WORDLE - anyone else trying the daily online word game?

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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 1,540 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩

🟨⬛⬛🟩⬛

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

The eliminator did wonderfully well in identifying the solution.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,540 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 TRACE

🟨⬛⬛🟩⬛ LINGO <- eliminator

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BULGE 🎯

I could see one answer - no other contenders.

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Daily Octordle #1321

8️⃣🔟

7️⃣9️⃣

2️⃣6️⃣

5️⃣4️⃣

Score: 51

The first word was a gift; the rest fell into place after an eliminator - with two “could-be” words.

Spoiler

TRACE

REACT 🎯

LOINS <- eliminator

DOING 🎯🍀 could have been going or boing

CHINA 🎯

CLUCK 🎯

MIDST 🎯

BRAWN 🎯🍀 could have been prawn

BYLAW 🎯

FLUME 🎯

Daily Octordle #1321

BRAWN 8️⃣🔟 FLUME

MIDST 7️⃣9️⃣ BYLAW

REACT 2️⃣6️⃣ CLUCK

CHINA 5️⃣4️⃣ DOING

Score: 51

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Daily Extreme Octordle #1321

5️⃣6️⃣

2️⃣7️⃣

8️⃣9️⃣

🔟4️⃣

Score: 51

Surprisingly smooth. I had luck on my side with the first word.

Spoiler

TRACE

CADRE 🎯🍀 could have been carve, nacre, carse (unlikely)

LINGO <- eliminator

EVICT 🎯

VOUCH 🎯

SHOCK 🎯

PANTS 🎯

SPECK 🎯

SHIRT 🎯

FOAMY 🎯

After that lucky “cadre” (1 in 3 possibility), the rest  flowed like caramel.

Daily Extreme Octordle #1321

VOUCH 5️⃣6️⃣ SHOCK

CADRE 2️⃣7️⃣ PANTS

SPECK 8️⃣9️⃣ SHIRT

FOAMY 🔟4️⃣ EVICT

Score: 51