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

Donut.๐Ÿ˜จ

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
8๏ธโƒฃ5๏ธโƒฃ
7๏ธโƒฃ4๏ธโƒฃ
9๏ธโƒฃ3๏ธโƒฃ
๐Ÿ”Ÿ6๏ธโƒฃ
Score: 52

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Yesterdayโ€™s Octordle:

 

Daily Octordle #1143
5๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ
8๏ธโƒฃ7๏ธโƒฃ
6๏ธโƒฃ3๏ธโƒฃ
4๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿ”Ÿ
Score: 52

 

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TRACE
DINGO <- eliminator 
TWINE ๐ŸŽฏ could have been thine
REIGN ๐ŸŽฏ
HITCH ๐ŸŽฏ could have been pitch, witch
DRIER ๐ŸŽฏ could have been dried
CANAL ๐ŸŽฏ
FOIST ๐ŸŽฏ could have been moist, joist
EVENT ๐ŸŽฏ
MUSTY ๐ŸŽฏ could have been busty


Too many risky plays needed.

Daily Octordle #1143
HITCH 5๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ EVENT
FOIST 8๏ธโƒฃ7๏ธโƒฃ CANAL
DRIER 6๏ธโƒฃ3๏ธโƒฃ TWINE
REIGN 4๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿ”Ÿ MUSTY
Score: 52

 

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Yesterdayโ€™s Octordle Extreme:

 

Daily Extreme Octordle #1143
8๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ
6๏ธโƒฃ3๏ธโƒฃ
7๏ธโƒฃ5๏ธโƒฃ
4๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿ”Ÿ
Score: 52

 

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

 

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TRACE
SHOWN <- eliminator
SCHWA ๐ŸŽฏ
SPICY ๐ŸŽฏ could have been spick, slick
NEWLY ๐ŸŽฏ could have been weeny (but unlikely)
QUICK ๐ŸŽฏ
GUILD ๐ŸŽฏ could have been build
FETID ๐ŸŽฏ horrible US spelling; it looks so wrong 
FROZE ๐ŸŽฏ
DOGMA ๐ŸŽฏ


Daily Extreme Octordle #1143
FETID 8๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ FROZE
QUICK 6๏ธโƒฃ3๏ธโƒฃ SCHWA
GUILD 7๏ธโƒฃ5๏ธโƒฃ NEWLY
SPICY 4๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿ”Ÿ DOGMA
Score: 52

 

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And nowโ€ฆ

 

 

โ€ฆ todayโ€™s Wordle

 

Wordle 1,363 3/6

โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉโฌ›๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

 

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Wordle 1,363 3/6

โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ TRACE
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉโฌ›๐ŸŸฉ SCALE <- eliminator and guess
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ CHASE ๐ŸŽฏ


Only one other possibility would fit: cease.

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Todayโ€™s Octordle:


Daily Octordle #1144
5๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿ”Ÿ
7๏ธโƒฃ4๏ธโƒฃ
8๏ธโƒฃ3๏ธโƒฃ
9๏ธโƒฃ6๏ธโƒฃ
Score: 52

 

I quite liked this one.

 

Spoiler

TRACE
LINGO <- eliminator
TACIT ๐ŸŽฏ
MINTY ๐ŸŽฏ
MOVIE ๐ŸŽฏ
ITCHY ๐ŸŽฏ
WIMPY ๐ŸŽฏ
SPARK ๐ŸŽฏ
EXALT ๐ŸŽฏ
SKULL ๐ŸŽฏ

Solving as I went, each next word revealed itself.


Daily Octordle #1144
MOVIE 5๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿ”Ÿ SKULL
WIMPY 7๏ธโƒฃ4๏ธโƒฃ MINTY
SPARK 8๏ธโƒฃ3๏ธโƒฃ TACIT
EXALT 9๏ธโƒฃ6๏ธโƒฃ ITCHY
Score: 52

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Wordle 1,363 3/6

๐ŸŸจโฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉโฌ›โฌ›โฌ›
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

 

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

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Daily Octordle #1144
๐Ÿ•›5๏ธโƒฃ
๐Ÿ•š๐Ÿ”Ÿ
7๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ
4๏ธโƒฃ8๏ธโƒฃ
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
5๏ธโƒฃ4๏ธโƒฃ
7๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ
8๏ธโƒฃ3๏ธโƒฃ
๐Ÿ”Ÿ6๏ธโƒฃ
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.

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Wordle 1,364 4/6

โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌ›
โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›
๐ŸŸฉโฌ›๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

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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.
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Daily Octordle #1145
9๏ธโƒฃ6๏ธโƒฃ
๐Ÿ”Ÿ5๏ธโƒฃ
8๏ธโƒฃ4๏ธโƒฃ
๐Ÿ•š7๏ธโƒฃ
Score: 60

 

So annoying, this one!

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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
5๏ธโƒฃ4๏ธโƒฃ
6๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ
3๏ธโƒฃ8๏ธโƒฃ
7๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿ”Ÿ
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-

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towel or motel. Historically, it is often towel but not always. So this was a lucky stab, could have needed one extra turn.
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Wordle 1,364 3/6

โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
โฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

I had luck with my starter AND eliminator.

 

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Wordle 1,364 3/6

โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ TRACE
โฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ› SPOIL <- eliminator
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ PIECE

 

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