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 1,585 4/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

My first inclination after turn 2 was torte but it didn't feel right, plus if wrong, it didn't test many new letters.

So I kept thinking and came up with metro or retro, which both seemed more likely, we've seen them pop up numerous times in Octordle.

So.. I went with metro.

After that, I figured it was probably _eto_.

Ah yes, another familiar word, at last.

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1366
7️⃣8️⃣
6️⃣4️⃣
9️⃣2️⃣
5️⃣🔟
Score: 51

This one was not too bad.

Spoiler

I took a risk on turn 2, but couldn't think of anything else, offhand, so just had a go.
After that, I debated whether to use shout, as S was already out. I almost chose touch but figured shout would or might help place the two tellow S's.

[springyzone]

You win some, you lose some.

This one didn't feel all that hard but I made a mistake.

Daily Extreme Octordle #1366
8️⃣🕚
🔟9️⃣
3️⃣7️⃣
5️⃣6️⃣
Score: 59

Spoiler

Unfortunately the mistake was early on in the game, on turn 4. I tried merit and it ended up being remit, wouldn't you know it! In all honesty, remit had not even occurred to me so it is not as if I agonised over a choice though.
The really silly thing is, before I tried merit, I looked at #7 and thought-monty (as it couldn't be month), and then immediately thought, no way.
The rest was okay.

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,585 3/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨

⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I don’t particularly like the answer.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,585 3/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨 TRACE

⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ BOILS <- eliminator

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DETOX 🎯

It could have been depot, often, jeton, outed, opted - but my suspicions were high that Wordle was using that detestable abbreviation which it so loves.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1366

3️⃣4️⃣

6️⃣5️⃣

8️⃣7️⃣

9️⃣🔟

Score: 52

Back to a more usual good old eliminator.

Spoiler

TRACE

LINGO <- eliminator

CROSS 🎯 (ruling out all plurals)

CYNIC 🎯

WHINE 🎯

LIGHT 🎯

ASIDE 🎯

TITLE 🎯(tilde ruled out - no D)

SPORT 🎯

BOOZY 🎯 

Daily Octordle #1366

CROSS 3️⃣4️⃣ CYNIC

LIGHT 6️⃣5️⃣ WHINE

TITLE 8️⃣7️⃣ ASIDE

SPORT 9️⃣🔟 BOOZY

Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1366

🔟8️⃣

3️⃣9️⃣

5️⃣4️⃣

6️⃣7️⃣

Score: 52

Spoiler

TRACE

LINGO -> eliminator

VINYL 🎯

RUGBY 🎯

BENCH 🎯

MONTY 🎯

REMIT 🎯

GIDDY 🎯

SWORD 🎯🍀 could have been fjord

SNIFF 🎯

Apart from the fjord/sword moment, this was an elegant and straightforward Octordle. Rugby led to bench, monty led to remit. The rest fell into place without a fuss.

Daily Extreme Octordle #1366

SNIFF 🔟8️⃣ GIDDY

VINYL 3️⃣9️⃣ SWORD

BENCH 5️⃣4️⃣ RUGBY

MONTY 6️⃣7️⃣ REMIT

Score: 52

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,586 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨
🟩⬛⬛🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Straightforward one today.

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1367
9️⃣6️⃣
🔟3️⃣
4️⃣8️⃣
5️⃣7️⃣
Score: 52

Spoiler

One led to the other without major dramas. I did consider boney towards the end for #1 then thought... nah.
And amply ruled itself out. We have had apply/amply popping up a bit lately.

[springyzone]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1367
🔟5️⃣
6️⃣7️⃣
9️⃣3️⃣
2️⃣🕚
Score: 53

I'm pretty satisfied with this. I needed to use another eliminator lower down as I got stuck.

Spoiler

After a promising start, things fizzled out a bit.

The hardest one for me to solve was #4 radii. I was trying to put that R last but wasn't coming up with anything, not did it work out in the middle. And it couldn't be radio. So I got there eventually but it took a while.
I was surprised not to uncover D in #5 as I fancied drawn more than prawn or brawn.

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,586 3/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛

⬛⬛⬛🟨🟩

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

The eliminator seems to me to be entirely satisfactory.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,586 3/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ TRACE

⬛⬛⬛🟨🟩 HOIST <- eliminator

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STUNT 🎯

I just cannot see any other word possibility. Have I missed anything?