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 🤣

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,530 3/6

🟩🟨⬛⬛🟨

⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I suspected the answer, then told myself it probably wasn’t the answer, and the eliminator/guess made it more likely that it was the answer.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,530 3/6

🟩🟨⬛⬛🟨 TRACE

⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩 HIKER <- eliminator

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TOWER 🎯

I should have just gone for “tower” immediately.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1311

3️⃣8️⃣

🔟5️⃣

9️⃣6️⃣

4️⃣7️⃣

Score: 52

There was really only one slippery bit.

Spoiler

TRACE

LOUIS 🎯 <- eliminator

TENSE 🎯

LEMUR 🎯

SLIDE 🎯

GOURD 🎯

HORDE 🎯

PINCH 🎯🍀 could have been finch, winch

CANNY 🎯

ELEGY 🎯

Daily Octordle #1311

TENSE 3️⃣8️⃣ PINCH

ELEGY 🔟5️⃣ SLIDE

CANNY 9️⃣6️⃣ GOURD

LEMUR 4️⃣7️⃣ HORDE

Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1311

8️⃣3️⃣

4️⃣5️⃣

🔟6️⃣

7️⃣9️⃣

Score: 52

This contained an objection and a reappearance of a word that you expected yesterday.

Spoiler

TRACE

SPOIL <- eliminator

STAMP 🎯

PRIED 🎯

MEDAL 🎯

PSYCH 🎯 I object

CREEP 🎯

ADMIN 🎯

BRINY 🎯 (Good old briny)

GRAIN 🎯

Daily Extreme Octordle #1311

ADMIN 8️⃣3️⃣ STAMP

PRIED 4️⃣5️⃣ MEDAL

GRAIN 🔟6️⃣ PSYCH

CREEP 7️⃣9️⃣ BRINY

Score: 52

[springyzone]

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@countessalmirena wrote:

I suspected the answer, then told myself it probably wasn’t the answer, and the eliminator/guess made it more likely that it was the answer.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,530 3/6

🟩🟨⬛⬛🟨 TRACE

⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩 HIKER <- eliminator

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TOWER 🎯

I should have just gone for “tower” immediately.

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It's funny  how a word can come to mind, I have had it happen to me too sometimes.

I've been looking at your first turn and trying to figure out what words I would have jumped to.

My first thought was threw and then tiger or tiler or timer but then, maybe tuber. I was all over the place, no idea what eliminator I would have come up with. Maybe guild, which would not have got me far, except for elimination.

I did do wordle yesterday on my phone.

I know I would have started with alien, so I would have had e in position.

Then I would have gone for shout.

That would have given me yellow O and T

Ah, it comes back to me now. 

Third word was voter. No idea why that was my first thought.😣

Then after that, tower.

Wordle 1,531 3/6

⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛
🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

It was much easier today, having the first and last letters in green.

[springyzone]

This contained an objection and a reappearance of a word that you expected yesterday. (psych and briny)

I did do this on the phone yesterday (which I loathe to have to do as I can't see the whole screen at once). I forget my score (it was in the 50s somewhere) but I recall thinking the exact same as you about those words!

Today's.

Daily Octordle #1312
6️⃣3️⃣
4️⃣8️⃣
9️⃣7️⃣
🕚5️⃣
Score: 53

Spoiler

I really don't know what was wrong with me, I didn't play this game well.
My first thought for #2 was innate but it won't fit. Even so, I tried inate because... American, so who knows? But it seems they spell it as we do. Wonders will never cease.

I never thought of inane at that point so went with shout. THEN I thought of inane.

But why I went for spoon #3 next (very small risk admittedly as sporn unlikely in the classic I think) when #8 was a shoo in, I do not know.
Same with solving #1 before #6, which had been solved.

As it turns out, all was well but I really should look along the row a bit more carefully before I focus on one spot to solve.

Then I used the wrong elimiator at the end. I was in a dilemma-wound, found, bound and chose of all things badge. Then woke up it was F I wanted in it, not G & I already knew the D would be there. I was annoyed with myself over that one.

[springyzone]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1312
5️⃣4️⃣
8️⃣🔟
6️⃣9️⃣
7️⃣3️⃣
Score: 52

I resolved to pay more attention.

Spoiler

This went a little better, though was not without risks.
I did wonder about baler for #3 but fancied paler and at the end, wondered about merry/ferry but figured just go for it.

[countessalmirena]

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@springyzone wrote:

This contained an objection and a reappearance of a word that you expected yesterday. (psych and briny)

I did do this on the phone yesterday (which I loathe to have to do as I can't see the whole screen at once). I forget my score (it was in the 50s somewhere) but I recall thinking the exact same as you about those words!

Today's.

Daily Octordle #1312
6️⃣3️⃣
4️⃣8️⃣
9️⃣7️⃣
🕚5️⃣
Score: 53

Spoiler

I really don't know what was wrong with me, I didn't play this game well.
My first thought for #2 was innate but it won't fit. Even so, I tried inate because... American, so who knows? But it seems they spell it as we do. Wonders will never cease.

I never thought of inane at that point so went with shout. THEN I thought of inane.

But why I went for spoon #3 next (very small risk admittedly as sporn unlikely in the classic I think) when #8 was a shoo in, I do not know.
Same with solving #1 before #6, which had been solved.

As it turns out, all was well but I really should look along the row a bit more carefully before I focus on one spot to solve.

Then I used the wrong elimiator at the end. I was in a dilemma-wound, found, bound and chose of all things badge. Then woke up it was F I wanted in it, not G & I already knew the D would be there. I was annoyed with myself over that one.

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Spoiler

Spoon was a nice piece of luck; it could have been sworn or scorn or swoon. 

You had #5 in the bag as well at that point: very nicely set up!

That last word was a mean little bit of trickery from Octordle, but at least you solved it in the next row. 🏆

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,531 3/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛

🟨🟨🟩⬛🟩

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I’d almost decided to use spoil as my eliminator, and that would have been an excellent one. Never mind! Pilot was fine.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,531 3/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ TRACE

🟨🟨🟩⬛🟩 PILOT <- eliminator

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPLIT 🎯

It could have been uplit, I suppose, but I thought it unlikely.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1312

3️⃣🔟

6️⃣9️⃣

7️⃣5️⃣

8️⃣4️⃣

Score: 52

It was like solving 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1.

Spoiler

TRACE

FOULS 🎯 <- eliminator

CRISP 🎯

SLUMP 🎯

SLIME 🎯

SPOON 🎯

THORN 🎯

FOUND 🎯

PENNY 🎯

INANE 🎯

Daily Octordle #1312

CRISP 3️⃣🔟 INANE

SPOON 6️⃣9️⃣ PENNY

THORN 7️⃣5️⃣ SLIME

FOUND 8️⃣4️⃣ SLUMP

Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1312

3️⃣4️⃣

8️⃣9️⃣

6️⃣🕚

7️⃣5️⃣

Score: 53

This felt unsteady, like trying to paint while standing on a rotting ladder.

I made a wrong guess with the last word.

Spoiler

TRACE

SPOIL <- eliminator

ROOST 🎯

PALER 🎯

STOOL 🎯

RETRY 🎯

BRIAR 🎯🍀 could have been friar

BADLY 🎯

MERRY 🎯 could have been ferry or jerry

WIDEN 💣

INDEX 🎯

Daily Extreme Octordle #1312

ROOST 3️⃣4️⃣ PALER

BADLY 8️⃣9️⃣ MERRY

RETRY 6️⃣🕚 INDEX

BRIAR 7️⃣5️⃣ STOOL

Score: 53