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Post by lillielangtry on Jan 11, 2022 1:47:34 GMT -5
So, are we all playing Wordle yet? If you're on Twitter, you'll have seen people sharing those little coloured boxes... Anyway, it's a pretty simple word game; you have six goes to guess a 5-letter word. You put in your first guess and it shows you whether the letters are not used at all (grey), they are in the word but not in that position (yellow) or they are correct (green), and you can modify your next guess accordingly. It's very addictive BUT there is only one Wordle per day, so don't worry, it won't take up all your time! www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/
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Post by Q-pee on Jan 11, 2022 1:52:08 GMT -5
Yes... been addicted for a while. It's a Good Thing that there's only one a day.
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Post by Q-pee on Jan 11, 2022 1:52:31 GMT -5
Wordle 206 4/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle
Jan 11, 2022 1:52:47 GMT -5
Post by Q-pee on Jan 11, 2022 1:52:47 GMT -5
Cool it works here
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Jan 11, 2022 1:55:40 GMT -5
I’ve seen posts on Facebook, but didn’t know what it was. Going there now.
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Jan 11, 2022 2:05:26 GMT -5
Wordle 206 5/6
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Wordle
Jan 11, 2022 2:22:00 GMT -5
Post by HalcyonDaze on Jan 11, 2022 2:22:00 GMT -5
It's fun.
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Post by kneazle on Jan 11, 2022 3:25:40 GMT -5
Yeah I investigated it after I kept seeing it on Facebook and have been doing it for about a week. I got it second go today so was pretty pleased with myself!
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Wordle
Jan 11, 2022 3:52:12 GMT -5
Post by mei on Jan 11, 2022 3:52:12 GMT -5
aha! I've seen it on Twitter a lot and was confused. thanks for the explanation lillie!
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Post by groo on Jan 11, 2022 4:13:54 GMT -5
First attempt - got it at guess #4. Along with the cryptic crosswords my pre breakfast schedule is now full. I hit a button marked "share", but heaven only knows who I shared it with.
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Wordle
Jan 11, 2022 4:28:35 GMT -5
Post by snowwhite on Jan 11, 2022 4:28:35 GMT -5
I've been seeing it on fb (mostly people here) - not sure what all the numbers mean.
I think I'm more interested in the theory than the practice; ie what strategies people use to get the most information from their first guess etc.
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Wordle
Jan 11, 2022 4:29:29 GMT -5
Post by Q-pee on Jan 11, 2022 4:29:29 GMT -5
First attempt - got it at guess #4. Along with the cryptic crosswords my pre breakfast schedule is now full. I hit a button marked "share", but heaven only knows who I shared it with. It's gone straight to the government department of useless things. Kidding! Tomorrow when you've hit "share", come here and post it into a post.
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Post by scicaro on Jan 11, 2022 4:37:01 GMT -5
Wordle 206 5/6
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Wordle
Jan 11, 2022 4:42:03 GMT -5
Post by HalcyonDaze on Jan 11, 2022 4:42:03 GMT -5
I like looking at people's patterns and trying to see if I can guess the word before they solved the puzzle. Sometimes it seems possible.
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Post by scicaro on Jan 11, 2022 4:46:16 GMT -5
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Post by Q-pee on Jan 11, 2022 5:03:16 GMT -5
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Post by kraken on Jan 11, 2022 5:05:59 GMT -5
Wordle 206 5/6
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In my defence, I blame the painkillers I'm on for the fact I missed the correct placement of the letter on my first try...
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Post by vinnyd on Jan 11, 2022 6:25:26 GMT -5
Wordle 206 3/6
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groo, go back today, click on share again, and then paste it here.
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Wordle
Jan 11, 2022 6:28:02 GMT -5
Post by vinnyd on Jan 11, 2022 6:28:02 GMT -5
We used to play a two-person game called Jotto along the lines of Wordle or Lingo. When I first started Wordle a couple of days ago, I expected there to be a rule against duplicated letters in the mystery word, as there was in our version of Jotto, and that slowed me down q bit.
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Post by Liiisa on Jan 11, 2022 7:00:05 GMT -5
Yes, of course. I did really well the first time (got it on the third try), so then I was kind of smug about it, but it's not always that easy! I've managed to get it every day, though. I'm just too quirky to post the little boxes, I'm like "everyone else is posting the boxes so I'm NOT going to post the boxes"
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Post by snowwhite on Jan 11, 2022 7:03:31 GMT -5
First go: Wordle 206 2/6
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Post by sprite on Jan 11, 2022 8:34:40 GMT -5
I am too lazy to post the boxes. I had a mini meltdown because the rules are simple but there's not demo or instructions, so I couldn't work out what I was supposed to do.
I have a few words I use for the first two entries--to use as many vowels as possible, and to see what high-frequency consonants are/aren't used. From there I try to work out what the word is. So far, so good.
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Post by Liiisa on Jan 11, 2022 9:52:33 GMT -5
pero saw somewhere that the ideal words to start with are PIOUS and TEARY. That's a nice image, a sobbing televangelist.
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Post by psw on Jan 11, 2022 10:12:42 GMT -5
I've been doing it for about a week. The new word comes at midnight, so it's becoming part of my go-to-bed-already ritual. One hint I saw before I played was to choose a start word with lots of vowels. Yup.
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Wordle
Jan 11, 2022 11:52:20 GMT -5
Post by lillielangtry on Jan 11, 2022 11:52:20 GMT -5
I've been doing it for about a week. The new word comes at midnight, so it's becoming part of my go-to-bed-already ritual. One hint I saw before I played was to choose a start word with lots of vowels. Yup. I do it first thing in the morning! There's an article in the Guardian today (I don't think it spoils anything) www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/11/secret-winning-wordle-word-game
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Post by kneazle on Jan 11, 2022 13:41:58 GMT -5
Wordle 207 5/6
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟨🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Luckily I thought 'do they use American spelling? '
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Wordle
Jan 11, 2022 13:49:51 GMT -5
Post by snowwhite on Jan 11, 2022 13:49:51 GMT -5
Wordle 207 5/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟨🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Luckily I thought 'do they use American spelling? ' I think you're getting access before most of us here...
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Post by tucano on Jan 11, 2022 13:54:17 GMT -5
Wordle 206 4/6
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Post by kneazle on Jan 11, 2022 14:36:04 GMT -5
Wordle 207 5/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟨🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Luckily I thought 'do they use American spelling? ' I think you're getting access before most of us here... Ha! time difference I guess? I'm posting from the future
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Wordle
Jan 11, 2022 16:04:45 GMT -5
Post by vinnyd on Jan 11, 2022 16:04:45 GMT -5
It goes up at midnight local time wherever you are.
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