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Anyone played Wordle?

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@avalanchethecat said
Also got it in 3. How do you do that with the coloured squares 'n all?
The "share" link on your stats page puts the last game in your clipboard, and when I pasted it in here, that's what I got. I think it's the last game anyways. The paste shows the game number, and how many tries you got it in (X/6) along with the grid, without the words, so you can post it to FB or wherever without making it a spoiler.

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@suzianne said
https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/

It's a word game, kinda like Mastermind, only using actual real five-letter words.

Guess the word, and it shows 1) incorrect letters, 2) correct letters in place, and 3) correct letters out of place. You get 6 tries to guess the word. There's a new word each day and you can only play once a day, and it keeps track of your stats ...[text shortened]... f you just want to be a jerk.) People love to compare how many tries they used to get today's word.
Shouldn't you have put this in the posers and puzzles Forum?

It seems to be catching on. People don't have enough chess games obviously. 🙂

-VR


@mwmiller said
@Suzianne
Same here, but it took me about six hours of overheating my brain! I'm glad it limits you to one word a day. Anyway, thanks for providing the link in your original post.
I've noticed that it is literally any five-letter word.

One day it was a linking verb and another day it was a pronoun. So not just nouns and such.


I wonder if the price of rice is going to go up.

-VR


Cool, ta


@very-rusty said
I wonder if the price of rice is going to go up.

-VR
NYT.😲😉


@suzianne said
https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/

It's a word game, kinda like Mastermind, only using actual real five-letter words.

Guess the word, and it shows 1) incorrect letters, 2) correct letters in place, and 3) correct letters out of place. You get 6 tries to guess the word. There's a new word each day and you can only play once a day, and it keeps track of your stats ...[text shortened]... f you just want to be a jerk.) People love to compare how many tries they used to get today's word.
i won my very first puzzle
but i find the word revealed is offensive
who uses the word "rusty" in a dang word puzzle?


@very-rusty said
Shouldn't you have put this in the posers and puzzles Forum?

It seems to be catching on. People don't have enough chess games obviously. 🙂

-VR
Maybe I should have.

You know what Rusty? No one's going to die over it.


@Suzianne
It was a tough one today, took me all six goes.


@suzianne said
Maybe I should have.

You know what Rusty? No one's going to die over it.
No one said there would be any deaths over it.

Just it should have been put in a different forum, you know it!

-VR


Wordle 228 5/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨
⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Got it in 5.


Got it in 4 this time.
Pure luck I think, and still glad they don't put up more than one per day!


I've been at it two weeks and 4 tries is my worst so far. I should have gotten it in 2 today. Terrible second guess.

Wordle 228 3/6

⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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My strategy is simple. Put in at least 2 vowels and two popular letters (r,s,t,l,n is the first tier, then d,b,m,f and c). If the first try is close, I'll go for it on the second line. Otherwise, I'll try a totally different set of 5 popular letters with 4 vowels between them. By the end of the second line, you'll have enough for a good guess on line 3 and line 4 should be cake.

Example: I might start with "steal" If all those miss, a good second word might be "round" With those 10 letters, you're almost guaranteed to have enough hits to guess on the third line. If not, then at least you know which common letters are missing.

I can only recall once that my third line was just more letter fishing and not a guess.

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If anyone's an Edgar Allan Poe fan and hasn't already, read The Gold Bug. The story isn't great but the tips on code breaking are excellent.