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]

Today’s…

Daily Octordle #1191
6️⃣7️⃣
4️⃣8️⃣
3️⃣5️⃣
9️⃣🔟
Score: 52

Tricksy little monster, this one.

Spoiler

TRACE
LIONS <- eliminator
OVINE 🎯🍀 could have been opine
DRAWL 🎯🍀 could have been brawl
INDEX 🎯
SULKY 🎯🍀 could have been sully or slyly
NYMPH 🎯
CYBER 🎯
PINKY 🎯 I nearly erred here; I almost missed seeing the “p” and was about to try “kinky”
ELFIN 🎯

Daily Octordle #1191
SULKY 6️⃣7️⃣ NYMPH
DRAWL 4️⃣8️⃣ CYBER
OVINE 3️⃣5️⃣ INDEX
PINKY 9️⃣🔟 ELFIN
Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

Back to the old 52.

Daily Extreme Octordle #1191
4️⃣3️⃣
6️⃣5️⃣
9️⃣7️⃣
8️⃣🔟
Score: 52

Spoiler

TRACE
LINGO <- eliminator
LASSO 🎯
MUSTY 🎯🍀 could have been dusty or busty
MOLDY 🎯 but oh, that US spelling!
MOUND 🎯
CANON 🎯
CHEWY 🎯
ALOHA 🎯
SERIF 🎯 could have been épris but I thought it unlikely 

Daily Extreme Octordle #1191
MUSTY 4️⃣3️⃣ LASSO
MOUND 6️⃣5️⃣ MOLDY
ALOHA 9️⃣7️⃣ CANON
CHEWY 8️⃣🔟 SERIF
Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

Yes… tribe has appeared a few times recently.

And I agree - “unset” is not often used. I’d say “The jelly hasn’t set yet” rather than “The jelly’s unset”, but I may use it if referring to an unset diamond or to a value that hasn’t been assigned…

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,411 3/6

⬛🟨🟨🟩⬛
⬛🟨🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

An octordle word. I swear I sometimes feel like one of Pavlov's dogs.

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1192
8️⃣9️⃣
5️⃣4️⃣
2️⃣🕚
🔟6️⃣
Score: 55

Congrats on your under 50 scores the other day, by the way!

Spoiler

I got off to a good start, but apart from #5, the rest of the board was slim pickings so i went for shout on turn 3. I ran out of inspiration further down and used ombre as eliminator, mainly because I had already exposed some letters from fudgy/pricy and I always like to get at least 3 new ones covered if I can. Especially R. 

[springyzone]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1192
🔟8️⃣
🟥5️⃣
6️⃣7️⃣
3️⃣🕚
Score: 63

Not my day! Same problem I have struck a few times lately, where I have to choose between 2 possible words on my last turn. Today it didn't work out in my favour.

Spoiler

I took a risk on turn 3, could have been bloat or gloat, but then felt stuck so used pricy & later budge as eliminators.
Then-bower or boxer. I seem to recall boxer being used not too long ago so went with bower. I certainly don't have the second sight when it comes to octordle!

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1192
4️⃣6️⃣
3️⃣🕚
9️⃣5️⃣
8️⃣7️⃣
Score: 53

Oh, that sneaky final “fork in the road” decision…

Spoiler

TRACE
LINGO <- eliminator
LUCID 🎯
TURBO 🎯
BAGEL 🎯
RALLY 🎯
UNFED 🎯🍀 could have been unwed
FUSSY 🎯
AVIAN 🎯
STEEP 💣
SHEET 🎯

Daily Octordle #1192
TURBO 4️⃣6️⃣ RALLY
LUCID 3️⃣🕚 SHEET
AVIAN 9️⃣5️⃣ BAGEL
FUSSY 8️⃣7️⃣ UNFED
Score: 53

[countessalmirena]

Aha. I avoided the quicksand.

Daily Extreme Octordle #1192
7️⃣5️⃣
9️⃣3️⃣
4️⃣6️⃣
🔟8️⃣
Score: 52

Spoiler

TRACE
MOULD <- eliminator
TRULY 🎯
CAMPY 🎯 Weird - I wouldn’t have thought of this if anything else fit; it’s just not a word I’d use. If I wanted to describe something as “camp”, no need to add a -y. I protest!
MARSH 🎯
LUPUS 🎯🍀 could have been lupin
ODDLY 🎯
OUTGO 🎯 An odd word; I’d say “outgoings” rather than “outgo”
BOXER 🎯🍀 could have been joker or bower
FLOAT 🎯🍀 could have been allot

Three areas of quicksand!

Daily Extreme Octordle #1192
ODDLY 7️⃣5️⃣ MARSH
BOXER 9️⃣3️⃣ TRULY
CAMPY 4️⃣6️⃣ LUPUS
FLOAT 🔟8️⃣ OUTGO
Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,411 3/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨
🟨🟨⬛🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

That couldn’t have proceeded in any better way. I was fortunate with the eliminator

Spoiler

Wordle 1,411 3/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 TRACE
🟨🟨⬛🟩🟨 LINED <- eliminator
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IDLER 🎯

[countessalmirena]

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@springyzone wrote:

Daily Extreme Octordle #1192
🔟8️⃣
🟥5️⃣
6️⃣7️⃣
3️⃣🕚
Score: 63

Not my day! Same problem I have struck a few times lately, where I have to choose between 2 possible words on my last turn. Today it didn't work out in my favour.

Spoiler

I took a risk on turn 3, could have been bloat or gloat, but then felt stuck so used pricy & later budge as eliminators.
Then-bower or boxer. I seem to recall boxer being used not too long ago so went with bower. I certainly don't have the second sight when it comes to octordle!

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Yes… you had some bad luck along the way. There’s nothing you can do when luck sneers at you.