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 did have a laugh at your posts because some of your bugbears are mine as well.

Donut.😨

probe or prove.

But quiet was easier for me as I had _ _ IET in green plus a yellow U.

This whole puzzle was easier than the classic for me today.

Daily Extreme Octordle #1142
8️⃣5️⃣
7️⃣4️⃣
9️⃣3️⃣
🔟6️⃣
Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

Yesterday’s Octordle:

Daily Octordle #1143
5️⃣9️⃣
8️⃣7️⃣
6️⃣3️⃣
4️⃣🔟
Score: 52

Spoiler

TRACE
DINGO <- eliminator 
TWINE 🎯 could have been thine
REIGN 🎯
HITCH 🎯 could have been pitch, witch
DRIER 🎯 could have been dried
CANAL 🎯
FOIST 🎯 could have been moist, joist
EVENT 🎯
MUSTY 🎯 could have been busty

Too many risky plays needed.

Daily Octordle #1143
HITCH 5️⃣9️⃣ EVENT
FOIST 8️⃣7️⃣ CANAL
DRIER 6️⃣3️⃣ TWINE
REIGN 4️⃣🔟 MUSTY
Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

Yesterday’s Octordle Extreme:

Daily Extreme Octordle #1143
8️⃣9️⃣
6️⃣3️⃣
7️⃣5️⃣
4️⃣🔟
Score: 52

That I got this in 52 is a miracle. It felt all over the place, disjointed and tricky.

Spoiler

TRACE
SHOWN <- eliminator
SCHWA 🎯
SPICY 🎯 could have been spick, slick
NEWLY 🎯 could have been weeny (but unlikely)
QUICK 🎯
GUILD 🎯 could have been build
FETID 🎯 horrible US spelling; it looks so wrong 
FROZE 🎯
DOGMA 🎯

Daily Extreme Octordle #1143
FETID 8️⃣9️⃣ FROZE
QUICK 6️⃣3️⃣ SCHWA
GUILD 7️⃣5️⃣ NEWLY
SPICY 4️⃣🔟 DOGMA
Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

And now…

… today’s Wordle

Wordle 1,363 3/6

⬛⬛🟩🟨🟩
🟨🟨🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Spoiler

Wordle 1,363 3/6

⬛⬛🟩🟨🟩 TRACE
🟨🟨🟩⬛🟩 SCALE <- eliminator and guess
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHASE 🎯

Only one other possibility would fit: cease.

[countessalmirena]

Today’s Octordle:

Daily Octordle #1144
5️⃣🔟
7️⃣4️⃣
8️⃣3️⃣
9️⃣6️⃣
Score: 52

I quite liked this one.

Spoiler

TRACE
LINGO <- eliminator
TACIT 🎯
MINTY 🎯
MOVIE 🎯
ITCHY 🎯
WIMPY 🎯
SPARK 🎯
EXALT 🎯
SKULL 🎯

Solving as I went, each next word revealed itself.

Daily Octordle #1144
MOVIE 5️⃣🔟 SKULL
WIMPY 7️⃣4️⃣ MINTY
SPARK 8️⃣3️⃣ TACIT
EXALT 9️⃣6️⃣ ITCHY
Score: 52

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,363 3/6

🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wasn't too hard today with 4 letters to work with.

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1144
🕛5️⃣
🕚🔟
7️⃣9️⃣
4️⃣8️⃣
Score: 66

This was not a great day for the classic.

It started off badly on #7, when on my 3rd turn I trried dealt. 

I had 4 letters at that stage and it did fit nicely, but of course the answer was exalt, which, come to think of it, is much more their thing, only I didn't come to think of it till immediately after my mistake.

And it wasn't as if the D in dealt was even useful, as it turned out.

Then on turn 6 I used another eliminator (pricy) & that was useful.

Daily Extreme Octordle #1144
5️⃣4️⃣
7️⃣9️⃣
8️⃣3️⃣
🔟6️⃣
Score: 52

This one I found much more to my liking, although I was very lucky really to solve #6 (tonic) on my 3rd turn, as I had #2 marked down as most likely proud/croup/group and of those 3, I probably would have thought croup least likely. For me, this puzzle flowed from one word to another more than the classic.

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,364 4/6

⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩⬛🟨🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Spoiler

alien/shout/price (as I wanted to test the placement of E and thought Y unlikely at this stage.)
I had been considering pixie but glad I went with eliminator.

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1145
9️⃣6️⃣
🔟5️⃣
8️⃣4️⃣
🕚7️⃣
Score: 60

So annoying, this one!

Spoiler

So after my first 2 turns, I look at #6 and think-chase? Wasn't that out just yesterday? But I couldn't recall exactly which game I had seen it in, could have been any of them. But they do tend to recycle words so i tried it and of course, it was wrong.
The rest of it went okay but the damage was done.

Daily Extreme Octordle #1145
5️⃣4️⃣
6️⃣9️⃣
3️⃣8️⃣
7️⃣🔟
Score: 52

Now this went better. After my first couple of turns, I could see multiple choices for a few of them but #5 seemed more clear cut so I went for it and luckily, one word led to another.

#8 still left me in a dilemma-

Spoiler

towel or motel. Historically, it is often towel but not always. So this was a lucky stab, could have needed one extra turn.

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,364 3/6

⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩
⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I had luck with my starter AND eliminator.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,364 3/6

⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩 TRACE
⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ SPOIL <- eliminator
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIECE