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 🤣

[janeababe]

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@countessalmirena wrote:

That was an easy one for me. I am well acquainted with caulking; I have a caulking gun and do I feel lucky, Wordle? Well, do I?

Yes, I did.

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Countess, was CAULK your word for today? Because I had that two days ago. 

We own about 8 caulking guns. I tend to just buy a new one each time I need one, I’m terrible like that, and they are cheap enough lol 

[*sons_and_daughters*]

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@k1ooo-slr-sales wrote:

I think luck can play a large part for some letter combinations.

I started getting cocky when I was getting it in 3 . . . then I came back to earth with some 4s and 5s.

Apparently, "CAULK" ended a lot of player winning streaks.  There was a twitterstorm over it.  

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[countessalmirena]

I had it 2 days ago; I think we’re still in synch with the words.

I know my much-loved family member had caulking guns but I could not find one when I needed it. I bought one made of steel - RED.

[countessalmirena]

It feels as though someone’s worked on the innards of the new Wordle.

Wordle 245 4/6

🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

[*sons_and_daughters*]

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@*sons_and_daughters* wrote:

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@k1ooo-slr-sales wrote:

I think luck can play a large part for some letter combinations.

I started getting cocky when I was getting it in 3 . . . then I came back to earth with some 4s and 5s.

Apparently, "CAULK" ended a lot of player winning streaks.  There was a twitterstorm over it.  

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Hmmm, my reply didn't show up after the quote. Caulk was the word I got in one go! Still have no idea how I did it. Especially as the next day I failed.

[*sons_and_daughters*]

Interestingly, when I attempted line 4, my first thought was the eventual answer. I thought, nah, it wouldn't be that, so went for 2 other options. Hey, at least I didn't fail again!

Wordle 245 6/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

Wordle 245 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I have settled into a 4 routine

[ambercat16]

I seem to be stuck on 5

Wordle 245 5/6

⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨
🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩
🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

[countessalmirena]

The usual letters are not being used as much. Words seem to be being chosen based upon their difficulty in being guessed within the offered number of tries.

I am rethinking my strategy.

[janeababe]

Wordle 245 5/6

🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜
🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜
🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

They are getting sneaky now.  Too many choices ….. 🤔