on โ27-01-2022 01:45 AM
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 ๐คฃ
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on โ28-05-2025 11:34 PM
Today Iโve felt decidedly off-colour. This is quite a late Wordle attemptโฆ
Wordle 1,439 3/6
โฌ๐จ๐จโฌโฌ
๐จโฌ๐จโฌโฌ
๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ
Wordle 1,439 3/6
โฌ๐จ๐จโฌโฌ TRACE
๐จโฌ๐จโฌโฌ LUPIN <- eliminator
๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ POLAR
The only other possibility was that weird word, ralph, which isnโt even something about which I want to think right now.
on โ28-05-2025 11:45 PM
Daily Octordle #1220
4๏ธโฃ8๏ธโฃ
3๏ธโฃ7๏ธโฃ
5๏ธโฃ9๏ธโฃ
๐6๏ธโฃ
Score: 53
I should have played the other word; 4L was down to one of two possibilities.
TRACE
SOLID <- eliminator
SALSA ๐ฏ
SCUBA ๐ฏ
SWUNG ๐ฏ
GAVEL ๐ฏ
SHEEN ๐ฏ
SOOTH ๐ฏ
REHAB ๐ฏ (I loathe this abbreviation being used as a word)
FRISK ๐ฃ
PRISM ๐ฏ
Daily Octordle #1220
SCUBA 4๏ธโฃ8๏ธโฃ SOOTH
SALSA 3๏ธโฃ7๏ธโฃ SHEEN
SWUNG 5๏ธโฃ9๏ธโฃ REHAB
PRISM ๐6๏ธโฃ GAVEL
Score: 53
on โ29-05-2025 12:07 AM
Daily Extreme Octordle #1220
9๏ธโฃ8๏ธโฃ
3๏ธโฃ4๏ธโฃ
5๏ธโฃ๐
7๏ธโฃ6๏ธโฃ
Score: 53
Agh! My final word had several possibilities remaining for the initial letter; I didnโt feel lucky, so employed another eliminator.
TRACE
MOUND <- eliminator
TALLY ๐ฏ
DELTA ๐ฏ
ROACH ๐ฏ
LATEX ๐ฏ
MUMMY ๐ฏ
SEEDY ๐ฏ (and Iโm still feeling seedy)
BELLE ๐ฏ
โฆ Final word was _IGHT -> fight or wight, soโฆ
FAWNS <- eliminator but I could have just played โfightโ and ruled that out; I was just not feeling on top of my game
WIGHT ๐ฏ
Daily Extreme Octordle #1220
BELLE 9๏ธโฃ8๏ธโฃ SEEDY
TALLY 3๏ธโฃ4๏ธโฃ DELTA
ROACH 5๏ธโฃ๐ WIGHT
MUMMY 7๏ธโฃ6๏ธโฃ LATEX
Score: 53
on โ29-05-2025 08:11 AM
@countessalmirena wrote:Spoiler
โฆ Final word was _IGHT -> fight or wight, soโฆ
FAWNS <- eliminator but I could have just played โfightโ and ruled that out; I was just not feeling on top of my game
WIGHT ๐ฏ
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 50.๐
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
๐จโฌโฌโฌโฌ
๐จโฌโฌ๐จโฌ
๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ
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.
โ29-05-2025 08:19 AM - edited โ29-05-2025 08:20 AM
Daily Octordle #1221
7๏ธโฃ๐
3๏ธโฃ4๏ธโฃ
6๏ธโฃ๐
8๏ธโฃ5๏ธโฃ
Score: 55
on โ29-05-2025 08:26 AM
Daily Extreme Octordle #1221
4๏ธโฃ5๏ธโฃ
๐8๏ธโฃ
7๏ธโฃ3๏ธโฃ
6๏ธโฃ9๏ธโฃ
Score: 52
on โ29-05-2025 09:05 AM
Hmm, if you play the chill version, you'll get a definite feeling of deja vu.
on โ29-05-2025 11:02 AM
I donโt usually post the Chill version, but, after your tantalising comment, springyzone, I will.
Daily Chill Octordle #1221
3๏ธโฃ6๏ธโฃ
4๏ธโฃ9๏ธโฃ
7๏ธโฃ8๏ธโฃ
๐2๏ธโฃ
Score: 49
TRACE
WRECK ๐ฏ
KITTY ๐ฏ
READY ๐ฏ๐ could have been weary
GHOUL <- eliminator
CHILL ๐ฏAh, the fluke of this appearingโฆ
FOCUS ๐ฏ
FEVER ๐ฏ
DONOR ๐ฏ
DANDY ๐ฏ
Chill Octordle #1221
KITTY 3๏ธโฃ6๏ธโฃ CHILL
READY 4๏ธโฃ9๏ธโฃ DONOR
FOCUS 7๏ธโฃ8๏ธโฃ FEVER
DANDY ๐2๏ธโฃ WRECK
Score: 49
on โ29-05-2025 02:26 PM
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.
on โ29-05-2025 04:24 PM
Oh, and I forgot to post the others!
Daily Octordle #1221
6๏ธโฃ7๏ธโฃ
2๏ธโฃ8๏ธโฃ
4๏ธโฃ9๏ธโฃ
๐5๏ธโฃ
Score: 51
TRACE
CHANT ๐ฏ
SOILY <- eliminator
CRICK ๐ฏ I knew it was either crock or crick, hence the above eliminator
CONCH ๐ฏ again, I knew it was conch or cinch, soโฆ that eliminatorโฆ
DONOR ๐ฏ
SALVE ๐ฏ
POUCH ๐ฏ
GROUT ๐ฏ
DANDY ๐ฏ
Daily Octordle #1221
DONOR 6๏ธโฃ7๏ธโฃ SALVE
CHANT 2๏ธโฃ8๏ธโฃ POUCH
CRICK 4๏ธโฃ9๏ธโฃ GROUT
DANDY ๐5๏ธโฃ CONCH
Score: 51