# "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:** 87
**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 21, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1721 "2023-06-21T18:46:41Z")
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**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 21, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1722 "2023-06-21T18:50:25Z")
Wordle 732 1/6 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 My usual starting word finally paid off! CRANE ---
**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 21, 2023, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1723 "2023-06-21T19:02:02Z")
Well, knickers. I’m in the Goat Group today. Congrats to all the 1s, 2s and 3s!! Wordle 732 4/6\* ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE GRAPE BRACE CRANE > [@wguy123](#): > > What I found interesting is Wordlebot needed 5 guesses to answer. What’s also interesting is, _my_ WordleBot needed only 4 guesses to answer! ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1724 "2023-06-21T19:05:26Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > My usual starting word finally paid off! Congrats! @Aspenglow and I will have our day…some day! > [@Aspenglow](#): > > What’s also interesting is, _my_ WordleBot needed only 4 guesses to answer! That’s really odd. I figured the Wordlebot solution would be the same for all. ---
**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 21, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1725 "2023-06-21T19:06:47Z")
That’s what I thought, too. So I double-checked. It’s only 4 guesses on mine. WordleBot is more disturbing than I first believed. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1726 "2023-06-21T19:12:10Z")
I rechecked, and Wordlebot is still at 5: SLATE PRICK CRAVE CRAZE CRANE First four guesses are all previous solutions. ---
**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 21, 2023, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1727 "2023-06-21T19:13:30Z")
Weird. Obviously, it likes to toy with us. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1728 "2023-06-21T19:36:51Z")
Congrats!! I was pretty sure Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit wasn’t the only player who usually started off with today’s solution, and we’d see at least one more 1 today. Now the tough question: do you keep on using that starting word because it’s a good starting word, or do you switch to something else because it’s not going to come up again until they start doing repeats? ---
**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 21, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1729 "2023-06-21T19:37:09Z")
Wordle 732 2/6 ⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT CRANE Happy to be part of the 2 crew. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1730 "2023-06-21T19:55:11Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I was pretty sure Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit wasn’t the only player who usually started off with today’s solution, and we’d see at least one more 1 today. I have a couple I more or less cycle through, this was actually the second time one of those hit. The one that already did (RATIO), I still use as a starter. ---
**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 21, 2023, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1731 "2023-06-21T20:39:53Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Now the tough question: do you keep on using that starting word because it’s a good starting word, or do you switch to something else because it’s not going to come up again until they start doing repeats? Yeah, I thought about that, but the chances of getting a “one” again are slim to none, and it IS a good starting word. ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1732 "2023-06-22T00:32:42Z")
I don’t have a NYT subscription and so don’t have any firsthand experience with Wordlebot, but maybe the 4 vs. 5 issue today was easy mode vs. hard mode? ---
**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 22, 2023, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1733 "2023-06-22T00:36:01Z")
Ooofff, you are so smart!! I’ll bet that’s it. ---
**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 22, 2023, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1734 "2023-06-22T03:22:39Z")
Yes it must be! I’m in hard mode and my WordleBot has it in 4. I see that wguy123 who says that WordleBot had it in 5 isn’t in hard mode. Wordle 732 2/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL CRANE It’s been a while since I used CRANE as my start word, too bad it wasn’t today 2% of hard mode users got it in 1, according to WordleBot ---
**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 22, 2023, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1735 "2023-06-22T04:33:15Z")
**Wordle 732 4/6** ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STORE BARGE CRAPE CRANE Should have gone with Store \> Chain like I was going to do, but decided to try for letter placements instead. I then went for Crape over Crane as there also was Drape and Grape to check. Wasn’t my day, though a 4 isn’t bad considering all the words this could have been. With this answer word, I knew there would be a lot of great scores today…congrats to all that got them! 🙂 * * * * * * > [@Aspenglow](#): > > Well, knickers. I’m in the Goat Group today. Right there along with ya. Though I thought Goat meant “Greatest Of All Time”, and I certainly don’t feel that way today with all the 1,2,3’s. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1736 "2023-06-22T04:53:39Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > Yes it must be! I’m in hard mode and my WordleBot has it in 4. I see that wguy123 who says that WordleBot had it in 5 isn’t in hard mode. Wait…is there an option to toggle hard mode on and off? I can’t see options since I already played today, but I thought “hard mode” was just something we elected to do. I didn’t know it was an actual game play choice. And if so, Wordlebot should recognize I’ve always played in hard mode, even if I didn’t turn it on, and cut me a bit of slack. Edit to add: LOL. I just went back and noticed a gear icon that I have never, ever clicked on. Hello Hard Mode! This is what happens when this is the very first thing I do in the morning while the water is boiling for the french press. Maybe I should start doing this after I’ve had a cup of coffee. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1737 "2023-06-22T04:55:59Z")
Wordle 733 4/6 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CASTE THUMP TASTE Bad trap. After two I was left with BASTE, HASTE, PASTE, TASTE and WASTE. I couldn’t find any word to check more than three of them. This is where using the prior answers could have helped because some of them have probably been answers before. Anyway, I got lucky and saved a par ---
**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 22, 2023, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1738 "2023-06-22T05:16:32Z")
LOL, glad that you found the toggle switch. I found out about hard mode through this board when someone pointed out that when players cut and paste results, hard mode play is marked with an asterisk. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1739 "2023-06-22T05:30:08Z")
Wordle 733 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOUSE SPIRE WASTE HASTE TASTE ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1740 "2023-06-22T05:46:09Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > Wordle 732 1/6\* > > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Wordle 733 X/6\* 🟨⬜🟨🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 Well, I suppose balance has been restored… SLATE PASTE BASTE CASTE WASTE HASTE Wow, turns out there were six possible words after the first one, and I managed to cycle through all the wrong ones… Although I’m somewhat comforted that Scoredle, which always starts with SLATE, would’ve shown the same performance. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=86) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=88)