WORDLE - anyone else trying the daily online word game?

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 ๐Ÿคฃ

 

 

 

 

 

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Daily Extreme Octordle #1217
๐Ÿ”Ÿ6๏ธโƒฃ
7๏ธโƒฃ4๏ธโƒฃ
5๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿ•›
9๏ธโƒฃ8๏ธโƒฃ
Score: 61

 

I know how bad this looks, but I feel they played a bit unfair with one of the words.

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I made a mistake very early on (always fatal, score wise), as I played tango for #4. But really, Tonga? I could be mistaken but I have only ever seen that used as a proper noun & wasn't expecting that to be in the game.

Then at the end, I knew #6 was between plaid and flail (having ruled out flair) so I had a 50/50 chance with that and was just in the wrong 50.๐Ÿ˜

 


 

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You were unlucky with โ€œtongaโ€; I had โ€œlingoโ€ to stop me from the dance.

Tonga - well, itโ€™s one of those light canopy-covered carriage things with a single horse, seen in Indian streets; itโ€™s also another spelling of the tonka bean (vanilla alternative - theyโ€™re a bit cinnamony and almondy as well) from South America โ€ฆ Iโ€™ve used them in a Brazilian dessert if I recall correctly.

 

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Todayโ€™s Octordle - Classic

 

Daily Octordle #1218
8๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ
6๏ธโƒฃ5๏ธโƒฃ
4๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿ”Ÿ
7๏ธโƒฃ2๏ธโƒฃ
Score: 51

 

Luck led me, although I did have an easy first word.

 

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TRACE
CATER ๐ŸŽฏ
LINGO <- eliminator
COWER ๐ŸŽฏ๐Ÿ€ could have been cover, coper, coder, corer
FROND ๐ŸŽฏ
BROWN ๐ŸŽฏ
FLEET ๐ŸŽฏ
KNEED ๐ŸŽฏ
DAIRY ๐ŸŽฏ
GAMER ๐ŸŽฏ could have been gaper, gazer, pager, rager, sager


Daily Octordle #1218
KNEED 8๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ DAIRY
BROWN 6๏ธโƒฃ5๏ธโƒฃ FROND
COWER 4๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿ”Ÿ GAMER
FLEET 7๏ธโƒฃ2๏ธโƒฃ CATER
Score: 51

 

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This was much easier.

 

Daily Extreme Octordle #1218
5๏ธโƒฃ6๏ธโƒฃ
4๏ธโƒฃ2๏ธโƒฃ
๐Ÿ”Ÿ7๏ธโƒฃ
8๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ
Score: 51

 

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TRACE
CRIED ๐ŸŽฏ
GHOUL <- eliminator
DROVE ๐ŸŽฏ๐Ÿ€ could have been erode, drone
FLOUR ๐ŸŽฏ
CURRY ๐ŸŽฏ
ROUSE ๐ŸŽฏ
BLING ๐ŸŽฏ
SQUID ๐ŸŽฏ
DWELT ๐ŸŽฏ


Daily Extreme Octordle #1218
FLOUR 5๏ธโƒฃ6๏ธโƒฃ CURRY
DROVE 4๏ธโƒฃ2๏ธโƒฃ CRIED
DWELT ๐Ÿ”Ÿ7๏ธโƒฃ ROUSE
BLING 8๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ SQUID
Score: 51

 

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Wordle 1,437 3/6

โฌ›๐ŸŸฉโฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ
โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

 

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Wordle 1,437 3/6

โฌ›๐ŸŸฉโฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ TRACE
โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›๐ŸŸจ LINGO <- eliminator
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ DRONE ๐ŸŽฏ


It could have been prone. 

 

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Another midnight has ticked over to the next day, with the precise beat of time filling the chamber of a pendulum clock with the sigh of each tock, tock, tock.

 

Wordle 1,438 3/6

๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌ›โฌ›โฌ›
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

 

I knew which letters I wanted to eliminate or confirm.

 

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Wordle 1,438 3/6

๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌ›โฌ›โฌ› TRACE
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ› PSION <- eliminator
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ SPORT ๐ŸŽฏ

 

 

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Daily Octordle #1219
5๏ธโƒฃ6๏ธโƒฃ
4๏ธโƒฃ7๏ธโƒฃ
๐Ÿ”Ÿ9๏ธโƒฃ
8๏ธโƒฃ3๏ธโƒฃ
Score: 52

Even after my eliminator, the way forward wasnโ€™t clear. Guesswork was needed.

 

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TRACE
LIONS <- eliminator 
SLING ๐ŸŽฏ๐Ÿ€ could have been slink
ILIAC ๐ŸŽฏ
SWINE ๐ŸŽฏ๐Ÿ€ could have been shine, spine
TARDY ๐ŸŽฏ๐Ÿ€ could have been tarry
ROYAL ๐ŸŽฏ
BELLE ๐ŸŽฏ
ABUSE ๐ŸŽฏ
STEEP ๐ŸŽฏ


Daily Octordle #1219
SWINE 5๏ธโƒฃ6๏ธโƒฃ TARDY
ILIAC 4๏ธโƒฃ7๏ธโƒฃ ROYAL
STEEP ๐Ÿ”Ÿ9๏ธโƒฃ ABUSE
BELLE 8๏ธโƒฃ3๏ธโƒฃ SLING
Score: 52

 

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Daily Extreme Octordle #1219
5๏ธโƒฃ8๏ธโƒฃ
7๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ
4๏ธโƒฃ6๏ธโƒฃ
๐Ÿ”Ÿ3๏ธโƒฃ
Score: 52

Ah. I inchwormed my way through this, carefully.

 

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TRACE
LINGO <- eliminator
TURBO ๐ŸŽฏ
BLIMP ๐ŸŽฏ๐Ÿ€ could have been bliss
VIRUS ๐ŸŽฏ
TOTEM ๐ŸŽฏ
PATTY ๐ŸŽฏ
BIKER ๐ŸŽฏ
FRIAR ๐ŸŽฏ
RELAX ๐ŸŽฏ


Daily Extreme Octordle #1219
VIRUS 5๏ธโƒฃ8๏ธโƒฃ BIKER
PATTY 7๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ FRIAR
BLIMP 4๏ธโƒฃ6๏ธโƒฃ TOTEM
RELAX ๐Ÿ”Ÿ3๏ธโƒฃ TURBO
Score: 52

 

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Wordle 1,438 3/6

โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›
๐ŸŸฉโฌ›๐ŸŸฉโฌ›๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

 

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I actually did stray from the beaten path a little.
alien/scout
I debated scout or spout on the basis I thought I might need to go for another eliminator on my 3rd turn and if I used fudgy, at least a P or C would partially cover pricy.
I was immediately kicking myself straight after it though as I was left wondering-short or sport.
I only went with sport because I'd thought about using P earlier and I am stubborn.
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Daily Octordle #1219
9๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿ•š
2๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿ”Ÿ
4๏ธโƒฃ5๏ธโƒฃ
7๏ธโƒฃ6๏ธโƒฃ
Score: 54

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I was quite pleased with my start. I guessed #3, only because I could not think of anything else.
Then I used spout as eliminator.
Again I was immediately annoyed because I looked at #1 and thought-don't tell me this is shine and I should have gone shout. But at least I had eliminated spine I guess. I was on the point of entering it when I thought, wait a sec, could be swine, will leave it for now.
Towards the end, I used another eliminator (wormy) as I felt stuck between
#1 shine/swine
#4 moral/royal/loyal

I didn't even notice I had #2 to solve till the end and was left thinking, tardy or tarry, and should have used wordy as eliminator.
But got there in the end.
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Daily Extreme Octordle #1219
3๏ธโƒฃ5๏ธโƒฃ
8๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ
4๏ธโƒฃ6๏ธโƒฃ
๐Ÿ”Ÿ7๏ธโƒฃ
Score: 52

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Our good friend turbo made yet another appearance.
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