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]

Wordle 1,221 3/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟨🟨⬛🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

And now I know whence cometh that brilliance…!

Spoiler

Wordle 1,221 3/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ TRACE
🟨🟨⬛🟨🟩 HOIST
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHOUT

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1002
3️⃣4️⃣
8️⃣7️⃣
🔟9️⃣
5️⃣6️⃣
Score: 52

This was mostly a logical and well-connected Octordle.

Spoiler

TRACE
LOUGH <- eliminator
HEAVY 🎯
GRAVY 🎯
POUTY 🎯
SINGE 🎯 could have been binge
VILLA 🎯
FILET 🎯
ROOMY 🎯
LOWLY 🎯

 Daily Octordle #1002
HEAVY 3️⃣4️⃣ GRAVY
FILET 8️⃣7️⃣ VILLA
LOWLY 🔟9️⃣ ROOMY
POUTY 5️⃣6️⃣ SINGE
Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

Ugh! I hated today’s Octordle. I was lucky to get 55.

Daily Octordle #1003
🕚3️⃣
4️⃣9️⃣
6️⃣5️⃣
7️⃣🔟
Score: 55

Spoiler

TRACE
BINGO <- eliminator
MAMBO 🎯
CUBIC 🎯 could have been climb
SUING 🎯
DEMON 🎯
BASTE 🎯
SYLPH 🎯 <- eliminator 
POLKA 🎯
SHAVE 🎯
ROWDY 🎯 could have been wordy

I took a risk with my first word (1R) as nothing else was obvious. At least I knew it ended with an O, had an A, and didn’t have N or G.

I knew 2L didn’t start with the B; I took a risk with my guess of cubic.

Suing in 3R was obvious by now.

Demon in 3L was a good solid guess.

I knew 4L must be baste by now, rather than bathe.

But now I was stuck. 4R might be shave, shape, shake, shale, slave, slake. 1L could be too many things… ditto for 2R. I needed another eliminator. The suspects that I wanted to eliminate or identify were H, P, K, L, W, Y, V. But to best narrow down the possibilities, I chose Y, P, H, L. I wanted the L in 3rd position as this would help with confirming or ruling out a double L followed by Y in that top left word.

I played sylph as the eliminator.

Aha. 2L has a P and an L. We have our old friend polka.

4R is now definitely shave as I’ve ruled out P, L, K.

1L must be RO_DY or _O__Y… well, rowdy or wordy. I had to risk a guess.

All in all, a frustrating Octordle.

Daily Octordle #1003
ROWDY 🕚3️⃣ MAMBO
CUBIC 4️⃣9️⃣ POLKA
DEMON 6️⃣5️⃣ SUING
BASTE 7️⃣🔟 SHAVE
Score: 55

[countessalmirena]

I can’t catch a break!

Wordle 1,222 4/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

A 4. I made a wrong guess in row 3, but I suppose it’s not a bad result, given the blank first row.

Spoiler

TRACE
GHOUL <- eliminator 
GOODY 💣
GOOFY 🎯

Wordle 1,222 4/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ TRACE
🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛ GHOUL
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 GOODY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GOOFY

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

you did better than I did on that one

Wordle 1,222 5/6

⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜
⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

just made it.  A 4 would be a good result on this.

Wordle 1,223 6/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩
⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

[countessalmirena]

This was not satisfying.

Wordle 1,223 4/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

It’s deliberately taunting us.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,223 4/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ TRACE
🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩 SPIKY
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ HOUND
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BOSSY

Horrible word.

[countessalmirena]

I was in a “take no prisoners” mood with Octordle.

Daily Octordle #1004
6️⃣9️⃣
3️⃣7️⃣
4️⃣8️⃣
🔟5️⃣
Score: 52

Spoiler

TRACE
GHOUL <- eliminator
GRIMY 🎯
GLOVE 🎯
MONTH 🎯
LEDGE 🎯
RECUR 🎯
ONION 🎯
BLUFF 🎯
SILLY 🎯

I didn’t even try to calculate risks. The first word that would fit was the first word that I played, except that I left silly until last. I retained just enough common sense not to try filly or Billy before forging ahead with bluff.

Daily Octordle #1004
LEDGE 6️⃣9️⃣ BLUFF
GRIMY 3️⃣7️⃣ RECUR
GLOVE 4️⃣8️⃣ ONION
SILLY 🔟5️⃣ MONTH
Score: 52

[springyzone]

I meant to get on yesterday. I was away childminding and I was looking forward to doing it when I got home but then had a different set of grandkids (and son) over till about 9pm. I thought of the computer as I climbed into bed, but sleep was  calling. I am getting old!

Wordle 1,223 5/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟨🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Spoiler

alien/shout/prosy/mossy/bossy

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1004
🕚🔟
6️⃣🕛
9️⃣7️⃣
5️⃣4️⃣
Score: 64

I knew early on that the score would be pretty ordinary.

After my first 2 turns, there were no clear answers, not al lot showing in any spots, except at #8.

Spoiler

I had N H O T exposed.

Aha, bet it is north, I thought. Wrong.
I got it right on turn 4 but I knew I'd lost the chance of any really good score.

Then I made a mistake again, further down, on #5 as I tried globe. In hindsight, should have worked out #2 first, then I would have known what #5 was for sure.