WORDLE - anyone else trying the daily online word game?

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 ๐Ÿคฃ

 

 

 

 

 

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The extremeโ€ฆ

 

Daily Extreme Octordle #1090
7๏ธโƒฃ8๏ธโƒฃ
4๏ธโƒฃ6๏ธโƒฃ
๐Ÿ”Ÿ9๏ธโƒฃ
3๏ธโƒฃ5๏ธโƒฃ
Score: 52

 

Spoiler

TRACE
GHOUL <- eliminator 
HAZEL ๐ŸŽฏ
FISHY ๐ŸŽฏ
OASIS ๐ŸŽฏ
SIXTY ๐ŸŽฏ
HIPPY ๐ŸŽฏ
CAVIL ๐ŸŽฏ
BULKY ๐ŸŽฏ
DEUCE ๐ŸŽฏ


I wonโ€™t point out all of the โ€œcould have beensโ€, but there were plenty.

Daily Extreme Octordle #1090
HIPPY 7๏ธโƒฃ8๏ธโƒฃ CAVIL
FISHY 4๏ธโƒฃ6๏ธโƒฃ SIXTY
DEUCE ๐Ÿ”Ÿ9๏ธโƒฃ BULKY
HAZEL 3๏ธโƒฃ5๏ธโƒฃ OASIS
Score: 52

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The rescueโ€ฆ

 

Daily Rescue Octordle #1090
5๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿ•›
6๏ธโƒฃ7๏ธโƒฃ
๐Ÿ•š๐Ÿ”Ÿ
8๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ
Score: 9

 

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The following had already been played (disastrously, of course):

GROWN
THICK
COUPE
TIMID
โ€ฆ I could immediately solve 1L, and so on.

OTHER ๐ŸŽฏ
MOWER ๐ŸŽฏ
GLOAT ๐ŸŽฏ
GAMMA ๐ŸŽฏ
USING ๐ŸŽฏ
USURP ๐ŸŽฏ
UPPER ๐ŸŽฏ
SNAKE ๐ŸŽฏ


Daily Rescue Octordle #1090
OTHER 5๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿ•› SNAKE
MOWER 6๏ธโƒฃ7๏ธโƒฃ GLOAT
UPPER ๐Ÿ•š๐Ÿ”Ÿ USURP
GAMMA 8๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ USING
Score: 9

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@springyzone wrote:

Daily Octordle #1090
4๏ธโƒฃ3๏ธโƒฃ
8๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿ”Ÿ
5๏ธโƒฃ7๏ธโƒฃ
6๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ
Score: 52

 

 

[โ€ฆ]

I so wanted to try another eliminator for turn 3, but oh the shame, especially as I had 4 letters exposed in #2.

How hard can it be, I thought.

So I forced myself to sit there for a while till inspiration came, because I knew I would have to front up here and show results. ๐Ÿคฃ


Mm-hmmโ€ฆ yes, the risk of a shameful error!

 

But you played it perfectly.

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The sequenceโ€ฆ

 

Daily Sequence Octordle #1090
3๏ธโƒฃ4๏ธโƒฃ
5๏ธโƒฃ6๏ธโƒฃ
7๏ธโƒฃ8๏ธโƒฃ
9๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿ”Ÿ
Score: 52

 

Spoiler

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LINGO <- eliminator 
FLOAT ๐ŸŽฏ
DONUT ๐ŸŽฏ
FILET ๐ŸŽฏ
BULKY ๐ŸŽฏ Cheek! I actually played โ€œbulkyโ€ as a sort-of ironic gesture, thinking it would be sulky or sully or bully or dully
BATON ๐ŸŽฏ
MAJOR ๐ŸŽฏ
COPSE ๐ŸŽฏ
WORRY ๐ŸŽฏ


Daily Sequence Octordle #1090
FLOAT 3๏ธโƒฃ4๏ธโƒฃ DONUT
FILET 5๏ธโƒฃ6๏ธโƒฃ BULKY
BATON 7๏ธโƒฃ8๏ธโƒฃ MAJOR
COPSE 9๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿ”Ÿ WORRY
Score: 52

 

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My sequence was 62 and my rescue was 8.

 

Because I don't normally post results of those on here, I usually approach sequence differently. as if I have a bowl of popcorn and I am just seeing where the plot leads me.๐Ÿ˜‚

 

I have no sense of urgency on the first word and I'll often play 3 eliminators in a row, even if I have a suspicion of the answer. 

Usually I just go alien/shout (you would never have guessed!) then maybe pricy and then I may guess or if not, I may go for fudge. (not fudgy as I have already covered Y ending & I figure the e in last spot might help further down the line)

After that slow beginning, they usually all fall into place because I have covered so much of the alphabet. It's a bit of a lazy method, I guess.

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The popcorn method of solvingโ€ฆ My sequence score is the most variable, I have to admit. I find it hard to focus only on that first word, knowing that the other words will need letters helpful to them without knowing whether the letters Iโ€™ve already used are helpful to them.

 

Rescue is so illogical! I mutter โ€œWho on earth would ever use this ridiculous and haphazard way of guessing?โ€ under my breathโ€ฆ 

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Daily Octordle #1091
8๏ธโƒฃ3๏ธโƒฃ
6๏ธโƒฃ2๏ธโƒฃ
9๏ธโƒฃ5๏ธโƒฃ
7๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿ”Ÿ
Score: 50

 

As soon as Iโ€™d played my starter, I had 4 letters revealed for 1R, and 3 letters (2 of which were green) for 2R. 1R was clearly 1 of 4 possible wordsโ€ฆ yet I decided to plunge into a guess for 2R first. I canโ€™t explain it; it was not a logical decision.

 

Spoiler

TRACE
STALE ๐ŸŽฏ could have been stage, stale, stave, state, slate, plate, elate, abateโ€ฆ Iโ€™ll stop there. It was luck and folly that gave me this.
CLEAT ๐ŸŽฏ This was the one with 4 possibilities after my starter: cheat or cleat or cadet or รฉclat. After โ€œSTALEโ€, it was down to cleat or รฉclat. 50/50.
BINGO <- eliminator
BASIC ๐ŸŽฏ
SEGUE ๐ŸŽฏ
BUNNY ๐ŸŽฏ
RIGHT ๐ŸŽฏ
PUPIL ๐ŸŽฏ
PIZZA ๐ŸŽฏ


Daily Octordle #1091
RIGHT 8๏ธโƒฃ3๏ธโƒฃ CLEAT
SEGUE 6๏ธโƒฃ2๏ธโƒฃ STALE
PUPIL 9๏ธโƒฃ5๏ธโƒฃ BASIC
BUNNY 7๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿ”Ÿ PIZZA
Score: 50

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@countessalmirena wrote:

The popcorn method of solvingโ€ฆ My sequence score is the most variable, I have to admit. I find it hard to focus only on that first word, knowing that the other words will need letters helpful to them without knowing whether the letters Iโ€™ve already used are helpful to them.

 

Rescue is so illogical! I mutter โ€œWho on earth would ever use this ridiculous and haphazard way of guessing?โ€ under my breathโ€ฆ 


๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฃ

That sums up my thoughts.

 

The popcorn method.๐Ÿคฃ

So true though. With some words in sequence, I actually am taking care of future planning.

 

With the rescue, it is so ridiculous that I think it must actually be tricky for them to put it together, so that there is always enough there to solve at least one straight off, or maybe two, but not the others quite yet.

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Wordle 1,310 5/6

โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸฉโฌ›
โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›โฌ›
โฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›โฌ›โฌ›
โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸฉโฌ›โฌ›
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

 

It's not that I had no idea after turn 2, it is that I had too many ideas.๐Ÿคฃ

 

I started to write them down. 

My first inclination was rodeo. I really, really wanted to just go for it, I don't know, maybe I should have. I would have been wrong, mind you, but probably no worse off than I ended up being.

But as it was, I decided I needed another eliminator.

I used crimp. That got rid of some possibilities but not enough.

So I tried bawdy next. Goodbye rodeo. ๐Ÿ˜‚

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Daily Octordle #1091
7๏ธโƒฃ8๏ธโƒฃ
3๏ธโƒฃ4๏ธโƒฃ
6๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ
๐Ÿ•š๐Ÿ”Ÿ
Score: 58

 

By turn 5, I just couldn't see my way clear, so played another eliminator (burps. Not all that refined but it got me moving again.๐Ÿ˜‚)

 

With extreme, my score was 66. Just too many possibilities & did not start solving till turn 4, and a slow popcorn a couple of times along the way.๐Ÿ˜‚

 

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