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]

Daily Octordle #1184
🔟6️⃣
7️⃣🕛
5️⃣8️⃣
3️⃣🕚
Score: 62

Well, I was all over the place with this one.

Spoiler

I went with pricy as eliminator because I was torn with #7, thinking claim or plaid & pricy does have some useful letters so I figured it would sort at least #7 and I could start solving on my 3rd turn. I took a risk on #3
Then I made a mistake on turn 4.

[springyzone]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1184
🕚6️⃣
3️⃣9️⃣
5️⃣4️⃣
7️⃣8️⃣
Score: 53

Spoiler

I got lucky on turn 5. For #2 I was thinking along the lines of raven/waxen and for #5 I was wondering cider/wider/rider etc
Then for #7 I was wondering steer/steed.

So I really wanted an eliminator that had an R at least, and decided to go with wider as it was a possible answer plus at least it would help sort #2, 5 & 7

Made a mistake near the end on #1

[countessalmirena]

If I’d chosen the ONLY OTHER POSSIBLE word… I’d have had it in 2. Grrrr.

Wordle 1,403 3/6

🟨🟩🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩⬛⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Spoiler

Wordle 1,403 3/6

🟨🟩🟨⬛⬛ TRACE
🟩🟩⬛⬛🟨 ARGOT 💣
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ARTSY 🎯

It was literally a 50/50.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1184
9️⃣5️⃣
8️⃣🔟
3️⃣6️⃣
4️⃣7️⃣
Score: 52

This needed to be played with great care.

Spoiler

TRACE
LINGO <- eliminator
CYNIC 🎯
FLAIR 🎯 🍀
PENNY 🎯
PENNE 🎯
BEGET 🎯
LOWLY 🎯🍀
SOOTY 🎯
SKILL 🎯

Daily Octordle #1184
SOOTY 9️⃣5️⃣ PENNY
LOWLY 8️⃣🔟 SKILL
CYNIC 3️⃣6️⃣ PENNE
FLAIR 4️⃣7️⃣ BEGET
Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1184
5️⃣🔟
4️⃣7️⃣
8️⃣3️⃣
9️⃣6️⃣
Score: 52

Not too bad… except that my mind wouldn’t concentrate due to a headache.

Spoiler

TRACE
SPOIL <- eliminator 
BIOTA 🎯
QUOTA 🎯
SPRAY 🎯
ROUGE 🎯
SLINK 🎯
WIDER 🎯🍀
STEED 🎯
WAXEN 🎯

Daily Extreme Octordle #1184
SPRAY 5️⃣🔟 WAXEN
QUOTA 4️⃣7️⃣ SLINK
WIDER 8️⃣3️⃣ BIOTA
STEED 9️⃣6️⃣ ROUGE
Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

This tiresome neck! It’s giving me an ongoing tension headache… so let’s get on with some Wordleing before I take something for it.

Wordle 1,404 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩
⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I’m pleased with this; my eliminator brought down the field of suspects to five or so, and I chose the correct word.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,404 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 TRACE
⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ SPOIL <- eliminator
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OZONE 🎯

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1185
🔟3️⃣
2️⃣7️⃣
5️⃣4️⃣
6️⃣9️⃣
Score: 46

A stroke of luck with the eliminator hitting the jackpot gave me an early advantage. It all went so smoothly after that… I almost made it all the way through without an eliminator proper, but did make a wrong guess for my penultimate row.

Spoiler

TRACE
LINGO 🎯🍀 <- putative eliminator!
EARLY 🎯
TASTE 🎯
GOLEM 🎯
CLOVE 🎯
SNEER 🎯
WOMAN 💣
NOMAD 🎯
WHINE 🎯

Daily Octordle #1185
WHINE 🔟3️⃣ EARLY
LINGO 2️⃣7️⃣ SNEER
GOLEM 5️⃣4️⃣ TASTE
CLOVE 6️⃣9️⃣ NOMAD
Score: 46

[countessalmirena]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1185
7️⃣2️⃣
4️⃣8️⃣
🔟3️⃣
6️⃣9️⃣
Score: 49

One strong guess to start, and then caution…

Spoiler

TRACE
CABLE 🎯
CROCK 🎯🍀 might have been crick
CREDO 🎯
PINGS <- eliminator (top right might be either CHASE or CHAFE, and I decided not to make a 50/50 guess
MERCY 🎯
CHAFE 🎯
DILLY 🎯
DIVER 🎯
VOTER 🎯

Daily Extreme Octordle #1185
CHAFE 7️⃣2️⃣ CABLE
CREDO 4️⃣8️⃣ DILLY
VOTER 🔟3️⃣ CROCK
MERCY 6️⃣9️⃣ DIVER
Score: 49

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,405 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩
⬛🟨🟩🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Interesting… My eliminator was definitive, rescuing the solution from a bad start.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,405 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 TRACE
⬛🟨🟩🟨⬛ LINGO
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GENIE 🎯

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1186
5️⃣3️⃣
9️⃣6️⃣
7️⃣8️⃣
2️⃣🔟
Score: 50

Not bad at all.

The second row was a 50/50, correctly guessed, and I had the next word within easy grasp. After that, an eliminator was necessary, but no further obstacles arose.

Spoiler

TRACE
BRACE 🎯🍀 could have been grace
BEAST 🎯
LINGO <- eliminator
THING 🎯🍀 could have been tying
GRAPH 🎯
ATOLL 🎯
MATEY 🎯
FOYER 🎯
UNIFY 🎯

Daily Octordle #1186
THING 5️⃣3️⃣ BEAST
FOYER 9️⃣6️⃣ GRAPH
ATOLL 7️⃣8️⃣ MATEY
BRACE 2️⃣🔟 UNIFY
Score: 50