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 Extreme Octordle #1270
9️⃣3️⃣
6️⃣7️⃣
🕚8️⃣
🔟5️⃣
Score: 59

Just scraped in under 60 by the skin of my teeth.

Spoiler

You'll see I opred for a 3rd eliminator (pricy) fairly early on. I had a few possibilities in mind but wasn't game to risk any.
#3 I thought maybe actor
#7 I thought maybe trail or vital
#1 couch, pouch, cough, vouch, rough
#6 shady or sharp

[countessalmirena]

Yesterday’s — which I forgot to post:

Wordle 1,488 3/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨

⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

It was straightforward enough to avoid any byways.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,488 3/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 TRACE

⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ MINED <- eliminator

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NERVY 🎯

Daily Octordle #1269

8️⃣7️⃣

3️⃣9️⃣

4️⃣🔟

6️⃣5️⃣

Score: 52

Spoiler

TRACE

SPIKY <- eliminator

TRUCK 🎯

ETHIC 🎯

HASTE 🎯

LOSER 🎯

SOLAR 🎯

CLOWN 🎯 

ADMIN 🎯

WOUND 🎯

Daily Octordle #1269

CLOWN 8️⃣7️⃣ SOLAR

TRUCK 3️⃣9️⃣ ADMIN

ETHIC 4️⃣🔟 WOUND

LOSER 6️⃣5️⃣ HASTE

Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

Yesterday’s.

Daily Extreme Octordle #1269

3️⃣9️⃣

🔟4️⃣

7️⃣6️⃣

5️⃣8️⃣

Score: 52

Spoiler

TRACE

GHOUL -> eliminator

TWIRL 🎯

NYMPH 🎯

WINCH 🎯

RUDDY 🎯

CREED 🎯

VITAL 🎯

BLISS 🎯

DEBAR 🎯

Daily Extreme Octordle #1269

TWIRL 3️⃣9️⃣ BLISS

DEBAR 🔟4️⃣ NYMPH

CREED 7️⃣6️⃣ RUDDY

WINCH 5️⃣8️⃣ VITAL

Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

Agh, it’s another delayed posting.

Thursday’s Wordles.

Wordle 1,489 3/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛

⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

The eliminator did the heavy lifting.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,489 3/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ TRACE

⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩 SPOIL <- eliminator

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MODAL 🎯

It could have been loyal, or nodal, zonal, offal. My gut said “modal”.

Daily Octordle #1270

5️⃣6️⃣

9️⃣3️⃣

🕚7️⃣

8️⃣4️⃣

Score: 53

The final word turned out to be my least likely option.

Spoiler

TRACE

SPOIL <- eliminator

REGAL 🎯

MANGO 🎯

CHUNK 🎯

UTILE 🎯

SQUAT 🎯

PENNE 🎯 

ADORE 🎯

WITTY 💣

BITTY 🎯

3L could have been fifty, witty, or bitty. I tried witty first, as it would at least rule between the other two possibilities if I was wrong.

Daily Octordle #1270

CHUNK 5️⃣6️⃣ UTILE

ADORE 9️⃣3️⃣ REGAL

BITTY 🕚7️⃣ SQUAT

PENNE 8️⃣4️⃣ MANGO

Score: 53

Daily Extreme Octordle #1270

3️⃣7️⃣

6️⃣9️⃣

8️⃣🔟

5️⃣4️⃣

Score: 52

Spoiler

TRACE

GHOUL -> eliminator

DOUGH 🎯🍀 could have been bough

ARGOT 🎯

TIDAL 🎯

AORTA 🎯

BASIL 🎯

OUTDO 🎯

PROOF 🎯

SHARP 🎯

I left 3R until last, as I was hoping for something to determine between shark and sharp.

Daily Extreme Octordle #1270

DOUGH 3️⃣7️⃣ BASIL

AORTA 6️⃣9️⃣ PROOF

OUTDO 8️⃣🔟 SHARP

TIDAL 5️⃣4️⃣ ARGOT

Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

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@springyzone wrote:

Daily Extreme Octordle #1270
9️⃣3️⃣
6️⃣7️⃣
🕚8️⃣
🔟5️⃣
Score: 59

Just scraped in under 60 by the skin of my teeth.

Spoiler

You'll see I opred for a 3rd eliminator (pricy) fairly early on. I had a few possibilities in mind but wasn't game to risk any.
#3 I thought maybe actor
#7 I thought maybe trail or vital
#1 couch, pouch, cough, vouch, rough
#6 shady or sharp

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Yes, I agree that you really did need the second eliminator. It’s awful when one feels there is no safe way forward, not even with one word - because one knows the instant that the second eliminator is played, the best possible score is ridiculously impacted. With the letters you had, there just wasn’t enough on which to proceed even with a wild guess.

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,490 3/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛

🟩🟨⬛⬛🟨

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

This was unexpected.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,490 3/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ TRACE

🟩🟨⬛⬛🟨 LINGO <- eliminator

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LORIS 🎯

I was surprised by the eliminator’s result, and wasn’t an immediate “Aha!” from me, even though there was only one possible answer. No, my mind kept saying “It can’t be that.”

But it was.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1271

8️⃣7️⃣

4️⃣6️⃣

🔟2️⃣

9️⃣5️⃣

Score: 51

That first word was a matter of instinct. Luck!

Spoiler

TRACE

STALE 🎯🍀 lucky guess; could have been state, spate, slate, stage, stave, plate, skate, elate, etc… you get the idea. Gut instinct, pure luck.

DINGO <- eliminator

SENSE 🎯

GLOAT 🎯

SUMAC 🎯

STEAM 🎯

IMPLY 🎯

FRILL 🎯 

FIXER 🎯🍀 could have been the horrid US spelling of fibre; I’m glad it wasn’t.

Daily Octordle #1271

IMPLY 8️⃣7️⃣ STEAM

SENSE 4️⃣6️⃣ SUMAC

FIXER 🔟2️⃣ STALE

FRILL 9️⃣5️⃣ GLOAT

Score: 51

Daily Extreme Octordle #1271

3️⃣🔟

4️⃣5️⃣

8️⃣7️⃣

6️⃣9️⃣

Score: 52

It was mostly a matter of careful logic, but it could have gone wrong in the last few guesses.

Spoiler

TRACE

LINGO -> eliminator

EIGHT 🎯

THORN 🎯

TOAST 🎯

LUMPY 🎯

PINUP 🎯

BRAVA 🎯

HALAL 🎯

BAWDY 🎯

Until I solved “brava”, I was of the opinion that 4R would be “halva”.

Daily Extreme Octordle #1271

EIGHT 3️⃣🔟 BAWDY

THORN 4️⃣5️⃣ TOAST

BRAVA 8️⃣7️⃣ PINUP

LUMPY 6️⃣9️⃣ HALAL

Score: 52

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,490 4/6

⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛
🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛
⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

alien/shout/pricy.

By then I had all 5 letters. This was all I could come up with but I was surprised by the choice of word.

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1271
6️⃣7️⃣
9️⃣8️⃣
🕛5️⃣
4️⃣🕚
Score: 62

Spoiler

I knew right from early on this was not going to go down well, score wise.
My 3rd turn was another eliminator.
But I just couldn't see my way clear to make an outright guess on any of them.
My eliminator was frump rather than fudgy as I really felt I needed to sort out F or G but also R & P. The M was a bonus that came in handy.
But you'll see I tried fiber.😕

[springyzone]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1271
5️⃣9️⃣
3️⃣4️⃣
🕛6️⃣
7️⃣🔟
Score: 56

Spoiler

I was actually pleasantly surprised the score was as low as it was because I used another eliminator half way down plus made a mistake towards the end.