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]

Daily Dordle 0530 4&3/7
⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
zaratustra.itch.io/dordle

Another lucky one.

The LH word came down to two possible first letters; it was a choice between punishment and greed.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Quordle 530
6️⃣3️⃣
4️⃣5️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

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

It was my second word, SPINY, that really helped this along.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #530
2️⃣4️⃣
🔟5️⃣
🕚6️⃣
8️⃣7️⃣
Score: 53

I made one misstep, but it was a logical one. Oh well.

[springyzone]

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@countessalmirena wrote:

Whoooosh…!

     There is a grasping buffeting cruel wind outside.

Time to Wordle in the dark.

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On the weather report last night it said it was going to be windy but I never heard a thing overnight, was dead to the world. Mind you, I think I have a slight ear infection in the left ear so my hearing is a bit down anyway.

I hope your power came back on quickly!

Wordle 749 4/6

⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I was almost there with my 3rd guess, but not quite.

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #530
8️⃣9️⃣
6️⃣🔟
7️⃣4️⃣
5️⃣3️⃣
Score: 52

The fates aligned today and some of the words almost solved themselves, with a lot of green in place.

Usual starters of alien/shout.

I had a lucky guess on turn 3. I only had 2 yellow vowels in exactly the same spots for squares 5 & 8 and the guess paid off for #8.

[springyzone]

Wordle 750 3/6

⬛⬛⬛🟩🟨
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

After ny first turn, I was tempted to wing it and have a guess, using what I had (which wasn't a lot, really) but I stuck with using a second eliminator and I am glad I did as the answer is definitely a word where you need to know which vowels are in play.

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #531
🕛🕚
7️⃣4️⃣
🔟8️⃣
🕐5️⃣
Score: 70

My usual form. That first word has definitely been out before. I didn't like it overly much first time and no keener on it now, for some reason. I prefer the shorter version.

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 750 3/6

🟨🟨⬛⬛🟨
🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Starter TRACE again.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Dordle 0531 4&3/7
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
zaratustra.itch.io/dordle

LOUIS was my starter here.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Quordle 531
6️⃣3️⃣
7️⃣4️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

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

This felt horrid. There was a sense of fighting separate battles with each word.