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]

I am hating this bout of feeling awful. It’s affected my mood and is making me weepy and touchy for no reason.

Some Gorgeous Geisha green tea is in order, and the rest of the Wordle-type puzzles had better not give me any cheek.

Daily Dordle 0592 4&3/7
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
zaratustra.itch.io/dordle

No cheek. Good.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Quordle 592
6️⃣4️⃣
5️⃣7️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜
🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

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

It tried … it tried to give me cheek, but wisely decided not to.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #592
4️⃣9️⃣
8️⃣🔟
7️⃣3️⃣
5️⃣🕚
Score: 57

This didn’t go well and I’m going to fling a slipper at the wall.

[springyzone]

I always admire how you have a big range of starters and seconds, countess.

I also have a list but usually fund myself rotating through the same 10 or so words, just out of habit, I suppose.

Wordle 812 3/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

With today's word, I just got lucky. Once I saw the position of the first yellow, combined with what i had to work with in line 2 (and what had been eliminated), I couldn't think of anything else to fit. There are probably several other words, just that this was the first to pop into my mind.

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #593
4️⃣🕚
3️⃣8️⃣
6️⃣5️⃣
🕛7️⃣
Score: 56

Although the score looks better than my usual effort, I wasn't happy with this one. All the words were pretty easy. I did have a couple of false guesses. One I can excuse as it was a logical guess, based on what I had. The other, I was kicking myself as it left out a letter I knew was in the word. Stupid!

[springyzone]

Wordle 813 3/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
⬛⬛🟩🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

My eliminators helped today.

[countessalmirena]

I threw in PAEON as my starter, just to jazz it up a little. GUILD was my 2nd row eliminator.

Wordle 813 3/6

⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

You and I both hit the 3/6, springyzone.

[countessalmirena]

Another new and rather silly starter - RAVEN. I followed with LOUGH and that saved me.

Daily Dordle 0594 5&4/7
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
zaratustra.itch.io/dordle

[countessalmirena]

Daily Quordle 594
3️⃣6️⃣
4️⃣5️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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

I took some illogical risks with this one. Beware of top right — many possibilities for first letter.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #594
2️⃣4️⃣
5️⃣8️⃣
6️⃣🔟
9️⃣7️⃣
Score: 51

Back to using a sensible starter - TRACE, followed by DOUGH.