# "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:** 9
**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:** [April 1, 2023, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/161 "2023-04-01T11:59:01Z")
Wordle 651 3/6\* 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE RANCH MARCH I wanted to start with APRIL, today being the first of, but apparently, names of months aren’t valid words… But then, it turns out to be something that’s (also) a month! ---
**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:** [April 1, 2023, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/162 "2023-04-01T12:10:18Z")
Wordle 651 3/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE CAROL MARCH ---
**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:** [April 1, 2023, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/163 "2023-04-01T12:59:14Z")
Wordle 651 4/6\* πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHART HARPY MARCH ---
**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:** [April 1, 2023, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/164 "2023-04-01T13:03:36Z")
Wordle 651 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLUES RATIO NYMPH MARCH ---
**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:** [April 1, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/165 "2023-04-01T13:06:30Z")
Wordle 651 4/6 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART CHAIR LARCH MARCH ---
**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, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/166 "2023-04-01T13:30:37Z")
Wordle 651 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 557 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 3 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLART NICHE MARCH =\> only alternative was PARCH which seemed less likely ETA: Kind of an ironic choice for April 1. Maybe it was a subtle April Fool’s joke? ---
**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:** [April 1, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/167 "2023-04-01T15:43:55Z")
Wordle 651 4/6 🟦🟦🟦⬜⬜ ⬜🟦🟦🟧⬜ 🟦🟧⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE TRACK - stupid, stupid, stupid RANCH MARCH ---
**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:** [April 1, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/168 "2023-04-01T16:05:28Z")
Wordle 651 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 LOUPE TRAIN RADAR MARCH Trying a double-double at three didn’t really pay off, but somehow I still pulled a par out of my butt. > [@RTFirefly](#): > > Kind of an ironic choice for April 1. Maybe it was a subtle April Fool’s joke? I thought exactly the same thing! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/169 "2023-04-01T23:47:08Z")
> **Wordle 651 4/6\* April Fool's Day 2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > EVE_R_Y β†’ Two vowels gone already. Try another couple… > _R_O_A_ST β†’ Got one. Still no idea where the R is. ARIAL is β€œnot in word list”, so I’ll try something with a U… > _A_U **R** AL β†’ Only one A. With that R in the middle, I’m not sure what ?ARI? gets us… so maybe something with 3 consonants in a row? SCRAM? or perhaps… > **MARCH** > > The oddest-feeling 4 I’ve had in a while. ---
**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, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/170 "2023-04-01T23:51:10Z")
Wordle 651 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OUTER DAIRY RANCH LAMPS MARCH LAMPS was, of course, a test word, as after RANCH I could see LARCH, MARCH, and PARCH–none of which had been solutions. Not a respectable score, but kind of fun (and fast) anyway. (Like others, I had the thought that MARCH on April 1 might have been a bit of a joke.) ---
**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:** [April 2, 2023, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/171 "2023-04-02T02:01:29Z")
**Wordle 651 5/6** 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COAST RANCH PARCH LARCH MARCH Stupid trap word. πŸ™„ Not a great game for my birthday…no joke, it really is. And if this was the editor’s way of trying to be funny, I’m not laughing. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/172 "2023-04-02T02:35:37Z")
Damn, I struggled with this one! In the end, the word just clunked into place. I thought I was still in letter-discovery phase. Wordle 651 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SONAR MARCH ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/173 "2023-04-02T05:31:07Z")
Wordle 652 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO STOLE STOCK Pure luck. There were at least four more options I could think of without even trying. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/174 "2023-04-02T06:07:37Z")
Wordle 652 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIOUS SHOVE STORM STOOL STOCK ---
**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:** [April 2, 2023, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/175 "2023-04-02T10:35:53Z")
Wordle 652 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SHORT STOCK ---
**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 2, 2023, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/176 "2023-04-02T10:54:49Z")
Wordle 652 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT STORE STOCK I was about to write that I got a huge assist from the previous answers list, but I realize now that every single previous answer eliminated was already eliminated by my first two words: stomp, stool, store, story, stout, stove. It feels like I used meta knowledge, but this is technically more of an earned 3. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2023, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/177 "2023-04-02T11:06:29Z")
Wordle 652 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLUES RATIO STOCK ---
**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:** [April 2, 2023, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/178 "2023-04-02T11:37:34Z")
Wordle 652 2/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALONE STOCK ---
**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 2, 2023, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/179 "2023-04-02T12:32:13Z")
Wordle 652 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[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 Q} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \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 S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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:** [April 2, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/180 "2023-04-02T14:39:11Z")
Wordle 652 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART STONY STOOL STOCK [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=10)