# "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:** 77
**Author:** ![Beesnest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1521 "2023-06-09T19:19:23Z")
Wordle 720 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ zilch money 🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛ good letters and rules out salsa ⬛🟨⬛🟨🟨was so sure about USUAL 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩came back after 2 hrs ---
**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 10, 2023, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1522 "2023-06-10T01:41:26Z")
**Wordle 720 2/6** 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE BALSA 🥳 > **Summary** > > With the S, L, A in yellow, the first word I thought of was Salsa, but no…the S is in yellow silly. So Balsa came to me next, but then I saw Basil and almost went with that, except I then saw Basal and Nasal, and so I thought I should check the double A. I had a few other words too, but just decided to go with the first word I thought of (after Salsa that is). Was surprised to see all greens! ---
**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 10, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1523 "2023-06-10T02:39:14Z")
Wordle 720 5/6\* 🟦🟦⬛⬛⬛ 🟦⬛🟦🟦⬛ 🟦🟧⬛⬛🟦 🟧🟧🟦🟦🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHALT LAIRS BASAL BALSA ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1524 "2023-06-10T03:35:26Z")
> **Wordle 720 4/6\* 6/9/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟨⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CRUM_B_ → Like the B but otherwise a slow start. Try E and A > **B** _LA_DE → Might have 2 As but I’ll try an I > **BA** _S_I_L_ → L in the middle means BALS- so try a repeat A > **BALSA** > > Nice 4. I tried unsuccessfully to replicate this here on my tablet after solving on my phone, so if I bollixed the picture it’s my fault ---
**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 10, 2023, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1525 "2023-06-10T04:05:22Z")
SATURDAY JUNE 10 Wordle 721 3/6\* 🟧⬛⬛🟦⬛ 🟧🟦⬛⬛⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE ANTSY AGAIN ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1526 "2023-06-10T04:31:16Z")
Wordle 721 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SLAIN CHAIN AGAIN ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1527 "2023-06-10T06:53:28Z")
Wordle 721 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BREAD CLAIM STAIN AGAIN ---
**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 10, 2023, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1528 "2023-06-10T10:03:23Z")
Wordle 721 4/6 ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE ROUND CHIMP AGAIN ---
**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 10, 2023, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1529 "2023-06-10T10:06:03Z")
Wordle 721 5/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,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 T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\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 I} \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 G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ \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 10, 2023, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1530 "2023-06-10T10:42:28Z")
Wordle 721 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE CLAIM AWAIT AGAIN ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1531 "2023-06-10T12:12:23Z")
Wordle 721 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 31 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 3 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT BRAIN AGAIN Fortunately didn’t see CHAIN, so a bit of luck there. I don’t understand the antipathy towards yesterday’s solution. Just in case there are time zones where it’s still in play: > **Summary** > > There were all sorts of toys involving balsa wood when I was a kid in the early 1960s, from the simple dime-store balsa wood airplanes where you’d stuck the one piece with the wings through the slot in the other piece that was the body of the plane (any Boomer male surely remembers those) to mobiles, to more complicated models of ships and planes and stuff. Lots of balsa wood stuff back then; it was an extremely familiar word. > > Maybe not so much if you’re an Xer or millennial? I don’t know. ---
**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 10, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1532 "2023-06-10T12:53:47Z")
Wordle 721 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PLAID SWAIN AGAIN ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1533 "2023-06-10T12:55:30Z")
Wordle 721 2/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pesto Again Rare Wordle play! ---
**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 10, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1534 "2023-06-10T13:06:34Z")
> [@chela](#): > > ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Nice! This is what I would call a Perfect Two. ---
**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 10, 2023, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1535 "2023-06-10T13:20:18Z")
Wordle 721 4/6 ⬜⬜🟧🟦⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟧⬜ ⬜⬜🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL TWAIN AGAIN ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1536 "2023-06-10T13:21:48Z")
Thanks! I barely got a gulp of coffee and it was over. ☕💃 ---
**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 10, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1537 "2023-06-10T13:53:47Z")
Wordle 721 3/6 ⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛ ⬛🟨🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SNARE AGAIN This was my 500th game. Went back to check my previous stat updates from the original thread to try and see how much my current “plant score” opening stacks up to my previous “clamp store” strategy. I switched to “plant score” exactly 100 games ago. Total stats I posted after 100, 199, 400 and (now) 500 games: | # | 100 | 199 | 400 | 500 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 18 | | 3 | 41 | 80 | 143 | 196 | | 4 | 31 | 69 | 158 | 191 | | 5 | 12 | 29 | 66 | 77 | | 6 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 17 | | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | 3.67 | 3.70 | 3.80 | 3.76 | delta stats: | # | 100 | 99 | 201 | 100 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | | 3 | 41 | 39 | 63 | 53 | | 4 | 31 | 38 | 89 | 33 | | 5 | 12 | 17 | 37 | 11 | | 6 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | | L | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | 3.67 | 3.73 | 3.89 | 3.60 | Yeah, that tracks. My last 100 games have been significantly improved. One surprise is that my 3s were +10 over my 4s during my first 100 games; I would not have guessed that. Also surprised that my 3s were +20 over my 4s during this most recent 100 games. I knew plant score was better but not that much better. Then again, I can’t seem to buy a 2 to save my life, anymore. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1538 "2023-06-10T16:01:03Z")
> **Wordle 721 4/6\* 6/10/2023** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > B_A_LS_A_ → Do I have a shot at a two? A?A??, lot of words here. Try one with common consonants > **A** P **A** RT → Oh darn. Plus no help. Try the next one on the list, there may be another vowel in there > **A** D **A** _G_E → Gotta be AGA??, haven’t tried an N or M yet so > **AGAIN** > > Not all I’d hoped for but a fun puzzle nonetheless ---
**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 10, 2023, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1539 "2023-06-10T16:39:48Z")
Hah! For once, I went with my gut and it paid off. Wordle 721 3/6\* 🟨⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CLAIM AGAIN I had it down to AGAIN and SWAIN. Picked AGAIN for the win. 🙂 (WordleBot says it was more luck than skill. Natch.) Congrats on your fine stats, @EllisDee! ---
**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 10, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1540 "2023-06-10T18:14:32Z")
Wordle 721 2/6 🟧⬛🟦⬛🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALIEN AGAIN Not as perfect as @chela’s two, but it’s a nice symmetrical pattern. 😁 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=76) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=78)