WORDLE - anyone else trying the daily online word game?

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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]

Daily Octordle #1232

6️⃣7️⃣

3️⃣8️⃣

9️⃣4️⃣

5️⃣🔟

Score: 52

Spoiler

TRACE

SPOIL <- eliminator

PUPIL 🎯

INPUT 🎯

INBOX 🎯

EMBER 🎯

BLAME 🎯

MUCKY 🎯

SLEEK 🎯

AGING 🎯

Daily Octordle #1232

EMBER 6️⃣7️⃣ BLAME

PUPIL 3️⃣8️⃣ MUCKY

SLEEK 9️⃣4️⃣ INPUT

INBOX 5️⃣🔟 AGING

Score: 52

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Daily Extreme Octordle #1231

3️⃣7️⃣

9️⃣6️⃣

4️⃣5️⃣

8️⃣🕚

Score: 53

Spoiler

TRACE

LINGO <- eliminator

LUNGE 🎯

BONGO 🎯

QUALM 🎯

MOOSE 🎯

SAVOY 🎯

BYWAY 🎯

WHEAT 🎯

SLEEP 💣

SLEEK 🎯

Daily Extreme Octordle #1231

LUNGE 3️⃣7️⃣ SAVOY

WHEAT 9️⃣6️⃣ MOOSE

BONGO 4️⃣5️⃣ QUALM

BYWAY 8️⃣🕚 SLEEK

Score: 53

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,452 4/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨
🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Spoiler

alien/shout
Still no idea, was thinking party/tardy/tatty
I went with fudgy as I liked tardy but the F gave me a surprise.

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1233
8️⃣3️⃣
4️⃣5️⃣
9️⃣6️⃣
7️⃣🕚
Score: 53

Spoiler

ultra is certainly having a run, isn't it. Very keen on that word, they are.
I held off on #5. thinking axing or aging but it surprised me with aping.

[springyzone]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1233
🕚6️⃣
🕛7️⃣
8️⃣4️⃣
3️⃣9️⃣
Score: 60

Alas, off the rails a bit here.

Spoiler

So annoyed with myself. Fell into the trap on #5 and typed in shall, thinking what else could it be, when suddenly I saw the W on my keboard but too late, couldn't recall it as I had pressed the enter.
I was immediately in a bad mood and refused to solve it on the spot. If it does that to me, it can wait!!🤣

#1 gave me trouble till I realised I had all 5 letters already so I was just going to have to work on it. But at first i was trying out the i in 4th spot and it wasn't working out for me.

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,452 3/6

🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Solving this on row 3 was down to luck, because there were three possibilities. I was tempted to use another eliminator… but in the end I talked myself in trying one of the 3.

Spoiler

 Wordle 1,452 3/6

🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛ TRACE

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ LOINS <- eliminator

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TAFFY 🎯🍀 could have been “tatty” or “tabby”; I decided that tabby was least likely, and then decided to give taffy a whirl.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1233

9️⃣🔟

3️⃣8️⃣

7️⃣4️⃣

6️⃣5️⃣

Score: 52

This was straightforward until 4L (#7) gave me a 50/50 scenario. I could have tried solving 3L first but that presented a 1 in 3 choice. Luck came into play,

Spoiler

TRACE

LINGO <- eliminator

ROGUE 🎯

GREEN 🎯

LILAC 🎯

LEAPT 🎯🍀 could have been “least”

APING 🎯 With the “p” confirmed, it wasn’t “aging” or “axing”; I was glad I’d not tried to solve this 3L before solving 4L.

THREW 🎯

WEARY 🎯

ULTRA 🎯

Daily Octordle #1233

WEARY 9️⃣🔟 ULTRA

ROGUE 3️⃣8️⃣ THREW

APING 7️⃣4️⃣ GREEN

LEAPT 6️⃣5️⃣ LILAC

Score: 52

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Daily Extreme Octordle #1233

4️⃣3️⃣

🔟8️⃣

5️⃣6️⃣

7️⃣9️⃣

Score: 52

Spoiler

TRACE

GHOUL <- eliminator

TONER 🎯🍀 could have been “tower” or “toper”

CORGI 🎯

SHAWL 🎯

HAUNT 🎯

NATAL 🎯

TABOO 🎯

IGLOO 🎯

FROWN 🎯 could have been “drown”

I avoided 2L until the end, because of the frown/brown/drown dilemma.

Daily Extreme Octordle #1233

CORGI 4️⃣3️⃣ TONER

FROWN 🔟8️⃣ TABOO

SHAWL 5️⃣6️⃣ HAUNT

NATAL 7️⃣9️⃣ IGLOO

Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

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@springyzone wrote:

Daily Octordle #1233
8️⃣3️⃣
4️⃣5️⃣
9️⃣6️⃣
7️⃣🕚
Score: 53

Spoiler

ultra is certainly having a run, isn't it. Very keen on that word, they are.
I held off on #5. thinking axing or aging but it surprised me with aping.

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Spoiler

Yes, ultra is one of the stand-by favourites.

You had the same aging/axing/aping scenario as I.

[countessalmirena]

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@springyzone wrote:

Daily Extreme Octordle #1233
🕚6️⃣
🕛7️⃣
8️⃣4️⃣
3️⃣9️⃣
Score: 60

Alas, off the rails a bit here.

Spoiler

So annoyed with myself. Fell into the trap on #5 and typed in shall, thinking what else could it be, when suddenly I saw the W on my keboard but too late, couldn't recall it as I had pressed the enter.
I was immediately in a bad mood and refused to solve it on the spot. If it does that to me, it can wait!!🤣

#1 gave me trouble till I realised I had all 5 letters already so I was just going to have to work on it. But at first i was trying out the i in 4th spot and it wasn't working out for me.

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Spoiler

Your shawl pothole made me grin; I know that feeling of stubbornly not wanting to pander to the evil letter that deliberately let you press enter a split second before you spotted the presence of the misbegotten letter trying to hide. 🤣 “That’ll teach it!” one thinks, ignoring the word and mentally shaking a fist at it.