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

How do you guys get the little images with the yellow and green boxes to display here?

I got pretty lucky with my guess today:


HEART
AXIOM
PANIC

On my phone from this screen (1st pic) I click on SHARE.

Wordle 210 3/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

Ah cool! Thanks!

I started with the same first word as you but it took me three. My second word was VAPID

I try to exhaust common letters first.

I reached the correct word by trying to figure out where N would fit and then built around that. And admittedly got lucky. :slight_smile:

I was also trying to fit in S and luckily abandoned that.

Briefly popular as an insult around my college years.

Wordle 210 4/6*

:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

Summary

BEARS
TOTAL
PAPER
PANIC

Chipping away, guess by guess:

(by the fourth failure I’m pretty much a panicked canid)

Wordle 210 5/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:yellow_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:yellow_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

SOARE
NATTY
BANAL
CANID
PANIC

I tried this and I tried that.

Wordle 211 5/6

:green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

Huh. Starting with AIERY seems to work for me - second three-guess win in a row.

Wordle 211 3/6*

:yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:yellow_square::green_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

AIERY
ROAST
SOLAR

Wordle 211 3/6*

:yellow_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::black_large_square:
:yellow_square::green_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

APRON
ROAMS
SOLAR

Wordle 211 5/6

:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

When there are multiple words it could be with only one letter different it’s much tougher to guess!

FAINT
REACH
POLAR
MOLAR
SOLAR

Wordle 211 2/6* Jan 16th

I thought the color block patterns posted by @GuanoLad and @Richard_Pearse looked very interesting, and I was right. When midnight rolled around for me, I picked my most common starting word. After that I was able to add their color block info as a kind of spoiler to narrow things down to the right answer on my second guess.

Are my own color blocks too much of a spoiler since everybody here knows my most usual starting word?

Wordle 211 2/6*

:green_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::black_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

STORE
SOLAR

Without that I’m pretty sure I still would have made it in probably no more than four guesses given how much info I’d gotten with my most usual starting word.

ETA:: @Eyebrows_0f_Doom 's color blocks would have been helpful too.

Yeah, I had a one out of three chance of getting it on the 3rd guess.

Wordle 211 4/6

:white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:yellow_square::green_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

CARTE
ROWAN
POLAR
SOLAR

Wordle 211 3/6*

:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

Second “three” in a row. Maybe I shd retire? My lifetime stats look good:

10 100 10 10

Wordle 211 5/6

:yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::green_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

I accidentally got spoiled for the day. I took it as a genius that I don’t deserve, but I’m sure I’ll miss a day soon to reset. Maybe I’ll do it on purpose tomorrow.

Wordle 211 3/6

:black_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:yellow_square::green_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

Fortunately I’m still at 100%, and 24 of 24 ever since starting back on 2021-12-24. I’ve learned to stay away from this thread late in my Pacific time zone day, especially with the WORDLE on 12/27 FERRY (spoiler not needed).

This thread spoilered me once, back on 2021-12-27 and the word was FERRY. I have learned to stay away until I play for the day. I chose not to count it against my stats, but I don’t hide that fact either. I’m honest with myself about it — see my previous post.

So if it were me and that was the only time I saw the answer, I wouldn’t miss a day on purpose.

My .02.

Likewise.

And for today’s
Wordle 211 4/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

HEART
RAINS
STARK
SOLAR