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]

The darkness strikes; an invisible hand

Yields time on eyes to dishevel their sands.

Let’s Octordle.

Daily Octordle #1178
8️⃣5️⃣
4️⃣9️⃣
🔟6️⃣
2️⃣7️⃣
Score: 51

Spoiler

TRACE
GRATE 🎯
LOINS 🎯
GLOSS 🎯
COACH 🎯
FLECK 🎯
TABOO 🎯
BOBBY 🎯
PRESS 🎯
MAJOR 🎯

Daily Octordle #1178
BOBBY 8️⃣5️⃣ COACH
GLOSS 4️⃣9️⃣ PRESS
MAJOR 🔟6️⃣ FLECK
GRATE 2️⃣7️⃣ TABOO
Score: 51

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,397 4/6

🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Spoiler

After my first turn, I could think of a lot of possibilities, including several that had S or T or one of the other vowels in them, so I just went with the usual eliminator.
Then I was thinking local/vocal/focal/boral/moral/coral.
I was quite taken with boral, maybe as my niece was in Iceland so i have been seeing photos.
I felt I needed another eliminator though to help or I could be trying all day (well, till I ran out of turns in any case).
I used crumb

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1178
🔟5️⃣
3️⃣9️⃣
🕚6️⃣
4️⃣8️⃣
Score: 56

Spoiler

As you can see, I made a mistake part way down. I was thinking cress (which i fancied) and dress for #4, and once I had the C eliminated, typed in dress. Never thought of press till too late.

[springyzone]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1178
9️⃣🕚
7️⃣8️⃣
2️⃣6️⃣
5️⃣🔟
Score: 58

Spoiler

I was pleased to solve one at turn 2, but for my 3rd turn, I didn't feel any spot was clear cut, so SHOUT it was. I still wasn't 100% sure on any so used PRICY next, which solved the following  words.

What can I say. At least it is under 60, which is my goal these days. Sometimes I ask myself during the game, what would countess do. The answer is-she would probably know what word it was or else use a devilish eliminator.😁

Truth to tell, my mind was a bit of a  blank at times, I couldn't think what the likely answers would be.

[countessalmirena]

The Extreme also gained a 51:

Daily Extreme Octordle #1178
6️⃣4️⃣
5️⃣7️⃣
🔟2️⃣
8️⃣9️⃣
Score: 51

Spoiler

TRACE
TRICE 🎯 could have been truce
POUND <- eliminator
DRAFT 🎯
SAUCE 🎯
FORTY 🎯 might have been forth
HONOR 🎯 abominable US spelling
PINEY 🎯
ABBOT 🎯
ANVIL 🎯

Daily Extreme Octordle #1178
FORTY 6️⃣4️⃣ DRAFT
SAUCE 5️⃣7️⃣ HONOR
ANVIL 🔟2️⃣ TRICE
PINEY 8️⃣9️⃣ ABBOT
Score: 51

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,397 3/6

⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟨⬛🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Spoiler

Wordle 1,397 3/6

⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ TRACE
🟩🟨⬛🟨🟨 MAYOR <- eliminator 
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MORAL 🎯

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,398 4/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩⬛🟩⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Spoiler

Bad start.
alien/shout/stoop (which I thought the most likely)/stood

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1179
8️⃣5️⃣
🕚🔟
7️⃣6️⃣
3️⃣4️⃣
Score: 54

Was going okay till

Spoiler

Near the end, tried tarry for #4 and got it wrong. Should have watched the order I solved in more carefully as I was pretty sure of #3 so should have done that first. But I had not thought of warty.

[springyzone]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1179
5️⃣6️⃣
7️⃣8️⃣
9️⃣🕚
3️⃣🕛
Score: 61

Spoiler

Tomorrow is another day.😑
Needed (or felt that way at least) another eliminator at turn 4 then made a mistake near the end with motor, but would have made a mistake anyway one way or another as I had murky slated for #8 so motor saved me from that.
But really, could they have mad more double letter words if they tried?

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,398 3/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟨⬛🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

After a largely unrevealing starter, I was glad to have an eliminator that brought down the possibilities to just over a handful.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,398 3/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ TRACE
⬛🟨⬛🟨🟨 HOIST <- eliminator
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STOOD

It could have been stoop, stomp, stony, stool, gusto. I was fortunate in choosing correctly.