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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Wordle 1,310 4/6

โฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸจ
โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›โฌ›
โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌ›
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

I have grown rather fond of seeing three-rowed solutionsโ€ฆ but 4 is not bad, and I should be grateful that it wasnโ€™t more.

 

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Wordle 1,310 4/6

โฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸจ TRACE
โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›โฌ› SPOIL <- eliminator
โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌ› MOWED <- eliminator #2
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ ROWER ๐ŸŽฏ


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 didnโ€™t fancy blindly guessingโ€ฆ so I grit my teeth and played another eliminator.

It could still have been BOWERโ€ฆ but 50/50 gave me decent odds.

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My extreme Octordleโ€ฆ as usual, lots of traps.

 

Daily Extreme Octordle #1091
7๏ธโƒฃ6๏ธโƒฃ
5๏ธโƒฃ4๏ธโƒฃ
๐Ÿ”Ÿ9๏ธโƒฃ
3๏ธโƒฃ8๏ธโƒฃ
Score: 52

 

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TRACE
DOUGH <- eliminator
CLANG ๐ŸŽฏ
WIDTH ๐ŸŽฏ could have been โ€œsixthโ€
DUSTY ๐ŸŽฏ
EQUIP ๐ŸŽฏ
FLAKE ๐ŸŽฏ could have been โ€œflameโ€ or โ€œblameโ€
FUNKY ๐ŸŽฏ
OFFER ๐ŸŽฏ
KNEEL ๐ŸŽฏ*

* Iโ€™d held off 3L, hoping to get an L or an E in 4th position with another one of the wordsโ€ฆ because obviously 4L was either KNEEL or KNELL. If I could leave it until last, that would also mean Iโ€™d not have as bad an effect on the points if I guessed wrongly. As it was, by playing โ€œofferโ€ for 3R, I achieved the desired ruling out of E in that position, and that meant โ€œknellโ€.


Daily Extreme Octordle #1091
FLAKE 7๏ธโƒฃ6๏ธโƒฃ EQUIP
DUSTY 5๏ธโƒฃ4๏ธโƒฃ WIDTH
KNELL ๐Ÿ”Ÿ9๏ธโƒฃ OFFER
CLANG 3๏ธโƒฃ8๏ธโƒฃ FUNKY
Score: 52

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Daily Octordle #1092
8๏ธโƒฃ7๏ธโƒฃ
3๏ธโƒฃ4๏ธโƒฃ
5๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ
๐Ÿ•š6๏ธโƒฃ
Score: 53

The last word โ€ฆ well, I made a wrong guess.

 

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TRACE
BOILS <- eliminator
BEING ๐ŸŽฏ
TORSO ๐ŸŽฏ
REBUS ๐ŸŽฏ
GUILD ๐ŸŽฏ
DRAFT ๐ŸŽฏ
DEVIL ๐ŸŽฏ
SMACK ๐ŸŽฏ could have been shack
SWOOP ๐Ÿ’ฃ
SHOWY ๐ŸŽฏ


Daily Octordle #1092
DEVIL 8๏ธโƒฃ7๏ธโƒฃ DRAFT
BEING 3๏ธโƒฃ4๏ธโƒฃ TORSO
REBUS 5๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ SMACK
SHOWY ๐Ÿ•š6๏ธโƒฃ GUILD
Score: 53

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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

โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸฉโฌ›๐ŸŸจ
โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

 

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alien/sting/bring/icing

I suppose, in retrospect, I could have used a different eliminator on turn 2, but part of me wanted to see if ing was the ending, as it could just as easily have been ink or even ick as in snick.
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Daily Octordle #1093
๐Ÿ•š6๏ธโƒฃ
5๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ
8๏ธโƒฃ7๏ธโƒฃ
2๏ธโƒฃ4๏ธโƒฃ
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.

 

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Then I made a mistake on #1, jetty or petty. I was inclined to go petty but then decided jetty might be more likely, so changed!

Extreme, got 57. Made a couple of mistakes. #6, story instead of stood and #5 at the very end, tossing up between glade and blade & jumped the wrong way.
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Wordle 1,312 3/6

โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›
โฌ›๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌ›
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

Nicely simple today with my eliminatorโ€ฆ

 

 

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Wordle 1,312 3/6

โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ› TRACE
โฌ›๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌ› LINGO <- eliminator
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ ICING ๐ŸŽฏ


The most obvious answer was icing.

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Daily Octordle #1093
7๏ธโƒฃ3๏ธโƒฃ
4๏ธโƒฃ6๏ธโƒฃ
๐Ÿ”Ÿ8๏ธโƒฃ
5๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ
Score: 52

I dearly wanted to take a 2nd row guess at 1R, but with four equally good answers springing instantly to mind, it wasnโ€™t worth it.

 

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TRACE
HOING <- eliminator
TRAIN ๐ŸŽฏ
CORNY ๐ŸŽฏ
ALONE ๐ŸŽฏ
LAYER ๐ŸŽฏ
PETTY ๐ŸŽฏ could have been jetty
MINOR ๐ŸŽฏ
FLOUR ๐ŸŽฏ
SUMAC ๐ŸŽฏ 


Daily Octordle #1093
PETTY 7๏ธโƒฃ3๏ธโƒฃ TRAIN
CORNY 4๏ธโƒฃ6๏ธโƒฃ LAYER
SUMAC ๐Ÿ”Ÿ8๏ธโƒฃ MINOR
ALONE 5๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ FLOUR
Score: 52

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The EXTREME


Daily Extreme Octordle #1093
8๏ธโƒฃ7๏ธโƒฃ
3๏ธโƒฃ2๏ธโƒฃ
6๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ
5๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿ•š
Score: 51

Wrong guess at the end.

 

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TRACE
SCARF ๐ŸŽฏ
SPECK ๐ŸŽฏ
LOGIN <- eliminator
LATCH ๐ŸŽฏ
GLADE ๐ŸŽฏ
LILAC ๐ŸŽฏ
DOZEN ๐ŸŽฏ
STOOD ๐ŸŽฏ
EMOTE ๐Ÿ’ฃ
QUOTE ๐ŸŽฏ


Daily Extreme Octordle #1093
DOZEN 8๏ธโƒฃ7๏ธโƒฃ LILAC
SPECK 3๏ธโƒฃ2๏ธโƒฃ SCARF
GLADE 6๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ STOOD
LATCH 5๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿ•š QUOTE
Score: 51

 

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I predict that countess will get Wordle in 2 today.

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Wordle 1,313 2/6

โฌ›๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

Yesโ€ฆ youโ€™re right, k1oooโ€ฆ

 

 

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Wordle 1,313 2/6

โฌ›๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจ TRACE
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ REACH ๐ŸŽฏ


No skill required.

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