on โ27-01-2022 01:45 AM
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 ๐คฃ
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on โ19-01-2025 07:24 PM
Wordle 1,310 4/6
โฌ๐จโฌโฌ๐จ
โฌโฌ๐จโฌโฌ
โฌ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉโฌ
๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ
I have grown rather fond of seeing three-rowed solutionsโฆ but 4 is not bad, and I should be grateful that it wasnโt more.
Wordle 1,310 4/6
โฌ๐จโฌโฌ๐จ TRACE
โฌโฌ๐จโฌโฌ SPOIL <- eliminator
โฌ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉโฌ MOWED <- eliminator #2
๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ ROWER ๐ฏ
It was likely that the solution (after my first eliminator) would be _ O _ E R, but that of course meant there was a bevy of possible answers. I didnโt fancy blindly guessingโฆ so I grit my teeth and played another eliminator.
It could still have been BOWERโฆ but 50/50 gave me decent odds.
โ19-01-2025 07:48 PM - edited โ19-01-2025 07:49 PM
My extreme Octordleโฆ as usual, lots of traps.
Daily Extreme Octordle #1091
7๏ธโฃ6๏ธโฃ
5๏ธโฃ4๏ธโฃ
๐9๏ธโฃ
3๏ธโฃ8๏ธโฃ
Score: 52
TRACE
DOUGH <- eliminator
CLANG ๐ฏ
WIDTH ๐ฏ could have been โsixthโ
DUSTY ๐ฏ
EQUIP ๐ฏ
FLAKE ๐ฏ could have been โflameโ or โblameโ
FUNKY ๐ฏ
OFFER ๐ฏ
KNEEL ๐ฏ*
* Iโd held off 3L, hoping to get an L or an E in 4th position with another one of the wordsโฆ because obviously 4L was either KNEEL or KNELL. If I could leave it until last, that would also mean Iโd not have as bad an effect on the points if I guessed wrongly. As it was, by playing โofferโ for 3R, I achieved the desired ruling out of E in that position, and that meant โknellโ.
Daily Extreme Octordle #1091
FLAKE 7๏ธโฃ6๏ธโฃ EQUIP
DUSTY 5๏ธโฃ4๏ธโฃ WIDTH
KNELL ๐9๏ธโฃ OFFER
CLANG 3๏ธโฃ8๏ธโฃ FUNKY
Score: 52
on โ20-01-2025 04:01 PM
Daily Octordle #1092
8๏ธโฃ7๏ธโฃ
3๏ธโฃ4๏ธโฃ
5๏ธโฃ9๏ธโฃ
๐6๏ธโฃ
Score: 53
The last word โฆ well, I made a wrong guess.
TRACE
BOILS <- eliminator
BEING ๐ฏ
TORSO ๐ฏ
REBUS ๐ฏ
GUILD ๐ฏ
DRAFT ๐ฏ
DEVIL ๐ฏ
SMACK ๐ฏ could have been shack
SWOOP ๐ฃ
SHOWY ๐ฏ
Daily Octordle #1092
DEVIL 8๏ธโฃ7๏ธโฃ DRAFT
BEING 3๏ธโฃ4๏ธโฃ TORSO
REBUS 5๏ธโฃ9๏ธโฃ SMACK
SHOWY ๐6๏ธโฃ GUILD
Score: 53
on โ21-01-2025 06:23 AM
I missed posting yesterday, was off at the crack of dawn (6.20am, so technically slightly later, but..) for child minding & not home till 6pm. Oh boy, these days tire me.
I did do wordle yesterday on my phone. I think it took 5, from memory. Not octordle, I loathe the scrolling needed, can't be bothered.
Today's wordle:
Wordle 1,312 4/6
โฌโฌ๐ฉโฌ๐จ
โฌโฌ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ
โฌโฌ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ
๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ
on โ21-01-2025 06:32 AM
Daily Octordle #1093
๐6๏ธโฃ
5๏ธโฃ9๏ธโฃ
8๏ธโฃ7๏ธโฃ
2๏ธโฃ4๏ธโฃ
Score: 52
I was shocked how low the score ended up being!
As it was, I was able to guess a word on turn 2. But I could not see my way clear after that & used an eliminator on turn 3. Not quite my usual one. South. I wanted to give the O a chance in a different position.
on โ21-01-2025 08:12 PM
on โ21-01-2025 08:26 PM
Daily Octordle #1093
7๏ธโฃ3๏ธโฃ
4๏ธโฃ6๏ธโฃ
๐8๏ธโฃ
5๏ธโฃ9๏ธโฃ
Score: 52
I dearly wanted to take a 2nd row guess at 1R, but with four equally good answers springing instantly to mind, it wasnโt worth it.
TRACE
HOING <- eliminator
TRAIN ๐ฏ
CORNY ๐ฏ
ALONE ๐ฏ
LAYER ๐ฏ
PETTY ๐ฏ could have been jetty
MINOR ๐ฏ
FLOUR ๐ฏ
SUMAC ๐ฏ
Daily Octordle #1093
PETTY 7๏ธโฃ3๏ธโฃ TRAIN
CORNY 4๏ธโฃ6๏ธโฃ LAYER
SUMAC ๐8๏ธโฃ MINOR
ALONE 5๏ธโฃ9๏ธโฃ FLOUR
Score: 52
on โ21-01-2025 09:16 PM
The EXTREME
Daily Extreme Octordle #1093
8๏ธโฃ7๏ธโฃ
3๏ธโฃ2๏ธโฃ
6๏ธโฃ9๏ธโฃ
5๏ธโฃ๐
Score: 51
Wrong guess at the end.
TRACE
SCARF ๐ฏ
SPECK ๐ฏ
LOGIN <- eliminator
LATCH ๐ฏ
GLADE ๐ฏ
LILAC ๐ฏ
DOZEN ๐ฏ
STOOD ๐ฏ
EMOTE ๐ฃ
QUOTE ๐ฏ
Daily Extreme Octordle #1093
DOZEN 8๏ธโฃ7๏ธโฃ LILAC
SPECK 3๏ธโฃ2๏ธโฃ SCARF
GLADE 6๏ธโฃ9๏ธโฃ STOOD
LATCH 5๏ธโฃ๐ QUOTE
Score: 51
on โ22-01-2025 01:44 AM
I predict that countess will get Wordle in 2 today.
on โ22-01-2025 03:44 AM