# "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:** 81
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1601 "2023-06-14T16:43:40Z")
> **Wordle 725 4/6\* Flag Day 2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > PLUNK → Strikeout. Time for one of my favorite second guesses > _R_OAST → Wow that’s… not much. Need to try H and E and I, and find a place for R > H_IRE_D → That’s something, and I’m running out of consonants. Can’t think of much left with an ??IRE ending, so better try ?RI?E, so > **CRIME** > > Scoredle reminded me that GRIME and BRIBE were also in play. ---
**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 15, 2023, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1602 "2023-06-15T02:50:22Z")
**Wordle 725 4/6** 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO HIKER PRICE CRIME I had it narrowed down to Bride, Crime, and Price…had to check the C, and just chose wrong, darn it. Fine with a 4 though, but those 3’s sure seem to be elusive these days. As an aside, I guess this is “negative connotation words” month (Beast, Hater, Wrong, Crime). I wonder what will come next? 😆 * * * * * * > [@Wheelz](#): > > Do the rest of you (who don’t play in hard mode) have a prevailing philosophy in these situations? It depends. Sometimes I just like to see if I can nail it without the help of a sleuth word (and hope I get lucky), but I prefer to try and avoid getting worse than a 4 if possible. So if I can come up with a good enough one, I’ll go for it at guess #3, but sometimes I don’t find out until 4 or 5 that I even need one. I also sometimes ignore what letters hit in my start word and go with 5 new letters for my second guess, but that isn’t what I consider a sleuth word…I’m just checking for more commons and vowels. ---
**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 15, 2023, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1603 "2023-06-15T03:18:23Z")
Wordle 725 3/6\* 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLOSE CRANE CRIME I go to Wordle for an escape but instead get reminded of my current worry: my daughter wants to move to a NYC apartment in a high crime neighborhood Anyway, pleased with a 3 ---
**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 15, 2023, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1604 "2023-06-15T04:02:58Z")
**THURSDAY, JUNE 15th** Wordle 726 4/6\* 🟦⬛⬛⬛🟧 ⬛⬛🟦⬛🟧 🟦🟧⬛⬛🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE STARE BADGE MAYBE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1605 "2023-06-15T05:32:57Z")
Wordle 726 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LANCE BADGE MAYBE That took a minute to see the answer. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1606 "2023-06-15T05:50:23Z")
> [@chiliwillybing](#): > > Wordle 725 3/6 > > 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > RAISE > PRICE > CRIME I agree. Inflation sucks. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1607 "2023-06-15T08:52:24Z")
Wordle 726 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLAID MASON MAUVE MAYBE ---
**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 15, 2023, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1608 "2023-06-15T09:37:35Z")
Wordle 726 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,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 C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt J} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\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 Y} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} JAMBE ?! dunno why i went with that ! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1609 "2023-06-15T11:10:07Z")
Wordle 726 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 1,191 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 50 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE MAYBE Liked the solution better than WAIVE, ABIDE, and the assorted other possibilities. ---
**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 15, 2023, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1610 "2023-06-15T11:44:15Z")
😆 Yep! I went grocery shopping yesterday and it sure felt as if I’d been robbed. ---
**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 15, 2023, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1611 "2023-06-15T11:45:07Z")
Wordle 726 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE TABLE MAYBE ---
**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 15, 2023, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1612 "2023-06-15T11:51:44Z")
Wordle 726 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PLEAD MAVEN MASSE MAYBE ---
**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 15, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1613 "2023-06-15T12:56:28Z")
An ugly one. Wordle 726 5/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟧 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟦⬜⬜⬜🟧 🟦🟧⬜⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SPOIL ADAGE BATHE MAYBE ---
**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 15, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1614 "2023-06-15T16:42:45Z")
Wordle 726 4/6\* 🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADIEU STEAK PLANE MAYBE ---
**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 15, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1615 "2023-06-15T17:00:09Z")
Wordle 726 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟧⬛🟦⬛ ⬛🟧⬛⬛🟧 ⬛🟧⬛⬛🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PIOUS LATER DANCE GAFFE MAYBE I felt _really_ good about GAFFE. I looked and looked and looked for a pair of consonants that could fit between the A and E. When I hit on the double F, I was _sure_ that had to be it. And it took even longer after that to finally stick the Y and B together. I just had a blind spot for this one. ---
**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 15, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1616 "2023-06-15T17:28:16Z")
Wordle 726 5/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT RACES GAFFE WAIVE MAYBE I think the previous answers list cost me a guess here. My first instinct at 3 was badge, but that’s already been an answer and guess 3 is when I guess for the win, so no used answers allowed. If I had guessed badge, that would have given me the B to make maybe obvious for a 4. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1617 "2023-06-15T18:51:29Z")
Yeah, same deal if VAGUE hadn’t already been a solution, would have identified which of gaffe, gauge, maybe, and waive it was. ---
**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 15, 2023, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1618 "2023-06-15T19:09:55Z")
I did ok today. I’ll take the par. Wordle 726 4/6\* ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟨⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SAUCE FABLE MAYBE WordleBot was predictably petty. It gave me a 52 for luck and awarded itself only 38. But we solved the puzzle in the same number of steps! It also said the word GABLE would have been “more effective” than FABLE. MAYBE, if the only alternative to the answer (there were only 2 words available) contained a ‘G’. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1619 "2023-06-15T19:34:23Z")
Does WordleBot take past solutions into account? Because its ‘more effective’ third guess eliminates a past solution that your third guess doesn’t. Also, Scoredle shows the ‘more effective’ guess eliminating a word from the list of 14,855 legit guesses (GAMBE) that is almost certainly not on the list of solutions. I would hope that WordleBot has the brains to not count that. ---
**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 15, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1620 "2023-06-15T19:38:18Z")
WordleBot does not take past solutions into account. It offers them as legitimate solutions to the puzzle – even though we know that, until we find a recycled solution, it doesn’t apply. (I kind of dread that day.) I’m pretty sure the word you’re referring to is BADGE – which I actually _remembered_ was a past solution, so I avoided it. But I’ll bet you’re right. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=80) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=82)