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 🤣

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1343

4️⃣🔟

6️⃣3️⃣

8️⃣7️⃣

5️⃣9️⃣

Score: 52

A bare result after the starter began blossoming after I played the eliminator.

Spoiler

TRACE

HOUND <- eliminator

HOUSE 🎯

WHICH 🎯

DRAWL 🎯

SWEEP 🎯

OAKEN🎯

SULLY 🎯

CYCLE 🎯

SKIFF 🎯seen too often

Daily Octordle #1343

WHICH 4️⃣🔟 SKIFF

SWEEP 6️⃣3️⃣ HOUSE

SULLY 8️⃣7️⃣ OAKEN

DRAWL 5️⃣9️⃣ CYCLE

Score: 52

[countessalmirena]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1343

3️⃣8️⃣

7️⃣🔟

4️⃣5️⃣

6️⃣9️⃣

Score: 52

There was one tricky bit, but most of this was as simple as Simon the pieman. 

Spoiler

TRACE

SHOGI <- eliminator

ASCOT 🎯

GHOST 🎯

CLOTH 🎯

HONOR 🎯

TATTY 🎯

DODGE 🎯

ELFIN 🎯

ZILCH 🎯

2R was a potential trap; I was hugely tempted to try “filch” quite early on, but it could also be zilch or milch… so I left it until last. When I solved 4R (elfin), of course it came down to zilch or milch. The latter seemed less likely in Octordle.

Daily Extreme Octordle #1343

ASCOT 3️⃣8️⃣ DODGE

TATTY 7️⃣🔟 ZILCH

GHOST 4️⃣5️⃣ CLOTH

HONOR 6️⃣9️⃣ ELFIN

Score: 52

[springyzone]

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@countessalmirena wrote:

Wordle 1,562 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨

⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I needed the eliminator to start limiting the field.

Spoiler

Wordle 1,562 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 TRACE

⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ LIONS <- eliminator

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GOOEY 🎯

After the eliminator, it could have been a _OOED pattern. Booed, mooed, pooed, wooed.

Or E_O__ hmm, can only see epoxy and ebook.

Or _OOEY … gooey, hooey.

I really doubt it’s pooed! I also don’t think it’s hooey.

If pushed, I’d also be less inclined to use a past tense verb, but it isn’t ruled out exactly…

Using a y-ending would rule out the _OOED words…

GOOEY or EPOXY were my top choices. Gooey would rule out more options if my guess were wrong.

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This had me laughing.

'I really doubt it was pooed'.

You were so right, they never go for anything the least bit unsavoury.

These are Americans, remember.

It's the same if you are playing a spot that could be pitch, ditch, witch, you have the satisfaction of at least knowing the B will not be in play.

hooey would be an outside contender and thankfully one I didn't have to consider.

[springyzone]

This afternoon I have been channelling the word cobra.

I wonder when it will next pop up, it has been a while since it had a run.

[countessalmirena]

Wordle 1,563 3/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛

🟩⬛🟨🟩⬛

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

A somewhat left-field eliminator brought it home!

Spoiler

Wordle 1,563 3/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ TRACE

🟩⬛🟨🟩⬛ COLIN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CIVIL 🎯

This was exceptionally pleasing.

[countessalmirena]

Daily Octordle #1344

7️⃣5️⃣

6️⃣4️⃣

3️⃣🔟

8️⃣2️⃣

Score: 45

I was a bit reckless with the first word… reckless but lucky. I could continue without an eliminator I made a wrong guess at the final word. 🥺

Still - not bad… not bad at all.

Spoiler

TRACE

CRAMP 🎯🍀 could have been crawl, crash, crass, crazy

GRIMY 🎯

GROAN 🎯

UNITE 🎯

BEGET 🎯

WOOER 🎯

LEERY 🎯

RIPER 💣

VIPER 🎯🍀 could still have been piper

Daily Octordle #1344

WOOER 7️⃣5️⃣ UNITE

BEGET 6️⃣4️⃣ GROAN

GRIMY 3️⃣🔟 VIPER

LEERY 8️⃣2️⃣ CRAMP

Score: 45

[countessalmirena]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1344

4️⃣3️⃣

5️⃣🔟

6️⃣9️⃣

7️⃣8️⃣

Score: 52

… And we’re back to the 52. 

Spoiler

TRACE

LINGO <- eliminator

SLUNK 🎯

SCOPE 🎯

PRAWN 🎯

SLEEK 🎯

VIOLA 🎯🍀 could have been aioli

LIVID 🎯

DEBUG 🎯

CABBY 🎯

Daily Extreme Octordle #1344

SCOPE 4️⃣3️⃣ SLUNK

PRAWN 5️⃣🔟 CABBY

SLEEK 6️⃣9️⃣ DEBUG

VIOLA 7️⃣8️⃣ LIVID

Score: 52

[springyzone]

Wordle 1,564 5/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛
⬛⬛⬛🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Spoiler

alien/shout

So I knew it had an E and S
I was thinking verse, messy, pesky, press, dress and so on.
My 3rd word was messy. At least it solved the dilemma of whether there was a Y or not.

I still had not had any light bulb moment so tried fudge as eliminator.

[springyzone]

Daily Octordle #1345
9️⃣4️⃣
7️⃣8️⃣
🔟6️⃣
5️⃣3️⃣
Score: 52

Spoiler

It all felt a bit recycled as far as words went. No cobra but our old friend, waltz.
I was able to move through it quickly today, not bogged down with lots of alternatives.

[springyzone]

Daily Extreme Octordle #1345
6️⃣🔟
7️⃣4️⃣
8️⃣9️⃣
3️⃣5️⃣
Score: 52

Spoiler

I held off on #2 as after my second turn, I could see it was probably going to be gaunt/daunt/vaunt, but which one?
Luckily, verso came to the rescue.