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 🤣

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,462 3/6

🟩⬛🟨⬛🟩

🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Three possibilities… I could have made a guess with that 1-in-3 possibility but it would have been wrong. Instead, I opted for the safety of an eliminator.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,462 3/6

🟩⬛🟨⬛🟩 TRACE

🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛ PSALM <- eliminator

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TAUPE 🎯

It was taste, table or taupe. Had I tried a guess, I’d have played taste and would still be faced with a 50/50.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1243

5️⃣8️⃣

4️⃣9️⃣

7️⃣6️⃣

2️⃣🔟

Score: 51

This was an awkward Octordle. The start was good, but I never had the sense of smoothness from one word to the other.

Spoiler

TRACE

TORCH 🎯

BUILD <- eliminator

CAULK 🎯

UMBRA 🎯

FIBRE 🎯 ah, joy - correct spelling

QUERY 🎯

LEVER 🎯

OZONE 🎯

SNAIL 🎯🍀 could have been SLAIN

I see that you solved SNAIL first, whereas I solved it only at the last… and yet I had the 2nd-row solving of TORCH. Interestingly we both managed a 51 score achieved in different ways!

Daily Octordle #1243

UMBRA 5️⃣8️⃣ LEVER

CAULK 4️⃣9️⃣ OZONE

QUERY 7️⃣6️⃣ FIBRE

TORCH 2️⃣🔟 SNAIL

Score: 51

[countessalmirena]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1243

7️⃣8️⃣

9️⃣3️⃣

6️⃣🔟

5️⃣4️⃣

Score: 52

It wasn’t an exciting Octordle; in fact, I had a distinct sense of déjà vu. However, it seemed straightforward.

Spoiler

TRACE

POUND <- eliminator

PASTE 🎯

PASTY 🎯

SWORD 🎯

NOTCH 🎯

WARTY 🎯

RADII 🎯

ORBIT 🎯

HOLLY 🎯

Daily Extreme Octordle #1243

WARTY 7️⃣8️⃣ RADII

ORBIT 9️⃣3️⃣ PASTE

NOTCH 6️⃣🔟 HOLLY

SWORD 5️⃣4️⃣ PASTY

Score: 52

[springyzone]

FIBRE 

 ah, joy - correct spelling

Exactly. I almost doubted my senses on this one, thinking... it couldn't be... could it?

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,463 4/6

🟨🟩⬛🟨⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Spoiler

I felt S was in with a chance, and T too, but other letters such as C, F, G & P also appealed so I used spout as my second word. Then fudgy

[springyzone]

The best that can be said about this one is that I didn't make any completely impossible guesses as I have the last few days.

Daily Octordle #1244
6️⃣5️⃣
4️⃣🔟
🕚🕛
8️⃣7️⃣
Score: 63

Spoiler

Straight after my first turn, I looked at #3 and thought, hmm, it could be stain, it could be chain. But i fancied stain.
After my second turn, I saw I had the S &T and I felt like a clairvoyant. That should have been warning enough because we both know that when it comes to octordle, I am anything but!
I rushed in, of course, and it turned out to be satin. It always is, I've seen that same word trap happen before I think.
Then I really thought I was onto something with #6. Aha, has to be civic I thought. Vivid didn't occur to me till after the deed.😲
PS You'll notice that sometimes when a word does me wrong, I punish it by leaving it till last.

[springyzone]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1244
7️⃣8️⃣
9️⃣🔟
🕚4️⃣
3️⃣5️⃣
Score: 57

Spoiler

Well, this was a bit of an annoying game in that I really would have preferred #8 to be hoary. I very much wanted to get the R out and exposed.
I used another eliminator (cramp) half way through. I was debating chuck or chump for #1. Fancied chuck but my fancies are not reliable.
I feel like manga is an old friend now. First time it ever popped up, I'd never heard of it. Just recently I noticed our library has a manga section. Must be some fans around.
I was on my way down to the recipe book section at the time, managed to score Nagi's 'Tonight' book.

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,463 3/6

⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩

⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I had a certain suspicion about the shape of this. My suspicion - as the eliminator showed - wasn’t correct but it helped to get the remaining letters.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,463 3/6

⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 TRACE

⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨 FLING <- eliminator

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GLADE 🎯 could have been glaze.

The suspicion was __ALE or __ANE.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1244

9️⃣🔟

7️⃣3️⃣

4️⃣8️⃣

5️⃣6️⃣

Score: 52

Straightforward.

Spoiler

TRACE

DOILY <- eliminator

CLEFT 🎯

SPICY 🎯

BORNE 🎯

LIBEL 🎯

SATIN 🎯

VIVID 🎯

ARBOR🎯

UNZIP 🎯

Daily Octordle #1244

ARBOR 9️⃣🔟 UNZIP

SATIN 7️⃣3️⃣ CLEFT

SPICY 4️⃣8️⃣ VIVID

BORNE 5️⃣6️⃣ LIBEL

Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1244

5️⃣2️⃣

4️⃣8️⃣

6️⃣🔟

7️⃣9️⃣

Score: 51

Also straightforward.

Spoiler

TRACE

CARAT 🎯

LINGO <- eliminator

VIRAL 🎯

CHUCK 🎯

BRAKE 🎯

THIEF 🎯

MANGA 🎯

YAHOO 🎯

UNITY 🎯

Daily Extreme Octordle #1244

CHUCK 5️⃣2️⃣ CARAT

VIRAL 4️⃣8️⃣ MANGA

BRAKE 6️⃣🔟 UNITY

THIEF 7️⃣9️⃣ YAHOO

Score: 51