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 🤣

[countessalmirena]

Daily Quordle 707
6️⃣5️⃣
4️⃣7️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

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

TRACE and MOUND … 7 again. No fireworks for a 7. Seven is a solid result and that’s all.

[springyzone]

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@countessalmirena wrote:

TRACE and MOUND … 7 again. No fireworks for a 7. Seven is a solid result and that’s all.

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Oh, I don't know about that, Countess. Must be worth a sparkler, at least! 😁

Wordle 927 3/6

🟩⬛🟩⬛🟨
🟩🟨⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #708
🕚5️⃣
🕛7️⃣
🟥6️⃣
🕐3️⃣
Score: 71

No good today,  a few unfortunate guesses.

[countessalmirena]

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@springyzone wrote:

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@countessalmirena wrote:

TRACE and MOUND … 7 again. No fireworks for a 7. Seven is a solid result and that’s all.

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Oh, I don't know about that, Countess. Must be worth a sparkler, at least! 😁

Wordle 927 3/6

🟩⬛🟩⬛🟨
🟩🟨⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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You had a tremendous starter, springyzone!

I didn’t hit the jackpot with SLATE, but I played DINGO in the 2nd row, and this brought the answer within reach. There were 3 or 4 possibilities resulting from that, and I went with gut instinct.

Wordle 927 3/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #708
5️⃣4️⃣
9️⃣3️⃣
🕚6️⃣
7️⃣8️⃣
Score: 53

I had a misstep on row 10; it was a question of the default or a type of compound.

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #709
🕛8️⃣
🔟6️⃣
9️⃣3️⃣
7️⃣4️⃣
Score: 59

A better result today than yesterday, it was fairly smooth going, not hard, though I did use an eliminator at turn 5, mainly because I could see the first word had about a hundred possibilities (slight exaggeration, but you know what I mean). And by the end, I had narrowed it down to just two, and of course chose the wrong one first. I have a knack. 😂

[springyzone]

Wordle 929 3/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨
🟩🟨🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Pleased enough with this.

Daily Octordle #710
🕚5️⃣
🕐3️⃣
9️⃣6️⃣
7️⃣🕛
Score: 66

Was a bit surprised the score was so bad as it didn't seem too hard when I was playing, but must admit I used another eliminator at turn 4, which is frowned upon by Bot, plus made a mistake on 1 & 5.

#1, American spelling alert

Spoiler

My mistakes were bench and major.

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[countessalmirena]

Wordle 929 2/6

🟨⬛🟩🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

My starter was TRACE.

The bot said that it would have played the same eliminator/guess.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #710
🕚4️⃣
9️⃣5️⃣
6️⃣3️⃣
🔟8️⃣
Score: 56

I could have done better… I made one guess where V or D were in question, and my guess there was wrong.

[springyzone]

Wordle 930 3/6

⬛🟨⬛🟨🟨
🟩⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I got off the straight and narrow and went for a different eliminator at turn 2, one that I thought contained more of the letters in possible answers. I found it wonderfully helpful, actually.

Bot wasn't keen at all, though he grudgingly admitted it had cut the possible answers down to one so I should get it next turn.😁