A bit of fun - WORDLE. (NB, US spelling!) No spoilers please

[Nod]

4 for me. Used a brand new starter on my 3rd guess which left me (literally) no alternative - the 2 spaces left had to be the 2 yellows that were in the wrong place on guess 1!

 

[tarric]

I got it in 4, but a word I've not for years before. I had to Google it!

I have to admit it's one I use regularly.

 

[Jannyfox]

After a run of 4s a fairly straightforward 3 today. It was the first word I thought of before running through alternatives. Turns out there were no alternatives but.............. not a word I use regularly, honest, but one I'm familiar with for other reasons

 

[Peter123]

4 today.

 

[Ricardodaforce]

3 today.

 

[sphexx]

4 today;

 

[Norkie]

Oooh a tricky five this morning

 

[RIR]

4 today.

 

[Nod]

4 for me too. yy, a brand new starter gave another y, a wrong guess eliminated 2 more candidates and I was almost giving up hope when the solution appeared as if by magic!

 

[Chevin]

A 3 this morning

 

[Cockney]

3 today.

 

[Cockney]

4 for me too. yy, a brand new starter gave another y, a wrong guess eliminated 2 more candidates and I was almost giving up hope when the solution appeared as if by magic!

Hmm, I'm contemplating a new starter word.

 

[Peter123]

Another 4. Used my daughter’s starter word and it helped.

 

[Tigger.ufo]

3 for me today.

1Y,1G
2Y,1G
5G

 

[tarric]

A 3 here as well 2Y, 3Y, 5G, bit of a lucky guess but they all count.

 

[Jannyfox]

A not so simple 5 today. Took 4 tries to get 2G 1Y but by then I'd eliminated all bar a few letters

 

[sphexx]

Hmm, I'm contemplating a new starter word.

The Universe is waiting for you to do that so that it can switch to a new selection of words to make your new starter useless

 

[Dale.]

A satisfying 3 today,

2Y,
1Y, 3G,
5G.

 

[Nod]

Hmm, I'm contemplating a new starter word.

I used to use the same starter every day but now just think of a not too obscure 5 letter word with no doubled up letters. Has made as much difference as using good g*lf balls has made to the number I lose!!!

 

[sphexx]

I used to use the same starter every day but now just think of a not too obscure 5 letter word with no doubled up letters. Has made as much difference as using good g*lf balls has made to the number I lose!!!

I think the only real choice is whether to use a ‘good’ starter with maximum vowels or ditto with max consonants. I haven’t tried but I’m inclined to think max consonants is the way since words are readable from consonants only so may present more possibles … ah, but then choices …

 

[Cockney]

The Universe is waiting for you to do that so that it can switch to a new selection of words to make your new starter useless

I know, I know. Thats what's stopping me.
The day I change I will miss my 1. when the word is Orate.

 

[sphexx]

I know, I know. Thats what's stopping me.
The day I change I will miss my 1. when the word is Orate.

Orate is a good one, I’ve been using it for a longish time.

 

[Ricardodaforce]

3 today.

 

[Nod]

5 for me this morning. And that was after a 3g second guess - the first 3 letters!!!

 

[sphexx]

Simple. 3 today after an apparently poor first line with only one B consonant.

 

[RIR]

Another 3 here

 

[sphexx]

5 for me this morning. And that was after a 3g second guess - the first 3 letters!!!

Mine was almost the polar opposite of yours. The first line gave me no vowels so I put a word in with the two missing ones and was left with only one possible word — SCOREDLE says there are three but it‘s other two suggestions are words I’ve never seen before!

 

[Tigger.ufo]

A tricky 4 for me today.

1Y
2Y
1G, 1Y
5G ... after a lot of brain strain!

 

[Chevin]

A 4 today,

 

[Cockney]

Phew today.

 

[Dale.]

4 today but more luck than judgement.

1Y, 1G,
1Y, 2G,
4G,
5G.

 

[Jannyfox]

Phew 6. Even when I had 4G on the 5th I couldn't think how to spell it. Must try harder!

 

[Peter123]

3 today. Much to my surprise.

 

[tarric]

A 4 today looked like it was going to be a tricky one after my first two guesses gave me 0, 1Y but my third guess gave me 2G and I had eliminated so many letters I could only think of two words that would fit and luckily, I chose the right one 5G.

 

[Norkie]

3 for me today

 

[Smiffster]

4 for me today. Out of curiosity. Do you change your starter word. That could be why mine are mostly 4s 5s. I just pick something out of my head at the time.. it also doesn't help. I sometimes do it after I've woke up after 12 am and realise its new wordle day.. must get a life .ha

 

[Norkie]

No, I use the same starting word every day. Sometimes if the starting word gets zero yellow or green, I have a backup second word so that I have covered the vowels

 

[Smiffster]

Yes . I sometimes choose a word that has different vowels that the previous day but that's it for tactics ..

 

[sphexx]

4 for me today. Out of curiosity. Do you change your starter word. That could be why mine are mostly 4s 5s. I just pick something out of my head at the time.. it also doesn't help. I sometimes do it after I've woke up after 12 am and realise its new wordle day.. must get a life .ha

I cheat (some consider) by using a starting word (ORATE, there are others) that is known to contain the commonest vowels and consonants in the WORDLE word list -- not necessarily the same as the commonest in American.

I doesn’t seem to make a lot of difference!

 

[Ricardodaforce]

4 today.