WORDLE - anyone else trying the daily online word game?

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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]

Daily Octordle #1028
🔟9️⃣
2️⃣6️⃣
4️⃣8️⃣
5️⃣7️⃣
Score: 51

I took a stab at 4R, and was right. That also opened up 3R.

With my first solved word at 2L, it could have been the one ending with K. However, that was one of the Octordle words a few days ago (4, 5, or so). I opted for the other possibility on that basis.

Spoiler

TRACE 
TRACT 🎯 could have been track 
LOUGH <- eliminator, as I needed one now
SAUCE 🎯
TOWEL 🎯
HOVER 🎯
QUICK 🎯 I had a yellow U in 3rd place, and a green C in 4th. I had good grounds for guessing “quick” but it was … a guess.
QUALM 🎯
UNDER 🎯 could have been udder
FIFTY 🎯 could have been BITTY

Luck and logic both played a part.

Octordle #1028
FIFTY 🔟9️⃣ UNDER
TRACT 2️⃣6️⃣ HOVER
SAUCE 4️⃣8️⃣ QUALM
TOWEL 5️⃣7️⃣ QUICK
Score: 51

[countessalmirena]

Springyzone - yes, the word starting with m is an Australian word, but you were right not to go with it for today’s Octordle.

I find it useful sometimes to choose an eliminator that includes either 3rd or 4th position - depending on circumstances.

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,248 3/6

⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛
🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

This was beautifully simple.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,248 3/6

⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ TRACE
🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ LINGO
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FRAIL

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,248 3/6

🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Spoiler

alien/trail/frail
It could have been grail but I thought frail more likely.
Will do octordle tonight when I get home, just about to leave now!

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1029
7️⃣3️⃣
🕚5️⃣
🔟8️⃣
6️⃣4️⃣
Score: 54

A wrong guess … rats.

Spoiler

TRACE
LOGIN <- eliminator
GLEAN 🎯
REALM 🎯 could have been pearl
SWING 🎯
HASTE 🎯 could have been paste, baste
FAITH 🎯
DITTO 🎯
UMBER 💣
EMBER 🎯
BROOK 🎯

Daily Octordle #1029
FAITH 7️⃣3️⃣ GLEAN
BROOK 🕚5️⃣ SWING
EMBER 🔟8️⃣ DITTO
HASTE 6️⃣4️⃣ REALM
Score: 54

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,249 4/6

⬛⬛🟩⬛🟨
🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Spoiler

alien.
Second word was gawky and it threw me out, having it green in first place, so I went with shout for 3rd try.
I should have woken up the G could be used twice, so I should really have got this in 3.

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1030
5️⃣6️⃣
🔟9️⃣
3️⃣8️⃣
4️⃣7️⃣
Score: 52

I did better with this.

I was in the lucky position of having quite a few letters exposed for several of the words after turn 3.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1030
6️⃣7️⃣
🔟8️⃣
4️⃣9️⃣
2️⃣5️⃣
Score: 51

This didn’t feel as good as it looks.

I made a bit of a leap with the first word… and I don’t think I lost the slightly shaky feeling of going for a word without being certain.

Spoiler

TRACE 
GRATE 🎯 could have been irate or prate
SOILY 🎯 <- eliminator 
ANGST 🎯
GENRE 🎯
ABATE 🎯
REVUE 🎯 could have been verve
POSER 🎯 could have been doser or hoser
RIGOR 🎯 ugh, US spelling
JUMBO 🎯

Daily Octordle #1030
ABATE 6️⃣7️⃣ REVUE
JUMBO 🔟8️⃣ POSER
ANGST 4️⃣9️⃣ RIGOR
GRATE 2️⃣5️⃣ GENRE
Score: 51 

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,249 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I suspected the word instantly and didn’t waste time thinking about it.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,249 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ TRACE
⬛🟨🟨🟨🟨 LINGO
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GOING

It could have been boing, doing, owing…

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1031
7️⃣6️⃣
8️⃣4️⃣
3️⃣🔟
9️⃣5️⃣
Score: 52

Very smooth - only one 50/50 right at the end.

Spoiler

TRACE
GHOUL <- eliminator 
FRAUD 🎯
FEAST 🎯
VERSE 🎯
CLAMP 🎯
PLUME 🎯
BRIDE 🎯 
CATCH 🎯
USING 🎯 could have been suing

Daily Octordle #1031
PLUME 7️⃣6️⃣ CLAMP
BRIDE 8️⃣4️⃣ FEAST
FRAUD 3️⃣🔟 USING
CATCH 9️⃣5️⃣ VERSE
Score: 52