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 🤣

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Oh, I forgot to post yesterday’s Octordle.

Daily Octordle #1150
9️⃣8️⃣
7️⃣4️⃣
🔟5️⃣
3️⃣6️⃣
Score: 52

Spoiler

TRACE
SPOIL <- eliminator
SNORT 🎯
SMILE 🎯
MANOR 🎯
CHAMP 🎯
MANGO 🎯
PUTTY 🎯
COULD 🎯
BLEAK 🎯

 Daily Octordle #1150
COULD 9️⃣8️⃣ PUTTY
MANGO 7️⃣4️⃣ SMILE
BLEAK 🔟5️⃣ MANOR
SNORT 3️⃣6️⃣ CHAMP
Score: 52

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Not a great result for yesterday’s Extreme Octordle:

Daily Extreme Octordle #1150
🔟🕚
6️⃣3️⃣
8️⃣9️⃣
5️⃣4️⃣
Score: 56

Spoiler

TRACE
GHOUL <- eliminator
PHASE 🎯
PAUSE 🎯
STOVE 🎯 could have been stone
BLOAT 🎯 could have been float
SHOWY 💣
SHOOK 🎯
QUARK 🎯
NUTTY 🎯
MEDIC 🎯

One wrong guess and I was slapped down hard.

Daily Extreme Octordle #1150
NUTTY 🔟🕚 MEDIC
BLOAT 6️⃣3️⃣ PHASE
SHOOK 8️⃣9️⃣ QUARK
STOVE 5️⃣4️⃣ PAUSE
Score: 56

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Today’s Octordle Daily Classic:

Daily Octordle #1151
9️⃣6️⃣
🔟7️⃣
5️⃣4️⃣
2️⃣8️⃣
Score: 51

It wasn’t too bad, this Octordle. Things flowed reasonably well.

Spoiler

TRACE
TRICK 🎯 could have been TRUCK: worth guessing
SOUND <- eliminator
FRAUD 🎯
SOLID 🎯
DOUBT 🎯
DROUR 🎯
GRAFT 🎯
MAXIM 🎯
LEVEL 🎯 could have been jewel

Daily Octordle #1151
MAXIM 9️⃣6️⃣ DOUBT
LEVEL 🔟7️⃣ DROIT
SOLID 5️⃣4️⃣ FRAUD
TRICK 2️⃣8️⃣ GRAFT
Score: 51

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Daily Extreme Octordle #1151
7️⃣6️⃣
🕚9️⃣
5️⃣8️⃣
3️⃣4️⃣
Score: 53

Alas! I chose a wrong letter on the last word, and had a point snatched away from me.

Oh well… it could have been worse. There were at least two “could be this, could be that” answers in this.

Spoiler

TRACE
LOGIN <- eliminator
TAPIR 🎯
PRONG 🎯
ROOST 🎯
LOUSE 🎯
SPILT 🎯
BLINK 🎯 again????
PRIZE 🎯 could have been pride or prime
PAVER 💣
PARER 🎯

Daily Extreme Octordle #1151
SPILT 7️⃣6️⃣ LOUSE
PARER 🕚9️⃣ PRIZE
ROOST 5️⃣8️⃣ BLINK
TAPIR 3️⃣4️⃣ PRONG
Score: 53

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,371 4/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨
⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Today i departed slightly from normal.

Spoiler

After my first turn, some of the possible answers I could think of had letters d or p in them Plus other letters too of course, including S. In the end, I opted for pound rather than sound as eliminator.
Third word was undue, but the greens helped resolve it for me.

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1152
4️⃣6️⃣
5️⃣7️⃣
8️⃣🕚
🔟9️⃣
Score: 60

Spoiler

I went carefully with this one, but I couldn't see a clear answer. In hindsight, I should have guessed #7 straight off but I wasn't concentrating hard enough on that end, I was caught up with #1, where I had 4 yellows yet could think of several words.
Even #8, with 4 yellows, could make a couple of words. But for some reason, I overlooked #7.
I went for an eliminator (pricy) and after that, all went smoothly, but paid the price for that early extra eliminator.

[springyzone]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1152
4️⃣7️⃣
8️⃣5️⃣
6️⃣🔟
9️⃣🕚
Score: 60

Even with hindsight, I am not sure I could have correctly guessed any of these after my second turn. Even #1, which was my best square, with 3 letters, 

Spoiler

was showing s/u and t and could have been crust or curst or burst, though I thought curst unlikely.
In any case, went with eliminator pricy and it all went smoothly enough after that, but the damage was done.
I feel I could have done slightly better in the classic but not sure I could have in this one.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1152
4️⃣5️⃣
3️⃣6️⃣
9️⃣7️⃣
🔟8️⃣
Score: 52

A nice steady little journey… 

Spoiler

TRACE
PLUSH <- eliminator
PAUSE 🎯
YOUTH 🎯
CLERK 🎯
CARGO 🎯 could have been carob
GUMBO 🎯
LUNGE 🎯
CROWN 🎯
MASON 🎯
 
Daily Octordle #1152
YOUTH 4️⃣5️⃣ CLERK
PAUSE 3️⃣6️⃣ CARGO
CROWN 9️⃣7️⃣ GUMBO
MASON 🔟8️⃣ LUNGE
Score: 52

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Daily Extreme Octordle #1152
🔟3️⃣
4️⃣5️⃣
6️⃣7️⃣
9️⃣8️⃣
Score: 52

If I hadn’t included a particular letter in my eliminator, I can see there was a danger of needing at least an extra row to solve this.

Spoiler

TRACE
SOILY <- eliminator
TARDY 🎯 could still have been TARRY
TEDDY 🎯
WEARY 🎯
TWEAK 🎯
WHARF 🎯
MEALY 🎯
CRIER 🎯
BURST 🎯

Once I’d played “tardy”, the rest really fell into place.

The important letter was “Y”.

Daily Extreme Octordle #1152
BURST 🔟3️⃣ TARDY
TEDDY 4️⃣5️⃣ WEARY
TWEAK 6️⃣7️⃣ WHARF
CRIER 9️⃣8️⃣ MEALY
Score: 52

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@springyzone wrote:

Daily Extreme Octordle #1152
4️⃣7️⃣
8️⃣5️⃣
6️⃣🔟
9️⃣🕚
Score: 60

Even with hindsight, I am not sure I could have correctly guessed any of these after my second turn. Even #1, which was my best square, with 3 letters, 

Spoiler

was showing s/u and t and could have been crust or curst or burst, though I thought curst unlikely.
In any case, went with eliminator pricy and it all went smoothly enough after that, but the damage was done.
I feel I could have done slightly better in the classic but not sure I could have in this one.

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Yes… I think that you struck an Octordle where your starter didn’t give much help at all. You’d have needed a WORDY eliminator or something of that sort.