Daily WORDLE - 2022

[stepford]

At least this article describing the purchase isn't behind the paywall.

Since I already subscribe to the NYT puzzles it feels kinda like when Fidelity took over the administration of my 401K - all the same stuff just now consolidated in fewer locations.

 

[ERD50]

Welp..this article is behind a paywall, so I'm guessing Wordle will be soon as well!

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/31/...k-times-wordle.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

"The hit game Wordle has been purchased by the New York Times Company for a price "in the low seven figures," the company said."

There's already some clones aren't there? You could do quite a few variations on this theme (and make it harder/easier), and I doubt the IP rights would be able to stop them (just don't use a word too similar to "Wordle", don't use the same colors, etc).

-ERD50

 

[Luvtoride]

Wordle 227 2/6

[emoji833][emoji833]

I’m on a roll!

 

[Pellice]

Wordle 227 3/6





I don't think the NYT will dare put this behind a paywall for a long time. Would generate too much ill will. Better to use it as a loss leader to introduce their other word games (which I don't subscribe to, I already have enough time sinks).

 

[Pellice]

Wordle 227 2/6

[emoji833][emoji833]

I’m on a roll!

Luvtoride, if you get the next one in 2, you should definitely buy a lottery ticket. The force is strong with you!

 

[latexman]

Wordle 227 5/6*

 

[RetiredAndLovingIt]

Wordle 227 3/6





Took me ages to figure it out today

 

[aja8888]

Wordle 227 4/6

 

[Dash man]

Wordle 227 3/6

[emoji834][emoji834][emoji834]
[emoji834]

 

[KCGeezer]

Yep, time for a lottery ticket

Wordle 227 2/6*

[emoji833]

 

[sengsational]

I'm a 5 guy, but today got it in 4.


Wordle 227 4/6







I had a shot to get it in 3, but guessed the wrong 5th letter.

 

[sengsational]

Yesterday's Word & Getting led down the garden path

I know what you mean. Once you got the last 4 of today's letters there were 7 choices for the first.

So I get 4 out of 5 on my first guess. Should be easy? NO! I was sweating bullets. Right from the start, I could think of 7 words (seven!) to fit the pattern. I'm playing "hard mode" so I didn't just pick random words to get rid of letters. I easily could have lost this.

Wordle 226 5/6

There are actually 12 words that Wordle accepts ending in "I G H T". A few days ago, I pointed out this challenge:

I play easy mode, so I don't have the problem that I call "getting led down the garden path". This is the case where you have 4 letters that could be a whole lot of words (eight, fight, light, might, night, right, sight, tight, wight).

In this case, I would try to make a word out of the letters "e, f, l, m, n, r, s, t, w", so maybe I'd try "TERMS". And if still in a quandary, "FLOWN".

 

[Out-to-Lunch]

Fairly straightfoward 4

Wordle 227 4/6*

 

[Tafkah]

Wordle 227 3/6

 

[rodi]

Wordle 227 6/6*








Again - I seemed to pick the wrong first letter several times. Too many options.

 

[Lsbcal]

Yep, time for a lottery ticket

Wordle 227 2/6*

[emoji833]

It works for the stock market too.

 

[homestead]

Wordle 227 3/6

 

[Chris7]

Wordle 227 4/6







So far 100% for the word. Someone in my office got it in 2 and the other day, another one got that day's in two.


cd :O)

 

[CincyDave]

Wordle 227 4/6

 

[N02L84ER]

Wordle 227 3/6

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[ERD50]

Got it in 3 today, so I'm 4,4,3,3,5,4,6,4,4,4,3,4,4,5,4,3 so far. "Hard Mode" on all.

Decided it was time to put this in a spreadsheet with "important" (hah!) statistics:

MEDIAN: 4.00
AVERAGE: 4.00
17 Jan2022 4
18 Jan2022 4
19 Jan2022 3
20 Jan2022 3
21 Jan2022 5
22 Jan2022 4
23 Jan2022 6
24 Jan2022 4
25 Jan2022 4
26 Jan2022 4
27 Jan2022 3
28 Jan2022 4
29 Jan2022 4
30 Jan2022 5
31 Jan2022 4
01 Feb2022 3


-ERD50

 

[Qs Laptop]

Wordle 227 2/6

 

[Dreamer]

Wordle 227 5/6*








Rodi, you are not the only one that guessed wrong.

 

[unclemick]

NO! But I think I have lost my DW.

heh heh heh - daily crossword puzzle now has competition.

 

[JoeWras]

There are actually 12 words that Wordle accepts ending in "I G H T". A few days ago, I pointed out this challenge:

Yikes! I survived!

It isn't always good to get a good hit on your first try if you play hard mode. Now I finally understand hard mode.