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 🤣

[springyzone]

Spoiler

Daily Octordle #899
3️⃣6️⃣
9️⃣7️⃣
🕛5️⃣
🔟🕚
Score: 63

Ah, the old 'rearrange the letters' trick.

One I could see past because of earlier turns, the other I just had to guess and got it wrong.

#8, payer or repay.  rupee or puree.

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

you did better than me

Wordle 1,118 5/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜
🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

[springyzone]

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@springyzone wrote:

Spoiler

Daily Octordle #899
3️⃣6️⃣
9️⃣7️⃣
🕛5️⃣
🔟🕚
Score: 63

Ah, the old 'rearrange the letters' trick.

One I could see past because of earlier turns, the other I just had to guess and got it wrong.

#8, payer or repay.  rupee or puree.

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Honestly, I can't do anything right! That last line was meant to be in the spoiler box!

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,118 3/6

⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Usual TRACE as my starter.

I then used… see below.

Spoiler

TRACE
LOUGH
CAMEO

The solution was either OCEAN or CAMEO, and it was luck that led me to the right answer. If I’d played MOUND or LOGIN instead as my eliminator, it would have been a slam dunk, but I got there anyway. 

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #899
8️⃣9️⃣
6️⃣7️⃣
🔟2️⃣
4️⃣5️⃣
Score: 51

Interesting… I scored 47 in that previous Octordle where I guessed words at rows 2-6, and then needed an eliminator at row 7. But I’ve scored 51 here by needing an eliminator at row 3.

So much luck is involved! (Good and bad.)

Spoiler

TRACE
TRUCE 🎯
SPINY <- eliminator
READY

Daily Octordle #899
NOISY 8️⃣9️⃣ KNOCK
PUREE 6️⃣7️⃣ BOTCH
EXERT 🔟2️⃣ TRUCE
READY 4️⃣5️⃣ PAYER
Score: 51

I was lucky with TRUCE; it could have been TRICE.

I was lucky with READY; I nearly went with WEARY.

But the rest was very straightforward.

[countessalmirena]

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@k1ooo-slr-sales wrote:

you did better than me

Wordle 1,118 5/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜
🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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The luck did not run your way, k1ooo… but getting it in 5 is still a win.

The main pleasure in Wordle games is the exercise of the mind, after all.

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

my problem at the moment are the distractions of life.  That, and lack of sleep, too much sleep, all contributing to concentration issues.  That's why I am often doing Wordle in the wee small hours.

[countessalmirena]

Same boat, different oars.

🤗😌 <- apparently these typify a hug and comfort. There isn’t an empathy or ditto emoji. 

[countessalmirena]

I am grimacing. So close, so close to a flawless result, but I made the wrong choice for my final word. 

Daily Octordle #900
🔟7️⃣
4️⃣8️⃣
2️⃣6️⃣
5️⃣3️⃣
Score: 45

Spoiler

TRACE
DANCE 🎯
TENOR 🎯 … etc

… until I get to row 9 (1L, top left) where I played:
CLAMP 💩

Daily Octordle #900
CHAMP 🔟7️⃣ POSIT
CREST 4️⃣8️⃣ GROUP
DANCE 2️⃣6️⃣ COMMA
OCTET 5️⃣3️⃣ TENOR
Score: 45  

[countessalmirena]

I didn’t make the 3-cut for today’s Wordle.

Wordle 1,119 4/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛
🟨🟩⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Spoiler

TRACE <- all blank
LINGO
FIZZY <- this seemed the right shape
JIFFY

I suppose my luck wasn’t going to hold forever. Ah well… I did what I could.