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]

Wordle 1,564 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I was pleased to see row 2 reduce the possibilities to 3.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,564 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 TRACE

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ BINGO <- eliminator

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GEESE 🎯

After the eliminator, it could have been segue, or fugue, or geese. It seems strange, doesn’t it, that one green and one yellow should construct the possible words to such a small set.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1345

🔟3️⃣

7️⃣4️⃣

9️⃣6️⃣

5️⃣8️⃣

Score: 52

There was a dearth of information revealed after the starter… I needed something, anything, to go forward.

Spoiler

TRACE

SHOGI -> eliminator

STERN 🎯

BEARD 🎯

ITCHY 🎯

YOUTH 🎯

FLUID 🎯

UNMET 🎯

GOING 🎯

WALTZ 🎯

Daily Octordle #1345

WALTZ 🔟3️⃣ STERN

FLUID 7️⃣4️⃣ BEARD

GOING 9️⃣6️⃣ YOUTH

ITCHY 5️⃣8️⃣ UNMET

Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1345

4️⃣9️⃣

5️⃣8️⃣

🕚6️⃣

3️⃣7️⃣

Score: 53

It was the final word which got me. 

Spoiler

TRACE

SPOIL <- eliminator

SLUMP 🎯

MANIC 🎯🍀 could have been magic

POSSE 🎯

VERSO 🎯

RASPY 🎯

ASSAY 🎯

VAUNT 🎯

EXILE 💣

LIEGE 🎯

Daily Extreme Octordle #1345

MANIC 4️⃣9️⃣ VAUNT

POSSE 5️⃣8️⃣ ASSAY

LIEGE 🕚6️⃣ VERSO

SLUMP 3️⃣7️⃣ RASPY

Score: 53

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,565 3/6

⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛
🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Quite a bit of luck with the eliminators today!

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1346
🕛9️⃣
3️⃣5️⃣
6️⃣4️⃣
8️⃣7️⃣
Score: 54

Not hard, but I did take a couple of risks along the way. I chose the words I thought were more common, as this is the classic.

That strategy doesn't always work but it did today-till the end, when I got caught out.

Spoiler

I was quite pleased with myself with sassy and sorry but truth to tell, I couldn't think of any other words, so I was lucky they worked out.
moist/foist (OMG just realised-joist. Lucky I never thought of it earlier as I would have gone for it), chime/chide worked out.
But swoop/spook didn't. I had not even thought of spoof at that point, so that was a nasty little surprise when spook turned out to be wrong.😂
I should not have been caught though as I think spoof has been out before.

[springyzone]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1346
9️⃣3️⃣
4️⃣5️⃣
6️⃣7️⃣
8️⃣🔟
Score: 52

Spoiler

This was fairly straight forward today.
I was lucky though as I now realise I solved in the wrong order. 
After turn 2, I could see #5 was likely grout or trout.
But after turn 3, that dilemma had been cleared and I should have solved it then.
Instead, i spent my time worrying about #3, mouse, douse, rouse and took a risk.

As for #8, I would never have guessed that earlier on but by the end, that was all it could be.

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,565 2/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩  

The eliminator was the answer.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,565 2/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ TRACE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPOIL <- !!!!!  🎯

No working out needed. Bang! There it was.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1346

🔟3️⃣

7️⃣9️⃣

6️⃣8️⃣

4️⃣5️⃣

Score: 52

This was a slow one.

Spoiler

TRACE

LINGO -> eliminator

LIVER 🎯🍀 could have been lifer… but unlikely

BENCH 🎯🍀 could have been hench (unlikely), wench

CHIME 🎯🍀 could have been chide…

MOIST 🎯

UNSET 🎯 it’s been a while

SASSY 🎯

SORRY 🎯

SPOOF 🎯🍀 could have been spook, swoop

One word led to another, and it was a matter of logic plus a bit of luck until I came to the last word. That was down to pure luck.

Daily Octordle #1346

SPOOF 🔟3️⃣ LIVER

UNSET 7️⃣9️⃣ SORRY

MOIST 6️⃣8️⃣ SASSY

BENCH 4️⃣5️⃣ CHIME

Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1346

8️⃣4️⃣

5️⃣🔟

3️⃣6️⃣

7️⃣9️⃣

Score: 52

Much faster. 

Spoiler

TRACE

SHOGI <- eliminator

GROUT 🎯

TUNIC 🎯

MOUSE 🎯 I suppose it could have been louse

MIDGE 🎯

CIDER 🎯

PEDAL 🎯

PAEAN 🎯

BOSSY 🎯

Once I’d played mouse, midge was revealed. The D from that gave me cider. 1L couldn’t be medal (because of mouse/midge), hence pedal. The p from that was the final piece I needed for paean. Finally - bossy was all that remained.

Daily Extreme Octordle #1346

PEDAL 8️⃣4️⃣ TUNIC

MOUSE 5️⃣🔟 BOSSY

GROUT 3️⃣6️⃣ MIDGE

CIDER 7️⃣9️⃣ PAEAN

Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

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@springyzone wrote:

Daily Octordle #1346
🕛9️⃣
3️⃣5️⃣
6️⃣4️⃣
8️⃣7️⃣
Score: 54

Not hard, but I did take a couple of risks along the way. I chose the words I thought were more common, as this is the classic.

That strategy doesn't always work but it did today-till the end, when I got caught out.

Spoiler

I was quite pleased with myself with sassy and sorry but truth to tell, I couldn't think of any other words, so I was lucky they worked out.
moist/foist (OMG just realised-joist. Lucky I never thought of it earlier as I would have gone for it), chime/chide worked out.
But swoop/spook didn't. I had not even thought of spoof at that point, so that was a nasty little surprise when spook turned out to be wrong.😂
I should not have been caught though as I think spoof has been out before.

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Spoiler

Yes, spoof’s been on several times. That really was luck: no way to tell which was correct.