# "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:** 78
**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 11, 2023, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1541 "2023-06-11T02:20:57Z")
**Wordle 721 3/6** ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SLAIN AGAIN _Finally_ got a 3! πŸ™‚ It’s been a few weeks. * * * * * * **Regarding game #720** > [@RTFirefly](#): > > I don’t understand the antipathy towards yesterday’s solution. I remember those airplanes! Balsa wood is common in the craft industry too…I have worked with it for various craft projects, and therefore the word came easily to me. But of course for those that don’t use it, or didn’t have balsa toys, then it wouldn’t be as common of a word to them I suppose. ---
**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 11, 2023, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1542 "2023-06-11T04:48:41Z")
Wordle 721 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST CRANK PIANO AGAIN And, dumb mistake, I should have seen that PIANO wasn’t a possible solution because of the yellow N in CRANK ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1543 "2023-06-11T07:43:39Z")
Wordle 722 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMEAR RAPID FRAUD GUARD ---
**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 11, 2023, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1544 "2023-06-11T07:49:36Z")
Wordle 722 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE ROUND FRAUD GUARD ---
**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 11, 2023, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1545 "2023-06-11T08:51:01Z")
Wordle 722 4/6\* \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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \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 R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1546 "2023-06-11T10:07:37Z")
Wordle 722 5/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHARE ALARM QUARK GUARD Just another example of what happens when you have no system and just try to eliminate common letters. ---
**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 11, 2023, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1547 "2023-06-11T10:45:28Z")
Wordle 722 4/6\* πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE TRASH DIARY GUARD ---
**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 11, 2023, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1548 "2023-06-11T11:46:16Z")
Wordle 722 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE CORAL GRAPH GUARD ---
**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 11, 2023, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1549 "2023-06-11T12:22:25Z")
Wordle 722 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCARE BOARD GUARD After 2 I saw board, then guard. Also hoard, but that’s already been an answer. (Pretty sure award was just recently an answer, but that I did not see or check.) In quordle I have learned to trust the B, but lately I’ve been toying with an addendum rule of going G over B if both are available as trap answers. Wish I had applied that here. ---
**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 11, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1550 "2023-06-11T13:58:43Z")
Wordle 722 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SCARY BOARD GUARD ---
**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 11, 2023, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1551 "2023-06-11T15:46:35Z")
Wordle 722 4/6 ⬜🟦🟧⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL QUART GUARD ---
**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 11, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1552 "2023-06-11T19:52:39Z")
Guess I’m a lucky one today. πŸ™‚ Wordle 722 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SPARK GUARD ---
**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 11, 2023, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1553 "2023-06-11T20:27:58Z")
Wordle 722 2/6 πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AUDIT GUARD Two twos in a row! Woo-hoo!! I almost went with DUCAT, then wisely decided to think about it some more. Glad I did. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1554 "2023-06-12T00:28:18Z")
Wordle 722 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 256 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 13 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE GUARD Another lucky 3. Was choosing between the solution and DIARY. Overlooked AWARD and ([don’t crush that](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Crush_That_Dwarf,_Hand_Me_the_Pliers)) DWARF; saw QUARK, but thought it was unlikely. ---
**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 12, 2023, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1555 "2023-06-12T03:39:01Z")
**Wordle 722 3/6** ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STORE CHAIN GUARD ---
**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 12, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1556 "2023-06-12T03:53:55Z")
Wordle 722 3/6\* 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUNAR GUARD I kept thinking after RATIO that I needed a word with an E, but luckily I didn’t need one after all. And why can’t I stop reading WordleBot’s comments and ratings? Even though I got it in 3, it rated me as below average in skill. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1557 "2023-06-12T04:40:44Z")
Wordle 723 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHORE FLOUR CROOK WRONG Spent too much time looking for vowels. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1558 "2023-06-12T06:17:21Z")
Wordle 723 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIOUS CLOVE GROAN WRONG ---
**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 12, 2023, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1559 "2023-06-12T09:17:59Z")
Wordle 723 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1560 "2023-06-12T09:38:03Z")
> **Wordle 723 5/6\* 6/13/2023** > > 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ > 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _G_UA_R_D β†’ Huh. Vowel hunt time. > _OGR_ES β†’ One out of two. And no S. Second R? > _R_I_GO_R β†’ No, and no I. Only one place left for R to go, G probably on the end, and haven’t tried N or M yet, so > P **RONG** β†’ Close but I was > **WRONG** > > Scoredle said β€œThe best guess to make next would be WRONG.” Kinda cool to see that. Also I missed a solid shot at a 2 by not playing > yesterday, A_G_ **A** IN to **GUARD** on the first guess would have been possible… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=77) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=79)