WORDLE - anyone else trying the daily online word game?

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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]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1157
🕚8️⃣
5️⃣4️⃣
3️⃣7️⃣
9️⃣🔟
Score: 57

Slightly better on this one though I made a mistake on #8 with this one too-though luckily slightly further down.

Spoiler

tried tread. It was possible, just not it. But never mind, the D came handy for some other words.

[countessalmirena]

Today’s Wordle:

Wordle 1,377 3/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨
🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Simple enough.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,377 3/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨 TRACE
🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛ SHINY <- eliminator
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHEET 🎯

[countessalmirena]

Yesterday’s Octordle:

Daily Octordle #1156
7️⃣8️⃣
🔟2️⃣
5️⃣9️⃣
6️⃣3️⃣
Score: 50

I had an easy guess to solve the first word (50/50), but at row #4, I needed an eliminator. From there - ah, les doigts dans le nez !

Spoiler

TRACE
CREPT 🎯 could have been crest
RECUT 🎯
LINGO <- eliminator
LEDGE 🎯
GRIND 🎯
HIPPO 🎯
HAIRY 🎯
BLUFF 🎯
BALMY 🎯

Daily Octordle #1156
HIPPO 7️⃣8️⃣ HAIRY
BALMY 🔟2️⃣ CREPT
LEDGE 5️⃣9️⃣ BLUFF
GRIND 6️⃣3️⃣ RECUT
Score: 50

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,377 3/6

⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

After my first turn, I considered changing my usual second word to something with R in it but in the end, went with the usual because the green is such a common letter that the field was still wide open so it seemed about as good as anything. Glad I did.

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1158
4️⃣6️⃣
8️⃣3️⃣
🔟5️⃣
9️⃣7️⃣
Score: 52

Spoiler

I started solving at turn 3 and continued without error, so the score always seems to be 52 for that scenario.

The surprise for me was I was looking at #6. I had already solved hazel, so I fancied bevel. Knew it could not be bezel, though I feared revel and level. But I had a go and nope, it was not the answer to #6, wrong, but then I noticed #1 had had the same letters and yes, it solved that! 

[springyzone]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1158
2️⃣6️⃣
7️⃣5️⃣
3️⃣8️⃣
🔟🕚
Score: 52

I was sort of disappointed with the score on this one in that I had a great start. I was able to solve words on my second and third turns.

Spoiler

For my 4th turn, I used shout as eliminator although in hindsight, I should have been able to guess #4 with what i had.

I used another eliminator right towards the end (pubic) as I was facing that old dilemma of hunch/punch/bunch etc and I knew i could have run out of turns if I guessed wrongly.

[countessalmirena]

Yesterday’s Extreme Octordle:

Daily Extreme Octordle #1156
8️⃣9️⃣
4️⃣7️⃣
🕚2️⃣
5️⃣6️⃣
Score: 52

It was all going so nicely… until that final word. Grrrrrr.

Spoiler

TRACE
TRITE 🎯 could have been tripe, trope, trove
POUND <- eliminator
SPEED 🎯
DRAPE 🎯
SMITH 🎯
CHURL 🎯
WRUNG 🎯 
POLAR 🎯
FAKED 💣
JADED 🎯 could have been BAYED or JAWED

Daily Extreme Octordle #1156
WRUNG 8️⃣9️⃣ POLAR
SPEED 4️⃣7️⃣ CHURL
JADED 🕚2️⃣ TRITE
DRAPE 5️⃣6️⃣ SMITH
Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1157
9️⃣🔟
4️⃣8️⃣
6️⃣7️⃣
3️⃣5️⃣
Score: 52

I gave it time, and that enabled some good logical solving.

Spoiler

TRACE
LINGO <- eliminator
CRIME 🎯
BRIEF 🎯
FLORA 🎯
EDIFY 🎯
BAWDY 🎯
REPAY 🎯
GLASS 🎯
JUROR 🎯

Daily Octordle #1157
GLASS 9️⃣🔟 JUROR
BRIEF 4️⃣8️⃣ REPAY
EDIFY 6️⃣7️⃣ BAWDY
CRIME 3️⃣5️⃣ FLORA
Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

And… the current Octordle

Daily Octordle #1158
6️⃣5️⃣
2️⃣9️⃣
8️⃣7️⃣
🔟3️⃣
Score: 50

I could guess the first two words after my starter, and then came screeching to a halt.

Spoiler

TRACE
TREAD 🎯 but could have been TREAT
TROPE 🎯 but could have been “trite” (again) “tripe” or “trove” (yes, same dilemma!)
BULKY <- eliminator
TUBER 🎯
BEVEL 🎯
REVEL 🎯
FANCY 🎯
HAZEL 🎯
PSALM 🎯

Daily Octordle #1158
BEVEL 6️⃣5️⃣ TUBER
TREAD 2️⃣9️⃣ HAZEL
FANCY 8️⃣7️⃣ REVEL
PSALM 🔟3️⃣ TROPE
Score: 50

[countessalmirena]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1158
3️⃣4️⃣
7️⃣5️⃣
6️⃣9️⃣
8️⃣🔟
Score: 52

Not as straightforward … those last three words in particular taxed me.

Spoiler

TRACE
SPOIL <- eliminator
IDEAL 🎯
TODDY 🎯
RADIO 🎯
DRILL 🎯
WIDTH 🎯
HUNCH 🎯 could have been bunch or munch
MASON 🎯
FEMME 🎯

Daily Extreme Octordle #1158
IDEAL 3️⃣4️⃣ TODDY
WIDTH 7️⃣5️⃣ RADIO
DRILL 6️⃣9️⃣ MASON
HUNCH 8️⃣🔟 FEMME
Score: 52