WORDLE - anyone else trying the daily online word game?

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 ๐Ÿคฃ

 

 

 

 

 

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Daily Quordle 263
5๏ธโƒฃ7๏ธโƒฃ
6๏ธโƒฃ4๏ธโƒฃ
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โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ โฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœ
โฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ
โฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœ โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ
โฌœโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ
โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ› โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ
โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ› ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ
โฌœโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ ๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœ โฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœโฌœ
โฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›


I was pretty sure of the bottom left word by row 3, and the eliminator word confirmed it, I held off playing that bottom left word, though, to solve the other words. In particular, top right was proving elusive, and I wanted more letters to illuminate its possibilities.

 

However, even after solving bottom right and top left, I had no further letters uncovered for top right, which in itself was a valuable bit of information. I played the word that was most likely, and it was correct.

 

 

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Daily Octordle #263
๐Ÿ•š๐Ÿ”Ÿ
8๏ธโƒฃ4๏ธโƒฃ
6๏ธโƒฃ5๏ธโƒฃ
9๏ธโƒฃ7๏ธโƒฃ
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Oh, yes - the old โ€œuse the letter twiceโ€ trick.

 

I had to take a stab at the bottom left block, because all I had was an I and a Y. That gave me the knowledge of which letter was the first for top right block, and where an important letter was for top left. (And thus I was able to work out top left. New word for Octordle.)

 

One word reminded me of how long itโ€™s been since I reread a bit of Chaucer.

 

Another word reminded me of an old-fashioned American papa scolding his daughter.

 

 

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Wordle 483 6/6

โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจโฌ›
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌ›โฌ›
โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›โฌ›
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

 

This nearly defeated me. There were a lot of possibilities so on turn 5, I had to use a word to eliminate a few of them. It's not a hard word as such.

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Daily Dordle 0264 7&1/7
โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌœ ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
โฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸจ โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›
โฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›
โฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›
โฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›
โฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›
zaratustra.itch.io/dordle

 

Ha! Really had the extremes today. Got the RH word in one but that left hand word-not a hard word but unfortunately the letters I had meant I could make about a dozen different words. On my second last turn, I tried an eliminator just to narrow it down but even then, there were a couple of possibilities and I had to choose.

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Daily Quordle 264
3๏ธโƒฃ4๏ธโƒฃ
7๏ธโƒฃ8๏ธโƒฃ
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โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌœ ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ
โฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœ
โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ› ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

 

๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌœ
โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ
โฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœโฌœ โฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ
โฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœโฌœ โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ
โฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ โฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ
โฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ โฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ โฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ
โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ› ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

 

 

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Daily Octordle #264
๐Ÿ”Ÿ6๏ธโƒฃ
๐Ÿ•š9๏ธโƒฃ
๐Ÿ•›๐ŸŸฅ
8๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿ•
Score: 83
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Not so good on this, I needed one more turn.

I wasted some turns on possibles that didn't work out.

 

I have to say, that first word is rather contrived, in my opinion. The rest are pretty straight forward.

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Wordle was indeed tricky.

 

Wordle 483 4/6

๐ŸŸจโฌ›๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉโฌ›
๐ŸŸจโฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌ›โฌ›
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

 

Iโ€™ll post my sequence to show what I had to do.

 

TRACE

HUMPY

โ€”โ€” and of course by the second row, the problem was limited to the first letter. But so many possibles! I was faced with having to choose between L, W, N, B, C, as the obvious ones. (Others had been eliminated.) Therefore I playedโ€ฆ

CHAWL

โ€”โ€” as a word that would narrow it down. I thought N was the least likely, and if CHAWL didnโ€™t reveal the first letter, Iโ€™d know it must be either B or N, so Iโ€™d play the B.

I had the answer after row 3โ€ฆ but had I not used the eliminator word, Iโ€™d have been scrambling for the answer and probably failing.

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Daily Dordle 0264 7&1/7
โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌœ ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
โฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸจ โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›
โฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›
โฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›
โฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›
โฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›
zaratustra.itch.io/dordle

 

Ha! Really had the extremes today. Got the RH word in one but that left hand word-not a hard word but unfortunately the letters I had meant I could make about a dozen different words. On my second last turn, I tried an eliminator just to narrow it down but even then, there were a couple of possibilities and I had to choose.


Wow! I certainly didnโ€™t have your good fortune with the right word, but I steadily worked through the puzzle. As soon as I knew that a particular letter wasnโ€™t the final letter of the left word, I had it.

 

Daily Dordle 0264 5&3/7
โฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸจ โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ
โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ โฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ
โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌœ ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
โฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›
zaratustra.itch.io/dordle

 

 

 

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Daily Quordle 264
5๏ธโƒฃ4๏ธโƒฃ
6๏ธโƒฃ7๏ธโƒฃ
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โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ
โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ ๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸจ
โฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ โฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ
๐ŸŸฉโฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœ ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›

๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœ ๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ๐ŸŸจ
โฌœโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ
โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ
โฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœโฌœ โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ
โฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœโฌœ โฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ โฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ
โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ› ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

 

A standard Quordleโ€ฆ

 

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@springyzone wrote:

Daily Octordle #264
๐Ÿ”Ÿ6๏ธโƒฃ
๐Ÿ•š9๏ธโƒฃ
๐Ÿ•›๐ŸŸฅ
8๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿ•
Score: 83
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Not so good on this, I needed one more turn.

I wasted some turns on possibles that didn't work out.

 

I have to say, that first word is rather contrived, in my opinion. The rest are pretty straight forward.



I agree about the wordโ€™s usage. Iโ€™d use it more in a specialist sense (as a mountaineer - if I didnโ€™t want to use โ€œรฉtrierโ€), I suppose.

 

Daily Octordle #264
8๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ
7๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿ•š
6๏ธโƒฃ3๏ธโƒฃ
5๏ธโƒฃ4๏ธโƒฃ
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I thought I might manage to get this in 10, but darn it - I needed a row 10 eliminator!

 

 

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