Wordle

Wordle 208 3/6

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wowsers, that took me until the last go, spent ages before my last chance just trying to think of any 5 letter word with my remaining letters….

Spoiler for

STARE
PLEAD
WAKEN
ACHED (so at this point still only E and A correct)
BOGUS (just to hopefully coax new letters from 4 not used yet, all i got was a B in the wrong place)
ABBEY

had to walk away and leave it 15 mins or so, then it just came to me when i thought about the possibility of any double letters. was determined not to give up.

I’m not clicking the spolier, but I’m in the same position as sadexpunk with 2 goes to go!

failed. didnt think to try whats in the spoiler…

Late to the party – my first go.  I like this, can see it becoming a daily thing!

Wordle 208 5/6

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OK, I used the spoiler.

[spolier]

does this work?

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4 again! In 7 attempts I’ve had 6 4s and a 6.

Wordle 208 4/6

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Finally succumbed!. Got it in 4.

Today pretty much as per @blokeuptheroad, without the fourth line.
A good way to spend the time waiting for the kettle to boil and coffee to steep.

[spolier]

does this work?

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it does if you spell spoiler right 😉

Took a bit of head scratching

Wordle 208 5/6

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@danposs86 – very similar to me. I must have spent 10 minutes staring at it trying to work out ANY words that would fit after I’d got to the point of the two greens!

Wordle 208 4/6

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Wordle 208 4/6

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Also similar!

4 for me again today. Spent far too long thinking about it but I guess it paid off in the end 🙂

I like this, can see it becoming a daily thing!

I do it every morning while drinking my morning brew, really helps kickstart the old grey matter and give s me time to think the puzzle through.

Wordle 209 4/6

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Second guess was a mistake, went hunting for more vowels, should have focused on consonants.

Spoiler for

IDEAL
AMOUR
THANK
TANGY

Wordle 209 5/6

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I made it harder than it actually was 🤦🏻‍♂️

Nasty one today as I had the first two and the last letter giving me a lot of possible words to try for the last 3 goes so jut got lucky with the 6th guess

Wordle 209 4/6

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Felt I got lucky, completed that one in much less time than any others.

Nasty one today as I had the first two and the last letter giving me a lot of possible words to try for the last 3 goes so jut got lucky with the 6th guess

Same here but went 50/50 on my two thoughts and went the wrong way.

Nasty one today as I had the first two and the last letter giving me a lot of possible words to try for the last 3 goes so jut got lucky with the 6th guess

Agreed, got there in 5 but having got the first 4 getting the fifth one right within 6 just came down to luck.

Maybe a lucky guess today but nailed it in 3

Nasty one today as I had the first two and the last letter giving me a lot of possible words to try for the last 3 goes so jut got lucky with the 6th guess

Similar but managed in 5

Wordle 209 5/6

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Wordle 209 4/6

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First time I’ve had no hits at all on the first line.

Failed yesterday but got it in three today 🙂

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Wordle 209 2/6

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Got it in 2 but then I read thols2 spoiler last night at 11pm assuming it was about yesterday not today, didn’t remember it until I saw the first matches, didn’t seem worth trying not to remember…

ooo let me play 🙂

Wordle 209 4/6

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Failed yesterday but got it in three today 🙂

SNAP!

Wordle 209 3/6

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Happy with that one!!!

DrP

Wordle 209 5/6

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DrP – what was your second row word?!

Wordle 209 3/6

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Failed two days on the run so pretty pleased to get today quite quick.

Tried this harder version yesterday, there’s a long explanation around what makes it different, but I couldn’t get my head around it.

Worth a look if you’re desperate for another fix

Absurdle

That absurdle is quite nice.

My understanding is that absurdle does not select a word at the beginning, but instead prunes the list with each of your guesses until only one word remains (kind of like highlander;-).

So the challenge isn’t to “guess” the word, it’s to prune the list to only a single word in the minimum number of steps.

My best so far is 11.

Scratch that, got to an answer in 8.

I got today’s Wordle (14 Jan) on second attempt! Well chuffed with that.

I wonder if anybody has entered the answer as their first word…

question:
If you used the Miketually method ROUTE followed by SNAIL, if you got an amber on the first would you still go for the second regardless?

I find it useful to rule out/in some more letters so almost always use SNAIL second. I might not if I got a green.

I started with SCOPE. Nil.

Then, for some reason, chose THIS…. click for the grande reveal!

DrP

I always use ALIEN and then YOUTH to start.

Identifies all possible vowel sounds in two goes.

If you used the Miketually method ROUTE followed by SNAIL, if you got an amber on the first would you still go for the second regardless?

I start with IDEAL and decide the second word based on the response to the first. I think you are better to work on consonants with the second rather than persisting with vowels if you hit a vowel in the first. I tend to use words like TRAIN as the second, depending on the results of the first (TRAIN is good if you get a yellow I and A, for example). Sticking with the same two starting words is mostly just wasting opportunities to get information.

I quite like starting with GREAT or ABOUT, they use lots of commonly occurring letters and I do like to narrow down the vowels as soon as possible. I think a lot is luck (sorry) I have scored two a couple of times (have been doing it for about 10 days) I am usually 4/5 and got a 6 this morning. I think I perform better when I do not over think it!

WGAF