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 #1275
9️⃣🔟
7️⃣8️⃣
6️⃣5️⃣
3️⃣4️⃣
Score: 52

Straight forward, felt a bit more so than the classic ctually.

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My only real hesitation was #5 ripen. I was more drawn to riven & wondered (since this is the extreme) whether it would be more likely than ripen, but thought P is a more useful letter so I went for ripen. As it turns out, I think they were just trying not to be too helpful for #1

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,494 3/6

🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛

⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Ah, such a satisfactory Wordle process.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,494 3/6

🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ TRACE

⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ DINOS <- eliminator

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BURNT 🎯

Using this eliminator was ideal.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1275

7️⃣8️⃣

4️⃣🔟

3️⃣6️⃣

5️⃣9️⃣

Score: 52

Not a foot put wrong!

Spoiler

TRACE

GHOUL  <- eliminator

MULCH 🎯

LIMIT 🎯 

CLIFF 🎯

ALPHA 🎯

QUICK 🎯

BLUNT 🎯

TITAN 🎯

DINGO 🎯🍀 could have been yesterday’s jingo

This truly worked out well. No hesitation or what-ifs, apart from a moment of “Please let it not be jingo”.

Daily Octordle #1275

QUICK 7️⃣8️⃣ BLUNT

LIMIT 4️⃣🔟 DINGO

MULCH 3️⃣6️⃣ ALPHA

CLIFF 5️⃣9️⃣ TITAN

Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1275

7️⃣8️⃣

3️⃣4️⃣

6️⃣5️⃣

🔟9️⃣

Score: 52

I tried everything possible to uncover more information for the final word - but by the end I was still faced with the same 50/50 choice.

Spoiler

TRACE

LIONS -> eliminator

LUNCH 🎯

LEMON 🎯

TWEEN 🎯

RIPEN 🎯

MAVEN 🎯

BUSHY 🎯

OASIS 🎯

TORUS 🎯🍀 I still didn’t know whether it was tours or torus; simple luck

Daily Extreme Octordle #1275

MAVEN 7️⃣8️⃣ BUSHY

LUNCH 3️⃣4️⃣ LEMON

RIPEN 6️⃣5️⃣ TWEEN

TORUS 🔟9️⃣ OASIS

Score: 52

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,495 4/6

🟨⬛⬛🟩⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨
⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Spoiler

alien/shout (I almost tried short and probably should have, as when I see an E in 4th spot, I think of R at the end.)
I was left thinking-cater/rated/water/tamed-tamer
My 3rd word was crawl

If you start with trace today, this could be a 2 liner for you!

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1276
6️⃣5️⃣
🔟4️⃣
9️⃣8️⃣
3️⃣7️⃣
Score: 52

Today's was a quick and easy one, with none of the usual problems of numerous possibilities, except for #8, where I had 2 words in mind but the system sorted it for me as I worked through.😁

Spoiler

[springyzone]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1276
6️⃣🕛
7️⃣3️⃣
🔟9️⃣
4️⃣8️⃣
Score: 59

Lucky to get it in 59!

After my first turn, I looked at the board and thought-well, that certainly wasn't a lot of help!

When that happens, I have high hopes for my second turn. It was better, but not by a lot.

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Even by 3rd turn, I had to take a risk (chose/whose).

By turn 5, I tried another eliminator (wordy) as I thought #8 might be swamp or spray. I also wondered about #3, suspecting ck so maybe wreck but I wasn't sure. Often I have tunnel vision.

[countessalmirena]

Yesterday’s:

Wordle 1,495 3/6

⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩

⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

The yellow in the eliminator gave it away. It was a sunny side up clue. 😁🍳

Spoiler

Wordle 1,495 3/6

⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 TRACE

⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ SOUND <- eliminator

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUAKE 🎯

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1276

7️⃣3️⃣

🔟2️⃣

9️⃣6️⃣

5️⃣8️⃣

Score: 50

I was off to a tremendous start with the first two words. After that - I was out of fuel. Eliminator needed! But I can’t say that the eliminator was an immediate thing of joy, as in it resolved only two words. I could solve 4L and 3R.

After 3R, though, the way opened up further and I could solve 1L, which then resolved 4R (its final letter). By that time, there was no wriggle room left for 3L and then for 2L.

Spoiler

TRACE

CHART 🎯

CHECK 🎯

SPOIL <- eliminator

ISLET 🎯

AWAIT 🎯

AFTER 🎯

CRIER 🎯

ANGRY 🎯

ENSUE 🎯

Daily Octordle #1276

AFTER 7️⃣3️⃣ CHECK

ENSUE 🔟2️⃣ CHART

ANGRY 9️⃣6️⃣ AWAIT

ISLET 5️⃣8️⃣ CRIER

Score: 50

[countessalmirena]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1276

8️⃣9️⃣

2️⃣4️⃣

7️⃣🔟

5️⃣6️⃣

Score: 51

This one was an object lesson in taking things in the right sequence. I was fortunate in having my first word jump out so neatly into my clutches, but nothing further appeared as a result. After the eliminator, I had a clear run for the next three words, and then - stop sign! There was a 1 in 3 - I just had to guess.

I could have resolved 1L before trying 3L, though.

My 3L guess was a lucky one not only because it was correct, but also because it ruled out the wrong guess I would have made for 1R.

Spoiler

TRACE

WRECK 🎯

SPOIL -> eliminator

CHOSE 🎯

PHOTO 🎯

SPRAY 🎯

MOODY 🎯 could have been kooky or boozy

ARRAY 🎯

FIFTY 🎯 I’d have tried “minty” but for “moody” ruling out M

RUNNY 🎯

Daily Extreme Octordle #1276

ARRAY 8️⃣9️⃣ FIFTY

WRECK 2️⃣4️⃣ CHOSE

MOODY 7️⃣🔟 RUNNY

PHOTO 5️⃣6️⃣ SPRAY

Score: 51