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 🤣

[springyzone]

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@*sons_and_daughters* wrote:

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Yesterday was "quirk". Not sure I should be posting it because it seems that despite the game being on the NY Times site, us in Australia are a day ahead of the US folk who play. So, those in the US would be getting "quirk" today. 

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Ah yes, I recall that word now. My memory is a bit like a sieve though, I can't always recall what the answers were by the next day, although I recognise repeat words.

I wouldn't worry about mentioning it, I don't think even the other aussie boardies come into this thread, let alone any Americans. If they do, then they can solve it in one.😂

These are my quordle results. As countess said, top left is a star performer. I don't think it is that long ago since we last saw it make an appearance.

Daily Quordle 270
5️⃣4️⃣
6️⃣7️⃣
quordle.com
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

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

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #270
🔟9️⃣
7️⃣🕚
🕐8️⃣
🕛4️⃣
Score: 74
octordle.com

Skin of my teeth pass again.

Several of these words are very familiar and I think I fall for the same (wrong) alternatives every time.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #270
7️⃣6️⃣
4️⃣8️⃣
9️⃣3️⃣
🔟🕚
octordle.com

There was a rather biblical row there (animal, disease), and all but one of the words has been seen before more than once. Nevertheless, it was a satisfying challenge.

(If all we ever posted were the results, it wouldn’t be as much fun! I’m glad my comments can raise a smile.)

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 490 3/6

🟩⬛⬛⬛🟨
⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

A nice bit of play.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Dordle 0271 3&4/7
⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
zaratustra.itch.io/dordle

This would be a tough audience.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Quordle 271
4️⃣5️⃣
6️⃣7️⃣
quordle.com
🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #271
8️⃣7️⃣
6️⃣9️⃣
4️⃣5️⃣
3️⃣🔟
octordle.com

Not bad. I was lucky in being able to guess bottom left word to get me off to a good start.

[springyzone]

Wordle 490 4/6

🟩⬛⬛🟨🟨
🟩🟨⬛🟩🟨
⬛🟨🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I probably should have got this in 3 but nothing was jumping out at me till after my 3rd turn.

[springyzone]

Daily Dordle 0271 3&4/7
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
zaratustra.itch.io/dordle

This was probably one of my better dordles, but seriously, haven't these 2 words been out very recently?

The feeling was so strong that I even wondered if maybe I was doing yesterday's puzzle or something.

[springyzone]

Daily Quordle 271
2️⃣3️⃣
7️⃣4️⃣
quordle.com
🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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

The top 2 came out easily, as did the bottom right. That bottom left one though, I was having to go through all the left over letters to try them out because most of the words that occurred to me, I could see could not be it.