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 🤣

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

3 is good, I can wear that 🤣

Wordle 1,228 3/6

⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜
⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,228 3/6

🟩⬛⬛🟨⬛
⬛🟨🟨⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Ohhhh! This went superbly well.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,228 3/6

🟩⬛⬛🟨⬛ TRACE
⬛🟨🟨⬛🟨 PICON
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TUNIC

After TRACE, I knew it must be TO_IC or TU_IC or - unlikely, but possible - T_CK_… topic, tonic, toxic, tunic, ticky: I could rule out ticks or tucks or tocks because of Wordle’s aversion to plurals and present tense verbs ending in S.

I needed an eliminator to settle the issue of the vowels and also to rule on the possibility of N and P. I used PICON.

After that, there was only one possible answer.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1009
4️⃣9️⃣
8️⃣5️⃣
🔟7️⃣
2️⃣6️⃣
Score: 51

I was able to guess one word immediately, which meant a 51.

Spoiler

TRACE
CAPER 🎯 but I must admit it could have been clear or carer or caver or cache: luck
LOGIN <- eliminator
CANOE 🎯
SNUCK 🎯
FLASK 🎯
GLEAM 🎯
MOTOR 🎯
RADAR 🎯
RELAX 🎯 could have been relay

Daily Octordle #1009
CANOE 4️⃣9️⃣ RADAR
MOTOR 8️⃣5️⃣ SNUCK
RELAX 🔟7️⃣ GLEAM
CAPER 2️⃣6️⃣ FLASK
Score: 51

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,228 3/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨
⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Spoiler

After turn 2 I had 4 letters, but my first instincts were that it had to be unite or maybe unlit but I could see those were impossible. Was very disappointed. Had to tell myself to try different letters as starters.

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1009
3️⃣🔟
🕚4️⃣
9️⃣8️⃣
7️⃣5️⃣
Score: 57

Spoiler

Had to use another eliminator at turn 6 (used pervy) and I am glad I did.
I had #5 pegged as most likely relay, so I just as well I waited. It also helped to clear the way for the rest.

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

I got lucky with two greens on line 1.

After that, there were only 2 words it could be.  I guessed correctly 😁

Wordle 1,229 2/6

🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

[countessalmirena]

I couldn’t match that, but 3 will do…

Wordle 1,229 3/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨
🟨⬛⬛🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Spoiler

Wordle 1,229 3/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 TRACE
🟨⬛⬛🟩🟩 SPIEL <- eliminator
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EASEL

I almost went for the “let’s try a word with A and E in it to sort out whether it’s an _A_E_, an _E_A_ or an _EA__” approach but it seemed likely I’d be on a 4 or 5 row journey if I did.

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

OMG . . . 2 two days in a row.

Wordle 1,230 2/6

🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

[countessalmirena]

I forgot to post this earlier… Yesterday’s Octordle.

Daily Octordle #1010
9️⃣3️⃣
🔟8️⃣
4️⃣6️⃣
7️⃣5️⃣
Score: 52

Spoiler

TRACE
LOGIN <- eliminator
GRAIN 🎯
LIGHT 🎯
LOAMY 🎯
BONEY 🎯
RESET 🎯
EXERT 🎯
STOKE 🎯 could have been stove
VODKA 🎯

It was crucial to attempt to solve in the order most appropriate to the existing uncovered letters. I couldn’t have solved “boney” before “light” and “loamy”. I couldn’t have solved “exert” before “reset”. I couldn’t have solved “vodka” before “stoke”.

Daily Octordle #1010
STOKE 9️⃣3️⃣ GRAIN
VODKA 🔟8️⃣ EXERT
LIGHT 4️⃣6️⃣ BONEY
RESET 7️⃣5️⃣ LOAMY
Score: 52

And now today’s Wordle, which again is outdone by your result, k1ooo.
Wordle 1,230 3/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨
🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Spoiler

Wordle 1,230 3/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 TRACE
🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ DINGO
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WEIRD 🎯

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

I had been looking at tee shirts for a Halloween outfit I am going to make.  So my line 1 was one of the colours I looked at just 5 mins before taking on Wordle,  WHITE

Only one possible word after my opener.

The day before, I watched a documentary about planet Earth.  When I was getting ready to go to bed, I did Wordle.  Line 1 was EARTH.  Left only EAGLE and EASEL.  I chose wisely.

I don't do set starters.  Whatever comes to mind at the time is good enough for me.