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?