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]

I was inspired!

Wordle 1,296 2/6

⬛🟨⬛🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Very lucky guess; it flew a bit in the face of a methodical approach (my usual sort). I simply thought, “It’s going to be [aaaaa], isn’t it?”.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,296 2/6

⬛🟨⬛🟨🟨 TRACE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CYBER 🎯

[countessalmirena]

This was more logical.

Daily Octordle #1077
3️⃣5️⃣
7️⃣8️⃣
9️⃣4️⃣
🔟6️⃣
Score: 52

Spoiler

TRACE
LOGIN <- eliminator
LEAFY 🎯
GUILE 🎯
CROUP 🎯
PRISM 🎯 could have been primp
SMEAR 🎯
ABACK 🎯 could have been whack
DRUNK 🎯
RADII 🎯

Daily Octordle #1077
LEAFY 3️⃣5️⃣ CROUP
SMEAR 7️⃣8️⃣ ABACK
DRUNK 9️⃣4️⃣ GUILE
RADII 🔟6️⃣ PRISM
Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

Another day, another Octordle, and it still feels warm.

Daily Octordle #1078
6️⃣9️⃣
7️⃣2️⃣
4️⃣8️⃣
🔟5️⃣
Score: 51

I made a guess on 2R (your #4, I think?), and fortune smiled.

But I could go no further, and it was immediately time for an eliminator.

Spoiler

TRACE
SPACE 🎯
LOGIN <- eliminator
FLARE 🎯 could have been blare
LOUSY 🎯
AUDIT 🎯
DEFER 🎯
ENDOW 🎯
ABOVE 🎯
SAVVY 🎯

Daily Octordle #1078
AUDIT 6️⃣9️⃣ ABOVE
DEFER 7️⃣2️⃣ SPACE
FLARE 4️⃣8️⃣ ENDOW
SAVVY 🔟5️⃣ LOUSY
Score: 51

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,297 3/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

After I saw which letter couldn’t be 4th, considering which letter was 5th, I couldn’t see any possible answer other than the one which I guessed.

My eliminator helped to balance out the disappointing starter result.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,297 3/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ TRACE (only a yellow R!)
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩 DOING <- eliminator
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPRIG 🎯

If I’d used DINGO instead of DOING, it wouldn’t have been as straightforward. You simply can’t account for luck. Sometimes it’s with one, and sometimes it’s against one

[springyzone]

OMG Countess, I thought I was going to beat you to it today, for sure (unless you had hung an all nighter at 2am or something).

I got wordle more from what letters had been eliminated than from what had been exposed, and by the yellow placement of one vowel. 

It made me think of the likely first 3 letters and after that, it was an easy step.

Wordle 1,297 3/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1078
3️⃣9️⃣
4️⃣6️⃣
5️⃣8️⃣
🔟7️⃣
Score: 52

I was very happy with today's effort (for me). Have to admit, each solved word seemed to help with another, which was nice.

PS Have you done octordle yet? I can't see it but it could be pages back, the way my computer works.

I am expecting great things from you today, maybe into the 40s!

[countessalmirena]

Yes! My Octordle is here: https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/WORDLE-anyone-else-trying-the-daily-online-word-ga...

I didn’t manage a score in the 40s, but 51 was fine. Even though I grabbed that second row, I had nothing to reveal another word at that point. 

[countessalmirena]

It’s another day; I’ve run out of Phenergan and hayfever is hitting hard… I’m still getting over a bug of some sort… but I did manage to remove those pernicious bloodstains from the carpet after repeated efforts.

So - onto Octordle.

Daily Octordle #1079
6️⃣3️⃣
4️⃣5️⃣
9️⃣7️⃣
8️⃣🔟
Score: 52

Spoiler

TRACE
LINGO <- eliminator 
ALGAE 🎯
PILOT 🎯
ADAPT 🎯
SLINK 🎯 could have been “blink”
MINCE 🎯 knew now it wasn’t “since”
STRAP 🎯
DRIVE 🎯 could have been “bride”
BOOZY 🎯 could have been “woozy”

Three occasions of having to guess presented themselves. I felt quite calm when making my guesses, though; had I made a misstep, it wouldn’t have been pretty.

Daily Octordle #1079
SLINK 6️⃣3️⃣ ALGAE
PILOT 4️⃣5️⃣ ADAPT
DRIVE 9️⃣7️⃣ MINCE
STRAP 8️⃣🔟 BOOZY
Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,298 3/6

🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I’m happy with this. The eliminator combined with the starter ruled out all contenders save one.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,298 3/6

🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛ TRACE
🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛ SOILY <- eliminator
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ATLAS 🎯

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,298 3/6

🟩🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I really, really wanted to use a different eliminator for turn 2 because just about all the words I could think of that started with A had an L in second place, and I had my doubts H would be in the mix. Then again, I did need to know if any other vowels were involved so in the end, I stuck with routine & it did clear the way.