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 🤣

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 695 3/6

🟩🟩⬛🟨⬛
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

My starter was CATER. I resisted the temptation to make a guess, and instead went for an eliminator to get rid of some wrong letters and narrow down correct letters. After row 2 and the one yellow that popped up, I knew what the word must be.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Dordle 0476 2&4/7
🟨🟩🟨🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟩
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
zaratustra.itch.io/dordle

Oh, this one’s ridiculous.

I had two pieces of undeserved luck with this Dordle. Firstly, my starter was CATER again. Secondly, I used SLIMY as an eliminator.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Quordle 476
3️⃣7️⃣
6️⃣4️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle
🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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

Ah yes, the dreaded US spelling throws a curveball…

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #476
🕚6️⃣
4️⃣5️⃣
3️⃣🔟
7️⃣8️⃣
Score: 54

I fell victim to the “what’s the first letter for 3R” trap.

[springyzone]

Wordle 696 3/6

🟨🟨⬛🟨⬛
⬛🟨🟨🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

The position of the yellows cut down the possible answers for me.

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #477
🕐3️⃣
7️⃣8️⃣
9️⃣🕛
6️⃣🕚
Score: 69

By turn 5, I really thought I had the first word solved but it was back to the drawing board and I couldn't think what on earth it could be.

Even by turn 11, when I had the first 4 letters in place, it was puzzling me till I realised it was a matter of pronunciation that was leading me astray.😁

[springyzone]

Daily Dordle 0477 5&6/7
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
zaratustra.itch.io/dordle

[springyzone]

Daily Quordle 477
7️⃣6️⃣
4️⃣8️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

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

Just average. We have seen most of these words before.

[*sons_n_daughters*]

Wordle 696 3/6

🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟨🟩⬜🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I actually wondered if today was a repeat of yesterday (I forgot to post yesterday's game). My letter's lined up the same way (yesterday's word was CANOE, I used my usual starter word ADIEU). I thought, NO WAY!!! Interestingly, my first thought for yesterday's word was actually today's word. 

[*sons_n_daughters*]

I went with my usual starter. Then used an eliminator word (COATS). It wasn't that. Very surprised when I went for a second eliminator.

Wordle 697 3/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I was really trying to remove common letters.