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 🤣

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Wordle 1,592 4/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩

⬛⬛🟩⬛🟨

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I knew I wasn’t going to guess this in 3, darn it.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,592 4/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ TRACE

⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 SOILY <- eliminator

⬛⬛🟩⬛🟨 GULPH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HOLLY 🎯

After the eliminator, the pattern would be one of these: _OBLY, _ODLY, _OLLY, _OOLY, _OWLY.

Rather than taking a blind stab, I knew that I’d need to whittle things down. Choosing a word that had an L in 3rd position would tell me whether there was a double L pattern; consonants that I was keen to rule out were D (or G in 1st position), J, F, W, N (or B), P. I settled on gulph as the eliminator and thankfully it pinpointed the solution.

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Daily Octordle #1373

9️⃣3️⃣

4️⃣🔟

6️⃣5️⃣

8️⃣7️⃣

Score: 52

This was the work of a gnat’s sneeze - very fast.

Spoiler

TRACE

LIONS <- eliminator

LODGE 🎯

FROND 🎯

BLOND 🎯

BEGAN 🎯

BUDDY 🎯

AUGUR 🎯

PAGAN 🎯

FIZZY 🎯

It’s all so straightforward that I don’t think there’s anything to say here. One word followed another, and so on until it was done.

Well… in lieu of anything interesting to point out with the working out of this Octordle, let me write a short tale.

Once upon a time, Porteroi the Fox came slinking out of the woods in Ferny Creek. The early morning sun lay glossily upon his beautiful brown coat as he paused, looking interestedly at the dainty little terrier lying down upon a soft bed of grass.

“Fair greetings from the Deep Woods,” he called out in his well-regulated voice. “I am Porteroi, Fox of these parts. May I know your name, dear sir?”

The terrier did not stir for a long moment, then lazily twitched an ear and turned to face the fox. “Well, hello then”, said he, and yawned delicately. “McTartan is my name. You’ll forgive my not rising, for I’m tired out from an exhausting morning being groomed and patted.”

“Most taxing, I’m sure”, replied Porteroi, who would rather have liked to be groomed and petted rather than have various missiles launched in his direction. “Have you an inclination to go leaping and playing for a while, my dear McTartan? I find myself at something of a loose end.”

The little dog gave a shrug. “Oh, I am all too comfortable here, in this nice warm patch of sun, lying down on the nice grass. But you can leap over me if you like.”

This wasn’t much of a suggestion, yet Porteroi accepted the offer in lieu of anything more exciting. “A leap over you? Why, indeed, I shall leap with the utmost delight!” he returned, and positioning himself carefully, he gathered his limbs and sprang gracefully over McTartan.

“What fun!” he announced as he trotted back around to face the reclining dog. “Let me try that again!”

Oh, no, my dear fox, my good Porteroi… for I began this tale with those time-honoured words: once upon a time!

Daily Octordle #1373

PAGAN 9️⃣3️⃣ LODGE

FROND 4️⃣🔟 FIZZY

BEGAN 6️⃣5️⃣ BLOND

AUGUR 8️⃣7️⃣ BUDDY

Score: 52

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Daily Extreme Octordle #1373

4️⃣8️⃣

7️⃣6️⃣

9️⃣5️⃣

3️⃣🔟

Score: 52

I had to be more careful with this one.

Spoiler

TRACE

SHOGI <- eliminator

HEDGE 🎯

STRAY 🎯🍀 could have been straw

WAIST 🎯

DULLY 🎯🍀 could have been dumpy, dummy, dubby (highly unlikely), bundy (highly unlikely - Australian)

SLYLY 🎯

ALARM 🎯

IMBUE 🎯

BOWEL 🎯

For the two “could be” words, I went with my gut feeling.

The rest was straightforward but not in such a way that I could zip through it all without taking a breath.

Daily Extreme Octordle #1373

STRAY 4️⃣8️⃣ ALARM

SLYLY 7️⃣6️⃣ DULLY

IMBUE 9️⃣5️⃣ WAIST

HEDGE 3️⃣🔟 BOWEL

Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,593 3/6

⬛🟨🟩⬛🟩

⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Thankfully this was better than yesterday’s.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,593 3/6

⬛🟨🟩⬛🟩 TRACE

⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨 SLING <- eliminator

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GLARE 🎯

I suspected either flare or glare, but there were nine possibilities.

Blare flare glare aware share spare snare quare whare reave  - but neither quare nor whare were likely. 

Using sling:

blare = _g___

flare = _g___

glare = _g__y

aware = _____

share = g____

spare = g____

snare = g__y_

reave = _____

Using angel:

blare = y__yy

flare = y__yy

glare = y_yyy

aware = g__y_

share = y__y_

spare = y__y_

snare = yg_y_

reave = y__y_

Sling would serve me best.

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Daily Octordle #1374

8️⃣7️⃣

3️⃣2️⃣

5️⃣9️⃣

4️⃣6️⃣

Score: 44

A lovely bit of luck with my eliminator set the scene for a triumphant result. 44!

Spoiler

TRACE

LINGO <- eliminator 🎯🍾🥂🎺🥳🎉

PILOT 🎯

VOILA 🎯

VOWEL 🎯

WREST 🎯

IDIOM 🎯

AXIAL 🎯

RECUR 🎯

I’d no suspicion that lingo was the solution for 2R. Even less did I think I’d not need an eliminator at all! But as you can see, one word led to the other in a wonderfully logical unveiling… Pilot was obvious after lingo. Then only voila would fit for 4L, and that led straight to vowel for 3L.

After that, the W led to wrest for 4R, and 1R showed __IO_. There was only one word that would fit. The same held true for 1L; only axial would fit the __I_L with yellow A pattern.

Finally I was on the last word - 3R - and again it was a case of only one word fitting. I had yellow R, C and E. The E could only go into 1st or 2nd position (and I thought it would almost certainly in 2nd position). The C would therefore be 1st or 3rd. U was unplayed at this stage, and with E out of the running as a second letter, and Y not fitting into the pattern, that left U as the 4th position letter. It had to be recur.

Daily Octordle #1374

AXIAL 8️⃣7️⃣ IDIOM

PILOT 3️⃣2️⃣ LINGO

VOWEL 5️⃣9️⃣ RECUR

VOILA 4️⃣6️⃣ WREST

Score: 44

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Daily Extreme Octordle #1374

4️⃣3️⃣

5️⃣🔟

8️⃣9️⃣

6️⃣7️⃣

Score: 52

Back to the less heady heights of 52...

Spoiler

TRACE

SPOIL <- eliminator

MINCE 🎯🍀 could have been wince

ATLAS 🎯

AMAZE 🎯

DIMLY 🎯

ODDLY 🎯🍀 could have been godly

DOWNY 🎯

EVADE 🎯

POPUP 🎯

The two guesses had to be made. It was luck that they turned out to be correct.

Daily Extreme Octordle #1374

ATLAS 4️⃣3️⃣ MINCE

AMAZE 5️⃣🔟 POPUP

DOWNY 8️⃣9️⃣ EVADE

DIMLY 6️⃣7️⃣ ODDLY

Score: 52

[springyzone]

Well done on your 44 yesterday!

I was away from home but tried it out on my phone (OMG I hate doing it like that and not viewing a whole screen at once) & remember seeing lingo float by. I thought-aha, countess might get onto this one quickly!

My results were just ordinary but can't recall exact score.

Today's wordle was a bit of a pain.😂

Wordle 1,594 3/6

🟨🟨⬛🟨⬛
⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Spoiler

Straight after my second turn, I had all 5 letters but I couldn't think of what the answer might be. I was very drawn to leach but of course didn't have C.
I wasted a bit of time trying to make a word that started with H.
The main frustration was I couldn't use another eliminator as I already had the letters!
I was almost inclined to try leach anyway but then thought, no, I can do this!

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1375
6️⃣5️⃣
🕚9️⃣
🔟4️⃣
7️⃣8️⃣
Score: 60

Well, what a pain this was. My first 2 eliminators didn't lead clearly to anything at all.

There were a few spots that were suggestive of patterns but no certainty.

Spoiler

So on turn 3, I used another eliminator, pricy.
After that, fortunately, some of it started to fall into place.
probably my luckiest move was with #4, I felt it was probably between foggy and doggy and I prefered foggy and knew my score was shot anyway, so I might as well take the risk. Then #5 was a certainty, which only left #3.  And smash had been eliminated as a possibility.

PS I possibly should have taken a risk on #2 at turn 3, as i fancied coach. But it could have been roach, so i figured go with pricy as more useful.

[springyzone]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1375
8️⃣7️⃣
🔟6️⃣
3️⃣4️⃣
9️⃣5️⃣
Score: 52

This went much faster and was more intuitive, or at least it was, up till about the middle.

Spoiler

Where I had to pause and stop and think was on turn 8. I figured #1 probably started with H but for a while, I was trying to fit in another E (with no luck), until Y occurred to me.

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,594 3/6

🟨⬛🟨⬛🟩

⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

This was a no-nonsense Wordle.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,594 3/6

🟨⬛🟨⬛🟩 TRACE

⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 BLUSH <- eliminator

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LATHE 🎯

Thirteen or so possibilities after the starter; that was a nice start.