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 #1163
9️⃣3️⃣
🔟6️⃣
🕚7️⃣
4️⃣8️⃣
Score: 58

Well, this is embarrassing. 

I made a stupid mistake, jumped in quickly with what I thought was the probable answer but then noticed too late it was impossible. I was a bit distracted at the time, this happens when i try to rush things! I keep telling myself-double check, but sometimes I forget.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1163
3️⃣4️⃣
🕚5️⃣
6️⃣9️⃣
7️⃣8️⃣
Score: 53

It’s that final word again…

Spoiler

TRACE
LINGO <- eliminator
PLAIN 🎯
CLAIM 🎯
NOTCH 🎯
CEASE 🎯
TORUS 🎯
GEESE 🎯
DELAY 🎯
WAKER 🎯
WAVER 🎯

Daily Octordle #1163
PLAIN 3️⃣4️⃣ CLAIM
WAVER 🕚5️⃣ NOTCH
CEASE 6️⃣9️⃣ DELAY
TORUS 7️⃣8️⃣ GEESE
Score: 53

[countessalmirena]

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🙟⚜🙟⚜🙟⚜🙟⚜🙟⚜🙟

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,382 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Luck and experience were on my side. What a terrible start, though! Even my eliminator gave me rather more negative information than positive. However, it was just enough to let me a reasonably strong guess about the vowels, and more importantly, a substantial hunch about their likely placement.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,382 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 TRACE
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 SPOIL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 JEWEL

I also considered BEVEL and LEVEL as very strong contenders… but my gut was insisting on “jewel”.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1163
3️⃣8️⃣
4️⃣9️⃣
🔟7️⃣
5️⃣6️⃣
Score: 52

Not my favourite Octordle by any means… Im surprised that I managed it with 52.

Spoiler

TRACE
MOUND <- eliminator
MOWER 🎯 could have been mover or moper
WIERD 🎯
STOCK 🎯
MUSHY 🎯
SIXTH 🎯
CHAIN 🎯
PINOT 🎯
JUMBO 🎯 could have been gumbo 

Daily Extreme Octordle #1163
MOWER 3️⃣8️⃣ CHAIN
WEIRD 4️⃣9️⃣ PINOT
JUMBO 🔟7️⃣ SIXTH
STOCK 5️⃣6️⃣ MUSHY
Score: 52

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,383 4/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Spoiler

alien/ shout
I looked at E, S & U and thought, gee, I don't know, then realised I might have to think🤣
First word that came to mind, purse. Ah, that's it, it can't be nurse. tried it.
Then oops, it could be curse

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1164
7️⃣🕚
6️⃣3️⃣
🔟8️⃣
9️⃣5️⃣
Score: 59

I used fudgy on turn 4 because I was trying to sort the D in a couple of words.

[springyzone]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1164
🔟5️⃣
8️⃣3️⃣
9️⃣6️⃣
7️⃣🕚
Score: 59

Spoiler

Ah yes, it comes back to me now, made a mistake on turn 4, with braid. At the time, I thought it would either be an ai pattern or a pattern with the vowels at 2 and 4. Got it wrong about the ai.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1164
8️⃣6️⃣
5️⃣7️⃣
🔟3️⃣
4️⃣9️⃣
Score: 52

I didn’t think I’d solve this without another eliminator…

Spoiler

TRACE
LOGIN <-eliminator
NICER 🎯
NIECE 🎯
FAINT 🎯 had to guess; could have been “paint”
CRASH 🎯 another guess; could have been “cramp” or “crass”
SUAVE 🎯
UNDID 🎯
SQUAD 🎯
MACAW 🎯

After “niece”, I was sorely tempted to use another eliminator. But guessing “faint” correctly encouraged me.

Daily Octordle #1164
UNDID 8️⃣6️⃣ CRASH
FAINT 5️⃣7️⃣ SUAVE
MACAW 🔟3️⃣ NICER
NIECE 4️⃣9️⃣ SQUAD
Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

The Extreme was much easier.

Daily Extreme Octordle #1164
3️⃣9️⃣
4️⃣6️⃣
🔟7️⃣
8️⃣5️⃣
Score: 52

Spoiler

TRACE
LINGO <- eliminator
LIMBO 🎯
GRAFT 🎯
LATTE 🎯
STINT 🎯
OXIDE 🎯
MAXIM 🎯
DRANK 🎯
DECAY 🎯

Daily Extreme Octordle #1164
LIMBO 3️⃣9️⃣ DRANK
GRAFT 4️⃣6️⃣ STINT
DECAY 🔟7️⃣ OXIDE
MAXIM 8️⃣5️⃣ LATTE
Score: 52