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]

Wordle 677 3/6

⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I am excessively pleased with this but I did sort of cheat a bit. 😁

As you can see, I had 3 letters but no placements after turn 2.

The problem was, I could think of 2 or 3 words I could make with those letters & I was very drawn to one of them.

But I could see you had the first 2 letters in place after your second turn. Plus a yellow from that word.

So I had a little think.. could I recall any words you had ever mentioned that started with the first 2 letters of any of my possibilities.

Yes, there was one (not my fav, I had been going to go with an ice house) but the decider was your second yellow as that was also a letter in one of my possibilities.

Spoiler

lough?

[*sons_n_daughters*]

Wordle 677 3/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #458
8️⃣5️⃣
🕚9️⃣
6️⃣3️⃣
🔟4️⃣
Score: 56

My best for a while.

[springyzone]

Daily Dordle 0458 4&3/7
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜
🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
zaratustra.itch.io/dordle

This worked out for me today too.

[springyzone]

Daily Quordle 458
7️⃣5️⃣
4️⃣6️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle
🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜
⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

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

This wasn't too bad either. The first word was all I could think of with the collection of letters I had and the placement of 2 of them.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #458
6️⃣3️⃣
9️⃣8️⃣
7️⃣4️⃣
🔟5️⃣
Score: 52

This was pleasing. It felt right.

[countessalmirena]

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@springyzone wrote:

Wordle 677 3/6

⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I am excessively pleased with this but I did sort of cheat a bit. 😁

As you can see, I had 3 letters but no placements after turn 2.

The problem was, I could think of 2 or 3 words I could make with those letters & I was very drawn to one of them.

But I could see you had the first 2 letters in place after your second turn. Plus a yellow from that word.

So I had a little think.. could I recall any words you had ever mentioned that started with the first 2 letters of any of my possibilities.

Yes, there was one (not my fav, I had been going to go with an ice house) but the decider was your second yellow as that was also a letter in one of my possibilities.

Spoiler

lough?

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Yes! That was my 2nd row word. 

Well played.

[springyzone]

Wordle 679 4/6

🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟨⬛⬛🟨
🟩🟨🟨🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Took a while to go through some possibilities.

Daily Octordle #460
7️⃣🕚
9️⃣🔟
3️⃣🕐
5️⃣8️⃣
Score: 66

Tried some likely (but incorrect) words here too.

[*sons_n_daughters*]

Wordle 679 3/6

🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜
🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I think I got lucky today with my usual start word giving me 3 letters.

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 679 2/6

🟩🟨⬛🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Luck!

I began with one of my usual starters, and the result gave me two possible word options. One wasn’t hiding a thing, and the other gave a lovely fresh oil.

I chose the right option.