Anyone playing wordle?

[Patri]

I had trouble with this one. After four I went to work. Home again, I could see clearly, and got it in five.

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[T_R_Oglodyte]

Four today ...

Spoiler: Could have been three

After guess 1, my first inclination was to use STRAP at guess 2. But then I reconsidered I should try for another vowel, and went with GROAN instead., only to return to STRAP at guess 3. That lead directly to CARAT. If I had used STRAP at guess 2, there's a good chance I would have used CARAT at guess 3.

 

[Patri]

Five. Not proud.

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[tombanjo]

Hard as diamond to mine this not so golden 5

Wordle 663 5/6

 

[Rolltydr]

I got a three even though I made an error with my second word.

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After not using it for a while, I opened with HEART this morning, influenced by @dsmrp‘s reference to AORTA yesterday. Found the ending T plus an A and R. I was so pleased with CRAFT that I didn’t realize it left the A in the same position. Duh! However, it did get the C correct and left the middle position as the only option for the R. So, I was left with CxRAT or CARxT. Either way, it had to be CARAT.

 

[VacationForever]

Four, with three starter words which made it fast.

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[dsmrp]

4 for me. @T_R_Oglodyte and I had similar 3rd word guesses, except I went for the other consonant ending.

Spoiler: Played it safe

I had used the answer as a guess in a previous puzzle and was far off. So I didn't go out on the limb this time for my 3rd guess. I went for more common consonants instead.

 

["Roger"]

Three today. Made an error on my second word (not keeping a known letter in its proper position). I might have gotten it in two otherwise.

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[LannyPC]

Three today.

Me too.

 

[clifffaith]

Starter word worked well, brain didn’t fail me for a nice three.

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[slip]

An uneventful 5 today.

 

[Sandi Bo]

I'm in with the not so proud crowd.
Felt I should have had it sooner and faster, but my brain would not comply.

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[T_R_Oglodyte]

Quick three today

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After guess 1, the big question for me was where to put the I; it almost surely had to be in either position 1 or position 3. For guess 2, I decided to try for position 1, and selected INSET. In set didn't work, but it confirmed that the I was in position 3. Which also mean that T has to be in position 1 or 2. So THIEF looked like a good guess.

 

[Sandi Bo]

Three for me!

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[Patri]

Three and happy.

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[tombanjo]

Stole a three from Wordle Gods today.

Wordle 664 3/6

 

[Rolltydr]

I thought it was FRIday, but it must be TRIday with all these threes.

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I actually started out with a variation of two, using TWICE as my starter. Got the T and I correct, plus an E. Keeping with the TRI theme, I tried TRIED next which only confirmed the E in fourth position. The only word left, I think, was THIEF. A fairly quick and easy tres.

 

[dsmrp]

I'm with the 3 crowd too!

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I first thought of the answer for my 2nd guess. But doing diligence to put the E in first position, I came up with EDICT, which I thought was a more unusual word.. Sigh...

 

["Roger"]

Wow. I am in with the threes. Six of us in a row.

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["Roger"]

Change of topic. Has anyone else tried the new NYTimes game that is currently being beta tested, Digits?

While the goal of the game it clear, it took me a while to understand how you enter your entries. I found the instructions obscure. My other comment is that they have it set up where you are suppose to play six rounds on a given day. Each round gets harder and harder. I would just as soon drop off after a round or two (which you can do, but then your scores are not retained.)

I have two links below. The first is an article on how they developed the game, the second is to the game itself.

Article

The game

 

[LannyPC]

Quick three today

Me too. I had four greens on my second guess.

 

[VacationForever]

A lousy Four.

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[clifffaith]

Three! After hitting three letters on my first try, I was sure my second guess would be correct and I was quite surprised when it was wrong.

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[Rolltydr]

Change of topic. Has anyone else tried the new NYTimes game that is currently being beta tested, Digits?

While the goal of the game it clear, it took me a while to understand how you enter your entries. I found the instructions obscure. My other comment is that they have it set up where you are suppose to play six rounds on a given day. Each round gets harder and harder. I would just as soon drop off after a round or two (which you can do, but then your scores are not retained.)

I have two links below. The first is an article on how they developed the game, the second is to the game itself.

Article

The game

For me, personally, I love word games and hate number games. Or, I’m just not good at math and don’t like puzzles I can’t solve. I’ll stick with the word games but that does look like a pretty good game for those so inclined.

 

[slip]

Could have been better but ended with a 5.