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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Wordle 1,513 4/6

🟨🟨
🟨
🟨🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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alien/shout/nifty
Aha, had to be minty. Should have guessed it earlier as they like that word, but had not thought of it.
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Today I had a good run with the octordles. I didn't feel overwhelmed with multiple choices. Often I could only think of one answer. Maybe there were others. probably were. Ignorance is bliss though, sometimes.😂

Daily Octordle #1294
2️⃣4️⃣
5️⃣🔟
8️⃣6️⃣
7️⃣9️⃣
Score: 51

Spoiler
10 cl.jpg
I was pleased to be able to solve a word on turn 2, but felt I needed another eliminator by turn 3. 
Probably just as well I did, because if I had had to guess, I was thinking lathe for #2.

Daily Extreme Octordle #1294
3️⃣4️⃣
8️⃣7️⃣
🔟6️⃣
9️⃣5️⃣
Score: 52

Spoiler
10 ex.jpgThis didn't seem to have too many traps. As I went through, I found that where I was debating between 2 possible words, the other answers eventually solved things for me.
I wasn't left with multiple choices.
I had been thinking #7 might be apart/adapt, but 'aptly' solved that one for me.
And I was convinced for a little while #5 would probably have -dge ending, but those possible words were all ruled out eventually.
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Wordle 1,513 3/6

 

🟨

🟩🟨

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

 

The eliminator reduced it to four possibilities.

 

Spoiler

Wordle 1,513 3/6

🟨 TRACE

🟩🟨 LIONS <- eliminator

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MINTY 🎯

 

It could have been nifty, night, or ninth.

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Daily Octordle #1294
5️⃣6️⃣
3️⃣7️⃣
8️⃣9️⃣
2️⃣🔟
Score: 50
 
Two lucky guesses at the start set this steamboat rolling. Yes, SS ‘Tordle is rolling down the river…
 
Spoiler

TRACE

RANCH 🎯🍀 could have been larch, parch or march

THIEF 🎯🍀 could have been theft

MOULD <- eliminator

LADEN 🎯

LAPSE 🎯

DEBAR 🎯

ROUSE 🎯

LIVID 🎯

MUSKY 🎯

 

Daily Octordle #1294

LADEN 5️⃣6️⃣ LAPSE

THIEF 3️⃣7️⃣ DEBAR

ROUSE 8️⃣9️⃣ LIVID

RANCH 2️⃣🔟 MUSKY

Score: 50

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Daily Extreme Octordle #1294
4️⃣3️⃣
9️⃣8️⃣
6️⃣5️⃣
🔟7️⃣
Score: 52
 
I was dismayed by the threadbare rows after the eliminator. It seemed to be a terrible choice… but then I settled myself and saw what the answer to 1R must be. That kicked off the resolution to another - and so on. 
 
Spoiler

TRACE

LINGO -> eliminator

BISON 🎯

ETHOS 🎯

BAYOU 🎯

CURVE 🎯

HUMUS 🎯

SNAFU 🎯 I object! Acronym, informal Americanism!

APTLY 🎯

ADAPT 🎯

Bison gave me ethos and bayou, which then resolved curve and also left no possibility for 2R other than snafu.

Looking at 2L, nothing would fit save for aptly, and that gave me 4L’s adapt in a nice clean finish.

 

Daily Extreme Octordle #1294

ETHOS 4️⃣3️⃣ BISON

APTLY 9️⃣8️⃣ SNAFU

CURVE 6️⃣5️⃣ BAYOU

ADAPT 🔟7️⃣ HUMUS

Score: 52

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OCEAN

FRUIT

Probably NY or TY

then MINTY


I dont seem to get the spoiler option on the mobile 

 

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🤗👋 

 

kopenhagen, you’re right; there’s no button to use for the spoiler.

 

I copy-pasted a spoiler from one of my posts into a Note on my phone. The spoiler can then be copied from the Note and pasted into a new post, edited as needed.

 

Spoiler for you:

 

Spoiler

Your editable text.

 

 

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Yesterday’s…

 

Wordle 1,514 3/6

 

🟨

🟨🟨

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

 

The eliminator reduced it to four possibilities.

 

Spoiler

Wordle 1,514 3/6

🟨 TRACE

🟨🟨 LIONS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SOUTH 🎯

 

It could have been joust or gusto or softy.

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Daily Octordle #1295
8️⃣🔟
5️⃣3️⃣
6️⃣2️⃣
9️⃣7️⃣
Score: 50
 
Spoiler

TRACE

TRIAD 🎯

TIDAL 🎯

SOUPY <- eliminator

VOICE 🎯

SCENE 🎯

GREEN 🎯

WORRY 🎯

PARKA 🎯

BRAKE 🎯

 

Daily Octordle #1295

WORRY 8️⃣🔟 BRAKE

VOICE 5️⃣3️⃣ TIDAL

SCENE 6️⃣2️⃣ TRIAD

PARKA 9️⃣7️⃣ GREEN

Score: 50

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Daily Extreme Octordle #1295
9️⃣7️⃣
6️⃣🔟
3️⃣4️⃣
8️⃣5️⃣
Score: 52
 
Spoiler

TRACE

GHOUL -> eliminator

CHALK 🎯

CRICK 🎯

TONAL 🎯

CYCLE 🎯

BUILD 🎯

BLEAT 🎯

INEPT 🎯

POUND 🎯

 

Daily Extreme Octordle #1295

INEPT 9️⃣7️⃣ BUILD

CYCLE 6️⃣🔟 POUND

CHALK 3️⃣4️⃣ CRICK

BLEAT 8️⃣5️⃣ TONAL

Score: 52

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