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 Extreme Octordle #1202
7️⃣8️⃣
6️⃣3️⃣
🔟🕚
9️⃣5️⃣
Score: 59

This one I felt I had played okay so the 59 was disappointing but when I looked back, I realised I had used an extra eliminator very early on, always fatal, score wise, although in all honesty it is about the only way I was able to move on and solve more.

Spoiler

It took me a while to figure out #4 but I felt I had to give it a try to get something solved on turn 3.
#8 looked promising but apart from intro, it could have been tonic at that stage (or nitro, I now realise) and #1 I thought could be check or chewy. I didn't feel I had a sure fire answer, so 'pricy' it was.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1202
5️⃣4️⃣
6️⃣9️⃣
7️⃣🔟
2️⃣8️⃣
Score: 51

Spoiler

TRACE
CHEAT 🎯
LOINS <- eliminator
LEARN 🎯
CHURN 🎯
STRAY 🎯
SUSHI 🎯
KNEAD 🎯 (Luckily “stray” had ruled out an “s”, otherwise I’d have played “sneak” here)
NINNY 🎯 - more likely than “pinny”
BEEFY 🎯 could have been “weepy”

Daily Octordle #1202
CHURN 5️⃣4️⃣ LEARN
STRAY 6️⃣9️⃣ NINNY
SUSHI 7️⃣🔟 BEEFY
CHEAT 2️⃣8️⃣ KNEAD
Score: 51

[countessalmirena]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1202
9️⃣2️⃣
8️⃣7️⃣
6️⃣🕚
5️⃣4️⃣
Score: 52

Spoiler

TRACE
TRACT 🎯🍀 could have been track
LINGO <- eliminator
INTRO 🎯
RIDGE 🎯🍀 could have been dirge
FIEND 🎯
ALGAE 🎯
RECAP 🎯
CHECK 🎯
SAVVY 💣
JAZZY 🎯

For the final word, having just a yellow “A” is frustrating.

Daily Extreme Octordle #1202
CHECK 9️⃣2️⃣ TRACT
RECAP 8️⃣7️⃣ ALGAE
FIEND 6️⃣🕚 JAZZY
RIDGE 5️⃣4️⃣ INTRO
Score: 52

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,422 4/6

⬛🟨⬛🟩⬛
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟨🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Spoiler

alien/shout
model. It was about all I could think of. Luckily it gave me the D and what the D position had to be.

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1203
🔟3️⃣
6️⃣🕛
7️⃣🕚
8️⃣5️⃣
Score: 62

I struggled a bit with this at different points, sometimes it seemed about as clear as mud.

Spoiler

It took me a while just to find one that seemed reasonably clear to solve.
Every time I looked ar #7, all that kept clanging through my brain was least and I could see that was not possible so I had to turn away. Then I had a brainwave, exalt. They have had that before, it is a word they like, I felt sure I was onto something there.

Then I came to a full stop near the end and used another eliminator-dumbo. At the time I was thinking crave/brace for #1, dummy/muddy for #4 and prove/probe for #6.

So I got there in the end but no glory.

[springyzone]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1203
5️⃣8️⃣
4️⃣7️⃣
9️⃣3️⃣
6️⃣🔟
Score: 52

Had  a slightly easier run with this.

Spoiler

I had a lucky moment in this. I was tossing up revel/repel for #4 but thought repel more likely, but I had (at that stage) #2 pegged as probably wooly and #5 as trove so exposing the P put me right on those two.
At the end on #8, it was either flush or blush, so I decided to just go for it and was lucky.

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,423 3/6

⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛
🟨⬛🟨🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

At least the wordle wasn't too bad, which is more than I can say for octordle today.

Spoiler

alien
Then I suspected a 2/4 vowel format and that there would be an R at the end so tried pricy next.
I was surprised, no R but instead I got a P & C, so cannot complain.

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1204
4️⃣🕚
5️⃣8️⃣
7️⃣6️⃣
🕛🔟
Score: 63

After my first 2 turns, I could see multiple answers for several of these, and no answer seemed cleat cut so I went with another eliminator on turn 3, knowing that is absolutely fatal, score wise.

Spoiler

As you can see, I went with pricy. It got me some of the way but then I  needed fudge further down. Even then, my last word (abode)  was a risk.

[springyzone]

I was hoping to redeem myself with the extreme. I had visions of doing well on this to make up for the classic offering, but alas, it wasn't to be.

Daily Extreme Octordle #1204
7️⃣5️⃣
8️⃣3️⃣
9️⃣🕚
🕛🔟
Score: 65

Even worse.😕

Spoiler

Another eliminator on turn 4, then by turn 6 I still wasn't sure about some of them so used prick as eliminator. I felt quite pleased with it as I had already tested Y and E in last spot so getting a K in was a bonus. It got me to the finish line, at least.

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,423 3/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Spoiler

Wordle 1,423 3/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 TRACE
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 SHOGI <- eliminator
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BICEP 🎯

Bicep again!

After my eliminator, I knew. I knew it was going to be bicep.