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 1,360 3/6

⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛
🟩⬛⬛⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

After the first turn, I debated whether I should try something else for my second shot, but glad I didn't.

Spoiler

I did have my fingers crossed though that the answer would not be smite.

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1141
5️⃣7️⃣
8️⃣6️⃣
9️⃣3️⃣
🔟🕚
Score: 59

No mistakes as such, the higher score is because I used another eliminator on turn 4 to help sort out some possibilities.

Spoiler

fudgy

Daily Extreme Octordle #1141
8️⃣🕚
4️⃣6️⃣
7️⃣5️⃣
3️⃣9️⃣
Score: 53

This played out very similarly actually, the only difference being I used another eliminator right at the end.

Spoiler

Even at the end, #2 could have been wacky, baggy, daddy, daggy (I thought that last one was less likely) so I used cubed as eliminator and it gave me D.

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,360 3/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩
⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I whittled it down to two possible answers.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,360 3/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩 TRACE
⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 LIMOS
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPITE 🎯

It could have been suite.

[countessalmirena]

Boy, this was tough!

Daily Octordle #1141
6️⃣🕚
3️⃣9️⃣
8️⃣5️⃣
7️⃣4️⃣
Score: 53

Spoiler

TRACE
LOGIN <- eliminator
VIGOR 🎯 could have been rigorously; I still don’t like the US spelling
MIMIC 🎯
ETHOS 🎯
FUROR 🎯 I nearly chose juror
MUDDY 🎯
UNDUE 🎯
RUDER 🎯
JEWEL 💣
BLEEP 🎯

Daily Octordle #1141
FUROR 6️⃣🕚 BLEEP
VIGOR 3️⃣9️⃣ RUDER
UNDUE 8️⃣5️⃣ ETHOS
MUDDY 7️⃣4️⃣ MIMIC
Score: 53

[countessalmirena]

I almost forgot:

EXTREME Octordle.

Daily Extreme Octordle #1141
5️⃣🕚
4️⃣3️⃣
9️⃣7️⃣
8️⃣6️⃣
Score: 53

Spoiler

TRACE
SPOIL <- eliminator 
SPURT 🎯
MEANT 🎯
REMIX 🎯
LAPEL 🎯
QUILL 🎯
SHINY 🎯 could have been SWING
HUFFY 🎯
BAGGY 💣
DADDY 🎯 but could have been JAZZY

Daily Extreme Octordle #1141
REMIX 5️⃣🕚 DADDY
MEANT 4️⃣3️⃣ SPURT
HUFFY 9️⃣7️⃣ QUILL
SHINY 8️⃣6️⃣ LAPEL
Score: 53

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,361 2/6

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

The solution is, of course, obvious. I don’t need to include a spoiler. 🥳🥂

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1142
2️⃣3️⃣
8️⃣9️⃣
6️⃣7️⃣
🔟5️⃣
Score: 50

A highly annoying word nestles within this innocent-looking Octordle.

Spoiler

TRACE
TRACK 🎯 annoying!!!!
KRILL 🎯
MOUND <- eliminator
TENOR 🎯
WINDY 🎯
PINEY 🎯
MOVER 🎯
FIFTY 🎯 could have been sixty
ARRAY 🎯

Daily Octordle #1142
TRACK 2️⃣3️⃣ KRILL
MOVER 8️⃣9️⃣ FIFTY
WINDY 6️⃣7️⃣ PINEY
ARRAY 🔟5️⃣ TENOR
Score: 50

[countessalmirena]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1142
🔟3️⃣
4️⃣8️⃣
5️⃣9️⃣
7️⃣6️⃣
Score: 52

Some guessing involved…

Spoiler

TRACE
LOINS <- eliminator
PINTO 🎯
PROBE 🎯 could have been prove
BRICK 🎯
PENNY 🎯
BATCH 🎯
QUIET 🎯 My fingers badly wanted to enter “exist”, even though I knew there was no S in this.
DONUT 🎯 US spelling; grrr
AUGUR 🎯

Daily Extreme Octordle #1142
AUGUR 🔟3️⃣ PINTO
PROBE 4️⃣8️⃣ QUIET
BRICK 5️⃣9️⃣ DONUT
BATCH 7️⃣6️⃣ PENNY
Score: 52

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,361 4/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨
⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Even after 2 turns, I wasn't sure what it would be, except I suspected it would have an R in there somewhere, so 3rd word was pricy.

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1142
5️⃣6️⃣
🕛🔟
🕚7️⃣
8️⃣3️⃣
Score: 62

I felt the need for another eliminator at turn 4 then again at turn 9, hence the bad score. I used pricy & fumed.

Spoiler

I feel pleased that i at least avoided a trap at #3, where I was sorely tempted to try mower, but after solving # 5, I knew what it was.