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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On the other handโ€ฆ

 

Daily Octordle #816
๐Ÿ”Ÿ4๏ธโƒฃ
2๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ
5๏ธโƒฃ8๏ธโƒฃ
7๏ธโƒฃ6๏ธโƒฃ
Score: 51

 

I guessed 2L at row 2, with a suspicious mindset about the last letter.

 

Then I played an eliminator - SOILY. Based on where a letter could not go, I had a stab at 1R and could also solve 3L.

 

By now it was obvious what 4R must be, and as a result of playing that, I knew what 4L must be. In turn, that gave me 3R. By the time I came to 2R, there was only one possibility, and I now turned my attention to the final block, 1L. There could be only one answer.

 

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Daily Dordle 0816 4&3/7
โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœโฌœ
โฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ๐ŸŸจ โฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ
โฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›
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TRACE was my starter, with LOUIS as my first eliminator. Guessing the RH word was easy, and as for the LH word, I had two choices for the first letter. It could have gone either way.

 

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Daily Quordle 816
6๏ธโƒฃ7๏ธโƒฃ
4๏ธโƒฃ5๏ธโƒฃ
m-w.com/games/quordle/
โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœ โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸจ
โฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœโฌœ โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ
โฌœโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ โฌœโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ
โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ
โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ โฌœโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ
โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ› ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

 

๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœโฌœ ๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœ
โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ โฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœโฌœ
โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœ โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ
โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ› ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

 

7 again. 

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Itโ€™s s new day.

 

A new cold dark day. Outside, a swathe of greyness dims the reluctant morning, and the birds are silent. Ah, no, I hear a lone throat nowโ€ฆ it is burbling a chirping cry.

 

Soโ€ฆ let us Wordle forth.

 

Wordle 1,036 3/6

โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›
๐ŸŸฉโฌ›๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉโฌ›
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

If I post the eliminator that I used, the answer would be obvious. But it is very clear.

 

 

 

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Wordle 1,036 4/6

โฌ›๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌ›โฌ›
โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›
๐ŸŸจโฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

 

The 3rd word is an eliminator as I wasn't feeling it.  You can probably even guess what it was. And it did help me a lot.

 

Bot made me laugh today though. He told me that my 3rd word was 'guaranteed to eliminate every word but one but it couldn't solve the puzzle given what was learned from my previous guesses'.

 

 

 

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Daily Octordle #817
9๏ธโƒฃ4๏ธโƒฃ
7๏ธโƒฃ8๏ธโƒฃ
3๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿ”Ÿ
5๏ธโƒฃ6๏ธโƒฃ
Score: 52

I was happy with this but the funny thing is, I used an eliminator on turn 4 and looked across the board and was quite happy with it as it exposed several letters in various squares.

But it wasn't till the very end when I was clicking on the 'share' tab that I saw the list of word answers and thought, hang on, that eliminator was an answer for one of the squares? I had not noticed at all.

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That is bizarre! The eliminator left only one word but it couldnโ€™t solve the puzzleโ€ฆ? I think the bot must have been at the brandy.

 

 

 

 

 

Daily Octordle #817
๐Ÿ•š4๏ธโƒฃ
5๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿ”Ÿ
8๏ธโƒฃ6๏ธโƒฃ
7๏ธโƒฃ3๏ธโƒฃ
Score: 54

 

I had trouble at row 9; it just seemed to be a huge morass of stonewalling and I needed another eliminator.

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Daily Quordle 817
7๏ธโƒฃ4๏ธโƒฃ
6๏ธโƒฃ3๏ธโƒฃ
m-w.com/games/quordle/
๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœ ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœโฌœ
โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœโฌœ
โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ
โฌœโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›
โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›

 

โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ โฌœโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸจ โฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌœ
โฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœโฌœ ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›
โฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›

 

Seven, seven, nothing but seven.

 

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Daily Dordle 0817 2&5/7
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸจ โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ
โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ› ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœโฌœ
โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ› โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ
โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ› ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
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My eliminator at row 3 was BOUND.

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Well, it was lamost the walk of shame for me with wordle today.

Wordle 1,037 6/6

โฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›โฌ›โฌ›
โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›โฌ›
โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›โฌ›
โฌ›๐ŸŸฉโฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉโฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

 

The stupid thing is, the actual answer is one I was tempted to try on turn 4.

But my mind was ticking over, saying jolly/lolly/dolly/golly/folly or maybe even lobby, oddly, lowly.

So I thought.. can't risk it. I went with godly instead, which did allow me to cross out quite a few possibilities.

 

Bot was in my corner to some extent. He liked godly and was quite sympathetic on my last turn as he said I had eliminated most but now was in the unenviable position of just having to pick one of the possibilities and guess.

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