# "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:** 80
**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 13, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1581 "2023-06-13T18:48:36Z")
Wordle 724 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟧🟧⬛ ⬛🟧🟧🟧⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ASIDE COUNT FLUNG PLUNK More of a sound effect than a word, but okay. I’ll be happy with a par here. ---
**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 13, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1582 "2023-06-13T19:03:56Z")
Wordle 724 4/6\* ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 INERT PLANS PLANK PLONK PLUNK OK. This is just a ridiculous word. 😛 ---
**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 13, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1583 "2023-06-13T19:11:16Z")
My good luck continues to hold. Wordle 724 3/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SMOCK PLUNK An especially pleasing result, considering my first try was a total bust. But I learn! WordleBot advises that after my second try, only two words remained: FLUNK and PLUNK. Since I was only letter-testing, I wanted to know about the ‘P’ and never even considered an ‘F’. I laughed out loud when my third try turned out to be the answer. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1584 "2023-06-13T23:00:13Z")
> **Wordle 724 6/6\* 6/13/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > WRO **N** G → That’s something. Try one new vowel > S **L** A **N** T → Miss on the vowel, hit on the L. Seems somewhat trappish > B **L** I **N** D → Feeling quite trappish now. Next letters > F **LUNK** → Two words left that I can see, both onomotopeias. Try alphabetical order > C **LUNK** → Nope. Last guess > **PLUNK** > > Eighteen green squares and zero yellows. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1585 "2023-06-14T04:25:09Z")
Wordle 725 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HAUNT SPICE CRIME ---
**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 14, 2023, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1586 "2023-06-14T04:35:00Z")
**Wordle 724 4/6** ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO UNCLE FUNKS PLUNK Seeing the trap, I went with a sleuth word (FUNKS) to tell me which one it was (glad it accepted the word). I’ve no shame in doing that, obviously. 😉 ---
**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 14, 2023, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1587 "2023-06-14T06:14:41Z")
I came so close to a two! Wordle 724 3/6\* ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNAKE FLUNK PLUNK ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1588 "2023-06-14T07:23:32Z")
Wordle 725 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SINGE CRIME This should have been a two. I was all ready to go with CRIME as my second guess when I decided it was better to try more common letters and then I forgot the R anyway. I consider this one a major fail. ---
**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 14, 2023, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1589 "2023-06-14T08:21:53Z")
Wordle 725 3/6\* \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[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 G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\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 I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1590 "2023-06-14T10:43:31Z")
Wordle 725 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,713 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩 10 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE CREME CRIME ---
**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 14, 2023, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1591 "2023-06-14T10:48:00Z")
Wordle 725 5/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟧 ⬛⬛🟧🟦🟧 ⬛🟧🟧⬛🟧 ⬛🟧🟧⬛🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHIRE TRIPE DRIVE CRIME ---
**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 14, 2023, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1592 "2023-06-14T11:46:10Z")
Wordle 725 3/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE PRICE CRIME ---
**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 14, 2023, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1593 "2023-06-14T12:22:30Z")
Wordle 725 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PLIER REIGN DRIVE CRIME ---
**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 14, 2023, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1594 "2023-06-14T12:26:23Z")
Wordle 725 3/6\* ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟩 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE PROVE CRIME Lucky! ---
**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 14, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1595 "2023-06-14T13:29:51Z")
Wordle 725 3/6 ⬜⬜🟧⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OUIJA - new opening word for a change and a big mistake SPINE CRIME - wordlebot agrees that this was spectacularly lucky My usual opening word of “crane” would have given me three letters, all in the proper places. ---
**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 14, 2023, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1596 "2023-06-14T15:28:41Z")
Wordle 725 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCORE CRIME I saw creme, but other than that there wasn’t a whole lot else it could be. At least not if assuming it started CR, which 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 14, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1597 "2023-06-14T16:04:00Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > I saw creme, but other than that there wasn’t a whole lot else it could be. At least not if assuming it started CR, which I did. CRUDE and CURVE (I know, not a CR start) were also possibilities. But that was about it. ---
**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 14, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1598 "2023-06-14T16:11:24Z")
Wordle 725 4/6 ⬛🟦⬛⬛🟧 ⬛⬛🟧🟦🟧 🟧⬛🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ACUTE VOICE CHIME CRIME I knew it was C\_I\_E after two. I saw CRIME, CHIME, CHIDE, and the less-likely CLIME and CHILE. Which gave me an interesting choice: CHIME gave me a shot at a three, but also left open the possibility of a five if I got unlucky; while a sleuth word like HEARD or WORLD would have guaranteed a four. I went for the chance of a birdie and came up par anyway. I tend to reserve sleuth words for when there’s a chance of a fail, which there wasn’t here. Do the rest of you (who don’t play in hard mode) have a prevailing philosophy in these situations? ---
**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 14, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1599 "2023-06-14T16:24:50Z")
I used to use them at 3 to try and ensure a 4. But for a while now I’ve been treating 3s and 4s as wins and losses, with 5s and 6s the equivalent of no contest. So nowadays I only pull them out at 5 if I’m in danger of losing. ---
**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 14, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1600 "2023-06-14T16:35:31Z")
Well, depending on who you believe (WordleBot or me), either super lucky or super sleuthy. Wordle 725 2/6\* 🟨🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE CRIME Hitting 3 letters that really could only go in one order for the second try (-RI-E) was lucky. I wrenched on that combination for a long while and came up with quite a list – more than half of which were eliminated as already having been used. My finalists were PRISE, BRIDE, PRICE, URINE and CRIME. I was pretty sure PRISE and URINE were not in contention. A background in the legal world caused me to favor CRIME as my second word. So “lucky,” I guess. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=79) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=81)