WORDLE - anyone else trying the daily online word game?

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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]

Wordle 1,123 3/6

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This was pleasing. My eliminator gave me necessary information but it made me run through quite a few pattern possibilities!

Spoiler

TRACE
LOUGH
DECOY

With E ruled out of the last position, many words were knocked out of the running.

I could find only “decoy” as a word to fit what was ruled I’m in and ruled out. 

[countessalmirena]

I feel rather dissatisfied with Octordle today.

Daily Octordle #904
4️⃣5️⃣
🔟6️⃣
8️⃣7️⃣
🕚2️⃣
Score: 53

I immediately had 4R, so I should have been on track for a result under 50, shouldn’t I? But no… even though one of the words (3L) was one of my favourite eliminators, it didn’t really help… and I made a wrong guess (2L) which cost me a crucial row.

Spoiler

TRACE
REACT 🎯
SOILY <- eliminator
QUILT  🎯
MYRRH  🎯
SPITE  🎯
PUFFY  🎯 (could have been PUPPY)
LOGIN  🎯 (I often use this as eliminator)
WINDY  💩 Grrrr
NINNY 🎯
EVOKE 🎯

Daily Octordle #904
QUILT 4️⃣5️⃣ MYRRH
NINNY 🔟6️⃣ SPITE
LOGIN 8️⃣7️⃣ PUFFY
EVOKE 🕚2️⃣ REACT
Score: 53

[countessalmirena]

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@springyzone wrote:

My problem was that for several words, even towards the end, I had too many possibilities. Made a few wrong guesses.

Spoiler

puppy/puffy, windy/ninny,  built/quilt.
I also wasn't sure which way to jump on #8 as it could equally have been treat or react


Yes, exactly! We faced some of the same dilemmas for the same words. It’s a sneaky tactic from Octordle, and I think the letters didn’t play off each other sufficiently.     

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Reply in spoiler above…

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #905
3️⃣9️⃣
8️⃣6️⃣
5️⃣7️⃣
4️⃣🔟
Score: 52

I started out cautiously. There were several letters that I wanted to confirm as in or out, and I gave a lot of thought to my eliminator.

Spoiler

TRACE
HOUND <- eliminator

Immediately I knew that 1L had no O and that it had an H, I thought the pattern must be _ HACK rather than _ _ ACH, as there was no E either…

I was right. I then looked at 4L, trying various combinations, and once I saw that an old “friend” would fit, I went for it: CAULK.

I now had everything I needed for ULCER in 3L.

2R - I had the green TA and a green L in 4th position; it had to be TALLY, surely. It was.

3R - I had 2 Ls and an E in 4th. The Ls were not in positions 2 or 3 so it was L__EL.

2L was now in the bag, and the rest was straightforward.

Daily Octordle #905
SHACK 3️⃣9️⃣ WEDGE
LAUGH 8️⃣6️⃣ TALLY
ULCER 5️⃣7️⃣ LEVEL
CAULK 4️⃣🔟 OWNER
Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,124 3/6

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⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

My eliminator didn’t get it down to only one possible solution, but close enough for me to make a strong guess - which was right.

Spoiler

TRACE
SPOIL
QUITE 🎯 

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,124 3/6

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After my first word, I was tempted to try for a different second word as eliminator but I am glad I didn't and went with the usual as it pretty much solved it.

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #905
6️⃣🔟
3️⃣7️⃣
8️⃣🕛
5️⃣🕚
Score: 62

Most annoying and a lesson not to rush things.

What really rankles is that after my first 2 turns, okay, I could immediately guess what is your 2L.

But I also sat here and wrote down the answers to 7, 5 and 4. What I thought they probably were.

But I wasn't game to just go with them so i tried another eliminator just to be sure, to be sure and  yes, it confirmed what I thought.

Then I made a stupid mistake on #8 through not paying attention.

Oh well, got there... eventually.

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,125 3/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨
🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

My starter left the field wide open, but I used a judiciously considered eliminator. There were only two possible solutions after that. 

Spoiler

TRACE
DOILY
NERDY 🎯

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #906
6️⃣7️⃣
5️⃣🔟
4️⃣9️⃣
3️⃣8️⃣
Score: 52

This had some moments of complexity, where several choices beckon alluringly.

Spoiler

TRACE
SPOIL <- eliminator
APPLY 🎯 (only possible answer)
ABIDE 🎯 again, what else could it be?

Daily Octordle #906
REGAL 6️⃣7️⃣ AUNTY
BYLAW 5️⃣🔟 FLORA
ABIDE 4️⃣9️⃣ STUFF
APPLY 3️⃣8️⃣ STUNT
Score: 52

1L might have been FERAL or RENAL, so this was luck.

4R could have been SHUNT; I nearly used that.

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,127 3/6

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I was pretty lucky this morning as after my first 2 turns, there wasn't much else it could be!