# "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:** 92
**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 26, 2023, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1821 "2023-06-26T13:14:50Z")
Wordle 737 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT ROSET GUEST It’s better, it’s better, it’s really gettin’ better roset(ta) ---
**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 26, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1822 "2023-06-26T13:32:52Z")
Wordle 737 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦 ⬜🟧⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PLANE OUIJA GUEST ---
**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 26, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1823 "2023-06-26T14:43:47Z")
Wordle 737 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LIGHT GRANT GUEST I’ll take a three… ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1824 "2023-06-26T16:03:22Z")
Wordle 737 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 90 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 9 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT WREST QUEST GUEST Looks like I’m hardly the only one to go with QUEST before GUEST. After guess #2, it seemed like an ideal time for them to sneak in a rare QU- beginning. ---
**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 26, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1825 "2023-06-26T16:50:57Z")
No, you’re hardly the only one. πŸ˜‰ Happy 3 for me today – along with lots of others, I see! Wordle 737 3/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE QUEST GUEST ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1826 "2023-06-26T18:01:48Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > No, you’re hardly the only one. πŸ˜‰ I forgot my basic grammar rules - you know, β€œQUEST before GUEST, except after WREST” πŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1827 "2023-06-26T18:16:59Z")
> **Wordle 737 5/6\* 6/26/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜🟨🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > ROD_E_O β†’ I was kinda hoping for at least one O. All right, time for one of my popular second guesses… > H_E_I **ST** β†’ Excellent! I’m not seeing a lot of words left, though, maybe one with an L? > BL **EST** β†’ Alas, not that one. Do I have a repeated E? Only one place for it… > E_G_ **EST** β†’ Nope. But that G is dead giveaway… > **GUEST** > > Scoredle smugly points out that it would have had the answer in three after my first two guesses. ---
**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 26, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1828 "2023-06-26T19:04:29Z")
Wordle 737 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 VOICE LEANT QUEST GUEST Another QUEST-GUEST here. ---
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1829 "2023-06-26T22:34:36Z")
Wordle 737 2/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slant Guest ---
**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 27, 2023, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1830 "2023-06-27T01:54:38Z")
**Wordle 737 3/6** 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE QUEST GUEST I see we are all on the same page with thinking it’d be just like Wordle to toss out a Q over a G. πŸ˜† ---
**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 27, 2023, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1831 "2023-06-27T03:18:03Z")
Wordle 737 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ARISE BLESS GUEST Sounds kinda Biblical ---
**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 27, 2023, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1832 "2023-06-27T04:01:32Z")
**TUESDAY, JUNE 27th** Wordle 738 2/6\* πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE ABOUT ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1833 "2023-06-27T04:36:20Z")
Wordle 738 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO COAST FLOAT ADOPT ABOUT Tricky. Should have checked vowels. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2023, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1834 "2023-06-27T07:19:36Z")
Wordle 738 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET ROUND ABOUT ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1835 "2023-06-27T08:40:58Z")
Wordle 738 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LURID SCOUT ABOUT ---
**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 27, 2023, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1836 "2023-06-27T09:14:08Z")
Wordle 738 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 27, 2023, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1837 "2023-06-27T10:16:57Z")
Wordle 738 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE FLOAT ABOUT ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1838 "2023-06-27T11:48:19Z")
Wordle 738 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 89 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 19 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT MERCH ABOUT Happy to join the parade of 3’s. ---
**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 27, 2023, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1839 "2023-06-27T11:49:40Z")
Wordle 738 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART WAIST ABOUT ---
**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 27, 2023, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/1840 "2023-06-27T13:03:32Z")
Wordle 738 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHART BLEAT ABBOT ABOUT ABOUT would have been a better word in the third slot. Oh, well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=91) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=93)