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 🤣

[countessalmirena]

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.

[countessalmirena]

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

[countessalmirena]

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

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,541 3/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I was lucky with the eliminators today, especially with the placement of the yellows, which narrowed the field nicely.

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1322
3️⃣6️⃣
7️⃣5️⃣
🔟9️⃣
4️⃣8️⃣
Score: 52

I was pleased with how this game worked out.

I knew after my first turn that there was nothing I could safely have a stab at, which meant another eliminator and a score of 52 at the very best, but after my second turn, I felt the answers rolled out fairly, in that each one exposed a new letter or two.

I hate it in some games when I am just rearranging letters I already have and coming up with half a dozen possibilities. It feels like moving chairs on the Titanic.

Spoiler

[springyzone]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1322
8️⃣6️⃣
7️⃣5️⃣
4️⃣🔟
9️⃣3️⃣
Score: 52

This is another game where I really looked at what i had after the first turn, but it just wasn't possible for me to make a confident guess at that stage.

Spoiler

This game was a little riskier than the classic in that I wasn't sure what to do for turn 4. Nothing looked clear cut. In hindsight, I suppose #4 could have been solved but I had not thought of it at that stage. The aha moment only happened after turn 4.
Reign was a risk, I chose it as R is always useful, more so than D or F.

At the end I was torn between remit and refit but at least that worked out.

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,541 3/6

🟩🟨⬛⬛🟨

⬛🟨🟩🟨🟩

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Ah, an ideal eliminator.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,541 3/6

🟩🟨⬛⬛🟨 TRACE

⬛🟨🟩🟨🟩 LONER -> eliminator

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TENOR 🎯

The eliminator was like a first-class cattle dog, rounding up the solution with elegance and dedication.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1322

2️⃣🔟

9️⃣4️⃣

8️⃣5️⃣

6️⃣7️⃣

Score: 51

I’m starting to get used to the 51 score … and I shouldn’t. It won’t last.

Spoiler

TRACE

HEART 🎯

SPOIL <- eliminator

DEPOT 🎯

PLEAT 🎯

DRIFT 🎯

CUTIE 🎯

SIXTH 🎯

SCARY 🎯

WHACK 🎯

Daily Octordle #1322

HEART 2️⃣🔟 WHACK

SCARY 9️⃣4️⃣ DEPOT

SIXTH 8️⃣5️⃣ PLEAT

DRIFT 6️⃣7️⃣ CUTIE

Score: 51

[countessalmirena]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1322

8️⃣9️⃣

7️⃣6️⃣

5️⃣2️⃣

🕚4️⃣

Score: 52

… and it didn’t last. I did still solve the first word immediately, but the last word tripped me up.

Spoiler

TRACE

TRACT 🎯🍀 could have been track

LIONS <- eliminator

STAIN 🎯

REIGN 🎯

AGLOW 🎯

ASKEW 🎯

AWARD 🎯

SWANK 🎯

REMIT 💣

REFIT 🎯

Daily Extreme Octordle #1322

AWARD 8️⃣9️⃣ SWANK

ASKEW 7️⃣6️⃣ AGLOW

REIGN 5️⃣2️⃣ TRACT

REFIT 🕚4️⃣ STAIN

Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

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@springyzone wrote:

Daily Octordle #1322
3️⃣6️⃣
7️⃣5️⃣
🔟9️⃣
4️⃣8️⃣
Score: 52

I was pleased with how this game worked out.

I knew after my first turn that there was nothing I could safely have a stab at, which meant another eliminator and a score of 52 at the very best, but after my second turn, I felt the answers rolled out fairly, in that each one exposed a new letter or two.

I hate it in some games when I am just rearranging letters I already have and coming up with half a dozen possibilities. It feels like moving chairs on the Titanic.

Spoiler

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The chair arranging on board that fatal voyage comment made me smile.