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

You mean ASIDE?

He didn’t say they were anagrams for each other.

(Deleted)

A three streak begins with my second three in a row:

Wordle 237 3/6

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

Took me like five solid minutes to come up with my second guess, and then another five solid minutes to come up with the third. I was pretty happy with both.

SOUND
BUILT
ULCER

Looks like the game is officially on nytimes.com now. I checked the source code and aside from moving the URLs of the .js files it looks pretty much the same for now (the unencrypted list of correct answers in sequential order is still there), so hopefully it’ll be awhile before they paywall it, start in with feature creep, or run articles about what an undecided voter at a diner in Ohio thinks about today’s word.

Took a while to come up with third guess, then the fourth was quick.

Wordle 237 4/6

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

ORATE
RIDES
LURER
ULCER

Wordle 237 3/6

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

BEAST
CRUEL
ULCER

Turned it into an anagram and it still took me a couple of minutes…

Huh. A little tough today (and another damn 4). @Fiendish_Astronaut - your 2nd guess was my third.

Wordle 237 4/6

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

Wordle 237 3/6

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

It came quickly for me today. I dont know what my streak was but now it is one. I didnt think about turning on the hard mode until after my first guess, but i followed the rules anyway.

Wordle 237 4/6 - that third guess was so close and so far away.

: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::yellow_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::green_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

BEAST
WHILE
CRUEL
ULCER

The mobile version doesn’t appear to be redirecting to NY Times yet. My streak remains intact.

My streak carried over intact onto the NY Times version. For now, it looks like they’ve just imported the existing source code onto their site and fixed the relevant URLs.

Whoa, Nellie! Thought I was going to lose.
Wordle 237 6/6

Wordle 237 6/6

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

Wordle 237 4/6 2/11/2022

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

PAUSE → Baby needs some consonants…
RULED → (Probably) not a past tense verb; rearrange to try…
GRUEL → Dang it, didn’t move the U around… OK, if it’s in front, with L in second, try…
ULCER

Should have had it in 3; I was thinking about ‘UN’ words but then thought of my guess without realizing I got no more information about where to place the ‘U’. I guess hard mode doesn’t stop guessing the same letter in the same place again, though that’s how I (usually) try to play it…

Wordle 237 4/6

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

Cheat
Price
Ocker
Ulcer

Was surprised 3rd row word is a word!

Starting a 3 streak of my own, hopefully.

Wordle 237 3/6

:blue_square::black_large_square::blue_square::black_large_square::blue_square:
:black_large_square::blue_square::black_large_square::orange_square::orange_square:
:orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square:

ROUSE
TUNER
ULCER

I’ve only been on a four-or-more streak since I started publishing my results here. Hmmm. If I get another four tomorrow, it will tie my number of threes.

Wordle 237 4/6

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

IRATE
MOWER
FLYER
ULCER

I saw the shift to the NY Times this morning because I had to re-set to Dark Mode. My stats did come along.

My streak hit 50 today! (well, very early this morning)

People are looking at the predetermined answers list in the code? You’re missing out on all the fun!

Here are the last 50 answers. This is since Christmas Eve, when I started playing. IIRC, that’s when this thread started too.

WORDLE — since 24 Dec 2021

WEARY — started on 24 Dec 2021; hosted on powerlanguage.co.uk

PICKY

ACUTE

FERRY

ASIDE

TAPIR

TROLL

UNIFY — 31 Dec 2021

REBUS — 01 Jan 2022

BOOST — 10/10, 02 Jan 2022

TRUSS

SIEGE

TIGER

BANAL

SLUMP

CRANK

GORGE

QUERY

DRINK

FAVOR — 20/20, 12 Jan

ABBEY

TANGY

PANIC

SOLAR

SHIRE

PROXY

POINT

ROBOT

PRICK

WINCE — 30/30, 22 Jan

CRIMP

KNOLL

SUGAR

WHACK

MOUNT

PERKY

COULD

WRUNG

LIGHT

THOSE — 40/40, 01 Feb

MOIST

SHARD

PLEAT

ALOFT

SKILL

ELDER

FRAME

HUMOR

PAUSE — the last day on powerlanguage.co.uk

ULCER — 50/50, 11 Feb; it’s now on nytimes.com

Whoops! I meant ASIDE.

Doggone it, I’m not getting the share link. <mutters, turns off Adblock Plus> Ah, hah.

Wordle 237 3/6*

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