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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Today Iโ€™ve felt decidedly off-colour. This is quite a late Wordle attemptโ€ฆ

 

Wordle 1,439 3/6

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

 

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Wordle 1,439 3/6

โฌ›๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌ›โฌ› TRACE
๐ŸŸจโฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›โฌ› LUPIN <- eliminator
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ POLAR


The only other possibility was that weird word, ralph, which isnโ€™t even something about which I want to think right now.

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Daily Octordle #1220
4๏ธโƒฃ8๏ธโƒฃ
3๏ธโƒฃ7๏ธโƒฃ
5๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ
๐Ÿ•š6๏ธโƒฃ
Score: 53

I should have played the other word; 4L was down to one of two possibilities.

 

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TRACE
SOLID <- eliminator 
SALSA ๐ŸŽฏ
SCUBA ๐ŸŽฏ
SWUNG ๐ŸŽฏ
GAVEL ๐ŸŽฏ
SHEEN ๐ŸŽฏ
SOOTH ๐ŸŽฏ
REHAB ๐ŸŽฏ (I loathe this abbreviation being used as a word)
FRISK ๐Ÿ’ฃ
PRISM ๐ŸŽฏ


Daily Octordle #1220
SCUBA 4๏ธโƒฃ8๏ธโƒฃ SOOTH
SALSA 3๏ธโƒฃ7๏ธโƒฃ SHEEN
SWUNG 5๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ REHAB
PRISM ๐Ÿ•š6๏ธโƒฃ GAVEL
Score: 53

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Daily Extreme Octordle #1220
9๏ธโƒฃ8๏ธโƒฃ
3๏ธโƒฃ4๏ธโƒฃ
5๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿ•š
7๏ธโƒฃ6๏ธโƒฃ
Score: 53

Agh! My final word had several possibilities remaining for the initial letter; I didnโ€™t feel lucky, so employed another eliminator.

 

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TRACE
MOUND <- eliminator 
TALLY ๐ŸŽฏ
DELTA ๐ŸŽฏ
ROACH ๐ŸŽฏ
LATEX ๐ŸŽฏ
MUMMY ๐ŸŽฏ
SEEDY ๐ŸŽฏ (and Iโ€™m still feeling seedy)
BELLE ๐ŸŽฏ
โ€ฆ Final word was _IGHT -> fight or wight, soโ€ฆ
FAWNS <- eliminator but I could have just played โ€œfightโ€ and ruled that out; I was just not feeling on top of my game
WIGHT ๐ŸŽฏ


Daily Extreme Octordle #1220
BELLE 9๏ธโƒฃ8๏ธโƒฃ SEEDY
TALLY 3๏ธโƒฃ4๏ธโƒฃ DELTA
ROACH 5๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿ•š WIGHT
MUMMY 7๏ธโƒฃ6๏ธโƒฃ LATEX
Score: 53

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โ€ฆ Final word was _IGHT -> fight or wight, soโ€ฆ
FAWNS <- eliminator but I could have just played โ€œfightโ€ and ruled that out; I was just not feeling on top of my game
WIGHT ๐ŸŽฏ


I hope you are feeling a lot better today.

No fun when you are feeling under 100%.

I know what you mean by trying an eliminator when it is just down to two, as you might as well have a go and have a 50/50 chance, I suppose. My worry is always there might be something else lurking that I haven't thought of-it has happened to me before. And I invariably seem to choose the wrong 50.๐Ÿ˜‚

 

You've taught me a new word meaning anyway. I was just looking over some of your past posts and saw you wrote ralph and didn't want to think about it.

So I looked up the meaning of ralph as to me, it has always just been a name. Main answer that came up was wisdom and strength, but an informal meaning was to vomit.

Poor Ralph. It is the male equivalent of Karen then in name appeal. Perfectly good names that have been ruined.

 

My wordle today shows my impeccable talent for making wrong choices.

 

Wordle 1,440 3/6

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

Alien wasn't exactly an eye opener.

Then I decided to go with spout instead of shout.

Bit better.

Couldn't think of anything much till I thought- I wonder if H might have been more useful today?

And suddenly I had an idea.

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Daily Octordle #1221
7๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿ”Ÿ
3๏ธโƒฃ4๏ธโƒฃ
6๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿ•›
8๏ธโƒฃ5๏ธโƒฃ
Score: 55

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29 cl.jpgThis was one of those days when I was not overwhelmed with inspiration at the start, but there was enough information for me to begin solving, at least in one spot, by turn 3. And with each word solved, the others gradually became clearer.
Till the end.
I was stuck on #6. It was obvious from much earlier on that it was either grout or trout.
So I concentrated on #2 and all I could think of was sable. Naturally, as soon as I got it wrong, the correct answer was obvious. 
And I tried to second guess #6 as I am sure trout was out a little while ago and I thought they might try it again.
Ah well, I feel happy with 55 as I had no sure fire way to know either #2 or 6.
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Daily Extreme Octordle #1221
4๏ธโƒฃ5๏ธโƒฃ
๐Ÿ”Ÿ8๏ธโƒฃ
7๏ธโƒฃ3๏ธโƒฃ
6๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ
Score: 52

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29 ex.jpg
This is another one where I wasn't feeling inspired at all after my first turn, but I was able to start solving from turn 3 and each move seemed to help with another word.
I was a bit reluctant to try tulle as that seems to have been out a few times lately but I couldn't think of anything else, so I tried it anyway.
So in the end, this game was easier for me than the classic.

But 52 is about as low as I can go unless I get a fantastic break.
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Hmm, if you play the chill version, you'll get a definite feeling of deja vu.

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I donโ€™t usually post the Chill version, but, after your tantalising comment, springyzone, I will.

 

Daily Chill Octordle #1221
3๏ธโƒฃ6๏ธโƒฃ
4๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ
7๏ธโƒฃ8๏ธโƒฃ
๐Ÿ”Ÿ2๏ธโƒฃ
Score: 49

 

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TRACE
WRECK ๐ŸŽฏ
KITTY ๐ŸŽฏ
READY ๐ŸŽฏ๐Ÿ€ could have been weary
GHOUL <- eliminator
CHILL ๐ŸŽฏAh, the fluke of this appearingโ€ฆ
FOCUS ๐ŸŽฏ
FEVER ๐ŸŽฏ
DONOR ๐ŸŽฏ
DANDY ๐ŸŽฏ


Chill Octordle #1221
KITTY 3๏ธโƒฃ6๏ธโƒฃ CHILL
READY 4๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ DONOR
FOCUS 7๏ธโƒฃ8๏ธโƒฃ FEVER
DANDY ๐Ÿ”Ÿ2๏ธโƒฃ WRECK
Score: 49

 

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I think I was put out by donor appearing again, after being in the classic.

49 is a great score. I recall I got chill wrong, I put child.

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Oh, and I forgot to post the others!

 

Daily Octordle #1221
6๏ธโƒฃ7๏ธโƒฃ
2๏ธโƒฃ8๏ธโƒฃ
4๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ
๐Ÿ”Ÿ5๏ธโƒฃ
Score: 51

 

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TRACE
CHANT ๐ŸŽฏ
SOILY <- eliminator
CRICK ๐ŸŽฏ I knew it was either crock or crick, hence the above eliminator
CONCH ๐ŸŽฏ again, I knew it was conch or cinch, soโ€ฆ that eliminatorโ€ฆ
DONOR ๐ŸŽฏ
SALVE ๐ŸŽฏ
POUCH ๐ŸŽฏ
GROUT ๐ŸŽฏ
DANDY ๐ŸŽฏ


Daily Octordle #1221
DONOR 6๏ธโƒฃ7๏ธโƒฃ SALVE
CHANT 2๏ธโƒฃ8๏ธโƒฃ POUCH
CRICK 4๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ GROUT
DANDY ๐Ÿ”Ÿ5๏ธโƒฃ CONCH
Score: 51

 

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