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 🤣

[springyzone]

I meant to get on last night I went to bed early.

I've done it today though.

Wordle 1,333 4/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛
⬛🟨⬛🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Spoiler

You'd think with 2 greens and a yellow, I'd have it made but there were just too many possibilities.
Spoke, spore, score, scope, swore, smoke......

In the end, I just used another eliminator (price), which came home for me.

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1114
8️⃣5️⃣
9️⃣🔟
🕛4️⃣
6️⃣🕚
Score: 65

Not my finest hour. I can explain.😂

Spoiler

A most lacklustre start with my first 2 words (the usual).

I was tempted to have a go at #6 and try super, as I couldn't see much else it was likely to be, but decided I would be better trying another eliminator to try to get some leads. I used pricy.
It helped till turn 7 when I tried frame for #8.
After that, I was okay but the damage was done.
I found this a fairly tricky one today.

Daily Extreme Octordle #1114
6️⃣7️⃣
8️⃣3️⃣
🕚5️⃣
🕛🔟
Score: 62

Not much better.
Mistake on turn 4 for #1

Spoiler

grist instead of twist, just didn't think of it.
And had to use another eliminator towards the end (dumpy) as I was hung up on several.
As in, was it shade/shake/shame/shape/shave etc for #8
Was it adorn or acorn for #5
And was it clued/cluey/blued for #7

It felt like a traffic jam of letters needed clearing.

[countessalmirena]

Oh, the luck smiled upon me.

Wordle 1,333 2/6

⬛🟨⬛🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

With my starter giving me so much information, it was down to 7 possible words that I could see. I could play a possible answer that was also an excellent eliminator.

Spoiler

After my starter, I had the following possibilities:
CHORE, OCHRE, SCORE, LUCRE, CURSE, CURVE, SCREE

Wordle 1,333 2/6

⬛🟨⬛🟨🟩 TRACE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCORE

[countessalmirena]

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@springyzone wrote:

I meant to get on last night I went to bed early.

I've done it today though.

Wordle 1,333 4/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛
⬛🟨⬛🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Spoiler

You'd think with 2 greens and a yellow, I'd have it made but there were just too many possibilities.
Spoke, spore, score, scope, swore, smoke......

In the end, I just used another eliminator (price), which came home for me.

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I had the advantage of having the 3 letters after my starter. Without your knowing about the second letter, it was much harder for you… You did well in narrowing it down!

[countessalmirena]

😢 This did not show me at my best… but my wrong guess was perfectly logical. Logical, but wrong wrong wrong.

Daily Octordle #1114
🔟8️⃣
4️⃣9️⃣
🕚5️⃣
7️⃣2️⃣
Score: 56

Spoiler

TRACE
GRADE 🎯 worth a guess, I thought; it could have been grape, grave, brake, brave, drape, drake… so I was being optimistic!
SPOIL <- eliminator 
DUSKY 🎯
SURER 🎯
PROVE 💣
NERVE 🎯
PROBE 🎯
BUSED 🎯
FREAK 🎯
FABLE 🎯

Daily Octordle #1114
FREAK 🔟8️⃣ PROBE
DUSKY 4️⃣9️⃣ BUSED
FABLE 🕚5️⃣ SURER
NERVE 7️⃣2️⃣ GRADE
Score: 56

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,334 3/6

⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛
🟨🟩🟨🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

This was not very promising. After my starter the possibilities were wide. I used a guess/eliminator that’s often seen in Wordle - and at least that narrowed it down and I could guess.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,334 3/6

⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ TRACE
🟨🟩🟨🟨⬛ DAIRY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAPID 🎯

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1115
9️⃣🔟
7️⃣8️⃣
6️⃣5️⃣
4️⃣3️⃣
Score: 52

Spoiler

TRACE
LINGO <- eliminator 
ECLAT 🎯
CURLY 🎯
AGLOW 🎯
INLAY 🎯
BELOW 🎯
DECAY 🎯
FRISK 🎯 could have been “primp”
MAMMA 🎯

Daily Octordle #1115
FRISK 9️⃣🔟 MAMMA
BELOW 7️⃣8️⃣ DECAY
INLAY 6️⃣5️⃣ AGLOW
CURLY 4️⃣3️⃣ ECLAT
Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

Extreme was imbued with less luck. Even though I guessed a word at row 2, my use of an eliminator and a wrong guess cost me.

Daily Extreme Octordle #1115
🔟2️⃣
9️⃣4️⃣
7️⃣8️⃣
5️⃣🕚
Score: 56

Spoiler

TRACE
ARGUE 🎯
LIONS <- eliminator
ENNUI 🎯
ELBOW 🎯
WIRED 💣
WIDER 🎯
OXIDE 🎯
BUYER 🎯
SHIRK 🎯
JOKER 🎯 could have been poker

Daily Extreme Octordle #1115
SHIRK 🔟2️⃣ ARGUE
BUYER 9️⃣4️⃣ ENNUI
WIDER 7️⃣8️⃣ OXIDE
ELBOW 5️⃣🕚 JOKER
Score: 56

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,335 5/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
⬛🟩🟨🟨⬛
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Spoiler

alien/shout.
Was at a bit of a loss, tried quark. Wrong, but at least it helped out.
Still no bright light of inspiration, so tried Fudgy.
Then finally!!

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1116
8️⃣3️⃣
4️⃣9️⃣
🕚🔟
6️⃣7️⃣
Score: 58

I felt a bit peeved after turns 3 and 4 as solving those words didn't help one iota, except in the sense that a couple of letters were elimiated, I guess. But not even much help with possible letter placement of what i already had.

So turn 5 was an eliminator

Spoiler

pricy