and D are out > L **ATER** β†’ So, an H? > **HATER** > > Sheer luck I didn’t see E or W in the trap or I would have missed it completely. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2023, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1485 "2023-06-08T01:26:59Z")
**Wordle 718 6/6** 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LATER WATER EATER THUMP HATER Stupid trap word 😠 Should have done a sleuth word out the gate, but I wanted to see if I could get it. I wasn’t sure if Mater, Pater, or Tater would be used, but I had those words along with Hater, and so I came up with Thump to check which one. Hater it is. Ugh. ---
**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 8, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1486 "2023-06-08T03:09:59Z")
Wordle 718 4/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST TREAD WATER HATER Glad to see that I’m not the only one who thinks HATER is a bogus word ---
**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 8, 2023, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1487 "2023-06-08T04:01:27Z")
THU JUN 8 Wordle 719 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHIRT RUMPY CRUMB …_rumpy_? ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1488 "2023-06-08T05:58:10Z")
Wordle 719 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SURLY CHURN CRUDE CRUMB I almost put CRUMP because I couldn’t see anything else. Then I saw CRUMB and judged it far more likely. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1489 "2023-06-08T07:13:35Z")
Wordle 719 2/6\* ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRIME CRUMB Not had a 2 in ages πŸ˜€ ---
**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:** [June 8, 2023, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1490 "2023-06-08T07:14:01Z")
Wordle 718 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I came here to see how others did on 718, and accidentally spoiled 719 for myself. Darn. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2023, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1491 "2023-06-08T07:25:30Z")
Wordle 718 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRIDE REALM SHEAR HATER I beat Wordlebot. That’s something. > [@minor7flat5](#): > > It’s a cheap shot to use words that are alterations like β€œER” adjectives–they already exclude plurals ending in β€œS” as far as I know. Both HATE and HATER are nouns. And they mean different things. I don’t get the whole bogus word thing. There aren’t that many useable 5-letter words. It’s not like it’s obscure, and I’m pretty sure there have been others of the same type. Fair game, I think. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1492 "2023-06-08T08:33:26Z")
> **Wordle 719 5/6\* 6/8/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > HATE_R_ β†’ Thought for a second it was a strikeout. Better try a couple more vowels > LO_R_IS β†’ Nothing doing. Last two vowels, and an N (or two) > _RU_NNY β†’ It’s U. Try it in the middle, and not many places left for R to go > F **RUM** P β†’ Whew. Gotta be > **CRUMB** > > A 5 by virtue of the process of elimination. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1493 "2023-06-08T09:43:41Z")
Wordle 719 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,713 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 8 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE CRUMB The only other word I could come up with was CRIMP, and that had already been used. ---
**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 8, 2023, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1494 "2023-06-08T09:51:01Z")
Wordle 719 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\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 B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \\ \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:** [June 8, 2023, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1495 "2023-06-08T11:25:54Z")
Wordle 719 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BROIL FRUMP (damn forgot about the B) CRUMB ---
**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 8, 2023, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1496 "2023-06-08T11:41:44Z")
Wordle 719 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OUGHT EQUIP SAUCY CRUMB The last word took a long minute! I couldn’t think of any words with just one U and my remaining consonants. ---
**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 8, 2023, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1497 "2023-06-08T12:08:53Z")
Wordle 719 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCORE CRUMB Another super quick one. My natural instinct was to move CR to the front, and then given that start, U seemed more likely than I. Plus, of course, trust the B! ---
**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 8, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1498 "2023-06-08T12:12:37Z")
> [@eschrodinger](#): > > I don’t get the whole bogus word thing. For me personally, I resisted hater because it feels too slangy for me. Not the same thing but of a kind with finna. (Which google voice just recognized. That makes me sad.) The difference, of course, is that the former is an actual word while the latter is pure slang. That’s why I checked for it even though I initially resisted it. ---
**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 8, 2023, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1499 "2023-06-08T12:20:42Z")
Wordle 719 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE FLOUR CHURN CRUMB ---
**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 8, 2023, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1500 "2023-06-08T12:24:14Z")
> [@eschrodinger](#): > > Both HATE and HATER are nouns. Oops! Boy I feel silly. But I still hold the opinion that certain categories of words that are made up by adding a letter or two are cheap shots. e.g. PINEY describes something that has a PINE smell. Ugh. (I guess that’s probably the tenth post I have made about that one–perhaps it’s time I let it go). Today’s was nice, even if it was a four… Wordle 719 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A very common word, CRUMB, with an unusual spelling that isn’t derived from some other word–two thumbs up in my book! It’s just my opinion of course, but these are the words that make Wordle fun. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=74) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=76)