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 #1264
5️⃣🔟
9️⃣🕚
4️⃣8️⃣
6️⃣3️⃣
Score: 56

Spoiler

I was going okay but towards the end felt I needed another eliminator (I used faced).
At the time, I was hung up on #6 swamp/scamp
#2 flung/clung
Unsure of #4 but suspected a Y ending

[springyzone]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1264
5️⃣6️⃣
3️⃣8️⃣
7️⃣🕚
4️⃣🔟
Score: 54

Marginally better with this one.

Spoiler

Took a risk on turn 3 as I wondered about spied for #3, but they seem to like the word skier so i tried that instead.
#4 took me a while, I tried just about every letter till I thought-if none of them work, then it has to use the letters already exposed. Finally got it.

Annoying ending. #6 pleat or bleat, #8 perky or jerky

Thought I might as well go for one of the P words as it would help in both spots and *might* even be the answer. Chose the wrong one, didn't I!

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,483 3/6

⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛

🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Well, that’s a turn-up for the books! 2 greens 1st row, remaining 3 greens 2nd row: no logical thought required.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,483 3/6

⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ TRACE

🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩 BLIND <- eliminator

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRAND 🎯

Done.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1264

8️⃣4️⃣

5️⃣7️⃣

3️⃣9️⃣

🔟6️⃣

Score: 52

The starter gave me barely one letter per panel. I was dismayed; the initial outlook was bleak indeed. Luckily the eliminator started things humming.

Spoiler

TRACE

LINGO <- eliminator

GLINT 🎯

FLUNG 🎯

DISCO 🎯

GUISE 🎯

DADDY 🎯

SPRIG 🎯

SCAMP 🎯

SPOKE 🎯

That was victory snatched from the jaws of defeat.

Daily Octordle #1264

SPRIG 8️⃣4️⃣ FLUNG

DISCO 5️⃣7️⃣ DADDY

GLINT 3️⃣9️⃣ SCAMP

SPOKE 🔟6️⃣ GUISE

Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1264

3️⃣8️⃣

5️⃣6️⃣

🕚7️⃣

9️⃣4️⃣

Score: 53

Oh, pooh.

Spoiler

TRACE

SPOIL -> eliminator

SCRUM 🎯

PERKY 🎯

SKIER 🎯

TAROT 🎯🍀 could have been Torah

BLEAT 🎯 🐑 again???

CURVY 🎯🍀 could have been curry

SHAKE 🎯🍀 could have been snake

WIDEN 💣 grrrr

INDEX 🎯

Daily Extreme Octordle #1264

SCRUM 3️⃣8️⃣ CURVY

SKIER 5️⃣6️⃣ TAROT

INDEX 🕚7️⃣ BLEAT

SHAKE 9️⃣4️⃣ PERKY

Score: 53

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,484 3/6

⬛🟨🟩🟨⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Spoiler

I was sorely tempted this morning to just have a stab at it for turn 2.
I thought-try smile, try smile.
I couldn't think of anything it could be with another vowel.
Then I thought-guile.
Or maybe while.
So I decided to stick with the usual to narrow it down.

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1265
4️⃣🔟
7️⃣8️⃣
5️⃣6️⃣
9️⃣🕛
Score: 61

It's a pity I didn't listen more to my little inner voice of earlier, telling me not to take risks.

Spoiler

After my first turn, I could not see what else #2 could possibly be.
But there's always something else I haven't thought of, it seems.😑

There was one good moment. I was kicking myself as of course, the mistake alert had used the T, which made eliminator shout a but wasteful. So my eliminator was hocus which is just shout with a C. I was pleased to come up with that.😁

At the end, I used wonky as eliminator. I was thinking woozy, kooky. Although the puzzle makers seem to like boozy. But who knows (I rarely do) so better safe than sorry.

[springyzone]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1265
🕛4️⃣
8️⃣7️⃣
5️⃣🔟
6️⃣9️⃣
Score: 61

Nothing if not consistent today with octordles.

Spoiler

I was trying not to jump in too quickly with this one.
I suspected panic for #2-but it could have been manic.
I thought #8 might be relit.
But reluctantly I went for another eliminator at turn 3. It really did help a lot.

I was a bit annoyed with #8.
Knew #1 was 50/50. Don't think it affected the score that much as I suspect it was going to be 60 anyway, after that 3rd eliminator.

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,484 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩

⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I guessed the solution; it could easily have gone wrong.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,484 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 TRACE

⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 SPOIL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EXILE 🎯🍀

This could have been guile or while… or words such as elide, glide, bilge, bible, liege, but long experience with Octordle’s wily ways suggested to me that it could very well be exile.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1265

3️⃣8️⃣

4️⃣7️⃣

9️⃣5️⃣

6️⃣🕚

Score: 53

If this puzzle were a little sailing boat on the water, conditions would be slightly choppy with passengers advised to wear their life jackets.

Spoiler

TRACE

LIONS <- eliminator

SCONE 🎯

PINCH 🎯🍀 could have been cinch, finch, winch

DIODE 🎯🍀 could have been biome

CAVIL 🎯

ADAPT 🎯

ALGAE 🎯

MOUSE 🎯

WOOZY 💣

BOOZY 🎯

Ah, fooled by the old woozy boozy trick.

Daily Octordle #1265

SCONE 3️⃣8️⃣ ALGAE

PINCH 4️⃣7️⃣ ADAPT

MOUSE 9️⃣5️⃣ DIODE

CAVIL 6️⃣🕚 BOOZY

Score: 53