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 770 3/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I started with ratio and was quite pleased to get it in 3.

I went with ratio as I seem to recall getting all letters yesterday with my 2 eliminators (alien/shout) so I thought I should probably change today's starters.

[countessalmirena]

Another middle of the night, another stretch of sleepless darkness…

Wordle 771 3/6

🟨⬛🟨⬛🟩
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

My starter was useful enough; I suspected where one of the yellows would be, as well as what the remaining letters could be. Using that, I played my 2nd row eliminator.

That gave me confirmation of 2nd letter. It also ruled out one possibility for two letters, and I could now guess what those letters (and thus the word) must be.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Dordle 0552 2&4/7
🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟨🟨🟩
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
zaratustra.itch.io/dordle

I’m really pleased with this. New starter paid off.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Quordle 552
3️⃣7️⃣
4️⃣5️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

My starter wasn’t bad… I used STALE, and my 2nd row eliminator was DOUGH.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #552
🕚🔟
4️⃣3️⃣
9️⃣8️⃣
7️⃣6️⃣
Score: 58

Ugh… I was so off my game …

[springyzone]

58! How dreadful.😁

I am hoping I have a dreadful day later.😀

Wordle 771 4/6

🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛
⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨
⬛🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I had 4 letters, tried a logical enough word, it was not 'it', so figured one of the vowels must be at the end and worked on that idea instead.

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #552
🕛🕚
9️⃣4️⃣
5️⃣6️⃣
7️⃣🔟
Score: 64

Ah well, there is always tomorrow!

I got waylaid by grout and forty. Those guesses put me back a bit. Never mind. I had a feeling grout would be wrong as it was a case of deja vu. I am almost positive that answer has been out before and it wasn't grout then either. I thought-surely it won't be the fish again. But it was.

Although 40 was wrong, at least the y was useful I suppose.

[springyzone]

Daily Quordle 552
4️⃣5️⃣
6️⃣7️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

These worked out okay in the end.,

[springyzone]

Daily Dordle 0552 7&4/7
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨🟩
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
zaratustra.itch.io/dordle

Took me a while. The RHS came quickly to mind but took a while to arrange the letters in the LHS.

[springyzone]

Wordle 772 3/6

⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛
🟩⬛⬛⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Happy enough with this. The position of the yellows in my first word cut out several possible answers.