WORDLE - anyone else trying the daily online word game?

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 🤣

 

 

 

 

 

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Daily Extreme Octordle #1265
6️⃣7️⃣
5️⃣8️⃣
3️⃣🔟
4️⃣9️⃣
Score: 52
 
I just managed to get this with 52.
 
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TRACE

SPOIL -> eliminator

CURLY 🎯

SCRAM 🎯

VIGIL 🎯

TAUNT 🎯

PANIC 🎯

RIPER 🎯🍀 could have been wiper

LEGIT 🎯Objection: slang/informal - abbreviation of “legitimate”. Objection!

BROKE 🎯

 

Daily Extreme Octordle #1265

TAUNT 6️⃣7️⃣ PANIC

VIGIL 5️⃣8️⃣ RIPER

CURLY 3️⃣🔟 BROKE

SCRAM 4️⃣9️⃣ LEGIT

Score: 52

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Wordle 1,485 4/6

🟨🟨
🟩
🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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I wasn't feeling inspired after the first 2 turns.
I thought maybe ebony but after that, I was a blank.
I tried fudgy for 3rd word and was totally thrown to get G. I had expected the Y, if anything.
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Daily Octordle #1266
7️⃣6️⃣
🕛3️⃣
4️⃣5️⃣
8️⃣🕚
Score: 56

Some of the rise in score comes down to a slef inflicted injury.😑

 

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13 cl.jpgAs is often the case for me, I set off briskly at the start but half way down, felt torn between alternatives. So I used another eliminator. GRUMP.
Then instead of jumping in to solve count (as I had eliminated mount, which I considered the likely alternative), I had a brainwave about #8.
This is where I go wrong, I don't double check before I press enter. I already had that last E in place, but nope, I looked at it and thought d/g exposed and O, oooh got it, dodgy.
No sooner thought than on my fingers 
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Well, I wanted to edit to change the spelling in the previous post to Self, but do you think the system will let me? Nope.

 

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4️⃣9️⃣
6️⃣5️⃣
Score: 53

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These were all working out nicely, one word leading to the next. Till the end.
spilt/stilt.
I feel that (or something very similar) has popped up before and I think the answer then was stilt. In any case, I went for spilt and it was wrong. Not too much damage done as it was right at the end.
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wow. congrats

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Yesterday’s:

 

Wordle 1,485 3/6

 

🟩

🟩🟨

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

 

Perfect - I was pleased with this.

 

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Wordle 1,485 3/6

 

🟩 TRACE

🟩🟨 LIONS <- eliminator

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GNOME 🎯

 

That was the only possible answer.

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Still yesterday’s:

 

Daily Octordle #1266
8️⃣9️⃣
6️⃣🔟
5️⃣4️⃣
7️⃣3️⃣
Score: 52
 
I’m a bit surprised that this didn’t end up badly.
 
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TRACE

DINGO <- eliminator

DODGE 🎯

THOSE 🎯

THIEF 🎯

COUNT 🎯

RAINY 🎯

RABID 🎯🍀 could have been rapid 

BROKE 🎯

ALIBI 🎯

 

For some reason, I kept feeling I was only just avoiding traps and pitfalls, and that at any moment I’d fall.

 

Daily Octordle #1266

RABID 8️⃣9️⃣ BROKE

COUNT 6️⃣🔟 ALIBI

THIEF 5️⃣4️⃣ THOSE

RAINY 7️⃣3️⃣ DODGE

Score: 52

 
 
 
 
Daily Extreme Octordle #1266
9️⃣8️⃣
7️⃣6️⃣
5️⃣🔟
4️⃣3️⃣
Score: 52
 
 
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TRACE

LOGIN -> eliminator

CHUNK 🎯

USHER 🎯

DRUNK 🎯

SHIRK 🎯

STILT 🎯🍀 could have been spilt

BIDET 🎯

BETEL 🎯

FILMY 🎯

 

Daily Extreme Octordle #1266

BETEL 9️⃣8️⃣ BIDET

STILT 7️⃣6️⃣ SHIRK

DRUNK 5️⃣🔟 FILMY

USHER 4️⃣3️⃣ CHUNK

Score: 52

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Today’s:

 

Wordle 1,486 3/6
 
🟨🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

 

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Wordle 1,486 3/6

 

TRACE

🟨🟨🟩 SOUND <- eliminator

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 UNDID 🎯

 

No other candidates presented themselves.

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Today’s Daily Octordle

 

Daily Octordle #1267
3️⃣8️⃣
4️⃣🔟
5️⃣9️⃣
6️⃣7️⃣
Score: 52
 
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TRACE

PYLON -> eliminator

GRASP 🎯

SCION 🎯

RADIO 🎯

ACRID 🎯

BRAVO 🎯

MEDAL 🎯

LIGHT 🎯

SHOWY 🎯

 

Daily Octordle #1267

GRASP 3️⃣8️⃣ MEDAL

SCION 4️⃣🔟 SHOWY

RADIO 5️⃣9️⃣ LIGHT

ACRID 6️⃣7️⃣ BRAVO

Score: 52

 

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Daily Extreme Octordle #1267
🕚8️⃣
7️⃣3️⃣
5️⃣4️⃣
6️⃣🔟
Score: 54
 
It’s not my best result, but I can’t really excoriate my attempt.
 
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TRACE

SOILY -> eliminator

RHYME 🎯

MIDST 🎯

MAKER 🎯

TIGHT 🎯

JERKY 🎯 could have been perky

QUOTE 🎯

VIOLA 💣 

AIOLI 🎯

ZILCH 🎯 could have been filch

 

Daily Extreme Octordle #1267

ZILCH 🕚8️⃣ QUOTE

JERKY 7️⃣3️⃣ RHYME

MAKER 5️⃣4️⃣ MIDST

TIGHT 6️⃣🔟 AIOLI

Score: 54

 

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