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 Quordle 540
4️⃣3️⃣
7️⃣6️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨
🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

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

This time I set off with CATER and then DOUGH.

[springyzone]

Wordle 760 3/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Starter was alien.

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 760 3/6

🟩⬛⬛🟨⬛
⬛🟩🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Good old TRACE, and my second was DOILY.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Dordle 0541 5&3/7
⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
zaratustra.itch.io/dordle

CATER and then LOUGH - good for the RH word but it left me with little on which to go for LH.

[countessalmirena]

Ow, a bit of a tough one here.

Daily Quordle 541
6️⃣5️⃣
4️⃣7️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨
🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

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

I looked at that last word for minutes without twigging to what it must be.

[countessalmirena]

Ha! This is much, much better.

Daily Octordle #541
2️⃣7️⃣
🔟9️⃣
4️⃣8️⃣
5️⃣6️⃣
Score: 51

TRACE was the starter that gave me a good beginning.

[springyzone]

Wordle 762 5/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟨🟩⬛⬛🟩
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Took me a while to get this.  Luckily, turn 4 ruled out one other word I had in mind, otherwise I could have been going forever (or 6 turns, any way!)

[springyzone]

Fate almost aligned for me today.

Daily Octordle #543
9️⃣3️⃣
7️⃣6️⃣
4️⃣8️⃣
🕚5️⃣
Score: 53

I tried the word stage towards the end in #7. I had a feeling what the answer might be but at least stage exposed one unused letter.

[countessalmirena]

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@springyzone wrote:

Wordle 762 5/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟨🟩⬛⬛🟩
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Took me a while to get this.  Luckily, turn 4 ruled out one other word I had in mind, otherwise I could have been going forever (or 6 turns, any way!)

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Yes, I took 4 rows to guess this one.

Wordle 762 4/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨
🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

My starter (CATER) had at least ruled out one of the first letter possibilities.

[countessalmirena]

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@springyzone wrote:

Fate almost aligned for me today.

Daily Octordle #543
9️⃣3️⃣
7️⃣6️⃣
4️⃣8️⃣
🕚5️⃣
Score: 53

I tried the word stage towards the end in #7. I had a feeling what the answer might be but at least stage exposed one unused letter.

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I’d already used G earlier by that time, springy. 

Daily Octordle #543
8️⃣3️⃣
9️⃣4️⃣
7️⃣5️⃣
🔟6️⃣
Score: 52

My starter TRACE was a shocker; it was only with my second word DOUGH that things started to fall into place.