WORDLE - anyone else trying the daily online word game?

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

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 🤣

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

Wordle 249 3/6

⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

after first word, I was tossing up between two words. Picked the wrong one resulting in a 3

I did well on Quordle

Daily Quordle #30
3️⃣5️⃣
4️⃣7️⃣
quordle.com
⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜    🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜
⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜     ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩             ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨        ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜       ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩              ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

[*sons_and_daughters*]

Wordle 248 5/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

[countessalmirena]

Not my finest Quordle, but at least I got it:

Daily Quordle #30
8️⃣7️⃣
6️⃣9️⃣
quordle.com
⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨
⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

and…

Wordle 249 3/6

⬛🟨⬛🟨🟩
⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Luck with the third line. If the first letter had been the 3rd letter, then it would have taken me 4 attempts. 

[ambercat16]

Wordle 249 3/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩
🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

😁

[*sons_and_daughters*]

I'm not exactly understanding how Quordle works. I got one box filled out and the rest ran out of goes because the same words were added to each box.

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

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@*sons_and_daughters* wrote:

I'm not exactly understanding how Quordle works. I got one box filled out and the rest ran out of goes because the same words were added to each box.

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You are playing 4 games at the same time with the same words.  Do not fall into the trap of picking one to try and solve.  You need an overall approach.  I posted about it earlier on in this thread.

What I do with my first three words is use 15 different letters.  Then, I might have a good guess at one of the quarters and so on.

Spoiler shows this method in action.  After 3 words I could get two of the quarters.

Spoiler

           


Solving MORON quarter first gave position of “O” in top left and “M” in bottom left.

So I solved Bottom Right, Top Left, Bottom Left, Top Right.

 The other thing to note is that you can practice using the “Practice” button at the top of screen.  You can do multiple practice games until you get the hang of it.

[janeababe]

Wordle 249 2/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

my best attempt yet. Probably won’t ever get that again….. just a very lucky guess. 

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

well done jane.

Wordle 250 3/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Back into 3s again.

Daily Quordle #31
6️⃣8️⃣
4️⃣2️⃣
quordle.com
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜
⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

Got a nice ring to it.

[springyzone]

Wordle 250 2/6

🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Got lucky today because the first guess was close. I was surprised at the word chosen, I would have thought it more 'aussie' than NY Times style, but there you go.

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

wow springy, that's as close to getting it in 1 as you could get. Well done.