WORDLE - anyone else trying the daily online word game?

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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]

Daily Quordle 580
7️⃣6️⃣
4️⃣5️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

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

DELAY was my starter.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #580
7️⃣6️⃣
5️⃣8️⃣
1️⃣🔟
9️⃣4️⃣
Score: 50

It was pure luck that one of these words was a starter that I use quite often. It didn’t open up the entire board, darn it; I still had to play two eliminators at rows 2 and 3. From there on, though, it was smooth going.

I really only came to a stumbling block with the final word (3R). It was the absence of alternatives that finally yielded its secret.

[countessalmirena]

New day!

Wordle 800 2/6

⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

One of my usual starters gave me so much with which to work; it came down to three possibilities of words.

I guessed right.

[springyzone]

Wordle 800 3/6

🟨⬛🟨🟨⬛
🟨🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I used ratio as my starter. It worked well but not as well as yours! Well done.

[springyzone]

Daily Dordle 0581 4&5/7
⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
zaratustra.itch.io/dordle

I'll have to see if I have time for the others. I have a mainly free day today so I am hoping so.

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #581
3️⃣8️⃣
🕚4️⃣
7️⃣5️⃣
6️⃣🔟
Score: 54

Anything under 60 is a win for me!

[countessalmirena]

Daily Dordle 0581 5&4/7
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
zaratustra.itch.io/dordle

My starter was CRANE; it gave me so little that it might as well have been a French taunt.

[springyzone]

Daily Quordle 581
3️⃣5️⃣
6️⃣7️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
🟨⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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

The bottom one is annoying. I had to sit for a while to figure it out and then I had a light bulb moment-American spelling.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Quordle 581
6️⃣7️⃣
4️⃣5️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩
🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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

I realised it was the US spelling when I saw “e” sitting in the yellow final spot. It’s annoying.

[springyzone]

Wordle 801 5/6

🟨⬛⬛🟩⬛
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I had an idea of the possible 'shape' of the word after the first turn and the next go proved me right.

My trouble was the missing 2 letters as there were well over a dozen words I could think of.

I could have tried another eliminator but my problem with that was there were at least 10 different letters to eliminate.

I was just lucky to hit on the right one on guess 5.