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Jan 15, 2022#1

BErt

Fuck the haters…anyone other than me and @ThatNickGuy playing this? Post your streaks and latest scores!!

Jan 15, 2022#2

mikerc

Played 10 Win 100% Current streak 2 Max streak 5

1: 0
2: 0
3: 0
4: 3
5: 5
6: 2

Typical starting word is laser.

Jan 15, 2022#3

figmentPez

Today:

Admittedly I got some help on strategy from Cracking the Cryptic

Jan 15, 2022#4

jwhouk

Took me five steps my first time. Intriguing.

Jan 15, 2022#5

GasBandit

My first time playing I didn't solve it because I jumped in with no instruction and didn't understand what the colors meant.

Today I got it in 2.

Jan 15, 2022#6

General Specific

I play on occasion, so far winning in 4 or 5 steps

Jan 15, 2022#7

ThatNickGuy

Jan 16, 2022#8

GasBandit

Jan 16, 2022#9

BErt

Any day with a 4 or under is a good day

Jan 17, 2022#10

Ravenpoe

As someone who doesn't know this game, none of this thread makes any goddamn sense

Jan 17, 2022#11

ThatNickGuy

Ravenpoe said:
As someone who doesn't know this game, none of this thread makes any goddamn sense

It's a free, website-based word game. One word per day. You have 6 chances to guess a 5-letter word. If a letter is grey in a guess, then it's not part of the word at all. If it's yellow, then it's in the word, but not in that spot. If it's green, it's part of the word and in the correct spot.

Wordle - A daily word game

Guess the hidden word in 6 tries. A new puzzle is available each day.

www.powerlanguage.co.uk

Jan 17, 2022#12

jwhouk

A combination of Boggle, Mastermind, and Scrabble.

Jan 17, 2022#13

DarkAudit

First try.

Jan 17, 2022#14

PatrThom

I remember it as "Jotto." We used to play it on car trips to pass the time.

--Patrick

Jan 17, 2022#15

Bubble181

I knew it as "Lingo", a tv show a thousand years ago.

Jan 17, 2022#16

Cog

Spanish has many words that only differ by one letter.

Jan 17, 2022#17

GasBandit

Just a tip guys - it looks like it pastes successfully here, but it won't. You have to paste it and then take a screenshot of your attempt to paste, then delete everything and paste the (cropped) screenshot.

If you're on windows 10, Shift-Winkey-S will open a handy screen capture utility to do this for you.

Jan 17, 2022#18

evilmike

A couple of variations on the game:

Wordl -- No one word per day limit and can be set to different word lengths

ABSURDLE -- Every time you guess wrong in Absurdle, the solution to the puzzle changes.

Jan 17, 2022#19

Dirona

Wordle 212 3/6

Apparently this is a good result? I figure it's pretty good for my 3rd day.

Jan 17, 2022#20

GasBandit

Yeah, 3/6 is good

Jan 17, 2022#21

BErt

I concur

edit to add today’s. This one was a bastard.

Jan 18, 2022#22

ThatNickGuy

Jan 18, 2022#23

DarkAudit

Jan 18, 2022#24

GasBandit

This was a tough one.

Jan 18, 2022#25

ThatNickGuy

For those that have solved it, I'm curious to see your thought pattern on this one. Here's mine from today's (213), behind a spoiler:

Jan 18, 2022#26

Vrii

Jan 18, 2022#27

GasBandit

ThatNickGuy said:
For those that have solved it, I'm curious to see your thought pattern on this one. Here's mine from today's (213), behind a spoiler:

View attachment 40113

I open a notepad after the first two lines if it isn't obvious what it is by then.

And I lay out the possibilities

R O _ _ _
_ R O _ _
R _ O _ _
etc

and I see what words I can build with the letters I haven't used yet. Rowdy jumped right out at me from the first line, and that meant that neither R nor O could be in the first position.

so the grid became

_ R O _ Y
_ _ O R Y
_ R _ O Y

Because R could only be in the second and fifth position, and O could only be in the 4th and 5th. With S, I, E, C, T, A, L, W, and D out of the picture, I spent a lot of time trying to figure out if U fit somewhere in there, but nothing I came up with was possible without one of the greyed out letters. The X threw me off because, as its scrabble score indicates, it is very uncommonly used.
But after screwing around in notepad for 5 minutes at that point, it became clear the best shot was PROXY. And it was.

Jan 18, 2022#28

BErt

Jan 18, 2022#29

figmentPez

I open trying to get as many letters eliminated as possible.

I was feeling very confused until I remembered that xy is a letter pair.

Jan 18, 2022#30

drifter

Was going to go with promo, but gave it a second thought.

Jan 18, 2022#31

bhamv3

Yeah, woo hoo, got it in one! After clicking on all your spoilers!

Jan 18, 2022#32

BErt

What kinda mind meld are @GasBandit and @figmentPez in with those first two guesses??

Jan 18, 2022#33

figmentPez

BErt said:
What kinda mind meld are @GasBandit and @figmentPez in with those first two guesses??

As explained in the short video I linked above, those two words comprise the 10 most common letters in English. (For dictionary words, which is more useful in word games than the most commonly used letters in print. Though it's not adjusted specifically for 5 letter words, so I don't know if more optimization is possible.)

Jan 18, 2022#34

GasBandit

Huh, Bert's train made me go check - I didn't realize Wordle WILL use words that repeat the same letter (like "latte" or "rigor"). I had thought it was one use each per word. That complicates things and I've been lucky so far it hasn't happened to me.

Jan 18, 2022#35

BErt

GasBandit said:
Huh, Bert's train made me go check - I didn't realize Wordle WILL use words that repeat the same letter (like "latte" or "rigor"). I had thought it was one use each per word. That complicates things and I've been lucky so far it hasn't happened to me.

you must have started after last thursday when the word was ABBEY, it tripped up quite a few people that I saw

Jan 18, 2022#36

GasBandit

BErt said:
you must have started after last thursday when the word was ABBEY, it tripped up quite a few people that I saw

Yeah, friday was when I did my first attempt.

Jan 18, 2022#37

Vrii

I'm glad someone else went to check. I was wondering about that, but not nearly hard enough to put the work in myself.

Jan 18, 2022#38

Far

Jan 18, 2022#39

DarkAudit

It's not cheating, it's using all resources available. *cough*WordHippo*cough*

Jan 18, 2022#40

ThatNickGuy

DarkAudit said:
It's not cheating, it's using all resources available. *cough*WordHippo*cough*

Heh, yeah, once in awhile I'll google something like "5-letter word starting with R, ending with S" or something. I don't see it as cheating anymore than looking up words when doing crosswords.

Jan 19, 2022#41

DarkAudit

So my thought process is The PezBandit Method followed by WordHippo.

Jan 19, 2022#42

BErt

My method is fuck that noise, turn hard mode on in settings

Jan 19, 2022#43

Dei

Jan 19, 2022#44

GasBandit

Dammit, I had a 50 50 chance to get it in 3 and I guessed wrong.

Jan 19, 2022#45

Bubble181

I'm pretty sure I used the same two begin words as Gas and got luckier :-P

Jan 19, 2022#46

jwhouk

Wordle 214 5/6

Jan 19, 2022#47

Bubble181

jwhouk said:
Wordle 214 5/6

Like @GasBandit said earlier, it doesn't work if you just copy unfortunately.

Jan 19, 2022#48

mikerc

Yesterday was my first time not getting it in 6. Today I don't get any letters in my first guess & am feeling worried. First time getting it in only 2 guesses.

Jan 19, 2022#49

DarkAudit

Letters can be used more than once.

Jan 20, 2022#50

GasBandit

Holy shit. Took a wild shot with that line 3.

Jan 20, 2022#51

BErt

Jan 20, 2022#52

figmentPez

Well, huh...

666, and an extra 6 for good measure.

Jan 20, 2022#53

Bubble181

Jan 20, 2022#54

Bubble181

I'll say that even just seeing the patterns of others is a spoiler in some ways.

Jan 20, 2022#55

DarkAudit

I do the grunt work on the laptop here at work, then go home to the desktop and get it in 1 every time.

Jan 20, 2022#56

General Specific

Wordle 215 4/6

Jan 20, 2022#57

BErt

Bubble181 said:
I'll say that even just seeing the patterns of others is a spoiler in some ways.

only if you know for a fact that people always start with the first word or two. I never start with the same word plus i have it set where i have to use any found letters in each subsequent guess.

Jan 20, 2022#58

Far

I liked seeing everyone's process for how they got there.

I was stumped until I remembered the double letter thing

Jan 20, 2022#59

GasBandit

Far said:
I liked seeing everyone's process for how they got there.

I was stumped until I remembered the double letter thing|
View attachment 40139

Mine was the usual. The combination of letters that were included and excluded pointed me HARD to "Robot" but my brain was all "Surely you wouldn't get a word that reuses TWO letters *immediately* after discussing how reused letters are possible! There's gotta be something else!" so I flailed and scrounged for a while, then thought "well maybe I can think of some other word that uses R, O, T, and B to check for B and 3 other common letters" but eventually I gave up and shot my shot and turns out...

Jan 21, 2022#60

BErt

Jan 21, 2022#61

Dei

Big yikes on this one.

Jan 21, 2022#62

PatrThom

Thats not Wordle, that’s Tetris.

—Patrick

Jan 21, 2022#63

Bubble181

Jan 21, 2022#64

GasBandit

I would have expected me to think of THIS word faster

but I guess my brain is in work mode.

Jan 21, 2022#65

General Specific

Wordle 216 4/6

Jan 21, 2022#66

Far

I honestly did this as a joke guess cause I was stumped.

Jan 21, 2022#67

ThatNickGuy

Jan 21, 2022#68

DarkAudit

Jan 22, 2022#69

BErt

I did make it to 20 straight though - and mostly 3’s and 4’s can’t complain too much!

Jan 22, 2022#70

figmentPez

Jan 22, 2022#71

drifter

Harumph!

Screenshot 2022-01-22 at 02-37-33 Wordle - A daily word game.png

Jan 22, 2022#72

Bubble181

Bah! It doesn't connect my phone to my pc so it counts as a new streak rather than continuing on. Don't know if I'll have the time to go on pc and repeat. Grrr.
Anyway

Screenshot_2022-01-22-11-00-30-20_40deb401b9ffe8e1df2f1cc5ba480b12.jpg

Jan 22, 2022#73

BErt

figmentPez said:
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View attachment 40170

i almost put that as my third guess but I realized i used one of letters already. Hilarious

Jan 22, 2022#74

chris

Wordle 217 3/6

First time trying Wordle.

Jan 22, 2022#75

GasBandit

Like many of you, I thought I had a shot at getting it in 2 today, but it didn't work out that way.

Jan 22, 2022#76

Dei

Probably could have had it in four if I went for the more obvious word.

Jan 22, 2022#77

General Specific

Wordle 217 4/6

Jan 22, 2022#78

Bubble181

Screenshot_2022-01-23-02-13-52-11_40deb401b9ffe8e1df2f1cc5ba480b12.jpg

yeah, my third guess was "wait, am I confusing my days and it's that one still? Or again?".

Jan 22, 2022#79

MindDetective

Here is a lewd knockoff for you weirdos to enjoy.

Lewdle - The bad word game

The lewd, crude and especially rude word guessing game.

www.lewdlegame.com

Jan 22, 2022#80

BErt

MindDetective said:
Here is a lewd knockoff for you weirdos to enjoy.

Lewdle - The bad word game

The lewd, crude and especially rude word guessing game.

www.lewdlegame.com

hell yes

Jan 22, 2022#81

DarkAudit

It's not cheating if someone else spoils it ahead of me. Waits patiently until midnight EST.

Jan 22, 2022#82

GasBandit

The fact that you can only guess dirty words does add for an interesting challenge. Can't Siren/Octal you way through half the letters

Jan 22, 2022#83

DarkAudit

BErt said:
uuh what number is this one?? I think you might be ahead of us time zone wise so if it’s number 218 you might want to specify please thanks

It was. And you bet I used that information to my advantage.

Jan 23, 2022#84

BErt

I took a five since it was spoiled. I didn’t want an unearned 1 but I didn’t think it was fair that I would have to have my streak snapped. Plus I got a lewdle in 3 in the meantime, I think that’s an even enough trade

Jan 23, 2022#85

Dei

I bumped most of the vowels off early so that helped for this one.

Jan 23, 2022#86

Far

I was almost going for something else for the third guess but back tracked and popped what ended up being the correct answer instead.

Jan 23, 2022#87

Bubble181

BErt said:
uuh what number is this one?? I think you might be ahead of us time zone wise so if it’s number 218 you might want to specify please thanks

Yes, I'm ahead time zone wise. That's... That's what the spoiler tag is for? My 217 was like three posts earlier. And I usually don't know what number any one is, as you can see from the very screen shot I put in spoilers, the end screen on my phone does not list the number.
If you're afraid of being spoiled, don't open spoiler tags.

Jan 23, 2022#88

GasBandit

I was thrown off because today's answer was something I guessed incorrectly just the other day that ended up being PRICK. So I was all "noooo it couldn't be THAT." But it was.

And got today's lewdle in 2.

Jan 23, 2022#89

GasBandit

You know you're in the zeitgeist when swords comic makes a comic about you.

Jan 23, 2022#90

PatrThom

Heh saw that and now I want more.
Could also have been "gross."

--Patrick

Jan 23, 2022#91

GasBandit

PatrThom said:
Heh saw that and now I want more.
Could also have been "gross."

--Patrick

No, Gloss having a second grey S eliminated gross

Jan 23, 2022#92

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
No, Gloss having a second grey S eliminated gross

Not as the final, but as the second guess.

--Patrick

Jan 23, 2022#93

Dei

GasBandit said:
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View attachment 40194
I was thrown off because today's answer was something I guessed incorrectly just the other day that ended up being PRICK. So I was all "noooo it couldn't be THAT." But it was.

And got today's lewdle in 2.
View attachment 40196

lol

Jan 23, 2022#94

DarkAudit

Another 3-fer.

Jan 24, 2022#95

BErt

Eh…I started with goofy words this time lol

Jan 24, 2022#96

Dei

Jan 24, 2022#97

Bubble181

Jan 24, 2022#98

DarkAudit

Search for wordle in google and you get a fun little easter egg.

Jan 24, 2022#99

jwhouk

Wordle 219 4/6

Y

YG

<-Dumb move on my part

GGGGG

Jan 24, 2022#100

MindDetective

Lewdle:

Well, that didn't paste right. Got it in two.

Jan 24, 2022#101

Bubble181

BErt said:
just saying spoiler is fine when you include this part
View attachment 40212
But I guess you could keep being a dick because i gently asked you for a favor that works too

Literally EVERY day the Americans post Wordle solutions here before I get up. I happen tpo sovle one at 1AM and thus earleir than everybody else, and I get called out for it? Yeah, I'm annoyed and offended. And I try to make a bit of humor out of it by exaggerating for effect.
That share thingie DOES NOT SHOW FOR ME ON MY PHONE. THERE IS LITERALLY NO POSSIBLE WAY I CAN SEE WYHAT NUBMER IT IS AFTER SOLVING IT ON MY PHONE.
You opened a spoiler tag and didn't want to get spoiled, and frankly yes I'm in a bad headspace right now, so I do feel somewhat attacked. I feel like I did nothing wrong.
But, if my being a bit over the top and joking about it offends you once again, fine. I will no longer post my wordle scores here, it's not like it actually matters in any way or form. Thanks for taking away yet another little thing that might have brought me the tiniest bit of cheer.

Jan 24, 2022#102

BErt

Lewdle is teaching me that I’m either not a dirty enough thinker, or I dont know enough dirty words

Jan 24, 2022#103

GasBandit

I think the lewdles are more challenging because so many more dirty words repeat letters.

Jan 24, 2022#104

DarkAudit

Jan 25, 2022#105

ThatNickGuy

Jan 25, 2022#106

Bubble181

Jan 25, 2022#107

DarkAudit

evilmike said:
ABSURDLE -- Every time you guess wrong in Absurdle, the solution to the puzzle changes.

It's more sinister than that. And I'm hooked.

Absurdle @ Things Of Interest

qntm.org

Jan 25, 2022#108

chris

DarkAudit said:
It's more sinister than that. And I'm hooked.

Absurdle @ Things Of Interest

qntm.org

I need 7 to 8 guesses so far.

Jan 25, 2022#109

BErt

DarkAudit said:
It's more sinister than that. And I'm hooked.

Absurdle @ Things Of Interest

qntm.org

wow this game is crazy bananas. Sounds like you can’t guess a word in less than 4 tries. Best I’ve done so far is 6.

Jan 25, 2022#110

GasBandit

Boom shakalaka!

Slightly less so!

Jan 25, 2022#111

PatrThom

Bubble181 said:
Literally EVERY day the Americans post Wordle solutions here before I get up.

Twitter suspends Wordle-ruining bot

Letting people like things continues to be free.

www.theverge.com

--Patrick

Jan 25, 2022#112

BErt

Way too many 4s lately, i need to up my game!

Jan 25, 2022#113

figmentPez

Reddit - Dive into anything

www.reddit.com

Jan 25, 2022#114

DarkAudit

Jan 25, 2022#115

DarkAudit

PatrThom said:
Twitter suspends Wordle-ruining bot

Letting people like things continues to be free.

www.theverge.com

--Patrick

Be warned, that article links to a blog post where someone has reverse engineered Wordle and wrote a JavaScript app to tell you tomorrow's word.

Jan 26, 2022#116

ThatNickGuy

I've been using "siren" and "octal" a lot lately, which hasn't honestly been as handy as I thought it would be. My go-to starter word used to be "super," and I might start going back to that as my default.

With this one, I was trying to eliminate as many possibilities without reusing too many words. Or at least eliminate as many vowels as possible. As you can see, it really didn't help. I wound up relying on WordHippo, scanning through "5 letter words containing "ach" (in any combination) and eventually fell upon "whack."

Jan 26, 2022#117

BErt

Just garbage

Jan 26, 2022#118

Bubble181

Trying out different starting combinations and progress towards green faster, as the Octal/Risen combo pretty much guarantees you'll need 4 guesses unless you're lucky.

Jan 26, 2022#119

Dei

Jan 26, 2022#120

General Specific

A lucky random guess got me 3/6 on 221

Jan 26, 2022#121

GasBandit

Bubble and I had a similar thought process

Jan 26, 2022#122

GasBandit

Lewdle doesn't think "blowy" is a dirty word :deadpool:

Jan 26, 2022#123

GasBandit

Now there's a word I hadn't thought of in a long, long time.... buttmunch. Huh huh huh... huh huh...

Jan 26, 2022#124

MindDetective

GasBandit said:
View attachment 40249

Now there's a word I hadn't thought of in a long, long time.... buttmunch. Huh huh huh... huh huh...

View attachment 40250

I lucked out trying to eliminate letters.

Jan 27, 2022#125

Dei

Jan 27, 2022#126

Bubble181

Bit lucky, there were several other options (like count or fount) still possible too.

Jan 27, 2022#127

BErt

I have been on a really mediocre streak

Jan 27, 2022#128

GasBandit

Dangit, I got down to a 50 50 and guessed wrong again

Jan 27, 2022#129

GasBandit

Jan 27, 2022#130

Bubble181

GasBandit said:
Dangit, I got down to a 50 50 and guessed wrong again

View attachment 40265

RISEN
OCTAL
FOUNT
MOUNT

:ninja:

Jan 27, 2022#131

GasBandit

Bubble181 said:
RISEN
OCTAL
FOUNT
MOUNT

?

"Got it in one, Mr. Garibaldi."
Well, except I always use Siren instead of Risen.

Jan 27, 2022#132

GasBandit

Jan 28, 2022#133

ThatNickGuy

BOW BEFORE YOUR NEW LORD AND MASTER.

After getting "per," I first tried and failed to think of any words starting with "pre." When I couldn't think of anything, I switched to "per" as the first three letters and then thought of "perky." Didn't think it would work!

Jan 28, 2022#134

evilmike

Jan 28, 2022#135

GasBandit

This one was more of a struggle for me than it should have been.

Man, I think I'm just not on my game today.

Jan 28, 2022#136

Bubble181

I'm deliberately trying to mix up my starter words, keeping at least 4 vowels and some of the more important consonnants. Octal siren's a hard one to beat though.

Jan 28, 2022#137

Dave

I got todays in 3.

Jan 28, 2022#138

General Specific

I also got today's in 3, second time I have had a random lucky guess

LASER
REIGN
PERKY

Jan 28, 2022#139

MindDetective

GasBandit said:
This one was more of a struggle for me than it should have been.

View attachment 40273

View attachment 40276

Man, I think I'm just not on my game today.
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View attachment 40275

LOL at your second to last guess on Wordle

Jan 28, 2022#140

GasBandit

MindDetective said:
LOL at your second to last guess on Wordle

Yeah, laugh at me, sure, but obviously it's in their word list or it wouldn't have let me play it

Jan 28, 2022#141

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
This one was more of a struggle for me than it should have been.

I find the pattern/process similarity to be the most remarkable thing about these two.

--Patrick

Jan 28, 2022#142

MindDetective

GasBandit said:
Yeah, laugh at me, sure, but obviously it's in their word list or it wouldn't have let me play it

They have two lists. Valid words and Words-that-can-be-answers

Jan 28, 2022#143

Bubble181

MindDetective said:
They have two lists. Valid words and Words-that-can-be-answers

And they're actually both fairly small in my opinion. There's like 2000 possible answers and 10000 accepted words.

Jan 28, 2022#144

MindDetective

Bubble181 said:
And they're actually both fairly small in my opinion. There's like 2000 possible answers and 10000 accepted words.

They are only five-letter words, though, so a much smaller pool than the entire lexicon

Jan 28, 2022#145

Far

This feels like it could have been for LEWDLE.

Jan 28, 2022#146

Bubble181

Screenshot_2022-01-29-01-39-45-99_40deb401b9ffe8e1df2f1cc5ba480b12.jpg

Screenshot_2022-01-29-01-40-46-76_40deb401b9ffe8e1df2f1cc5ba480b12.jpg

Jan 29, 2022#147

ThatNickGuy

No idea how I pulled this one off. Got to Line 3 and just sort of played around with a few word choices, stopping myself when I realized a letter was already greyed out. Stumbled onto thinking of "wrung" and boom. Didn't even use WordHippo this time.

Jan 30, 2022#148

GasBandit

Mine didn't go as smoothly as Nick's.

Man, 50/50 chances have NOT been going my way lately.

Jan 30, 2022#149

Dave

You both used octal. Interesting.

Jan 30, 2022#150

GasBandit

Dave said:
You both used octal. Interesting.

I always start with siren and octal because together they comprise the 10 most commonly used letters in the english language.

I guess that kind of makes even my non-lettered posts here kinda spoilers.

Jan 30, 2022#151

Dave

Jan 30, 2022#152

GasBandit

The thing about SALET is that if you don't get greens and yellows, it means you have to make your second word out of R I O C N to get the other 5 of the top 10.

I had to use a scrabble word finder to figure out if there's any word that uses that. Apparently ORCIN is a valid word in scrabble, but I'm not sure I want to spend the turn finding out if it's on the Wordle word list.

Jan 30, 2022#153

evilmike

GasBandit said:
The thing about SALET is that if you don't get greens and yellows, it means you have to make your second word out of R I O C N to get the other 5 of the top 10.

I had to use a scrabble word finder to figure out if there's any word that uses that. Apparently ORCIN is a valid word in scrabble, but I'm not sure I want to spend the turn finding out if it's on the Wordle word list.

That's what Wordl is for.

Jan 30, 2022#154

ThatNickGuy

Once again, I really lucked out on my third guess.

Jan 31, 2022#155

Dei

No I'm a Wordle God! (But only for today)

Jan 31, 2022#156

Bubble181

GasBandit said:
The thing about SALET is that if you don't get greens and yellows, it means you have to make your second word out of R I O C N to get the other 5 of the top 10.

I had to use a scrabble word finder to figure out if there's any word that uses that. Apparently ORCIN is a valid word in scrabble, but I'm not sure I want to spend the turn finding out if it's on the Wordle word list.

Jan 31, 2022#157

Bubble181

I seem to not have posted my 224 - but it was a 5-guesser.

Terrible word; also because I tend to forget words like that can be used in English since they are considered adjectives. In my mind it's only the past tense of the verb, which wouldn't be a valid word for Scrabble/boggle/wordle in Dutch.

As far as Wordle gods go... There are rare cases where a 2-line solution is due to skill, but in the vast majority of cases, one or two line guesses are more luck than skill - or pure luck.

Jan 31, 2022#158

BErt

After like a week of 5s I finally got a 3. Eat shit Wordle

Jan 31, 2022#159

General Specific

BErt said:
After like a week of 5s I finally got a 3. Eat shit Wordle
View attachment 40322

And after several 3s, today I got a 5

Jan 31, 2022#160

GasBandit

Man things are just not going my way lately

Had to try ORCIN first because I don't come back into this thread until I've done the day's puzzle, to avoid spoilers, so I didn't see Bubble's post

And this one also had me worried for a bit.

Jan 31, 2022#161

figmentPez

*whew* That was a close one. I've been playing with self imposed hard rules, and not using optimized starting words, just to see what it takes to lose. Still haven't, yet.

Jan 31, 2022#162

BErt

Welp. Everything beautiful must die.

I know he says it will stay free to play, but we’ll see how true that is once it’s actually in NYT hands.

Jan 31, 2022#163

ThatNickGuy

Called it.

Jan 31, 2022#164

GasBandit

It'll be free, except that it'll be surrounded by ads and/or count toward your number of "free articles" before you have to subscribe

Jan 31, 2022#165

PatrThom

Purchased for “…an undisclosed price in the low seven figures.”

—Patrick

Jan 31, 2022#166

drifter

Man, I ain't mad. Get that bag bro.

Jan 31, 2022#167

klew

There also airportle for travel fans

Jan 31, 2022#168

Dei

As far as Wordle gods go... There are rare cases where a 2-line solution is due to skill, but in the vast majority of cases, one or two line guesses are more luck than skill - or pure luck.

Bubble can't handle my (temporary) amazingness.

Jan 31, 2022#169

BErt

PatrThom said:
Purchased for “…an undisclosed price in the low seven figures.”

—Patrick

Jan 31, 2022#170

Dave

There’s a site that has wordle already and you can do several words not just one a day. And you can raise or lower the number of letters. I never mentioned it because half of the popularity of wordle was it was only one word a day and everyone shares that word. It’s a shared experience that made it popular.

Jan 31, 2022#171

ThatNickGuy

Dave said:
There’s a site that has wordle already and you can do several words not just one a day. And you can raise or lower the number of letters. I never mentioned it because half of the popularity of wordle was it was only one word a day and everyone shares that word. It’s a shared experience that made it popular.

Yeah, there's a lot of ways Wordle's set up made it unique. I LIKED that it was only one a day because it made the while thing communal. There are tons of imitators popping up, but I doubt I'll be interested.

Feb 1, 2022#172

Bubble181

Yeah, it wasn't exactly a new concept - Lingo has existed for literal decades.
It's the "one a day, share/compete" nature of it that made it interesting. No doubt I can download a dozen knockoffs - some perhaps with better UI and all that than the original - and do a thousand a day, but why would I?

Feb 1, 2022#173

General Specific

Also, with all the imitators out there, if NYT messes it up and starts changing things, there will likely be a mass exodus

Good for the creator to get some money out of it before it became untenable for him.

Edit: oh yeah, 4/6 on today's, how'd you do @BErt?

Feb 1, 2022#174

BErt

General Specific said:
Edit: oh yeah, 4/6 on today's, how'd you do @BErt?

Feb 1, 2022#175

ThatNickGuy

I ROLLED A FOUR. HEY GUYS, I ROLLED A FOUR.

Feb 1, 2022#176

Bubble181

227

Feb 1, 2022#177

GasBandit

My brain keeps going in weird directions.

I probably should have gotten it in 3 but I guess I'm hungry

Slightly less off track for dirty minded stuff

Feb 1, 2022#178

Dei

This game was in Bookworm Adventures, so it's definitely not new.

Feb 1, 2022#179

Far

Sonofabitch...

Feb 1, 2022#180

Krisken

Wordle 227 2/6

Never got it this quick before.

Not sure why it copied like that, but there you go.

Feb 1, 2022#181

MindDetective

Wordle will be free forever because you can right-click to save the whole game

Future answers are preserved no matter what the NYT does.

www.theverge.com

Feb 2, 2022#182

BErt

Feb 2, 2022#183

General Specific

BErt said:
View attachment 40367

...I got a 5/6

Feb 2, 2022#184

Bubble181

I swear I didn't cheat, I've just been trying to have different starting words that include as many vowels and the "main" consonants as possible and this happened to be the combo I tried today.

I mean,

I AM A WORDLE GOD :awesome:

Feb 2, 2022#185

GasBandit

I'll second all of you. Eww.

Was this a repeat? I feel like we did this one already.

Feb 2, 2022#186

figmentPez

Spoiler about Gas's post:

Did Wordle and Lewdle accidentally switch words today?

Feb 2, 2022#187

jwhouk

Ewww is right. That actually made my guess easier.

Wordle 228 5/6

Feb 2, 2022#188

GasBandit

Feb 2, 2022#189

PatrThom

I'm still resisting.

--Patrick

Feb 2, 2022#190

ThatNickGuy

I stupidly rushed into the second word, not thinking I'd already tried U.

Feb 3, 2022#191

BErt

@General Specific change places?

Feb 3, 2022#192

GasBandit

This one was a challenge. I hardly can believe I actually got it at all, much less in 3.

Feb 3, 2022#193

Dei

Feb 3, 2022#194

Bubble181

For some reason, my mind went straight to shar- but would not move past shark, sharp and shart (all of which were impossible). I went through the whole alphabet and didn't see another word, went on to things like scarf, spark, scare, scary, smart (all of which can't be made). I guess I'm lucky I didn't think of things like soars (like GB higher up). I eventually circled back and finally saw shard, but that fourth guess really took ridiculously long.

Feb 3, 2022#195

General Specific

BErt said:
@General Specific change places?

I can't see your thing at work, twitter embeds are blocked.

But, got 4/6 on today's.

Feb 4, 2022#196

General Specific

Wordle 230 6/6

WHEW!

Got 3 letters straight away, got them in the right spots by move 3, then just could not get the right word until the very last attempt.

This will spoil the answer!

I mean it, don't continue unless you want to know today's answer!

You now cannot say I didn't warn you or that you accidentally clicked or whatever

Hah! One more just to mess with you!

Laser
Delay
Bleak
Gleam
Clean
Pleat

Feb 4, 2022#197

Bubble181

Yeah, this one was a bit of a bitch.

Feb 4, 2022#198

GasBandit

Bubble and I on the same wavelength again.

I could have sworn this was already a word recently. Maybe I just guessed it and it accepted it as valid but it wasn't the answer.

Feb 4, 2022#199

Cog

I'm seeing here a lot of words that I don't know.

Also, I almost didn't solve it today

Feb 5, 2022#200

Bubble181

Screenshot_2022-02-05-14-44-20-74_40deb401b9ffe8e1df2f1cc5ba480b12.jpg

Screenshot_2022-02-05-14-45-14-54_40deb401b9ffe8e1df2f1cc5ba480b12.jpg

Feb 5, 2022#201

GasBandit

The ones with double letters always cause me grief.

Feb 7, 2022#202

Dei

Feb 7, 2022#203

GasBandit

Those damn double vowels always make life difficult

Or... maybe not, I guess.

Feb 8, 2022#204

GasBandit

Fucking double letters I swear to god

Feb 8, 2022#205

Terrik

Feb 8, 2022#206

Dei

Feb 8, 2022#207

evilmike

Squirdle -- Exactly as it sounds -- wordle but Pokemon

Feb 8, 2022#208

Ravenpoe

It turns out I'm a genius

Wordle 235 2/6

It turns out I don't know how to post these

Feb 8, 2022#209

BErt

37! In a row!

Feb 9, 2022#210

GasBandit

Today I learned a word I wish I hadn't learned.

Feb 9, 2022#211

jwhouk

18 games/78%/1 win/3 long
0-1-1-5-4-3-4

Feb 10, 2022#212

GasBandit

Just not my day today

Feb 11, 2022#213

Ravenpoe

Got it in two

Wordle 237 2/6

Feb 11, 2022#214

drifter

Same. First time in two!

Screenshot 2022-02-11 at 04-01-42 Wordle - A daily word game.png

Feb 11, 2022#215

General Specific

I have been busy, so forgotten to play for several days, got 4/6 for today's

Feb 11, 2022#216

evilmike

Feb 11, 2022#217

PatrThom

As someone who does not speak Comanche, what am I missing, here?
"[Comanche] for 5-Letter Words"
"Not Wordle 39 2/6"
"[eyes] wut?"
"[Good to know!]"
"lol"

--Patrick

Feb 11, 2022#218

evilmike

PatrThom said:
As someone who does not speak Comanche, what am I missing, here?
"[Comanche] for 5-Letter Words"
"Not Wordle 39 2/6"
"[eyes] wut?"
"[Good to know!]"
"lol"

--Patrick

I'm not sure there's a deeper meaning beyond "They are using Wordle to help a dying language, neat!" and "Haha, Facebook is broken."

Feb 11, 2022#219

PatrThom

"Pussy", "pupal" and "agora" among words removed from Wordle after move to New York Times | Boing Boing

Wordle’s old home at powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/ now redirects to nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html, its perch after the Old Gray Lady bought the New Gray Game. The design is a little diffe…

boingboing.net

--Patrick

Feb 11, 2022#220

Bubble181

PatrThom said:
"Pussy", "pupal" and "agora" among words removed from Wordle after move to New York Times | Boing Boing

Wordle’s old home at powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/ now redirects to nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html, its perch after the Old Gray Lady bought the New Gray Game. The design is a little diffe…

boingboing.net

--Patrick

I can understand some of the choices. I mean, I think it's ridiculous to remove Pussy or Slave, but I can understand the reasoning even if I don't agree.
But what the everloving bananaboat is wrong with Agora? Or Fibre?

Feb 11, 2022#221

GasBandit

I must be overthinking these or something.

I think I've struggled more to get this one than any previous word on either Lewdle or Wordle. Freaking triple letter.

Feb 13, 2022#222

General Specific

Wordle 239 3/6

Feb 14, 2022#223

Krisken

These are less common words now, right? Todays I had to stop and really think about it.

Feb 14, 2022#224

Terrik

That was a fun one. Got it on the last line.

Feb 14, 2022#225

Far

I feel like everything since the switch to NYT website has been but that might just be confirmation bias.

Feb 14, 2022#226

Krisken

Wordle 240 4/6

I mean, I'm still getting it, but damn, the words definitely seem to be less common words than previous. The wife said "F this, I don't want to spend all morning puzzling it out, I liked it being a 5 minute escape"

Feb 14, 2022#227

evilmike

Play 4 games of Wordle at the same time: Quordle

Feb 14, 2022#228

drifter

Krisken said:
Wordle 240 4/6

I mean, I'm still getting it, but damn, the words definitely seem to be less common words than previous. The wife said "F this, I don't want to spend all morning puzzling it out, I liked it being a 5 minute escape"

I think it's just chance. MindDetective previously posted a link showing the game has years worth of answers already hard coded. I have a copy of the game saved to my computer from before the switch, and today's answers matched.

Feb 14, 2022#229

Far

Yeah that's why I said likely just confirmation bias. I knew the upcoming answers were already mined but didn't want to go poking around to check.

Feb 14, 2022#230

Tinwhistler

Wordle 240 5/6

Thought I'd give it a try once because I keep seeing this thread in my "new posts" filter. I won. 100% win streak. Now I can never play again, or risk breaking breaking my perfect score.

Feb 15, 2022#231

Tinwhistler

Krisken said:
Wordle 240 4/6

I mean, I'm still getting it, but damn, the words definitely seem to be less common words than previous. The wife said "F this, I don't want to spend all morning puzzling it out, I liked it being a 5 minute escape"

Here’s how The New York Times changed Wordle

Handful of “obscure” and “insensitive” words no longer valid as guesses or solutions.

arstechnica.com

According to ArsTechnica, the words list essentially unchanged except for a small handful of racially or sexually insensitive terms.

Feb 15, 2022#232

Krisken

Tinwhistler said:
Here’s how The New York Times changed Wordle

Handful of “obscure” and “insensitive” words no longer valid as guesses or solutions.

arstechnica.com

According to ArsTechnica, the words list essentially unchanged except for a small handful of racially or sexually insensitive terms.

GTK, confirmation bias then.

Feb 16, 2022#233

Dave

There’s a lot of people pissed about todays word. I got it in 4 but I’m apparently an exception. A lot of people don’t even know it’s a real word.

Feb 16, 2022#234

Bubble181

Got it in 5. How do you not know it's a real word? I mean, it wasn't immediately evident for me either but I'm aware of its existence.

Feb 16, 2022#235

Dave

I think the middle letter messed people up.

Feb 16, 2022#236

Bubble181

Dave said:
I think the middle letter messed people up.

Just checking....What other letter would people expect there? Or do you mean that Americans would expect that word without the -u-? They're totally different words.

Feb 16, 2022#237

Ravenpoe

Dave said:
There’s a lot of people pissed about todays word. I got it in 4 but I’m apparently an exception. A lot of people don’t even know it’s a real word.

I also got it in four, but could have easily gotten it in 3.

I knew it would have to be either Chalk or caulk and guessed chalk first because it's more common

Feb 16, 2022#238

GasBandit

You can tell some people

have never had to work on their own bathroom.

Feb 16, 2022#239

evilmike

Tinwhistler said:
Here’s how The New York Times changed Wordle

Handful of “obscure” and “insensitive” words no longer valid as guesses or solutions.

arstechnica.com

According to ArsTechnica, the words list essentially unchanged except for a small handful of racially or sexually insensitive terms.

They must have found out that @GasBandit was using the same words for both Wordle and Lewdle. Pervy, indeed.

Feb 16, 2022#240

Dave

Warning! Spoilers in the article.

‘That’s not even a word’: Twitter users stumped by today’s Wordle

Everyone’s saying the same thing about Wordle 242

news.yahoo.com

Feb 16, 2022#241

GasBandit

Seriously, I can't believe anybody thinks today's word is not a word.

Feb 16, 2022#242

Cog

I know that word.

Feb 16, 2022#243

drifter

GasBandit said:
You can tell some people

have never had to work on their own bathroom.

Yeah, makes me think Wordle's player base skews young.

Dave said:
Warning! Spoilers in the article.

‘That’s not even a word’: Twitter users stumped by today’s Wordle

Everyone’s saying the same thing about Wordle 242

news.yahoo.com

I'm more confused about yesterday's apparent answer.

Amora/agora

What? I know I did yesterday's, and that was not the answer.

Feb 16, 2022#244

Bubble181

Cog said:
I know that word.

That's two non-native speakers from almost literally opposite sides of the world who know it. Dear Americans, pls lern 2 speek gud k thx.

Feb 16, 2022#245

GasBandit

drifter said:
Yeah, makes me think Wordle's player base skews young.

Or extremely bougie.

Feb 16, 2022#246

Dei

GasBandit said:
Or extremely bougie.

Or a lot of millennials haven't experienced home ownership yet.

Feb 16, 2022#247

GasBandit

Dei said:
Or a lot of millennials haven't experienced home ownership yet.

I suppose that's true, but everybody's been a kid in the 80s pretending dad's caulking gun is an MP5, right?

... right?

... Shut up.

Feb 16, 2022#248

PatrThom

*grenade launcher. MP5s hadn't been out long enough yet.

--Patrick

Feb 16, 2022#249

GasBandit

PatrThom said:
*grenade launcher. MP5s hadn't been out long enough yet.

--Patrick

The HK MP5 has been in production since 1966.

Feb 16, 2022#250

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
The HK MP5 has been in production since 1966.

I know this. Looked it up myself less than an hour ago.
But back when I was a kid, it wasn't in my face practically every day like it now.

--Patrick

Feb 16, 2022#251

GasBandit

PatrThom said:
I know this. Looked it up myself less than an hour ago.
But back when I was a kid, it wasn't in my face practically every day like it now.

--Patrick

Guess you didn't watch much James Bond as a kid?

Feb 16, 2022#252

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
Guess you didn't watch much James Bond as a kid?

No. They were too violent and had too little clothing on the women.
Did I mention my mother (as well as her 4 sisters) used to be a nun?
Well, postulants, at least.

--Patrick

Feb 16, 2022#253

figmentPez

GasBandit said:
You can tell some people

have never had to work on their own bathroom.

They also haven't

played the Oregon Trail and caulked their wagon to float across a river.

EDIT: Forgot to say that I got it in two, without reading this thread first.

Feb 17, 2022#254

Dave

Today's was a pain in the ass.

Wordle 243 6/6

Feb 17, 2022#255

Dave

Also, how do you guys do the screen print? Mine doesn't come out right from the Share button. I had to take a screen grab using the snip tool to get it to show right.

Feb 17, 2022#256

Shawn

This dick word today…

Feb 17, 2022#257

Bubble181

Dave said:
Also, how do you guys do the screen print? Mine doesn't come out right from the Share button. I had to take a screen grab using the snip tool to get it to show right.

I used to use the share button, then take a snip of what it pastes, then replace it. In the preview it does show up correctly, or at least used to.

Feb 17, 2022#258

General Specific

6/6 for me today too (243)

Got it to S_AKE on guess 3, the final 3 were STAKE, SLAKE, & then finally SHAKE

Feb 17, 2022#259

Bubble181

It's the type of word where the self-imposed "'have to use already guessed letters" will really bite you in the ass. Using, say, HOTEL would've told you which of those it could be in one line.

Feb 17, 2022#260

GasBandit

Dave said:
Also, how do you guys do the screen print? Mine doesn't come out right from the Share button. I had to take a screen grab using the snip tool to get it to show right.

I've been using the snip tool to take a grab of the pasted blocks. If you try to post the reply as formatted it doesn't work, but take a screen grab of it and then delete it and paste the screen grab and post that.

Feb 17, 2022#261

Dave

How unnecessarily convoluted.

Feb 17, 2022#262

GasBandit

Dave said:
How unnecessarily convoluted.

Mechanically, however, it's pretty simple.

CTRL V
SHIFT-WIN-S
(draw box)
CTRL A
DEL
CTRL V

post.

Feb 17, 2022#263

Bubble181

Dave said:
How unnecessarily convoluted.

Complain to the guy running this place :-P

Feb 17, 2022#264

Tinwhistler

GasBandit said:
Mechanically, however, it's pretty simple.

CTRL V
SHIFT-WIN-S
(draw box)
CTRL A
DEL
CTRL V

post.

That's exactly what I did.

Feb 17, 2022#265

mikerc

Could also have guessed shave. :mad:

Feb 17, 2022#266

Bubble181

mikerc said:
View attachment 40616

Could also have guessed shave.

Same answer as the General up there

Feb 17, 2022#267

Dei

Feb 17, 2022#268

Shawn

Dei said:
View attachment 40620

Show off. =P

Feb 19, 2022#269

BErt

You can eat my whole butt Wordle

Feb 19, 2022#270

Shawn

You know what, New York Times? During my last guess my first thought was SWILL.
I just assumed you were classier than that. *Spit*

Feb 19, 2022#271

Dei

Feb 19, 2022#272

Dave

BErt said:
You can eat my whole butt Wordle

Same. Eat it. Any time luck is a factor is just fucking stupid.

Feb 19, 2022#273

evilmike

Dave said:
Same. Eat it. Any time luck is a factor is just fucking stupid.

View attachment 40639

This is why I've never thought about playing the harder mode. Sometimes it's too useful to make a strategic wrong guess to eliminate letters.

Feb 21, 2022#274

Dave

I swear I almost got it in 2 but instead I went with getting more letters.

Feb 21, 2022#275

BErt

Sometimes being lucky is just fine

Feb 22, 2022#276

Dave

I rather liked today's. Not even sure why.

Feb 22, 2022#277

Shawn

I'm just as surprised as anyone.

Feb 22, 2022#278

Dei

Feb 22, 2022#279

Shawn

Dei said:
View attachment 40705

Well we see where your mind went.

Feb 23, 2022#280

Dave

Feb 23, 2022#281

BErt

Dammit WORDLE, tricked me again

Feb 23, 2022#282

Shawn

4 tries for me today.

Feb 24, 2022#283

General Specific

Wordle 250 6/6

That was a close one

Screen Shot 2022-02-24 at 7.38.28 AM.png

Feb 24, 2022#284

Shawn

General Specific said:
Wordle 250 6/6

That was a close one

View attachment 40723

lol. I clicked on your spoiler mindlessly and now I'm going to have to skip today's.

Feb 24, 2022#285

Dave

Not exactly a common American word.

Feb 25, 2022#286

BErt

LOOOOL FUUUUUUUCK YOOOOOOU

Feb 25, 2022#287

Shawn

BErt said:
LOOOOL FUUUUUUUCK YOOOOOOU

View attachment 40730

Pretty much.

Feb 25, 2022#288

Ravenpoe

I thought today's was pretty clever

Feb 25, 2022#289

Krisken

Yeah, that one took me a bit.

Feb 25, 2022#290

Dave

Almost didn't get it.

Feb 25, 2022#291

General Specific

Mine for today, 4/6

Screen Shot 2022-02-25 at 9.58.55 AM.png

Feb 25, 2022#292

jwhouk

Yeah, I screwed it up today. Is it me, or have there been a lot of duplicated letter words this week?

Feb 26, 2022#293

BErt

jwhouk said:
Yeah, I screwed it up today. Is it me, or have there been a lot of duplicated letter words this week?

It’s not just you, there’s been way more. I had heard the creator had like a 5 year queue of words but I think when they took over, NYT made their own and that they’re actively trying to ruin as many streaks as possible :mad:

Feb 26, 2022#294

BErt

Wordle 252: Yeeeeah Booooii

Feb 26, 2022#295

drifter

I wouldn't have gotten today's Quordle without relying on the built-in word check.

Screenshot 2022-02-26 at 01-10-59 Quordle.png

Feb 26, 2022#296

Dave

Feb 26, 2022#297

Bubble181

BErt said:
It’s not just you, there’s been way more. I had heard the creator had like a 5 year queue of words but I think when they took over, NYT made their own and that they’re actively trying to ruin as many streaks as possible

AFAIK they're still sticking to the list. Has Robin been the word yet? I don't remember when but it was a word somewhere in february.

Feb 26, 2022#298

Ravenpoe

Bubble181 said:
AFAIK they're still sticking to the list. Has Robin been the word yet? I don't remember when but it was a word somewhere in february.

Yeah, I have the original saved to my phone and the words have still been identical

Feb 27, 2022#299

Dave

Feb 27, 2022#300

BErt

Keeping with the theme of “better lucky than good”

Feb 28, 2022#301

BErt

Been on a pretty decent run

Feb 28, 2022#302

General Specific

BErt said:
Been on a pretty decent run

View attachment 40769

CHANGE PLA-wait, huh?

Screen Shot 2022-02-28 at 7.09.02 AM.png

Feb 28, 2022#303

Dave

I got it in 3 as well but I did it on mobile so I’m not posting it. I was very close to getting it in 2 but that 4th letter…

Feb 28, 2022#304

mikerc

Dave said:
I got it in 3 as well but I did it on mobile so I’m not posting it. I was very close to getting it in 2 but that 4th letter…

You were all about that chode, huh?

Mar 1, 2022#305

General Specific

So today's is interesting
Wordle 255 4/6

Look out, Shawn, this could spoil the answer for you!

Screen Shot 2022-03-01 at 7.03.23 AM.png

Isn't Rupee the currency in Legend of Zelda? Googling tells me also in India, but Zelda came to mind first.

Mar 1, 2022#306

GasBandit

General Specific said:
So today's is interesting
Wordle 255 4/6

Look out, Shawn, this could spoil the answer for you!

View attachment 40784

Isn't Rupee the currency in Legend of Zelda? Googling tells me also in India, but Zelda came to mind first.

The Hyrule currency was named after the Indian currency, which has its word roots going back into ancient times.

Which really raises the question, is it technically an english word?

Mar 1, 2022#307

Ravenpoe

GasBandit said:
The Hyrule currency was named after the Indian currency, which has its word roots going back into ancient times.

Which really raises the question, is it technically an english word?

Sure, since the indian word is rūpya. So it's the english word for an indian currency. (also pakistan, sri lanka and some other countries)

Mar 1, 2022#308

Shawn

General Specific said:
So today's is interesting
Wordle 255 4/6

Look out, Shawn, this could spoil the answer for you!

View attachment 40784

Isn't Rupee the currency in Legend of Zelda? Googling tells me also in India, but Zelda came to mind first.

Everyone is so nice now, being considerate of my moments of dumb-assdom.

It was close for me. Seemed like such a weird word but I couldn't think of anything else that it could be luckily.

Mar 1, 2022#309

BErt

For anyone thinking wordle is too easy

Mar 2, 2022#310

BErt

Wordle 256

after a near disaster on the last one, we’re back in business

Mar 2, 2022#311

drifter

Not bad!

Screenshot 2022-03-02 at 00-52-48 Wordle - A daily word game.png

Mar 2, 2022#312

Shawn

This one seems to be a good word for a lot of us.

Mar 2, 2022#313

Ravenpoe

BErt said:
For anyone thinking wordle is too easy

The longer I watch this the madder I get. It's a common expression!

Mar 2, 2022#314

General Specific

Let's keep this train rolling

Screen Shot 2022-03-02 at 7.05.21 AM.png

Mar 2, 2022#315

Dave

Tried a new starting word today. It actually helped out even though I got no hits.

Mar 2, 2022#316

jwhouk

This one was nasty.
Wordle 256 3/6

Mar 2, 2022#317

Dei

Went for the double letter first because it felt more on brand.

Mar 3, 2022#318

General Specific

Wordle 257 5/6

SHAWN! NO!

Screen Shot 2022-03-03 at 7.05.09 AM.png

Mar 3, 2022#319

bhamv3

I guessed MORON for my second to last guess.

Mar 3, 2022#320

Dave

Mar 5, 2022#321

Krisken

Oof, todays, good luck.

Mar 5, 2022#322

BErt

Krisken said:
Oof, todays, good luck.

Yeah it was clooose :oops:

Mar 5, 2022#323

jwhouk

Ugh. Probably coulda gotten it with two more guesses.

Mar 5, 2022#324

mikerc

BErt said:
Yeah it was clooose

View attachment 40833

Got lucky with my 2 starting words.

Mar 5, 2022#325

Dave

I got today’s in 3.

scrub
brawn
brine

Mar 6, 2022#326

Dave

I got REALLY lucky with my starting word, which I change every time because I’m trying to fish. But yeah, I picked the right one today.

crash
cloth

Mar 6, 2022#327

BErt

Dave said:
I got REALLY lucky with my starting word, which I change every time because I’m trying to fish. But yeah, I picked the right one today.

crash
cloth

I…did not lol

Mar 6, 2022#328

Dave

That’s an interesting starting word. Not sure I’d have used it.

Mar 6, 2022#329

Krisken

My start is always Route then Nails. I like getting all those vowels figured out along with the most common consonants

Mar 7, 2022#330

General Specific

Wordle 261 5/6

I was getting really worried there for a bit. I didn't get a single letter in the correct spot until I finally figured it out on step 5.

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Mar 7, 2022#331

Krisken

Same, image of the thing.

Mar 7, 2022#332

Shawn

Mar 7, 2022#333

GasBandit

An interesting permutation of the game - Survivle.

It's basically the opposite... seeing how many moves you can make before you get the answer, with the limitation that any revealed yellows/greens have to be used in subsequent guesses and greys can't be used again.

Survivle Is New Wordle Clone With Exact Opposite Goal

A new Wordle spin-off cleverly inverts the goal of the popular puzzle game, tasking players with avoiding the correct answer.

gamerant.com

Mar 7, 2022#334

GasBandit

For example, I "survived" in survivle for 6 rounds today

Mar 7, 2022#335

Dave

I did what you guys did. Today's was a lot harder than it should have been for me.

Mar 8, 2022#336

BErt

Argh!

The double-letter strikes again

Mar 8, 2022#337

Dave

steam
sleet
sweet

Mar 8, 2022#338

GasBandit

Surviving was harder today.

Survivle

Survivle is like Wordle except you have to try to avoid guessing the secret word for as long as possible. It's more challenging than you might expect!

lazyguyy.github.io

JOWLY
FRISK
DRAPE
ERUPT

Mar 8, 2022#339

jwhouk

Sweet!

Mar 10, 2022#340

General Specific

Wordle 264 2/6

My starting word finally pays off

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Mar 10, 2022#341

BErt

I dont think I’ve ever gotten all of the letters but in the wrong order before

Mar 10, 2022#342

HCGLNS

Do you kids nerdle?

Mar 11, 2022#343

drifter

Ugh

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Mar 11, 2022#344

Dei

Mar 11, 2022#345

Shawn

Mar 11, 2022#346

bhamv3

FFS

Mar 11, 2022#347

General Specific

Yup

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Mar 11, 2022#348

Krisken

Nice!

Mar 11, 2022#349

GasBandit

In survivle, triple letter words are your friends.

First word scrolled off the top, it was "JOWLY"

Mar 11, 2022#350

Dave

Shawn said:
View attachment 40908

Wow. So close!

Mar 12, 2022#351

Dave

Sometimes your starting word sucks. Also your second word.

Mar 12, 2022#352

jwhouk

Funny, I got it with my three starters.

Mar 13, 2022#353

Krisken

Not too bad.

Mar 13, 2022#354

jwhouk

Mar 13, 2022#355

Dave

Mar 14, 2022#356

GasBandit

Finding I enjoy Survivle more than wordle, still

Mar 14, 2022#357

Krisken

Mar 14, 2022#358

Dave

I did not do as well as you.

joust
start
spent
sweet
smelt

Mar 15, 2022#359

GasBandit

F#%$!

Survivle

Survivle is like Wordle except you have to try to avoid guessing the secret word for as long as possible. It's more challenging than you might expect!

lazyguyy.github.io

And here I thought I was gonna stretch it out for so long when I managed not to get any letters the first two steps.

Mar 15, 2022#360

Dave

scrap
blast
tease

Mar 15, 2022#361

Dei

Mar 16, 2022#362

Shawn

Lucky with my starter word.

Mar 16, 2022#363

Shawn

And lucky on this one too.

Mar 16, 2022#364

BErt

Shawn said:
And lucky on this one too.

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Man…how you went cater before crate, you’re a better man than I

I was…less accurate :oops:

/SPOILER]

Mar 16, 2022#365

General Specific

Also got lucky with my starting words, 3/6

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Mar 16, 2022#366

Shawn

General Specific said:
Also got lucky with my starting words, 3/6

View attachment 40957

If you get that lucky with your starting word you should see if you can get the actual word on your second try.

Mar 16, 2022#367

General Specific

Shawn said:
If you get that lucky with your starting word you should see if you can get the actual word on your second try.

Yeah, I let it sit for a bit, but wasn't sure. So opted to go ahead with my usual second word. It's a setup that covers most of the available vowels and has been quite successful for me. I think I've only failed once so far and that was on one of those that had a number of words that vary by only 1 letter.

Mar 16, 2022#368

Dave

Today can fuck right off. I got it in 6 and it was a close thing.

Mar 16, 2022#369

mikerc

Laser
Caper
Caber
Caver
Cager
Carer

Mar 16, 2022#370

GasBandit

A hint....

If your line 2 is 4 greens and a black, Make your third guess not use any greens in hopes of a yellow to become your fifth green.

Doesn't apply to hard mode obviously

Mar 16, 2022#371

jwhouk

I had a duh moment, could have gotten it in three again.

Mar 17, 2022#372

GasBandit

Survived nine rounds today. Could have gone longer but I guessed wrong

Survivle

Survivle is like Wordle except you have to try to avoid guessing the secret word for as long as possible. It's more challenging than you might expect!

lazyguyy.github.io

PUPPY
DADDY
NINNY
SISSY
TITTY
BILLY
HILLY
GILLY
FILLY

I was betting on it being "WILLY". Ah well.

Mar 20, 2022#373

Dave

Today was in 3.

trend
renal
renew

Mar 21, 2022#374

General Specific

Back to work after 4 days off and first Wordle of the week is in 3

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Mar 21, 2022#375

Dave

My first time ever getting it in 2.

third
their

Mar 25, 2022#376

General Specific

Another where I just couldn't get the letters in the right spot until I just suddenly got the word

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I was thinking about different combos of letters until I got to *epot and I was going "HE-pot"-no, "RE-pot"???-no the R is wrong, GE-pot?-no, DE-pot OH! DE-poh! duh!

Mar 25, 2022#377

Dave

Mar 26, 2022#378

bhamv3

Today's was hard.

Mar 26, 2022#379

Shawn

Mar 26, 2022#380

Dei

280

Mar 26, 2022#381

Ravenpoe

This one was fun

Mar 26, 2022#382

Dave

Fuck today's word. First time I've EVER failed the game.

Mar 27, 2022#383

Dave

One of the biggest fears when the NYT bought Wordle was that they were going to start bringing in all sorts of obscure or off the wall words with letters that are seldom used. Like yesterday's. And today's.

NO vowels, huh? Seems about right.

Mar 27, 2022#384

BErt

Yeah man the last two have been fucking evil

Mar 27, 2022#385

drifter

Dave said:
One of the biggest fears when the NYT bought Wordle was that they were going to start bringing in all sorts of obscure or off the wall words with letters that are seldom used. Like yesterday's. And today's.

They were already in the master answer list before going to the NYT. Warning: don't want to click the link if you don't want to see the answer for tomorrow and beyond.

Mar 27, 2022#386

General Specific

Wow, I was stuck on this one for a while

I had used up all the normal vowels by guess 3, so knew a y had to be in there somewhere.

Lymph was the first word I was able to come up with that had those letters and a Y, forgot my mythology for a bit until I was trying letters.

Mar 27, 2022#387

Ravenpoe

Dave said:
One of the biggest fears when the NYT bought Wordle was that they were going to start bringing in all sorts of obscure or off the wall words with letters that are seldom used. Like yesterday's. And today's.

View attachment 41064

NO vowels, huh? Seems about right.

I'm still playing on the saved original and it's the exact same, NYT have done nothing to it

Mar 27, 2022#388

jwhouk

I got it after using my three start words.

Wordle 281 4/6

Mar 27, 2022#389

Dei

About today's Wordle

Honestly once you eliminate all the vowels, the list of words you can choose from is pretty small, so I don't think it was really that bad.

Mar 27, 2022#390

Ravenpoe

Dei said:
About today's Wordle

Honestly once you eliminate all the vowels, the list of words you can choose from is pretty small, so I don't think it was really that bad.

I thought it was pretty average but also an unusual amount of my brain is dedicated to word games.

Mar 27, 2022#391

BErt

Dei said:
About today's Wordle

Honestly once you eliminate all the vowels, the list of words you can choose from is pretty small, so I don't think it was really that bad.

Well maybe some of us tried to solve it drunk at 3 in the morning did you ever consider that?

Mar 27, 2022#392

Krisken

Well hot damn.

Mar 27, 2022#393

GasBandit

Mar 28, 2022#394

drifter

Today is one of those

Screenshot 2022-03-28 at 00-53-49 Wordle - A daily word game.png

Mar 28, 2022#395

General Specific

Yeah and I didn't help myself either

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I included my letters to show how lucky I was at the end to guess the right word when BOUND & WOUND were still possibilities.

And why did I put CLOUT? I knew the L and T were wrong and I didn't use the D (shush, you!), stupid move. :confused:

Mar 29, 2022#396

Frank

My friend got it in one today. It was her go to start word. She was very proud.

Mar 29, 2022#397

Shawn

Almost didn't make it.

Mar 29, 2022#398

Dave

Frank said:
My friend got it in one today. It was her go to start word. She was very proud.

Her starting work has double letters? Who DOES that?!?

Mar 29, 2022#399

General Specific

Another close call today

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Mar 29, 2022#400

HCGLNS

Not gonna lie, I got it in three because I meant to spell SHAWL.

Mar 29, 2022#401

jwhouk

This one was a trickster. Got it in five though.

Wordle 283 5/6

Mar 30, 2022#402

General Specific

Back to normal, 4/6

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Mar 30, 2022#403

Dave

I nearly got today’s in 2. I had all but the 4th letter 3 words in a row.

Mar 30, 2022#404

Bubble181

As per usual in such cases: "hard mode" using all found letters is a choice :-P

Mar 30, 2022#405

GasBandit

Survivle: Fuuuuuuuuu got unlucky.

Mar 30, 2022#406

evilmike

We are slowly progressing to Aleph0rdle

Daily Duotrigordle #28
Guesses: 37/37

Duotrigordle

Put your skills to the test and solve thirty-two Wordles at once! You have 37 guesses to solve all 32 words. A new Duotrigordle available each day to solve.

duotrigordle.com

Mar 30, 2022#407

Dave

What. The. Fuck?

Not gonna do that. I have enough trouble remembering to do one every day.

Mar 31, 2022#408

Dave

Okay I lied.

Daily Duotrigordle #28
Guesses: 37/37

Duotrigordle

Put your skills to the test and solve thirty-two Wordles at once! You have 37 guesses to solve all 32 words. A new Duotrigordle available each day to solve.

duotrigordle.com

Mar 31, 2022#409

Dave

Okay I do like this, damn it.

Daily Duotrigordle #29
Guesses: 37/37

Duotrigordle

Put your skills to the test and solve thirty-two Wordles at once! You have 37 guesses to solve all 32 words. A new Duotrigordle available each day to solve.

duotrigordle.com

Mar 31, 2022#410

Bubble181

Daily Duotrigordle #29
Guesses: X/37

XXXX

Duotrigordle

Put your skills to the test and solve thirty-two Wordles at once! You have 37 guesses to solve all 32 words. A new Duotrigordle available each day to solve.

duotrigordle.com

Mar 31, 2022#411

Bubble181

Bah! I knew perfectly well what word it was but just a tad unlucky; my number 17 guess was off by one letter though I could've known, I didn't have enough guesses left at that point.

Apr 1, 2022#412

BErt

Dave said:
Her starting work has double letters? Who DOES that?!?

I’m the worst, I got my friend to start the day it was abbot

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Apr 1, 2022#413

Bubble181

Daily Duotrigordle #30
Guesses: 37/37

Duotrigordle

Put your skills to the test and solve thirty-two Wordles at once! You have 37 guesses to solve all 32 words. A new Duotrigordle available each day to solve.

duotrigordle.com

Apr 1, 2022#414

Dave

...and...

Daily Duotrigordle #30
Guesses: 36/37

Duotrigordle

Put your skills to the test and solve thirty-two Wordles at once! You have 37 guesses to solve all 32 words. A new Duotrigordle available each day to solve.

duotrigordle.com

Apr 1, 2022#415

General Specific

Well, I struggled to finish one of these yesterday, but today, everything fell into place.

Daily Duotrigordle #30
Guesses: 34/37

Duotrigordle

Put your skills to the test and solve thirty-two Wordles at once! You have 37 guesses to solve all 32 words. A new Duotrigordle available each day to solve.

duotrigordle.com

Apr 1, 2022#416

Dave

34?!?

Apr 1, 2022#417

General Specific

In a row

IDK what to tell you, like I said, it all just fell into place

Apr 1, 2022#418

General Specific

I'm trying to see if there is a way to share my results without using 100 screenshots, but so far, no

Apr 8, 2022#419

General Specific

Well, since duotrigordle and a lot of other variants were blocked by work, I can only get to the original.

And today, I failed for the first time in a while

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If I had done my usual second word (optic) anyway, I probably would have gotten it because then I would have had all the letters.

Apr 8, 2022#420

PatrThom

I think it's telling that whomever is in charge of IT at your workplace has decided, "No, Wordle is OK and we should totally be allowed to access it -- for reasons."

--Patrick

Apr 10, 2022#421

General Specific

Fun part is that I am part of IT at my work place. So I know exactly who did it.

Apr 15, 2022#422

GasBandit

Maybe the Wordle fad is winding down, but I'm still really enjoying the heck out of Survivle.

May 11, 2022#423

GasBandit

Today's Semantle ticked me off. SO CLOSE. SO CLOSE. Took 90 guesses but I finally got it with no hints.

May 12, 2022#424

Bubble181

And yes, I'm an idiot - the "boring" at 49 was to try and sniff out of "plane" scored well because of the airplane or for the meaning of "plain food". Which, as you can tell I noticed by now, isn't written the same way -_-

Yup, had me goignfor a while too. My 17th guess sent me on a wild goose chase all over the place.

May 12, 2022#425

evilmike

I know a Tamarian that would love this.

May 12, 2022#426

GasBandit

The fact that it considers capitalized words to be different from the same words in lower case is a really sticky wicket.

May 12, 2022#427

evilmike

I think I did ok.

May 12, 2022#428

Bubble181

GasBandit said:
The fact that it considers capitalized words to be different from the same words in lower case is a really sticky wicket.

It tries to auto-decapitalize but fails more often than succeeds.

May 12, 2022#429

Dave

First time I tried to play it I was only using 5 letter words.

May 13, 2022#430

General Specific

So, yeah, still doing wordles most workdays. I don't post anymore because no one else seems to care, but I just love how my pattern looks today.

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Here's the full words if you want to see

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May 13, 2022#431

Bubble181

Today's was weird. I was still cold as ice after 40 attempts, and then suddenly I pretty much just chanced on the second-nearest. 43.

May 13, 2022#432

jwhouk

I think Wordle has reached its "caring" point. The NYT picking it up probably didn't help.

May 13, 2022#433

General Specific

Good timing on the creator's part on getting paid and jumping off at the right time.

Jun 21, 2022#434

GasBandit

Wordle may have fallen out of the zeitgeist, but I'm still enjoying my daily morning Survivle. A nightmare in Wordle is a godsend in Survivle.

Jun 24, 2022#435

evilmike

Wordle + Dall E Mini

Aug 6, 2022#436

GasBandit

Ok, I feel like Survivle is trolling me. Specifically targeting me.

Aug 30, 2022#437

BErt

OH CMON NOW

Sep 16, 2022#438

General Specific

OH MY GOD I HATE TODAY'S SO MUCH!

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Sep 16, 2022#439

Bubble181

Not changing correct letters is self-imposed, though

Sep 16, 2022#440

mikerc

Bubble181 said:
Not changing correct letters is self-imposed, though

Unless you've got it set to hard mode which forced you to use correct letters.

Nov 13, 2022#441

bhamv3

I got hooked on Redactle recently. It takes a Wikipedia article and redacts virtually all the words, and you have to guess words until you discover what the title of the article is. For example, two days ago it was Southeast Asia. Yesterday it was differential geometry, which took me a long time to get.

Redactle - A daily puzzle game

Try to find the title of a random Wikipedia article.

www.redactle.com

Nov 13, 2022#442

GasBandit

bhamv3 said:
I got hooked on Redactle recently. It takes a Wikipedia article and redacts virtually all the words, and you have to guess words until you discover what the title of the article is. For example, two days ago it was Southeast Asia. Yesterday it was differential geometry, which took me a long time to get.

Redactle - A daily puzzle game

Try to find the title of a random Wikipedia article.

www.redactle.com

Spoiler for the 11/13 Redactle

You'd have thought, given my field of work, I'd have gotten touchscreen a lot sooner than 94 guesses. Literally every project I'm involved with uses at least one as the central user interface.

Nov 15, 2022#443

Tinwhistler

I got today's in exactly 60. I spent about 50-ish floundering around, but then hit some words that quickly made it apparent.

By my 20th guess, it seemed pretty obvious that it was government related, and I teased out "human rights" pretty quickly, but for some reason didn't think to search "protests" until nearly 30 guesses later. Once I got that, it all started falling into place.

Nov 17, 2022#444

Dave

I got today’s in 29 and nearly half of those were plurals. I can’t even say I got lucky. I just used clues from the text and guessed a word that was in the article 50+ times.

It’s the first one I’ve ever solved. I usually give up around 100.

I solved today's Redactle (#224) in 29 guesses with an accuracy of 34.48%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/

Nov 17, 2022#445

bhamv3

I solved today's Redactle (#224) in 21 guesses with an accuracy of 42.86%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/

Nov 17, 2022#446

Dave

Show off.

Nov 17, 2022#447

bhamv3

I acknowledge I had a slight advantage due to my profession.

Nov 17, 2022#448

evilmike

bhamv3 said:
I acknowledge I had a slight advantage due to my profession.

And that today's entry used "smoothen" 62 times.

Nov 17, 2022#449

Dave

I solved today's Redactle (#225) in 55 guesses with an accuracy of 49.09%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/

Nov 17, 2022#450

bhamv3

I solved today's Redactle (#225) in 29 guesses with an accuracy of 58.62%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/

Got it more or less accidentally.

Nov 17, 2022#451

drifter

I solved today's Redactle (#225) in 10 guesses with an accuracy of 80.00%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/

Got lucky with guess number 4, which ended up being a huge clue.

Nov 18, 2022#452

Dave

Jesus I suck at this. I thought I'd done well.

Nov 18, 2022#453

Bubble181

49 guesses, 40.82% accuracy.
Once I hit upon the right word it snowballed quickly, but man.
Fun diversion though. But it doesn't play nice on my phone.

Nov 18, 2022#454

Dave

I did TERRIBLE on today's although once I finally got it I smacked my forehead in consternation.

I solved today's Redactle (#226) in 74 guesses with an accuracy of 55.41%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/

Nov 18, 2022#455

bhamv3

I solved today's Redactle (#226) in 55 guesses with an accuracy of 67.27%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/

I did better than I thought I would. I still had no idea what the answer was at around guess 53, then randomly hit upon the answer at 55.

Nov 19, 2022#456

Dave

bhamv3 said:
I solved today's Redactle (#226) in 55 guesses with an accuracy of 67.27%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/

I did better than I thought I would. I still had no idea what the answer was at around guess 53, then randomly hit upon the answer at 55.

Same I was going the wrong way because some of my first hits were

space related - planet, sun, moon, earth, mars, oxygen, etc.

and then hit a couple that opened it up. I got too focused on one thing and it tripped me up.

Nov 19, 2022#457

PatrThom

I solved today's Redactle (#226) in 761 guesses with an accuracy of 65.7%.
I felt so cheated. I kept getting the twenty- and fifty-dollar words, but I just couldn't get enough of the really useful stuff filled in.
EDIT: Also I know at least 4 of my entries were typos, which probably hurt my accuracy total.

--Patrick

Nov 19, 2022#458

bhamv3

PatrThom said:
I solved today's Redactle (#226) in 761 guesses with an accuracy of 65.7%.
I felt so cheated. I kept getting the twenty- and fifty-dollar words, but I just couldn't get enough of the really useful stuff filled in.
EDIT: Also I know at least 4 of my entries were typos, which probably hurt my accuracy total.

--Patrick

How long did that take you?

Nov 19, 2022#459

drifter

I solved today's Redactle (#226) in 169 guesses with an accuracy of 53.25%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/

Thought I was getting somewhere around guess 70-ish, but couldn't put it together.

Nov 19, 2022#460

PatrThom

bhamv3 said:
How long did that take you?

Couple hours. But I was also playing Overwatch, talking on Discord, and had my laptop open right next to it for Halforums, YouTube, etc.

--Patrick

Nov 19, 2022#461

PatrThom

I solved today's Redactle (#227) in 28 guesses with an accuracy of 39.29%.
That's more like it.

--Patrick

Nov 19, 2022#462

Dave

I might wait to do this until I get home. This game is ass on mobile.

Nov 19, 2022#463

PatrThom

Dave said:
I might wait to do this until I get home. This game is ass on mobile.

Today's puzzle is also ass.

--Patrick

Nov 20, 2022#464

Dave

Yeah I stopped at 200. I know WHAT it is, I just don’t know the name. I could Google a list of them but holy hell why.

Nov 20, 2022#465

bhamv3

Dave said:
Yeah I stopped at 200. I know WHAT it is, I just don’t know the name. I could Google a list of them but holy hell why.

Same, I gave up at around 150 because I know the kind of thing it is, but I don't have enough knowledge of that area to get the specific name.

Nov 20, 2022#466

Bubble181

145 guesses, 29. 66% accurate.
Never heard of it, so once I discovered what sort of thing it was it really came down to finding

names of things surrounding it based on common words - prince, queen, Saint, bay, gulf, straight,.... And then looking on Google maps to see which one fit.

I was also thrown off because

of Canadian spelling. I was convinced there either was a National Parc there, or it was in a Parc... Which it isn't and hasn't, because it has a national park.

Nov 20, 2022#467

GasBandit

187 guesses, 24.6% accurate.

That was really rough.

Nov 21, 2022#468

Dave

I solved today's Redactle (#228) in 31 guesses with an accuracy of 77.42%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/

Nov 21, 2022#469

bhamv3

I solved today's Redactle (#228) in 22 guesses with an accuracy of 68.18%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/

Funny story, I actually have something of an intrusive thought, in which I will inexplicably want to enter today's answer into every Redactle I play. Imagine my glee when today's answer was actually the thing I keep wanting to guess.

Nov 21, 2022#470

GasBandit

I feel extremely validated.

Nov 21, 2022#471

evilmike

I would like to preface this by saying that I am generally very bad at Redactle. I haven't figured out how to groove with it and, until now, haven't had any results to post.

That being said...

I solved today's Redactle (#228) in 2 guesses with an accuracy of 100.00%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/

Nov 21, 2022#472

Tinwhistler

I've sucked at this game, in general. But after hearing everyone's quick times, I had to give it a go.

Generally, I try to look through the text to see if any phrases stand out. Usually, that's a fail, because how many phrases can you make with connecting words and participles? But in this case, "over-and-under" jumped out at me, and I could only think of one word associated with the phrase. And it was used 4 times in the text. So I went for it. Being Texan hath its privileges.

Nov 21, 2022#473

Bubble181

73 guesses.

I'd have had it a lot sooner if I'd realized you guys separate bullets, slugs, shells, etc

Nov 21, 2022#474

Krisken

I got today's in 4 and gelt luke I was killing it.

Nov 21, 2022#475

bhamv3

I solved today's Redactle (#229) in 82 guesses with an accuracy of 45.12%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/

Nov 22, 2022#476

Dave

I got stuck on something on todays and couldn’t get away from it. I should have had it WAY earlier.

I solved today's Redactle (#229) in 143 guesses with an accuracy of 32.17%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/

Nov 22, 2022#477

Bubble181

I solved today's Redactle (#229) in 50 guesses with an accuracy of 76.00%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/

finding European helped a lot. The automatic pluralizer is a bit of a bitch sometimes, but oh well

Nov 22, 2022#478

PatrThom

How are you guys getting the nice "I solved today's Redactle..." message? I don't see an option for that, unless maybe it's a mobile thing?

--Patrick

Nov 22, 2022#479

GasBandit

PatrThom said:
How are you guys getting the nice "I solved today's Redactle..." message? I don't see an option for that, unless maybe it's a mobile thing?

--Patrick

Keep scrolling up from the solved article, sometimes it kinda hides up there.

Nov 22, 2022#480

Dave

And it doesn't appear right away.

Nov 22, 2022#481

Dave

I solved today's Redactle (#230) in 25 guesses with an accuracy of 80.00%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/

Nov 22, 2022#482

Bubble181

I solved today's Redactle (#230) in 30 guesses with an accuracy of 83.33%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/

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Dammit Dave! I was happy with my score!

I was pretty sure what type of thing I was looking for and even where but I thought it was northern England rather than Scotland for some reason

Nov 22, 2022#483

bhamv3

I solved today's Redactle (#230) in 22 guesses with an accuracy of 86.36%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/

Once I zeroed in on it being a geographical location it wasn't too hard.

Nov 22, 2022#484

Dave

Dammit Bhamv3! I was happy with my score!

Nov 22, 2022#485

bhamv3

Whenever I get a score less than 80 assume it was because I got lucky.

These were my guesses. You can see how I got lucky that my first guess after zeroing in on the nature of the answer happened to be the right one.

22 edinburgh 250
21 scotland 67
20 england 8
19 kingdom 12
18 united 12
17 king 10
16 west 31
15 east 19
14 south 29
13 north 23
12 region 12
11 settlements 2
10 human 1
9 late 4
8 bronze 1
7 iron 1
6 stone 0
5 era 0
4 age 3
3 background 0
2 early 16
1 history 8

Nov 22, 2022#486

figmentPez

I solved today's Redactle (#230) in 19 guesses with an accuracy of 68.42%.

I assume it was cheating to use google to get information, though.

I was never going to remember the name of the article, even though I had the description. If I can't remember a proper name, I'm going to google, rather than torture myself.

Nov 22, 2022#487

GasBandit

I always go down weird rabbit holes

I solved today's Redactle (#230) in 52 guesses with an accuracy of 53.85%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/

Nov 23, 2022#488

bhamv3

I solved today's Redactle (#231) in 137 guesses with an accuracy of 21.90%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/

Holy crapballs today's was hard. I got no hits in my first 35 guesses, and my first 50 guesses had a combined 6 hits.

Nov 23, 2022#489

Bubble181

currently haven't solved it yet, I've got the second word but not the first yet. But my beginning was as hard as yours, I think I had a spell of 20 zerohitters in a row...

I solved today's Redactle (#231) in 169 guesses with an accuracy of 33.14%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/

Nov 24, 2022#490

Dave

I got SUPER lucky with mine.

I solved today's Redactle (#231) in 21 guesses with an accuracy of 47.62%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/

My first word was "light" and that got only 1 hit, but that hit was "light-[blank]". I did year first and then years and years was it. That told me it was a space thing. I immediately tried "solar" thinking it might be solar system. I then typed in "galaxy" and voila. The rest of my guesses were trying to remember what kind of fucking galaxies there were! So 5 guesses to galaxy and 16 to get the right type.

Nov 24, 2022#491

GasBandit

I solved today's Redactle (#231) in 98 guesses with an accuracy of 30.61%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/

Again I am humbled by a word that should have been a lot more forefront in my mind - RADIO

Nov 24, 2022#492

Bubble181

I solved today's Redactle (#232) in 104 guesses with an accuracy of 35.58%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/

I tried both parts of the word separately much much sooner, but somehow thought I'd tried the combination too. D'oh

Nov 24, 2022#493

bhamv3

I solved today's Redactle (#232) in 115 guesses with an accuracy of 56.52%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/

I thought I'd get this faster given that I'm a big nerd. I managed to zero in on the general field at around guess 70, but I thought the answer was a specific character. It didn't occur to me until much later to try more general terms.

Nov 24, 2022#494

drifter

I solved today's Redactle (#232) in 53 guesses with an accuracy of 54.72%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/

Nov 25, 2022#495

Dave

I solved today's Redactle (#232) in 40 guesses with an accuracy of 72.50%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/

Nov 26, 2022#496

figmentPez

I solved today's Redacle (#233) in 51 guesses with an accuracy of 54.90%.

Nov 26, 2022#497

bhamv3

I solved today's Redactle (#233) in 21 guesses with an accuracy of 61.90%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/

Nov 26, 2022#498

Dave

Took me 186 guesses. I had no idea what was going on until right near the end.

Nov 26, 2022#499

evilmike

I finally got (another) result that wasn't embarrassing to share:

I solved today's Redactle (#233) in 34 guesses with an accuracy of 64.71%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/

Nov 26, 2022#500

bhamv3

I solved today's Redactle (#234) in 27 guesses with an accuracy of 55.56%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/

I'm actually very proud of this one, it made me feel very smart and knowledgeable.

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