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 🤣

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1256
4️⃣8️⃣
7️⃣5️⃣
🕚🕐
🔟6️⃣
Score: 64

Let's just say I wasn't inspired this morning. At least the photos are saved in the right folder, the error page folder.

Spoiler

I had a feeling of deja vu with #2 earlier on-oddly/godly. Faced that sort of dilemma yesterday or some time recently.
And #7 was annoying-merry/berry/ferry, hence the bumfs eliminator.
And #6 came down to chill or chili in the end and I chose the wrong one again.😑

[springyzone]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1256
4️⃣🔟
8️⃣7️⃣
6️⃣3️⃣
5️⃣9️⃣
Score: 52

Now this worked out better.

Spoiler

At firt I thought I'd have to use another eliminator at turn 3 but luckily some ideas came to me.
At one stage I thought #8 might be glued but they have used bluer a few times in the past, so that seemed more likely.
And I was suspecting stand for #4 till I got the K.

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,475 4/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛

🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Alas, there was no 3-rower this time.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,475 4/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ TASTE

⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ SPOIL <- eliminator

🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛ POUND 💣

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POPPY 🎯

There weren’t many possible answers after my eliminator… but it did still take another guess to narrow it down.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1256

5️⃣4️⃣

3️⃣6️⃣

8️⃣🔟

🕚7️⃣

Score: 54

There were no triumphant trumpets sounding the glories of this Octordle.

Spoiler

TRACE

LOGIN <- eliminator

AGAIN 🎯

GODLY 🎯🍀 could have been golly

REPLY 🎯

SALTY 🎯

NINTH 🎯

SPASM 🎯

CHILL 💣

CHILI 🎯 dreadful US spelling  

BERRY 🎯🍀 could have been ferry or jerky

Daily Octordle #1256

REPLY 5️⃣4️⃣ GODLY

AGAIN 3️⃣6️⃣ SALTY

SPASM 8️⃣🔟 CHILI

BERRY 🕚7️⃣ NINTH

Score: 54

[countessalmirena]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1256

5️⃣7️⃣

8️⃣3️⃣

2️⃣4️⃣

9️⃣🔟

Score: 48

This makes up for the Classic.

Spoiler

TRACE

TACKY 🎯

STANK 🎯

NOSEY 🎯

COVET 🎯

HILUM <- eliminator

SWARM 🎯

THEME 🎯

MAUVE 🎯

BLUER 🎯

Daily Extreme Octordle #1256

COVET 5️⃣7️⃣ SWARM

THEME 8️⃣3️⃣ STANK

TACKY 2️⃣4️⃣ NOSEY

MAUVE 9️⃣🔟 BLUER

Score: 48

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,476 4/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Spoiler

alien/shout/pricy/curve

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1257
3️⃣8️⃣
4️⃣6️⃣
9️⃣5️⃣
🔟🕚
Score: 56

Spoiler

I feel as if I have seen aloft a few times recently.
I was going along okay till about half way through, when I felt the need for an eliminator. I chose wreck mainly as it covered 4 letters I didn't have. I had been thinking dozen for #2 till I solved demon and after that, I thought maybe woven & I had cacao in mind for #8, maybe.
We haven't seen old friend cobra for a while.
Maybe the dances are coming next.

[springyzone]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1257
7️⃣8️⃣
3️⃣4️⃣
2️⃣🕚
🔟6️⃣
Score: 51

I had an exciting start to this game. The finish-not so exciting.😂

Spoiler

Towards the end, I just felt I was getting nowhere with #6 and I was annoyed to see #7. child/chill/chili.
Not again, I thought.
I was after an eliminator that combined some letters from my usual pricy or fudgy. Decided derby would do as it had 4 new letters including D & R which I really wanted to cover.
Went for chill as child was now eliminated and I thought, chili twice in a row? Surely not.
Basso I got only because there wasn't much left.

[countessalmirena]

We’re both up late to wrestle with Wordle, I see!

Daily Octordle #1257

🔟7️⃣

5️⃣6️⃣

4️⃣3️⃣

9️⃣8️⃣

Score: 52

I was faced with two lots of those wretched could-be words.

Spoiler

TRACE

LIONS <- eliminator

MEANT 🎯

WINCE 🎯

PLAIT 🎯

DEMON 🎯

WOKEN 🎯🍀 could have been woven

COBRA 🎯

HURRY 🎯  

ALOFT 🎯🍀 Oh, dilemma! It could have been gloat or float. I almost played float - I was a mouse-whisker away from it.

Daily Octordle #1257

ALOFT 🔟7️⃣ WOKEN

PLAIT 5️⃣6️⃣ DEMON

WINCE 4️⃣3️⃣ MEANT

HURRY 9️⃣8️⃣ COBRA

Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1257

5️⃣3️⃣

9️⃣4️⃣

6️⃣🔟

8️⃣7️⃣

Score: 52

Red hot repeat dilemma… although I was correct this time. Everything else worked out better than I expected. Guessing that first word in 1L was satisfying, and that started everything else in a delightful way.

Spoiler

TRACE

LINGO <- eliminator

SWUNG 🎯

AWAKE 🎯

THICK 🎯

LIKEN 🎯

STINK 🎯

CHILL 🎯🍀 Yes, another child/chill/chili (US) trap… but this time I guessed correctly.

ANIME 🎯

BASSO 🎯

Daily Extreme Octordle #1257

THICK 5️⃣3️⃣ SWUNG

ANIME 9️⃣4️⃣ AWAKE

LIKEN 6️⃣🔟 BASSO

CHILL 8️⃣7️⃣ STINK

Score: 52