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 โ11-03-2025 08:49 AM
I did have a laugh at your posts because some of your bugbears are mine as well.
Donut.๐จ
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๏ธโฃ5๏ธโฃ
7๏ธโฃ4๏ธโฃ
9๏ธโฃ3๏ธโฃ
๐6๏ธโฃ
Score: 52
on โ13-03-2025 03:47 AM
Yesterdayโs Octordle:
Daily Octordle #1143
5๏ธโฃ9๏ธโฃ
8๏ธโฃ7๏ธโฃ
6๏ธโฃ3๏ธโฃ
4๏ธโฃ๐
Score: 52
TRACE
DINGO <- eliminator
TWINE ๐ฏ could have been thine
REIGN ๐ฏ
HITCH ๐ฏ could have been pitch, witch
DRIER ๐ฏ could have been dried
CANAL ๐ฏ
FOIST ๐ฏ could have been moist, joist
EVENT ๐ฏ
MUSTY ๐ฏ could have been busty
Too many risky plays needed.
Daily Octordle #1143
HITCH 5๏ธโฃ9๏ธโฃ EVENT
FOIST 8๏ธโฃ7๏ธโฃ CANAL
DRIER 6๏ธโฃ3๏ธโฃ TWINE
REIGN 4๏ธโฃ๐ MUSTY
Score: 52
on โ13-03-2025 04:10 AM
Yesterdayโs Octordle Extreme:
Daily Extreme Octordle #1143
8๏ธโฃ9๏ธโฃ
6๏ธโฃ3๏ธโฃ
7๏ธโฃ5๏ธโฃ
4๏ธโฃ๐
Score: 52
That I got this in 52 is a miracle. It felt all over the place, disjointed and tricky.
TRACE
SHOWN <- eliminator
SCHWA ๐ฏ
SPICY ๐ฏ could have been spick, slick
NEWLY ๐ฏ could have been weeny (but unlikely)
QUICK ๐ฏ
GUILD ๐ฏ could have been build
FETID ๐ฏ horrible US spelling; it looks so wrong
FROZE ๐ฏ
DOGMA ๐ฏ
Daily Extreme Octordle #1143
FETID 8๏ธโฃ9๏ธโฃ FROZE
QUICK 6๏ธโฃ3๏ธโฃ SCHWA
GUILD 7๏ธโฃ5๏ธโฃ NEWLY
SPICY 4๏ธโฃ๐ DOGMA
Score: 52
on โ13-03-2025 04:13 AM
on โ13-03-2025 04:25 AM
Todayโs Octordle:
Daily Octordle #1144
5๏ธโฃ๐
7๏ธโฃ4๏ธโฃ
8๏ธโฃ3๏ธโฃ
9๏ธโฃ6๏ธโฃ
Score: 52
I quite liked this one.
TRACE
LINGO <- eliminator
TACIT ๐ฏ
MINTY ๐ฏ
MOVIE ๐ฏ
ITCHY ๐ฏ
WIMPY ๐ฏ
SPARK ๐ฏ
EXALT ๐ฏ
SKULL ๐ฏ
Solving as I went, each next word revealed itself.
Daily Octordle #1144
MOVIE 5๏ธโฃ๐ SKULL
WIMPY 7๏ธโฃ4๏ธโฃ MINTY
SPARK 8๏ธโฃ3๏ธโฃ TACIT
EXALT 9๏ธโฃ6๏ธโฃ ITCHY
Score: 52
on โ13-03-2025 07:52 AM
Wordle 1,363 3/6
๐จโฌโฌ๐จโฌ
๐จ๐ฉโฌโฌโฌ
๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ
Wasn't too hard today with 4 letters to work with.
on โ13-03-2025 08:03 AM
Daily Octordle #1144
๐5๏ธโฃ
๐๐
7๏ธโฃ9๏ธโฃ
4๏ธโฃ8๏ธโฃ
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๏ธโฃ4๏ธโฃ
7๏ธโฃ9๏ธโฃ
8๏ธโฃ3๏ธโฃ
๐6๏ธโฃ
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.
โ14-03-2025 09:21 AM - edited โ14-03-2025 09:22 AM
on โ14-03-2025 09:30 AM
Daily Octordle #1145
9๏ธโฃ6๏ธโฃ
๐5๏ธโฃ
8๏ธโฃ4๏ธโฃ
๐7๏ธโฃ
Score: 60
So annoying, this one!
Daily Extreme Octordle #1145
5๏ธโฃ4๏ธโฃ
6๏ธโฃ9๏ธโฃ
3๏ธโฃ8๏ธโฃ
7๏ธโฃ๐
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-
on โ14-03-2025 09:33 PM