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]

Daily Octordle #1174
4️⃣5️⃣
9️⃣🔟
6️⃣2️⃣
🕚7️⃣
Score: 54

Spoiler

I got off to a good enough start but then felt I needed another eliminator at turn 3. In hindsight, I should have guessed #2 but sometimes after my second turn, I assume the T has been played, although today I was conscious of missing vowels O/U, hence the eliminator lower down.
Could have done much better. Kicking myself I didn't see rouge when I was thinking gourd as eliminator.

[springyzone]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1174
🕛🔟
7️⃣3️⃣
5️⃣8️⃣
9️⃣6️⃣
Score: 60

I live in hope that one day I will supply you with a decent result but today wasn't the day.😂

Spoiler

I felt a bit all over the place here with several possibilities for some spots early on, so I played another eliminator at turn 4, though I knew that would be fatal to the score. Ha! Then at the end, I thought vaunt or taunt. Maybe it will be taunt, just to trick us, so i played that and when it came up neg, I noticed that it could also be jaunt and for some reason, they often seem to like that one so I changed my mind mid stream. But nearly missed one.

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,393 3/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩
🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Spoiler

Wordle 1,393 3/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩 TRACE
🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛ NOISY <- eliminator
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NURSE 🎯

Well, that went swimmingly.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1174
9️⃣4️⃣
🕚7️⃣
3️⃣6️⃣
8️⃣5️⃣
Score: 53

That final word was a misstep with 2 letters swapping position.

Spoiler

TRACE
SPOIL <- eliminator
SPEED 🎯
STERN 🎯
ABLED 🎯
ASHEN 🎯
COVER 🎯 could have been cower, comer, coyer, corer
BEZEL 🎯
WHINY 🎯
ROGUE 💣
ROUGE 🎯

Daily Octordle #1174
WHINY 9️⃣4️⃣ STERN
ROUGE 🕚7️⃣ COVER
SPEED 3️⃣6️⃣ ASHEN
BEZEL 8️⃣5️⃣ ABLED
Score: 53

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,394 3/6

🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

You'd think with 4 letters in play that it would have been easy but it took me a little while to see it.

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1175
🔟3️⃣
8️⃣5️⃣
6️⃣2️⃣
7️⃣9️⃣
Score: 50

I was happy with this one.

Spoiler

As you can see, I made an early start and I was hoping to continue with it but after turn 3, I could think of several different answers in all of the other spots (or at least 2, in any case).
I was almost going to go with shout as eliminator but was disappointed as I had already used O and in the same spot, so I used crust instead. I am glad I did, as I had been keen on virus for #8 up till then.

[springyzone]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1175
6️⃣🔟
7️⃣2️⃣
8️⃣9️⃣
🕚4️⃣
Score: 57

This one, at least it is under 60, but could have been better.

Spoiler

This one, I took a slight risk on turn 2, but then I felt I needed another eliminator. 
After that, I did have a look along the row and solved #8 & figured that sight was a probable answer for #3 and fluid for #2. Which I should have played, as I was pretty sure of them. But then I saw #1 and thought, must be thump and rushed in without considering what else it could be.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing but I should have worked out tiger earlier too.
But I didn't play them in logical order, so here is it, a 57. Not as bad as it could be for me, but could have been better! Usual story!

[countessalmirena]

Not a spectacular result… 

Daily Octordle #1175
🕚7️⃣
6️⃣3️⃣
4️⃣5️⃣
9️⃣8️⃣
Score: 53

Spoiler

TRACE
GHOUL <- eliminator
NORTH 🎯 could have been worth, forth
WHIRL 🎯
ALONG 🎯
LOFTY 🎯
OLIVE 🎯
CIVIC 🎯
CELLO 🎯
PRESS 💣
BREED 🎯

Daily Octordle #1175
BREED 🕚7️⃣ OLIVE
LOFTY 6️⃣3️⃣ NORTH
WHIRL 4️⃣5️⃣ ALONG
CELLO 9️⃣8️⃣ CIVIC
Score: 53

[countessalmirena]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1175
9️⃣8️⃣
7️⃣3️⃣
4️⃣6️⃣
🔟5️⃣
Score: 52

This score was partly due to luck. You don’t escape the luck factor…

Spoiler

TRACE
LINGO <- eliminator 
CAIRN 🎯
TIGER 🎯
SCONE 🎯
CROWD 🎯
SIGHT 🎯
FLUID 🎯
THUMB 🎯 could have been thump
STEAK 🎯 Had I tried to solve this before THUMB, I’d have played STEAM and lost a row.

Daily Extreme Octordle #1175
THUMB 9️⃣8️⃣ FLUID
SIGHT 7️⃣3️⃣ CAIRN
TIGER 4️⃣6️⃣ CROWD
STEAK 🔟5️⃣ SCONE
Score: 52

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,395 3/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I think you'll score a 2 today, countess. 

I haven't done octordle and won't till tonight as I have to be off on a few minutes.