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WORDLE - anyone else trying the daily online word game?

k1ooo-slr-sales — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 14:45:54 GMT

I recently stumbled across WORDLE online. For the uninitiated, it is a daily word guessing game where you have to try to guess the word in 6 or less tries.

https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/

This, from Wikipedia, explains the game:

Every day, a five-letter word is chosen which players aim to guess within six tries. After every guess, each letter is marked as either green, yellow or gray: green indicates that letter is correct and in the correct position, yellow means it is in the answer but not in the right position, while gray indicates it is not in the answer at all. The game has a "hard mode" option, which requires players to include letters marked as green and yellow in subsequent guesses. The daily word is the same for everyone. The game also has a dark mode as well as a high-contrast theme for colourblind accessibility, which changes the color scheme from green and yellow to orange and blue.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wordle

This abc news story has some tips for playing:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-26/why-wordle-has-become-a-new-online-obsession/100782794

I have found that most that most days I can get the daily word in 5 tries or less (mostly 5 though). Interestingly, there is a spinoff of WORDLE called LEWDLE, where the words are lewd, or naughty, words. I have better success with LEWDLE than I do with WORDLE . . . getting the word in just 2 or 3 attempts. Not sure what that says about my private school education 🤣

Re: WORDLE - anyone else trying the daily online word game?

countessalmirena — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 16:23:52 GMT

k1ooo, thank you for that.

I just tried it, and got the word in 3 attempts.

Wordle 222 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Should I put today’s word here in a spoiler? Perhaps not.

However, I can reveal that I used the tip in the ABC article for my first attempt. (Very good tip indeed; it confirms or knocks out common letters to make the next guess a matter of word-sense and logic.)

Re: WORDLE - anyone else trying the daily online word game?

springyzone — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 19:39:41 GMT

Wordle seems to be exploding world wide, I am seeing it mentioned on FB a lot.

I gave it a go and got it second try, which surprised me.

I started with the word 'think'. LOL

I haven't read any tips but I used to watch wheel of fortune.😁

I guess it is a matter of working out what vowels are in it and knowing the most common consonants and spelling patterns but it helps if you stumble across a first good guess.

Re: WORDLE - anyone else trying the daily online word game?

*sons_and_daughters* — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 23:45:42 GMT

I've seen it lately in my newsfeed, but had no idea what it was. I'm glad I saw this thread. I just had a go and it took me 5 goes. I did get it though, and I'm pretty chuffed! I started with the word "truth", and got one green and one yellow. That's all I'm going to say, so as not to spoil it for anyone else.

Re: WORDLE - anyone else trying the daily online word game?

veiled-lady — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 23:56:00 GMT

I saw a news article a bit over a week ago, and gave it a try.

I start with the same word each time (it uses 5 common letters), and usually solve it in 3 to 5 moves - the best was 2 and I was elated.

You do have to be careful, as a letter can be used twice, and that can trip you up a bit if you don't keep it in mind.

Re: WORDLE - anyone else trying the daily online word game?

ambercat16 — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 01:28:02 GMT

My son introduced me to WORDLE a week or so ago. It's kinda fun🤔😎

might have to give LEWDLE a try🤔

Re: WORDLE - anyone else trying the daily online word game?

k1ooo-slr-sales — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 11:26:24 GMT

Today, I got WORDLE in 4 . . . and LEWDLE in 2

Re: WORDLE - anyone else trying the daily online word game?

countessalmirena — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 12:30:56 GMT

I gave LEWDLE a whirl. My mind is just not geared to thinking of lewd words, so I freely admit I used some word list help. I finally guessed the word in 3 attempts.

Re: WORDLE - anyone else trying the daily online word game?

springyzone — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 21:52:42 GMT

Third time today, started with quick.

I saw the link to lewdle but I wondered if there are enough rude words to sustain the game, especially 5 letter words.

Re: WORDLE - anyone else trying the daily online word game?

countessalmirena — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 05:41:27 GMT

Wordle 223 4/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨
⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨
⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

A little harder this time…!

Re: WORDLE - anyone else trying the daily online word game?

k1ooo-slr-sales — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 08:31:11 GMT

Today, I got WORDLE in 5 . . . and LEWDLE in 3

Re: WORDLE - anyone else trying the daily online word game?

k1ooo-slr-sales — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 08:45:19 GMT

Wordle 223 5/6*

⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜
🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Re: WORDLE - anyone else trying the daily online word game?

countessalmirena — Sat, 29 Jan 2022 14:25:26 GMT

Wordle 225 3/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟨🟩⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Curse you, k1ooo! What have you done!!!!????

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*sons_and_daughters* — Sun, 30 Jan 2022 00:14:07 GMT

Wordle 224 5/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I don't know what I was thinking on the third row!

Re: WORDLE - anyone else trying the daily online word game?

k1ooo-slr-sales — Sun, 30 Jan 2022 00:20:50 GMT

Wordle 225 4/6*

⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I got there . . . slowly.

On Lewdle I got there in 3.

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ambercat16 — Sun, 30 Jan 2022 03:40:08 GMT

Wordle 225 4/6

⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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countessalmirena — Sun, 30 Jan 2022 20:22:57 GMT

I am in a pout. I failed to get Wordle 226. It was excruciating! The first letter could have been quite a few different things; I had the rest sorted by the 3rd try. It was bad luck that I tried other letters in slot number 1. That, I suppose, is the nitty-gritty of Wordle.

I come out of this experience a sadder and less carefree person.

Re: WORDLE - anyone else trying the daily online word game?

k1ooo-slr-sales — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 05:31:04 GMT

I have trouble with the 'share' function, so here's a screengrab of my 226 effort.

Got it on 5, and Lewdle in 3.

Re: WORDLE - anyone else trying the daily online word game?

countessalmirena — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 13:40:25 GMT

Wordle 227 2/6

🟨🟩⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

That’s more like it. Pout be gone.

I haven’t tried LEWDLE since that first time. But I have tried Absurdle.

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janeababe — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 20:13:14 GMT

Wordle 227 4/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨
🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨
🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

this is my 2nd day, I only started yesterday. Both days completed in 4 lines, so I’m happy with that.

😊