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 🤣

[springyzone]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1385
3️⃣8️⃣
4️⃣6️⃣
5️⃣9️⃣
7️⃣🔟
Score: 52

This gave off vibes of another game several days back.

I was looking at #1 and thinking (on turn 3) shush or shuck.

Ar least shuck tried out 2 new letters and S/H were not contenders in other words anyway.

It felt as if some of these words were a bit tired. Jumbo, piney, circa

My guess on #8 would have been nerdy had the R not been out of contention as that is another fav of theirs.😂

It is funny as for #4, I was actually thinking.. mumbo? gumbo? But when I saw jumbo as a possibility that instantly moved into first preference.😁

[countessalmirena]

Oops, yesterday’s Wordle.

Wordle 1605 3/6

🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

The eliminator saved my bacon. This was one of those Wordles which can trap one in an endless list of possible letters.

Spoiler

Wordle 1605 3/6

🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛ TRACE

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ BIPOD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TABBY 🎯

If I hadn’t used bipod, I wouldn’t have solved this on row 3. In fact, even row 4 would have been problematic.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1386

4️⃣🔟

9️⃣5️⃣

6️⃣7️⃣

8️⃣2️⃣

Score: 51

The aroma of return guests … reused words… Are there no other words for this Octordle to use?!!!!

Spoiler

TRACE

STARE 🎯

LOGIN <- eliminator

EGRET 🎯 seen too often!

SHOAL 🎯

SAINT 🎯

TUMOR 🎯🍀 US spelling; could have been tutor

ELUDE 🎯

FRAME 🎯

DWELT 🎯

I wanted more in the way of letters at row 7, which is why I opted for tumor rather than tutor.

Daily Octordle #1386

EGRET 4️⃣🔟 DWELT

FRAME 9️⃣5️⃣ SHOAL

SAINT 6️⃣7️⃣ TUMOR

ELUDE 8️⃣2️⃣ STARE

Score: 51

[countessalmirena]

And to finish yesterday’s ….

Daily Extreme Octordle #1386

9️⃣🔟

4️⃣3️⃣

6️⃣5️⃣

7️⃣8️⃣

Score: 52

This was easy. Too easy. It was over more quickly than it takes to say Blue Moon.

Spoiler

TRACE

LOGIN <- eliminator

WOMAN 🎯

MANGA 🎯

LEECH 🎯

VOILA 🎯

RAJAH 🎯

BRAVO 🎯

STAND 🎯

UNFIT 🎯

Smoooooother than Ella Fitzgerald singing “Someone to watch over me”.  It was simple, straightforward, no knots, no tangles, all saxophone and whiskey-voice.

Daily Extreme Octordle #1386

STAND 9️⃣🔟 UNFIT

MANGA 4️⃣3️⃣ WOMAN

VOILA 6️⃣5️⃣ LEECH

RAJAH 7️⃣8️⃣ BRAVO

Score: 52

[springyzone]

Didn't get a chance to be on computer yesterday as I was out.

I did do the games on my phone during the day.

The wordle took me several goes but I forget what I tried.

alien/shout to start with, that I know.

Both octordles were very average, one of them in the high 50s, but can't recall which one.

Today's games, not much better.

Wordle 1,606 5/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟨🟩⬛⬛🟩
⬛🟩🟨⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

alien/shout/micro/bimbo/gizmo

I didn't particularly like bimbo but at that point, it was what flashed into my mind, and being the impatient type.....😑

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1387
9️⃣🕚
🔟8️⃣
3️⃣6️⃣
5️⃣4️⃣
Score: 56

Most annoying game. After turn 3, I could see #8 was probably shook or shock and #7 sworn/scorn/spoon.

I was almost inclined to try another eliminator (pricy) but decided to try shock as at least it exposed the C.

I didn't guess #1 till towards the end but thought, what does it think it is, the extreme or something?

And even at the very end, #2 could have been vixen.

So things could have been worse for me, score wise.

[springyzone]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1387
🔟9️⃣
6️⃣7️⃣
5️⃣🕛
3️⃣8️⃣
Score: 60

After turn 3, I wasn't sure of anything. I had a couple of possibilities for most of them, so I went with pricy as another eliminator. It proved useful, at least it cleared things up a bit. I knew #3 was not ranch and #5 not scone or snope.

Took me a while to solve #1.

And I made a mistake on #6 but at least it was possible.

[springyzone]

I've just realised your posts from this morning were for yesterday, not today. Sorry I didn't put my results in spoilers but I am guessing you will have done yours before you come on, anyway.

[countessalmirena]

Today’s…

(Yes, I have saved mine in my Notes app, including the spoiler element.)

Wordle 1,606 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

⬛🟩⬛🟨🟩

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

One of my favourite eliminators did what it does best: hunted down the fleeing word.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,606 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ TRACE

⬛🟩⬛🟨🟩 LINGO <- eliminator

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GIZMO 🎯

Good old lingo! That sorted it out admirably.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1387

5️⃣8️⃣

🔟7️⃣

9️⃣2️⃣

4️⃣6️⃣

Score: 51

An easy 2nd row didn’t really help me further, as there were no new letters!

Spoiler

TRACE

CATER 🎯

MOUND <- eliminator

SCORN 🎯

UMBRA 🎯

SHOCK 🎯

GAMMA 🎯

WIDEN 🎯

FLESH 🎯

COYLY 🎯

Daily Octordle #1387

UMBRA 5️⃣8️⃣ WIDEN

COYLY 🔟7️⃣ GAMMA

FLESH 9️⃣2️⃣ CATER

SCORN 4️⃣6️⃣ SHOCK

Score: 51