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]

Yes, femme nearly did me in.

My inclination when I can't think of anything is always to rush for another eliminator but lately I have been trying to think it through a bit longer first. I must have mentally tried every letter I had left in that square till I figured I had to work mainly with what i had and eventually it came to me. I think I needed the F but otherwise had it.

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,378 4/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Spoiler

alien/shout/geese/verse

Geese was the only word I could think of that didn't have any of the other vowels and at least it tested out the position of the E's.

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1159
7️⃣🔟
4️⃣3️⃣
5️⃣8️⃣
9️⃣6️⃣
Score: 52

Spoiler

There was nothing out of the way about this one, it didn't have any sections where I was torn too much between options. I actually had a couple of answers in mind after turn 1, but they weren't the only solutions so I went with my usual second turn & that made things clearer.

Daily Extreme Octordle #1159
🔟7️⃣
6️⃣8️⃣
4️⃣3️⃣
9️⃣5️⃣
Score: 52

Same sort of scenario, different words, but fairly straight forward for me today, thank goodness.

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,378 3/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

It all came down to the eliminator wiping out other vowels, other possibilities.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,378 3/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩 TRACE
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ SOUND <- eliminator
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VERSE 🎯

Got you, you poetically-inclined little answer!

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1159
5️⃣🔟
2️⃣6️⃣
3️⃣9️⃣
8️⃣7️⃣
Score: 50

Oh, that is satisfying.

Spoiler

TRACE
TRIAD 🎯
ADEPT 🎯
GHOUL <- eliminator
ALARM 🎯
THINK 🎯
SHORE 🎯
PALEE 🎯
PURSE 🎯
PLUNK 🎯

Daily Octordle #1159
ALARM 5️⃣🔟 PLUNK
TRIAD 2️⃣6️⃣ THINK
ADEPT 3️⃣9️⃣ PURSE
PALER 8️⃣7️⃣ SHORE
Score: 50

[countessalmirena]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1159
🔟4️⃣
3️⃣8️⃣
7️⃣5️⃣
6️⃣9️⃣
Score: 52

I couldn’t have done better, given that it wasn’t until I played my eliminator that there was enough information to start guessing.

Spoiler

TRACE
LINGO <- eliminator
PILOT 🎯
PIZZA 🎯
AMINO 🎯
LUCKY 🎯
SUMAC 🎯
LURID 🎯
TIMID 🎯
IDLER 🎯

Daily Extreme Octordle #1159
IDLER 🔟4️⃣ PIZZA
PILOT 3️⃣8️⃣ LURID
SUMAC 7️⃣5️⃣ AMINO
LUCKY 6️⃣9️⃣ TIMID
Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,379 3/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I’m taken aback by how helpful my eliminator proved to be.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,379 3/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ TRACE
🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 SOILY -> eliminator
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SORRY

No guessing needed: there was only one possibility.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1160
8️⃣9️⃣
3️⃣7️⃣
6️⃣🔟
5️⃣4️⃣
Score: 52

Challenging.

Spoiler

TRACE
HOUND >- eliminator
HITCH 🎯
TWINE 🎯
DRIER 🎯
FOIST 🎯 guess; could have been moist or joist
EVENT 🎯
VISTA 🎯
NAVEL 🎯
CANAL 🎯

Daily Octordle #1160
VISTA 8️⃣9️⃣ NAVEL
HITCH 3️⃣7️⃣ EVENT
FOIST 6️⃣🔟 CANAL
DRIER 5️⃣4️⃣ TWINE
Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1160
6️⃣🔟
5️⃣8️⃣
3️⃣4️⃣
7️⃣9️⃣
Score: 52

This ran more smoothly and felt easier.

Spoiler

TRACE
LINGO <- eliminator
OCTAL 🎯
GUILT 🎯
LOUSY 🎯
FIERY 🎯
KNEEL 🎯
BLOOM 🎯 could have been blood
VALOR 🎯 US spelling, ugh
EPOXY 🎯

Daily Extreme Octordle #1160
FIERY 6️⃣🔟 EPOXY
LOUSY 5️⃣8️⃣ BLOOM
OCTAL 3️⃣4️⃣ GUILT
KNEEL 7️⃣9️⃣ VALOR
Score: 52

[springyzone]

Aha, you were on early! I thought at 6.30am I would be, for sure. Hope you are feeling okay as I know you had a lot of pain the other day.

Wordle 1,379 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I was hoping against hope it wasn't soggy, but I thought the answer slightly more likely. My 'most likely' radar isn't always reliable though.🤣