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]

Aaagh! This one was frustrating.

Daily Octordle #1068
7️⃣3️⃣
6️⃣🕚
4️⃣5️⃣
🔟8️⃣
Score: 54

I felt as though I were guessing blindly at the end.

Spoiler

TRACE
DOILY <- eliminator
RATIO 🎯
DERBY 🎯
PEACE 🎯
EXILE 🎯
PURER 🎯
SCOUT 🎯
FINER 💣 could have been diner, miner, inner
INNER 🎯 
JAUNT 🎯 desperate guess; could have been haunt, vaunt, gaunt

Daily Octordle #1068
PURER 7️⃣3️⃣ RATIO
EXILE 6️⃣🕚 JAUNT
DERBY 4️⃣5️⃣ PEACE
INNER 🔟8️⃣ SCOUT
Score: 54 

[countessalmirena]

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@springyzone wrote:

Oh lordy, what didn't I do wrong today!!🤣

Daily Octordle #1068
🕚6️⃣
🕐🟥
🔟🕛
9️⃣4️⃣
Score: 79

Spoiler

Things  started poorly & even after turn 2 there were no definite answers, even though 2 spots had 4 exposed letters.

I suspected #2 would be ratio or patio and #8 would be spout/scout/stout but for turn 3 I went for another eliminator, crypt. I would have been better with pricy, which I usually use these days.

Then I was so excited to get c and so solve #8 that I forgot to even check #2, I w3as convinced #1 was upper/ Wrong. Could have had #2 solved that turn but nope, delayed till turn 6.

Then another eliminator, bumfs, which helped a lot but meant I ran out of spots to solve #4. I knew from early on it was either taunt/vaunt or jaunt but no idea which one.

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Oh, I know what you mean. There were so many “could be” spots in this. You had even worse luck than I, especially with having no “R” early on. 😱🧩🤔

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,287 3/6

⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

This is more along the lines of a good Wordle.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,287 3/6

⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ TRACE
⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨 BLING <- eliminator
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRAIN 🎯

[springyzone]

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@countessalmirena wrote:

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, I know what you mean. There were so many “could be” spots in this. You had even worse luck than I, especially with having no “R” early on. 😱🧩🤔

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You are kind! It was a tricky one but I also know I played it carelessly and missed opportunities. Some days are like that for me!

Wordle:

Wordle 1,288 4/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟨⬛🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

As you can see, I didn't have a lot of luck on my first 2 turns. I guess it helped in that it eliminated quite a few letters but if I am honest, I had not the slightest clue what it would be at that point so I just went for another eliminator as I thought at some point, surely some other letter should turn up.😂 

Spoiler

pricy.

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1069
5️⃣4️⃣
7️⃣3️⃣
9️⃣6️⃣
8️⃣🔟
Score: 52

I was extremely happy with today's octordle as the words seemed to fall into place like dominoes.

Mind you, I was a tad nervous when I had a go at #4 on my 3rd turn

Spoiler

I fancied shire but wondered if it was not American enough. Maybe shive? But in the end, I thought shire more likely.
I also took a risk with #5, borer or odder? I thought odder is one of their usuals so went with that.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1069
2️⃣5️⃣
6️⃣7️⃣
🔟3️⃣
4️⃣9️⃣
Score: 46

I‘m amazed that I was able to go until the 8th row before needing an eliminator.

Spoiler

TRACE
CREST 🎯 
TENSE 🎯
ANTIC 🎯
GROUT 🎯
THING 🎯 could have been “tying”
SHIRE 🎯
MOLDY <- eliminator
AWARD 🎯
ODDER 🎯

If I’d been willing to risk a guess on “award/alarm”, I would still have had a risk with the final word. Odder? Older? Owler? I didn’t want to push my luck too much, so… eliminator time.

Daily Octordle #1069
CREST 2️⃣5️⃣ GROUT
THING 6️⃣7️⃣ SHIRE
ODDER 🔟3️⃣ TENSE
ANTIC 4️⃣9️⃣ AWARD
Score: 46

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,288 3/6

⬛🟨⬛🟨🟨
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Pure luck gave me that final letter.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,288 3/6

⬛🟨⬛🟨🟨 TRACE
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 SHINY <- eliminator
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DECRY

It couldn’t have been anything else.

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,289 6/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

OMG I was even lucky to get it in 6. I guessed it because by that stage, it was the only combination of letters I could put together and pronounce & that looked like a word. Plus it reminded me of a book from my childhood (no doubt  banned these days or renamed)

I googled the word after I finished. I had never heard of it before.

Spoiler

alien/shout. 
Now for some consonants, I thought. 
Pricy/fudge  Now that didn't get me far, did it!

But on the positive side, not many letters were left. Most likely were M, B and maybe K although the C was out of the game so I thought K more unlikely.
Maybe W or V.
Probably not Q, Z, J, X

My 5th word was maybe. I immediately thought mamba, except I knew it had to have an O.

The word reminded me of the book Little black Sambo, which I loved as a kid because of the way the tiger (I think it was a tiger) melted like butter.

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1070
7️⃣🕐
🕛2️⃣
8️⃣3️⃣
🕚6️⃣
Score: 62

I was off to a flying start with this, guessing words at turns 2 & 3.

Then I ran out of steam and used SHOUT as eliminator.

Spoiler

And what slim pickings that turned out to be!!
Then a mistake next turn for #8 (pricy instead of privy)
And another mistake further down for #2 (zebra instead of rebar)

But hey, at least i scooted in on the last turn! 😁

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,289 4/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Darn it - I almost had it in 3! I hovered between the word I did try and the actual answer… but at least that left the answer clear for row 4.

Not an easy Wordle.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,289 4/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ TRACE
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 LINGO <- eliminator
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 KAZOO 💣 *
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MAMBO

At this point, it could have been kazoo or yahoo or wahoo or mambo or adobo or baboo or bazoo (only if we’re counting US slang)…