# "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:** 8
**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:** [March 31, 2023, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/141 "2023-03-31T21:05:50Z")
Ugh. It’s been a busy morning for me and my brain was scattered. This one took me _forever_. Wordle 650 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SUPER HERON EVERY WordleBot advised there were 3 words left after HERON. I never found the other 2. Thank goodness! ---
**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:** [March 31, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/142 "2023-03-31T21:16:56Z")
**Wordle 650 4/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ANISE CLOUT FEVER EVERY ---
**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:** [March 31, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/143 "2023-03-31T21:51:04Z")
Nevermind, neither of those words I just said would fit. (fiery and leery) ---
**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:** [March 31, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/144 "2023-03-31T21:55:42Z")
It’s very hard to read someone else’s game! 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:** [March 31, 2023, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/145 "2023-03-31T21:56:54Z")
I’m not seeing anything that would fit. Does it only count valid answers? I feel like it’s referencing exotic words that are only in the guess list, not the answer list. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/146 "2023-03-31T21:57:45Z")
WordleBot advised that EMERY was one of the words, which I never thought of. I never did figure out what the third one was supposed to be! ---
**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:** [March 31, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/147 "2023-03-31T22:11:03Z")
Maybe ELEGY? ---
**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:** [March 31, 2023, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/148 "2023-03-31T22:13:17Z")
Good eye. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2023, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/149 "2023-03-31T22:15:14Z")
That HAD to be it! Well done! Good thing I didn’t see it, because I’d have tried it first over the actual answer. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2023, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/150 "2023-03-31T22:23:35Z")
A 4 isn’t bad though. πŸ™‚ I’d have gone with that over the answer word too, but thankfully I hit the V in Fever, and also then knowing the E was 1st and 3rd, I wasn’t faced with three choices with Emery, Elegy and the answer 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:** [March 31, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/151 "2023-03-31T22:37:42Z")
Actually, elegy doesn’t have an R. It really is hard to do other people’s puzzles! ---
**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:** [March 31, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/152 "2023-03-31T22:52:19Z")
Now fixated, I added a quickie check to my program to answer this mystery. Interestingly, EMERY is not in the answer list. (I may or may not run it again on the guess list.) There are exactly two answers that fit: EVERY, of course. And the other is…CLERK. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/153 "2023-03-31T22:53:03Z")
I just am too curious and had to check what Scoredle says - lol. After Heron, it said there were 4 choices: Every, Emery, Emerg, and Clerk. Really doubt Emerg would ever be an answer, so it was probably Clerk. **Edit to add:** ah, you beat me to it! πŸ˜† ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/154 "2023-04-01T00:01:47Z")
Wordle 650 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE PEARL EVERY PEARL couldn’t have been it because it has a forbidden (by STARE) A, but I was horribly, painfully stuck. I kept obsessively coming up with impossibilities like WHIRL and CHERT. No fun. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/155 "2023-04-01T00:32:14Z")
Nevermind ---
**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:** [April 1, 2023, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/156 "2023-04-01T02:09:49Z")
Wordle 650 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHOIR REAMS LURED ENTRY EVERY ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/157 "2023-04-01T05:47:12Z")
Wordle 651 3/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LASER MARCH ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/158 "2023-04-01T08:33:23Z")
Wordle 651 3/6\* 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEAVY FAITH MARCH ---
**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:** [April 1, 2023, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/159 "2023-04-01T08:55:03Z")
Wordle 651 4/6\* \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[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 L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \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 C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \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 C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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:** [April 1, 2023, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/160 "2023-04-01T11:34:26Z")
Wordle 651 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT CARES MARCH A nice easy one after yesterday’s EVERY. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=9)