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Sperry · 7 January 2022, 10:31 PM

After seeing a NYTimes article on a new word game a guy created for his gal, I started tuning in every morning.

Git along little brain cells, git along!

https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/

Wordle Is a Love Story The word game has gone from dozens of players to hundreds of thousands in a few months. It was created by a software engineer in Brooklyn for his partner. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/03/t...e-creator.html

Xenophon · 8 January 2022, 08:45 PM

I can't get it to work. It just says "not in word list" even when I've gone through the entire alphabet

alex3004 · 2 February 2022, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Xenophon

I can't get it to work. It just says "not in word list" even when I've gone through the entire alphabet

Had the same problem.

77T · 8 January 2022, 09:11 PM

It is an interesting game. But a teaser. So many choices. At this moment the word “crank” was the answer and then it changes after a while to a new word.

It could drive one to drink…

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Sperry · 8 January 2022, 10:29 PM

You get one game per day. There are only 2500 words in the "dictionary". I'm assuming everyone gets the same word ...

Sperry · 9 January 2022, 08:38 PM

After coffee but before checking the sixth race at Belmont, I gave wordle a whirl ..

OK, this morning's word was hard. By 3rd entry I had three of the five letters.

Not only could I not figure it out, I dropped off a correct letter on the 6th entry!

Looking forward to a quiet 45 minute swim in an hour; the ymca will be empty!

Ferdelious · 11 January 2022, 03:51 AM

I like this game, thanks for sharing!

Sperry · 11 January 2022, 06:30 AM

You're very welcome, Ferdelious. Not sure why I clicked on the article, figured my ex-GF would find it first and send it to me, so I pulled a proactive reverse.

This morning again I failed. It's akin to card-counting [probabilities], associations, and a decent vocabulary.

As noted, the creator determined there were about 10,000 5-letter words but only about 2,500 which she would recognize.

Ferdelious · 11 January 2022, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Sperry

You're very welcome, Ferdelious. Not sure why I clicked on the article, figured my ex-GF would find it first and send it to me, so I pulled a proactive reverse.

This morning again I failed. It's akin to card-counting [probabilities], associations, and a decent vocabulary.

As noted, the creator determined there were about 10,000 5-letter words but only about 2,500 which she would recognize.

I got today's

Sperry · 12 January 2022, 08:53 PM

Ha! 2-for-3 since Sunday's disastrous flib-flub!

Only Ferdelious plays this daily word game?

77T · 13 January 2022, 05:34 AM

This game has gone viral on the originator’s website. So much so that a copycatter put up an iOS App as a rip-off of the originator’s game.

Apple just suspended his App.

https://variety.com/2022/digital/new...235151997/amp/

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Slimpee · 13 January 2022, 05:45 AM

My wife and I started playing. It’s fun!

wantonebad · 13 January 2022, 06:06 AM

brandrea · 12 March 2022, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by wantonebad

Exactly

Ferdelious · 13 January 2022, 07:25 AM

Wordle 207 3/6

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I haven't been playing every day but I'm 3 for 3 so far.

Sperry · 13 January 2022, 08:41 AM

In today's WSJ there was a blurb about the fake Wordle sites ...

I get the results image by hitting the Share [Results copied to clipboard] and pasting into a text Message to myself. Then grab a screen capture.

Evidently it does not copy and paste as one mighty.

Ferdelious · 14 January 2022, 05:10 AM

Wordle 208 5/6

⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨
⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜
🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Today's results

Sperry · 14 January 2022, 05:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Ferdelious

Wordle 208 5/6

Took a break after line two ... it was an interesting challenge.

Wordle 208 4/6*

⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩
🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Ah, so they do c/p ...

Sperry · 20 January 2022, 05:28 PM

Got lucky? Nailed another 3-pointer this morning.

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Wordle 215 3/6*

🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
_____________

How you'all making out?

cajunron · 21 January 2022, 12:55 AM

I like it. Pretty cool. Too bad you only get one word a day!

rootbeer7 · 21 January 2022, 06:55 AM

Just started. It’s great fun.

Ferdelious · 21 January 2022, 07:11 AM

Does anyone use a first word strategy? Like using the same word every time?

Sperry · 21 January 2022, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Ferdelious

Does anyone use a first word strategy? Like using the same word every time?

Sort of. A first word list in Notes. It's down to one word which I may or may not use tomorrow. A nothing special, random word using five different letters.

Die hards are using letter frequency 1st words, I hear. I play for the challenge, makes me think with the first cuppa. Sometimes I'm up darn early, do not watch cable news or T V in general. A word game is as good as anything for a break.

Although a root beer with a bowl of kettle chips, extra dark, might be a tie for best. Hey, I added another starting word, and it is not 'chips'.

rootbeer7 · 31 January 2022, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Ferdelious

Does anyone use a first word strategy? Like using the same word every time?

Always start with BREAD. Good solid consonants & popular vowels!

Sperry · 30 January 2022, 09:33 PM

This morning I started with an unlikely, difficult word to guess. Really made me think when two letters were both correct and in the right space.

An excellent past-time with morning tea; makes me think but even more, as I think of words, I remember other stuff.

diankasper · 15 February 2022, 01:03 AM

Yes, with my family. I am not good. 4 nearly every time, seldom better, seldom worse.

Sperry · 15 February 2022, 04:00 AM

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Originally Posted by diankasper

Yes, with my family. I am not good. 4 nearly every time, seldom better, seldom worse.

Took all six tries for me this morning

uscmatt99 · 15 February 2022, 02:52 AM

My wife and I have been playing every morning together. It's fun! We were big Scrabble players back in the day and love word games. We've gotten to the point where we almost always figure it out in 4 turns. 1 try is blind luck. 2 tries is still almost blind luck. Averaging under 4 turns takes a bit of luck and a lot of skill.

White Collar Boy · 16 February 2022, 06:23 AM

It’s fun and pretty quick. I like that it’s free with no ads, and that the guy who created it did so out of love, not money, for his partner to play.

My wife and I play each day (she is much better than me).

Ferdelious · 16 February 2022, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by White Collar Boy

It’s fun and pretty quick. I like that it’s free with no ads, and that the guy who created it did so out of love, not money, for his partner to play.

My wife and I play each day (she is much better than me).

Looks like he ended up getting paid. NY Times is rumored to have paid low 7 figures for it.

8 January 2022, 08:45 PM	#2
Xenophon 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Real Name: Xenophon Location: UK Posts: 2,729	I can't get it to work. It just says "not in word list" even when I've gone through the entire alphabet __________________ The sea! The sea! Θάλαττα! θάλαττα!

8 January 2022, 09:11 PM	#4
77T 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Real Name: PaulG Location: Georgia Posts: 42,024	It is an interesting game. But a teaser. So many choices. At this moment the word “crank” was the answer and then it changes after a while to a new word. It could drive one to drink… Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro __________________ Does anyone really know what time it is?

11 January 2022, 03:51 AM	#7
Ferdelious 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: May 2013 Real Name: Matt Location: Tampa, FL Watch: Hulk/SD4K/SeaQ/P39 Posts: 3,203	I like this game, thanks for sharing! __________________ Why is it, "A penny for your thoughts," but, "you have to put your two cents in?" Somebody's making a penny.

13 January 2022, 05:34 AM	#11
77T 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Real Name: PaulG Location: Georgia Posts: 42,024	This game has gone viral on the originator’s website. So much so that a copycatter put up an iOS App as a rip-off of the originator’s game. Apple just suspended his App. https://variety.com/2022/digital/new...235151997/amp/ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro __________________ Does anyone really know what time it is?

13 January 2022, 06:06 AM	#13
wantonebad 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: USA Watch: 126600, 116500LN Posts: 12,849	__________________ "I'm kind of a big deal... on a fairly irrelevant social media site that falsely inflates my fragile ego"

13 January 2022, 05:45 AM	#12
Slimpee 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Jul 2020 Location: Midwest, USA Watch: DJ 41; 1803; BB Ch Posts: 1,290	My wife and I started playing. It’s fun!

13 January 2022, 07:25 AM	#15
Ferdelious 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: May 2013 Real Name: Matt Location: Tampa, FL Watch: Hulk/SD4K/SeaQ/P39 Posts: 3,203	Wordle 207 3/6 ⬜��⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜��⬜ �� I haven't been playing every day but I'm 3 for 3 so far. __________________ Why is it, "A penny for your thoughts," but, "you have to put your two cents in?" Somebody's making a penny.

14 January 2022, 05:10 AM	#17
Ferdelious 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: May 2013 Real Name: Matt Location: Tampa, FL Watch: Hulk/SD4K/SeaQ/P39 Posts: 3,203	Wordle 208 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Today's results __________________ Why is it, "A penny for your thoughts," but, "you have to put your two cents in?" Somebody's making a penny.

20 January 2022, 05:28 PM	#19
Sperry "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Real Name: Jim Location: Alpha Posts: 3,383	Got lucky? Nailed another 3-pointer this morning. _____________ Wordle 215 3/6* 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 _____________ How you'all making out?

21 January 2022, 12:55 AM	#20
cajunron 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Real Name: Ronnie Location: Southeastern USA Watch: Omega Seamaster PO Posts: 3,872	I like it. Pretty cool. Too bad you only get one word a day! __________________

21 January 2022, 06:55 AM	#21
rootbeer7 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: london Posts: 6,157	Just started. It’s great fun. __________________ @imrootbeer7

21 January 2022, 07:11 AM	#22
Ferdelious 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: May 2013 Real Name: Matt Location: Tampa, FL Watch: Hulk/SD4K/SeaQ/P39 Posts: 3,203	Does anyone use a first word strategy? Like using the same word every time? __________________ Why is it, "A penny for your thoughts," but, "you have to put your two cents in?" Somebody's making a penny.

15 February 2022, 01:03 AM	#26
diankasper "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2022 Location: Utica, NY Posts: 1	Yes, with my family. I am not good. 4 nearly every time, seldom better, seldom worse.

15 February 2022, 02:52 AM	#28
uscmatt99 "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,036	My wife and I have been playing every morning together. It's fun! We were big Scrabble players back in the day and love word games. We've gotten to the point where we almost always figure it out in 4 turns. 1 try is blind luck. 2 tries is still almost blind luck. Averaging under 4 turns takes a bit of luck and a lot of skill.

16 February 2022, 06:23 AM	#29
White Collar Boy 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Feb 2020 Real Name: Matt Location: . Watch: PAM111 Posts: 2,865	It’s fun and pretty quick. I like that it’s free with no ads, and that the guy who created it did so out of love, not money, for his partner to play. My wife and I play each day (she is much better than me).

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