WORDLE - anyone else trying the daily online word game?

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 ๐Ÿคฃ

 

 

 

 

 

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Daily Quordle 671
4๏ธโƒฃ3๏ธโƒฃ
5๏ธโƒฃ6๏ธโƒฃ
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๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ โฌœโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ
โฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœโฌœ โฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœ ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›

 

โฌœโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ โฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ
โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ
โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ
โฌœโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ โฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ โฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœโฌœ
โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ› ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

 

Iโ€™m pleased with this. My starter of CATER followed by LOUIS set things off nicely.

 

 

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Daily Dordle 0671 5&4/7
โฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœโฌœ โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœโฌœ โฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœโฌœ
โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœ โฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœโฌœ
โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœ ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›
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LOUIS, TRACE, then another to eliminate things.

 

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Wordle 891 5/6

๐ŸŸจโฌ›โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸจ
โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸจ
โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจโฌ›๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

 

Not one of my better games but this did intrigue me as I think Bot contradicted himself.

As you can see, my first 3 turns exposed some yellow letters.

When I later read the analysis, Bot told me I had narrowed it down to 4 words, and he told me those 4 words.

Now, a Bot should know what he has in his little word bank, shouldn't he!

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But I didn't feel confident so tried a 3rd word, which Bot wasn't all that fond of.

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The interesting bit is that, with the letters exposed, I couldn't think offhand of a word starting with T, which was my first fancy. I could think of panty but decided that was not seemly enough for Bot, so i went with natty.
Natty was allowed, which means it must be in Bot's bundle of words, so why didn't he say earlier there were at least 5 possibilities? His response to natty was that it didn't eliminate any of the 2 possibilities.
Then when I chose tawny, he said he would have gone with tangy himself.
No pleasing Bot!๐Ÿ˜‚

 

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Daily Octordle #672
9๏ธโƒฃ3๏ธโƒฃ
7๏ธโƒฃ4๏ธโƒฃ
๐Ÿ•›5๏ธโƒฃ
8๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿ•š
Score: 59

 

Two mistakes along the way. One was feasible, the other careless, so I am not that happy with myself, even though the score is under 60.

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Wordle 891 3/6

๐ŸŸฉโฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›โฌ›
โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸฉโฌ›
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

My starter was TRACE, and I used DOING as my 2nd row eliminator. I could see two remaining word possibilities at that point (with one more that was an informal abbreviation), so it really came down to luck.

 

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Daily Octordle #672
8๏ธโƒฃ4๏ธโƒฃ
9๏ธโƒฃ2๏ธโƒฃ
5๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿ”Ÿ
6๏ธโƒฃ7๏ธโƒฃ
Score: 51

This didnโ€™t feel comfortable, and I was forced to use American spelling. Grrrr!

 

My starter was SAINT. I used CLOUR as my 3rd row eliminator.

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Daily Dordle 0672 4&5/7
โฌœโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœ
๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœ โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจโฌœ
โฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœ
โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ› ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
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SANER and DOILYโ€ฆ I guessed wrongly on row 3; but no matter.

 

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Daily Quordle 672
6๏ธโƒฃ5๏ธโƒฃ
7๏ธโƒฃ4๏ธโƒฃ
m-w.com/games/quordle/
โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ
๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ ๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ
๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœ โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ
โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ โฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœโฌœ ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›

 

๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœ ๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ
โฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœโฌœ โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœ
โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ โฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœโฌœ
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœโฌœ ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
โฌœโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›
๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›

 

I started with CRATE.

 

An uninspired but serviceable result.

 

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Wordle 892 4/6

โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›
๐ŸŸฉโฌ›๐ŸŸฉโฌ›โฌ›
๐ŸŸจโฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸฉโฌ›
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

 

Bot commiserated with me over my first word as it left hundreds of possibilities. Even after my second, he said there were 6. I had only thought of 3 and as it turned out, my first thought would have been right but I used another eliminator to narrow it down, in case. Bot totally approved of that word, at least.

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Wordle 892 3/6

๐ŸŸฉโฌ›โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸจโฌ›๐ŸŸฉโฌ›๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

The bot thought my eliminator was less fit for duty than its own preference; I disagree, as gut feeling, experience and luck do play a part in solving puzzles. Those things are best used in conjunction with logicโ€ฆ 

 

The bot wouldnโ€™t have solved todayโ€™s Wordle in as few turns as I.

 
I started with SLATE.

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