"Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1)

Grr.

Wordle 200 5/6

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guesses:

TROPE
TIRED
TIMER
TITER
TIGER

~Max

Wordle 200 4/6*

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FRAME
TWERK (that’s right, I used twerk)
TENOR
TIGER

I turned on Hard Mode going forward, as I typically abide by that rule anyway.

Got it in 5 —

TEARS
BISON
TIRED
TIMER
TIGER

So far I am 13/13, 100%.

#200 (1/5/22 EST) - 4 guesses - self-imposed HARD mode.

SWEAT
THEME (mistake as I left the “e” in place)
TEPID (I should have tried “tired” here - r is more common than p)
TIGER

Got it in three, bit of luck I guess.
Wordle 200 3/6

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BOGUS
LAGER
TIGER

#200
I had to S T A RE at this one for a good while, without any M ERIT. The puzzle was starting to feel a bit T R IT E, and I became TI R E D. Finally I saw it and pounced, like a TIGER.

My first attempt at hard mode was good luck I guess.

Wordle 200 3/6*

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RATIO
TIRED
TIGER

Has anyone setup a second or multiple Worlde sites?

I’m an English teacher and would love to legit play with my class on screen, but my daughter and I have been doing the “one real Wordle” at home each night.

Any sites have the same puzzle or allow you to do multiple ones in one day?

Here’s a site linked by @Glee above which has the same gameplay with an indefinite number of puzzles per day, but it lacks most of the charm of Wordle, IMO: Online Lingo | COKO GAMES

Wordle will give you a new game in a different browser, or it does for me. (I mean, it’s the same Game O’The Day but a new instance in a different browser.) I assume using a VPN to switch your IP address would have the same effect.

You can just open it in a ‘private browsing’ tab for the same effect.

Ditto, though a different sequence.

ANTIC
TIDES
TILER
TIGER

warms
penis
their
tiger

I think tomorrow I’ll try it in hard mode.

Did good.
Wordle 200 3/6

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PAUSE
LETCH
TRIED
TIMER
TIGER

Fun game, I like it. It never occurred to me to intentionally not use the clues in the second guess to further narrow the pool, so I accidentally did hard mode.

#200 1/5/22 (US PST)

4 tries - Didn’t realize I was already doing hard mode

I typically use the same starting word every time. Very common letters.

ROAST
THEIR
TIMER
TIGER

RATIO
STIRS
LURES
TIGER

An interesting challenge has just occurred to me. I wonder how long a winning streak I can have if I use each day’s answer as my first guess on the following day.

Think I’ll give it a try.

#201

TIGER
SOUND
MANNA
BANAL

In today’s name I literally went a straight 0-for-5 in the first two guesses. Got it on #5 though.

Wordle 201 4/6*

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