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 Octordle #271
7️⃣🕛
🕚5️⃣
🔟8️⃣
9️⃣6️⃣
Score: 68
octordle.com

I found today's octordle fairly straightforward. Probably what helped most was when I knew exactly what vowels I had to work with in each word.

[springyzone]

Wordle 491 4/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I only solved this because I knew all the things it couldn't be.

[springyzone]

Daily Dordle 0272 5&4/7
🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
zaratustra.itch.io/dordle

I got the left hand word mainly because I could see what letter was not on the end where it usually would go. Plus it is a word we have already seen come out, a few weeks back I think it was. It will get you singing.

[springyzone]

Daily Quordle 272
8️⃣4️⃣
7️⃣5️⃣
quordle.com
🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨
⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

The first word-shades of JFK again. We saw that word not all that many weeks ago.

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #272
9️⃣7️⃣
4️⃣🔟
8️⃣5️⃣
🕛6️⃣
Score: 61
octordle.com

It's moments like these.......

For several of the words, I realised it was a case of recycling some of the letters I already had instead of finding new ones to add to the mix.

The 7th word has a bit of an American flavour, I thought. Trouble was, I wasted a turn on the elephant instead of going for the food.

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 491 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩
🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

This sort of word is a favourite of the algorithm here. Mmm.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Dordle 0272 3&5/7
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
zaratustra.itch.io/dordle

The word on the right was obviously one of two possibilities; my first choice was wrong.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Quordle 272
4️⃣7️⃣
5️⃣6️⃣
quordle.com
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Yes (re good old K).

Bottom right had me singing a famous men’s chorus. Bottom left isn’t much fun. Top right - well, I spent a lot of time going through the list of words it could be, and to my surprise there was only one contender. (A strong contender, though.)

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #272
9️⃣🕚
8️⃣6️⃣
7️⃣4️⃣
🔟5️⃣
octordle.com

Yes, bottom left is such an iconic one for the south.

Second block left is a new word here, I think…? I don’t recall seeing it in play before.

Second block right is an antidote to bottom left of Quordle.

When I play Octordle, I hope never to be block 3 right, and to make no top lefts.

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 492 3/6

🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Once I’d played row 2, I knew the answer was one of two words.