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 🤣

[countessalmirena]

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

I was off to a good start, then guessed 4R successfully. The rest followed like a gaggle of ducks running after Mama Duck.

Spoiler

TRACE
LOGIN <- eliminator
IMAGE 🎯
LIMIT 🎯
LOUSE 🎯 could have been loose or loupe
SINGE 🎯
PHASE 🎯
WHIFF 🎯
FIGHT 🎯
DRAFT 🎯

Daily Octordle #1145
WHIFF 8️⃣3️⃣ IMAGE
FIGHT 9️⃣6️⃣ SINGE
LIMIT 4️⃣7️⃣ PHASE
DRAFT 🔟5️⃣ LOUSE
Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

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

Spoiler

TRACE
LOUGH <- eliminator
SURGE 🎯
SHRUG 🎯
SPRIG 🎯
PINCH 🎯
MOTEL 🎯
CIRCA 🎯
CABIN 🎯
PIETY 🎯

Daily Extreme Octordle #1145
SPRIG 5️⃣4️⃣ SHRUG
PIETY 🔟9️⃣ CABIN
SURGE 3️⃣8️⃣ CIRCA
PINCH 6️⃣7️⃣ MOTEL
Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

❝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.❞

Yes, Octordle charges dearly for an early-ish error. 

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,365 4/6

🟨🟨⬛🟨⬛
⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨
⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Spoiler

alien/steal (seemed worth a try, if only to test placement of the yellows.)
fudge, which paid off and pretty well solved it.

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1146
🔟3️⃣
6️⃣🕚
7️⃣4️⃣
9️⃣5️⃣
Score: 55

This went okay, no dramas, but I used another eliminator at about turn 8

Spoiler

I used bumfs & it did help, but honestly, I was far too focussed on #1 and #7, as in block/flock or glock?
Or flake/flame?
Had I bothered to give #4 more than a fleeting glance, I would have noticed I actually had a green L in two spots, not one, plus an A. And I should have had llama straight off.
Mind you, my next turn would probably still have been bumfs.

[springyzone]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1146
4️⃣9️⃣
7️⃣🕛
🔟3️⃣
8️⃣5️⃣
Score: 58

Spoiler

Made a couple of mistakes in this. Would have been better, in hindsight, to have just used an eliminator.

Turn 6 for #3, I tried under and of course it was unfed, which I got next turn, but damage was done.
I had not thought of unfed.

Turn 11 for #4, last turn almost-at least I knew it was between mamba & mamma, but went with mamba.

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,365 3/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩
🟩🟩⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Spoiler

Wordle 1,365 3/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩 TRACE
🟩🟩⬛🟨⬛ LANDS <- eliminator 
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LADLE 🎯

I had to find the A. I was lucky.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1146
9️⃣🔟
5️⃣6️⃣
8️⃣4️⃣
7️⃣3️⃣
Score: 52

Mostly smooth-flowing…

Spoiler

TRACE
DOING <- eliminator 
LANCE 🎯
LIPID 🎯
FENCE 🎯 could have been hence
LLAMA 🎯
FLAME 🎯
CRUSH 🎯
BLICK 🎯
PHONY 🎯

Daily Octordle #1146
BLOCK 9️⃣🔟 PHONY
FENCE 5️⃣6️⃣ LLAMA
CRUSH 8️⃣4️⃣ LIPID
FLAME 7️⃣3️⃣ LANCE
Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1146
6️⃣4️⃣
9️⃣8️⃣
🔟3️⃣
5️⃣7️⃣
Score: 52

This was a lot harder than it looks.

Spoiler

TRACE
MOTIF <- eliminator
VOICE 🎯
STAMP 🎯
LEAPT 🎯
CLING 🎯
RAINY 🎯
MAMMA 🎯
UNFED 🎯
WOKEN 🎯

Daily Extreme Octordle #1146
CLING 6️⃣4️⃣ STAMP
UNFED 9️⃣8️⃣ MAMMA
WOKEN 🔟3️⃣ VOICE
LEAPT 5️⃣7️⃣ RAINY
Score: 52

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,366 4/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩⬛⬛⬛🟨
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Spoiler

alien/shout
Which gave me a good lead.
My first inclination was stamp.
But it wasn't a sure thing. Could have been strap, stack, straw, stray etc etc
In the end, went with cramp as next eliminator. Probably my usual pricy would have been better, but at least it solved it.