# "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:** 90
**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 24, 2023, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1781 "2023-06-24T00:16:20Z")
Wordle 734 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST ERECT COMET COVET ---
**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 24, 2023, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1782 "2023-06-24T03:10:37Z")
**Wordle 734 3/6** ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LINER DOPEY COVET Well hello there letter V…been a while since we’ve seen ya (since 3/31!). Dopey ruled out a lot of words, and I could only see one word it could be from there - love it when that happens. πŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1783 "2023-06-24T05:18:51Z")
Wordle 735 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIOUS READY CHARD BRAND GRAND ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1784 "2023-06-24T05:24:40Z")
Wordle 735 5/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHARE CRAZY DRAWN GRAND ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1785 "2023-06-24T08:22:44Z")
Wordle 735 2/6 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS GRAND ---
**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 24, 2023, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1786 "2023-06-24T08:30:37Z")
Wordle 735 2/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ \end{aligned} Yay. ---
**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 24, 2023, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1787 "2023-06-24T08:44:21Z")
Wordle 735 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE BRAIN GRAND ---
**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 24, 2023, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1788 "2023-06-24T11:21:05Z")
Wordle 735 3/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE BOARD GRAND ---
**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 24, 2023, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1789 "2023-06-24T11:37:07Z")
Wordle 735 4/6 ⬜⬜🟧🟧⬜ ⬜⬜🟧🟧🟧 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PLANE STAND BRAND GRAND ---
**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 24, 2023, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1790 "2023-06-24T11:41:44Z")
Wordle 735 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHIRT PACER FRANK GRAND ---
**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 24, 2023, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1791 "2023-06-24T12:28:48Z")
Wordle 735 4/6\* πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE STAND BRAND GRAND ---
**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 24, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1792 "2023-06-24T12:55:46Z")
Wordle 735 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT CRANE BRAND GRAND Unfortunately I saw a brand first. Then when I saw grand, I remembered that whenever there’s a choice between B or G, choose G. But I deferred to seeing brand first, and then was quite annoyed. ---
**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 24, 2023, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1793 "2023-06-24T13:11:13Z")
Wordle 735 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BRAND GRAND ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1794 "2023-06-24T14:01:58Z")
Wordle 735 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 55 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 9 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT =\> CRANE is out, what should I try next instead? PRANK GRAND ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1795 "2023-06-24T14:52:45Z")
> **Wordle 735 5/6\* 6/24/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 > 🟨🟩🟩🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > COVET β†’ Ooh, clean miss. Try A & I, and some common consonants. It took me a minute to come up with… > SL **A** I_N_ β†’ Which isn’t a bad guess. N pretty much has to be in 4th, and I think we’ve only got one vowel, and I haven’t tried R yet, so… > _D_ **RAN** K β†’ ?RAND, could be G or B, go with alpha order… > B **RAND** β†’ Darn. > **GRAND** > > This makes me the fifth person in today’s β€œBRAND GRAND” club. Also, did **Smapti** ever drive a Pontiac? ---
**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 24, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1796 "2023-06-24T16:40:28Z")
Wordle 735 4/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALIVE TRANS KEDGE GRAND Too many words after TRANS (7) to start guessing for it. Unable to come up with a word containing four of the eight consonants in those seven words, I resorted to using an anagram generator. Turns out, there isn’t a word with four of those consonants. So I looked with the most common three, and found KEDGE. (It means to drag a boat by its anchor.) Which, fortunately, gave me both the letters I needed. A hard-fought 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 24, 2023, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1797 "2023-06-24T22:09:01Z")
Wordle 735 4/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CAROL ARENA PRANK GRAND ---
**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 24, 2023, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1798 "2023-06-24T22:15:27Z")
Just chose right when faced with 2 choices after my second guess. Heee!! Wordle 735 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE PRANK GRAND ---
**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 25, 2023, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1799 "2023-06-25T03:33:07Z")
**Wordle 735 4/6** ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LINER ADORN BRAND GRAND ---
**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 25, 2023, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1800 "2023-06-25T07:46:28Z")
Wordle 736 5/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GREAT POKER MOREL ROWED RODEO Damn it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=89) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=91)