# "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 2)

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**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")
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#### Post date: [July 23, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2294 "2023-07-23T01:18:56Z")

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> [@gkster](#):
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> I was a bit reluctant to go with the solution because

> **spoiler regarding potential future answers**
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> It’s just the regular ED past tense verbs that aren’t on the list. Except one, though I forget which one. A regular ED past tense verb appeared as an answer in quordle, which pissed me off, so I looked it up in the original Wordle answer list and it was there as well.
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> Any past tense verbs that involve more than just adding ED are valid answers. Dried, fried and cried, for example. I haven’t checked but I would bet a dollar that stunk is on there as well. Anything like that.

EDIT: And I see in the previous answers list that both wrote and wrung have already been answers.

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