Haven't missed one yet. I got really hung up on today's.
bowling_ball
Feb 18, 22 11:48 pm
There's another one called worldle that asks you to identify countries with only an outline and it's kicking my ass. Anyway.
Donna Sink
Feb 19, 22 4:56 pm
That county one kicked my ass too. I’m a dumb American, to be sure.
Wood Guy
Feb 21, 22 10:13 am
I've been playing Globle, where you guess a country based on location (there's more to it)--it's not easy! And I just started Worldle last week, where you identify by shape. It would be easier if they gave a sense of scale. But it's interesting.
Wood Guy
Feb 19, 22 9:03 am
got lucky today!
Wood Guy
Feb 19, 22 9:04 am
.
Wilma Buttfit
Feb 19, 22 10:24 am
dang
Donna Sink
Feb 19, 22 4:55 pm
I’ve only play 9 times.
b3tadine[sutures]
Feb 21, 22 7:23 am
Wordle 247 4/6*
sameolddoctor
Feb 21, 22 4:00 pm
same
sameolddoctor
Feb 22, 22 2:10 pm
Here
b3tadine[sutures]
Feb 22, 22 2:59 pm
Wordle 248 3/6*
Almosthip
Feb 22, 22 3:39 pm
Wordle 248 3/6
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b3tadine[sutures]
Feb 23, 22 7:07 am
Wordle 249 4/6*
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Wood Guy
Feb 23, 22 7:49 am
Today’s was a bastard.
b3tadine[sutures]
Feb 24, 22 9:41 am
Totally screwed the Russian on today's.
midlander
Feb 25, 22 8:23 am
i'm stuck. i can't even think of a word using the letters left after 5 0/5 guesses.
b3tadine[sutures]
Feb 25, 22 11:03 am
Today, a damn bear.
Wordle 251 4/6*
Wilma Buttfit
Feb 25, 22 11:29 am
6/6 for me.
tduds
Feb 25, 22 11:36 am
mmm symmetry.
SneakyPete
Feb 25, 22 2:10 pm
5/6 for me
Wood Guy
Feb 25, 22 2:33 pm
I got it in 4, barely
bowling_ball
Feb 25, 22 5:37 pm
4 today. I'm currently watching my wife struggle with it - she's on her 4th word without a single letter so far and it's driving her a bit nutty :-)
b3tadine[sutures]
Feb 25, 22 8:03 pm
I hit every vowel on the first three guesses, my fourth was the only thing that I could come up with.
Wilma Buttfit
Feb 26, 22 12:20 pm
3/6 today, woot
SneakyPete
Mar 1, 22 10:46 am
4/6, today was tough
Non Sequitur
Mar 1, 22 12:06 pm
3/6 here. 8-P
b3tadine[sutures]
Mar 1, 22 12:23 pm
Wordle 255 4/6*
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sameolddoctor
Mar 1, 22 1:23 pm
The answer was a word originally in my native tongue, but it still took me to 5/6 to get it...
Wilma Buttfit
Mar 1, 22 1:39 pm
5/6
tduds
Mar 1, 22 3:52 pm
Got it in 3. Pretty proud of myself.
bowling_ball
Mar 1, 22 6:15 pm
Today was my worst struggle to date. Mostly because I was doing it in the middle ofa meeting and thought I'd already entered the actual word on try #4. I was very confused until I typed it in again on #6 and finally got it. Either way, more exciting than my meeting
Almosthip
Mar 1, 22 6:50 pm
Im stuck...i have the 3 middle letters and cant figure out the two end letters
Wood Guy
Mar 2, 22 9:15 am
I'm in a Wordle group on Facebook and it was funny to see the complaints about this word--"but it's not englishhhhhhh..."
Wilma Buttfit
Mar 2, 22 8:37 am
2/6 for today. Take that!
Wood Guy
Mar 2, 22 9:14 am
Congrats! It was a tricky one. I was pleased to get it in three, thanks to lucky choices on the first two words--it was the only word I could think of that fit.
Non Sequitur
Mar 2, 22 9:28 am
4/6 today. My first guess was all blank.
SneakyPete
Mar 2, 22 12:11 pm
Man, today's was nasty.
Wood Guy
Mar 2, 22 12:32 pm
Yes it was.
bowling_ball
Mar 2, 22 4:51 pm
Also got it in two today. To make up for 6 yesterday.
sameolddoctor
Mar 4, 22 12:02 pm
4/6 even though it was an easy word
b3tadine[sutures]
Mar 4, 22 12:32 pm
It seems that multiple vowel words are the most problematic?
b3tadine[sutures]
Mar 8, 22 7:45 pm
Wordle 262 2/6*
sameolddoctor
Mar 10, 22 12:56 am
Anyone on this bandwagon yet?
nerdlegame 50 4/6
b3tadine[sutures]
Mar 10, 22 6:22 am
Wordle 264 3/6*
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Wood Guy
Mar 10, 22 8:34 am
.
Wood Guy
Mar 10, 22 8:35 am
I don't know why it shows up so large.
Non Sequitur
Mar 10, 22 8:42 am
4/6 today. would have been 3/6 but I incorrectly believed I had already guessed/failed one of the winning letters.
sameolddoctor
Mar 10, 22 2:51 pm
Not too bad today...
Wordle 264 3/6
Wood Guy
Mar 10, 22 4:38 pm
Is anyone keeping track of their average score? My wife says I'm competitive about weird things. I've played 50 games, no losses, averaging 3.9 guesses per game. I don't think that's particularly good--too many mistakes.
b3tadine[sutures]
Mar 16, 22 6:24 am
Wordle 270 3/6*
Non Sequitur
Mar 18, 22 8:34 am
3/6 today.
Donna Sink
Apr 30, 22 10:11 am
6/6 today and it made me angry! One of my entries was a string of letters I did not think was a word, but apparently it’s Scottish. And the actual word is NOT, in my mind, the most common spelling of that word. Grrrr.
Wood Guy
May 1, 22 10:14 am
How else do you spell it? I often see it with the plural ending, but that's the only way I know how to spell the singular.
Donna Sink
May 2, 22 6:34 am
The plural ending is how I’ve seen it written most often, I guess.
Donna Sink
May 1, 22 10:03 am
I hate it LOL. Today was ROUGH!!! The word wasn’t rough, the game was rough.
Wood Guy
May 1, 22 10:09 am
It was a tricky one for sure, especially since there is another word with similar spelling and meaning. But that's what makes it fun, right? (right?)
Wood Guy
May 2, 22 9:46 am
Strong start, anyway.
Non Sequitur
May 2, 22 10:08 am
I got todays in 2. Jealous? I bet you are.
b3tadine[sutures]
May 2, 22 11:39 am
Nobody is buying your story.
Wood Guy
May 2, 22 12:05 pm
Non, I thought I was going get it in two as well. Or three. Yes I’m jealous but I’ll get over it
rcz1001
May 2, 22 2:27 pm
5 tries out of 6 but of course b3ta gave it away. I guess that's okay for not having played this game.
rcz1001
May 2, 22 2:57 pm
PS: I didn't take what words b3ta used above but noticed it after having solved the wordle 'puzzle'
proto
May 3, 22 1:02 pm
i try to beat wordle bot with varying success
one thing that annoys me about its analysis is that is always pointed in the rearview...it reveals some good strategies about how to predict & isolate the words, but the very critical 2nd word guess ends up being basically a guess...there isn't a strategy to it until after you see how it plays out per the specific day's answer
ultimately a bit of a guessing heavy game
rcz1001
May 3, 22 4:06 pm
3rd try was a charm but it's not the word 'charm'.
Wood Guy
May 4, 22 9:28 am
The fifth time in 105 games that I’ve won on the second guess. Currently averaging 3.875 guesses per game, not counting the one game I lost.
SneakyPete
May 4, 22 10:14 am
Wordle 319 2/6
SneakyPete
May 4, 22 10:14 am
Gg, wood guy. Wordle 319 2/6
SneakyPete
May 4, 22 10:14 am
Pleh. Preview shows it works, then the response strips it bare.
tduds
May 4, 22 11:14 am
I missed getting it in 2 by one letter. 2nd day in a row I've had a 50/50 guess between two words and guessed the wrong one.
Got it on the 3rd though.
Wood Guy
May 4, 22 11:38 am
Pete do you post from an iPhone? The only way I can post is to share it to Notes, screenshot it, save to photos and crop it. Then I can post it here. There’s probably an easier way.
Wood Guy
May 4, 22 11:38 am
Pete do you post from an iPhone? The only way I can post is to share it to Notes, screenshot it, save to photos and crop it. Then I can post it here. There’s probably an easier way.
Wood Guy
May 4, 22 11:39 am
Tduds I’ve had bad luck for the last week, Wordle and otherwise, so I was happy to get it in two today—even if it was a relatively easy word.
b3tadine[sutures]
May 4, 22 12:36 pm
I am on track!
SneakyPete
May 4, 22 1:53 pm
I ditched apple a while back. But the issue is common to other phones as well it seems.
rcz1001
May 4, 22 4:21 pm
Got it on the fourth try. It kind of comes down to what your first guess that the more letters you get, the easier it is to figure it out in less tries.
Wordle 4/6 ---- 3rd game.
Non Sequitur
May 5, 22 6:02 am
woot
Wordle 320 2/6
b3tadine[sutures]
May 5, 22 6:46 am
I know what word you start with all the time now.
Non Sequitur
May 5, 22 7:53 am
bet ya case of Duff you dont! I actually alternate between 3 starting words. No reason, but in my mind, I'm trying to trick the AI hamster running this racket.
Wood Guy
May 5, 22 8:27 am
Wow, congrats! I got my second loss in 106 games.
b3tadine[sutures]
May 5, 22 11:18 am
You're such a hoser, Non.
rcz1001
May 5, 22 3:23 pm
Doh!
rcz1001
May 5, 22 3:24 pm
A loss. Anyway, shit happens.
rcz1001
May 5, 22 3:34 pm
I even tried lover, power, and even boner when I got o, e, and r as valid letters and location in the word.
Non Sequitur
May 5, 22 3:42 pm
boobs works too
Donna Sink
May 6, 22 10:35 pm
My husband is a hotrod guy and suggested ”coupe” as a starter word. It’s good.
citizen
May 5, 22 1:56 pm
Dork alert.
This is all alluring and mysterious to me. I love words, and I love games, but I haven't even tried this. That so many of my colleagues on here are captivated by it makes me even more curious. But I've noticed that my distractibility has only gotten worse over the years, and I want to avoid any new, compelling targets for it.
Wood Guy
May 5, 22 3:53 pm
Part of the appeal is that you only get one game a day, and everyone gets the same game, so you can only waste so much time on it. But it's still addictive. I like playing over my first cup of coffee to help wake my brain up. I also play Worldle and Globle, two geography games which are actually helping me learn world geography--even the tricky places like the Baltic states.
citizen
May 5, 22 5:01 pm
Thanks, WG. I just tried Globle and got Montenegro in 5 tries!
rcz1001
May 6, 22 8:50 pm
For today, figured it out on fourth try.
rcz1001
May 7, 22 3:17 am
well today - 5-7-2022 got it guessed on third try.
rcz1001
May 8, 22 4:41 pm
5/8/2022
Solved 4/6 (fourth try)
b3tadine[sutures]
May 8, 22 9:42 pm
Yeah, but can you do this?
rcz1001
May 9, 22 12:03 am
This thread is about wordle not chess, right?
b3tadine[sutures]
May 10, 22 9:25 pm
Baddabing!
rcz1001
May 11, 22 2:16 am
Since I found the particular Chess game app for my Android smart phone, I'll give it a whirl. I haven't played chess in a while so it would take time to get somewhere with it.
rcz1001
May 11, 22 5:08 pm
Anyway, I have that ARE PcM exam division coming up so there will be fewer posts from me other than a little time spent with Wordle.
b3tadine[sutures]
May 13, 22 4:16 pm
Dayumn!
Wood Guy
May 9, 22 8:33 am
Today's puzzle was interesting. Apparently the Times changed the word last week but if you didn't refresh your browser, you got the old word. So my wife and I had different words this morning.
Almosthip
May 9, 22 12:14 pm
Wordle 324 2/6
rcz1001
May 10, 22 2:29 pm
Today's (5-10-2022) one solved on 4th try (4/6)
We have 9 or 10 of them. Them being related species of the Geico mascot.
Wood Guy
May 10, 22 8:40 pm
There were two different answers today, and yesterday. Hopefully back to normal tomorrow?!
Non Sequitur
May 10, 22 8:42 pm
Always good to have a choice.
rcz1001
May 11, 22 4:34 pm
Today (5/11/2022)
solved on 5th try. 5/6
proto
May 13, 22 4:04 pm
this is my frustration with this game -- the list of solutions isn't just a list of available 5-letter words
so, part of gaming strategy apparently is to know the solutions list & logically isolate by turn to whichever solution word it is...and the game accepts non-solution list words as acceptable words.
(not sure why i'm just realizing this)
i think i'm done playing
rcz1001
May 13, 22 4:41 pm
today's solved on 4th try (5-13-2022). Try to solve before looking here for any answer.
Ideally, it is best to play the game without help but some days, you might just need it but here is a tool that might help:
Today's was a "rock you like a hurricane" moment, eh. Subtle clue and it's not the band name but is a word that can describe the song's genre. That and N.S.'s clue should give anyone a clue.
For folks to share their scores n shit.
Wordle 244 4/6
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22 Played
100 Win %
7 Current Streak
7 Max Streak
GUESS DISTRIBUTION
1 0
2 0
3 5
4 6
5 7
6 4
Wordle 244 4/6
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Haven't missed one yet. I got really hung up on today's.
There's another one called worldle that asks you to identify countries with only an outline and it's kicking my ass. Anyway.
That county one kicked my ass too. I’m a dumb American, to be sure.
I've been playing Globle, where you guess a country based on location (there's more to it)--it's not easy! And I just started Worldle last week, where you identify by shape. It would be easier if they gave a sense of scale. But it's interesting.
got lucky today!
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dang
I’ve only play 9 times.
Wordle 247 4/6*
same
Here
Wordle 248 3/6*
Wordle 248 3/6
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Wordle 249 4/6*
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Today’s was a bastard.
Totally screwed the Russian on today's.
i'm stuck. i can't even think of a word using the letters left after 5 0/5 guesses.
Today, a damn bear.
Wordle 251 4/6*
6/6 for me.
mmm symmetry.
5/6 for me
I got it in 4, barely
4 today. I'm currently watching my wife struggle with it - she's on her 4th word without a single letter so far and it's driving her a bit nutty :-)
I hit every vowel on the first three guesses, my fourth was the only thing that I could come up with.
3/6 today, woot
4/6, today was tough
3/6 here. 8-P
Wordle 255 4/6*
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The answer was a word originally in my native tongue, but it still took me to 5/6 to get it...
5/6
Got it in 3. Pretty proud of myself.
Today was my worst struggle to date. Mostly because I was doing it in the middle ofa meeting and thought I'd already entered the actual word on try #4. I was very confused until I typed it in again on #6 and finally got it. Either way, more exciting than my meeting
Im stuck...i have the 3 middle letters and cant figure out the two end letters
I'm in a Wordle group on Facebook and it was funny to see the complaints about this word--"but it's not englishhhhhhh..."
2/6 for today. Take that!
Congrats! It was a tricky one. I was pleased to get it in three, thanks to lucky choices on the first two words--it was the only word I could think of that fit.
4/6 today. My first guess was all blank.
Man, today's was nasty.
Yes it was.
Also got it in two today. To make up for 6 yesterday.
4/6 even though it was an easy word
It seems that multiple vowel words are the most problematic?
Wordle 262 2/6*
Anyone on this bandwagon yet?
nerdlegame 50 4/6
Wordle 264 3/6*
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I don't know why it shows up so large.
4/6 today. would have been 3/6 but I incorrectly believed I had already guessed/failed one of the winning letters.
Not too bad today...
Wordle 264 3/6
Is anyone keeping track of their average score? My wife says I'm competitive about weird things. I've played 50 games, no losses, averaging 3.9 guesses per game. I don't think that's particularly good--too many mistakes.
Wordle 270 3/6*
3/6 today.
6/6 today and it made me angry! One of my entries was a string of letters I did not think was a word, but apparently it’s Scottish. And the actual word is NOT, in my mind, the most common spelling of that word. Grrrr.
How else do you spell it? I often see it with the plural ending, but that's the only way I know how to spell the singular.
The plural ending is how I’ve seen it written most often, I guess.
I hate it LOL. Today was ROUGH!!! The word wasn’t rough, the game was rough.
It was a tricky one for sure, especially since there is another word with similar spelling and meaning. But that's what makes it fun, right? (right?)
Strong start, anyway.
I got todays in 2. Jealous? I bet you are.
Nobody is buying your story.
Non, I thought I was going get it in two as well. Or three. Yes I’m jealous but I’ll get over it
5 tries out of 6 but of course b3ta gave it away. I guess that's okay for not having played this game.
PS: I didn't take what words b3ta used above but noticed it after having solved the wordle 'puzzle'
i try to beat wordle bot with varying success
one thing that annoys me about its analysis is that is always pointed in the rearview...it reveals some good strategies about how to predict & isolate the words, but the very critical 2nd word guess ends up being basically a guess...there isn't a strategy to it until after you see how it plays out per the specific day's answer
ultimately a bit of a guessing heavy game
3rd try was a charm but it's not the word 'charm'.
The fifth time in 105 games that I’ve won on the second guess. Currently averaging 3.875 guesses per game, not counting the one game I lost.
Wordle 319 2/6
Gg, wood guy. Wordle 319 2/6
Pleh. Preview shows it works, then the response strips it bare.
I missed getting it in 2 by one letter. 2nd day in a row I've had a 50/50 guess between two words and guessed the wrong one.
Got it on the 3rd though.
Pete do you post from an iPhone? The only way I can post is to share it to Notes, screenshot it, save to photos and crop it. Then I can post it here. There’s probably an easier way.
Pete do you post from an iPhone? The only way I can post is to share it to Notes, screenshot it, save to photos and crop it. Then I can post it here. There’s probably an easier way.
Tduds I’ve had bad luck for the last week, Wordle and otherwise, so I was happy to get it in two today—even if it was a relatively easy word.
I ditched apple a while back. But the issue is common to other phones as well it seems.
Got it on the fourth try. It kind of comes down to what your first guess that the more letters you get, the easier it is to figure it out in less tries.
Wordle 4/6 ---- 3rd game.
woot
Wordle 320 2/6
I know what word you start with all the time now.
bet ya case of Duff you dont! I actually alternate between 3 starting words. No reason, but in my mind, I'm trying to trick the AI hamster running this racket.
Wow, congrats! I got my second loss in 106 games.
You're such a hoser, Non.
Doh!
A loss. Anyway, shit happens.
I even tried lover, power, and even boner when I got o, e, and r as valid letters and location in the word.
boobs works too
My husband is a hotrod guy and suggested ”coupe” as a starter word. It’s good.
Dork alert.
This is all alluring and mysterious to me. I love words, and I love games, but I haven't even tried this. That so many of my colleagues on here are captivated by it makes me even more curious. But I've noticed that my distractibility has only gotten worse over the years, and I want to avoid any new, compelling targets for it.
Part of the appeal is that you only get one game a day, and everyone gets the same game, so you can only waste so much time on it. But it's still addictive. I like playing over my first cup of coffee to help wake my brain up. I also play Worldle and Globle, two geography games which are actually helping me learn world geography--even the tricky places like the Baltic states.
Thanks, WG. I just tried Globle and got Montenegro in 5 tries!
For today, figured it out on fourth try.
well today - 5-7-2022 got it guessed on third try.
5/8/2022
Solved 4/6 (fourth try)
This thread is about wordle not chess, right?
Since I found the particular Chess game app for my Android smart phone, I'll give it a whirl. I haven't played chess in a while so it would take time to get somewhere with it.
Anyway, I have that ARE PcM exam division coming up so there will be fewer posts from me other than a little time spent with Wordle.
Today's puzzle was interesting. Apparently the Times changed the word last week but if you didn't refresh your browser, you got the old word. So my wife and I had different words this morning.
Wordle 324 2/6
Today's (5-10-2022) one solved on 4th try (4/6)
We have 9 or 10 of them. Them being related species of the Geico mascot.
There were two different answers today, and yesterday. Hopefully back to normal tomorrow?!
Always good to have a choice.
Today (5/11/2022)
solved on 5th try. 5/6
this is my frustration with this game -- the list of solutions isn't just a list of available 5-letter words
so, part of gaming strategy apparently is to know the solutions list & logically isolate by turn to whichever solution word it is...and the game accepts non-solution list words as acceptable words.
(not sure why i'm just realizing this)
i think i'm done playing
today's solved on 4th try (5-13-2022). Try to solve before looking here for any answer.
Ideally, it is best to play the game without help but some days, you might just need it but here is a tool that might help:
https://word.tips/unscramble/_...
i see you're a crane starter, eh?
solved today's wordle on 3rd try (5/14/2022)
Today's was:
\m/(><)\m/
Today's was a "rock you like a hurricane" moment, eh. Subtle clue and it's not the band name but is a word that can describe the song's genre. That and N.S.'s clue should give anyone a clue.
Last clue for anyone who hasn't figured out: What style music is this group and this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xmckWVPRaI )
- If you haven't figured out the five-letter word then you are hopeless.
sweet Pearl jam reference today.
I totally forgot about that album. I used to be a huge PJ fan so I'm kind of embarrassed. But I'll get over it.
Do the Evolution
I was the first to wear pants.
Wordle 331 4/6*
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Today 5/16/2022
Solved at 5th try. 5/6.
5/17/2022
solved on 4th try. 4/6