The "Wordle" thread

[Runs For Fun]

How are you guys still accessing the original site? I’m always redirected.

 

[tobefirst]

Thanks, @DT. I NEVER would have gotten the alternate and would have been slightly upset about it being a word I wasn't at all familiar with.

Related: I listened to a podcast with the creator of Wordle, and he said he started with a full list of 15,000 5-letter English words and created a "game" for a bored friend where a word would display and she would say whether or not she'd ever heard of that word before. After some final finessing, he ended up with a list of 2,500 words for the game to choose from.

 

[tobefirst]

How are you guys still accessing the original site? I’m always redirected.

I had a tab in iOS safari that was dedicated to Wordle. I never left the site or refreshed or anything, and because of the way the game/webpage was coded, it never reloaded to launch a new game. I only got pushed over to the NYT site when I manually refreshed the website. As such, I'll never be able to access the original game again, I'm pretty sure.

 

[Clix Pix]

Yes, I was automatically redirected to the NYT site yesterday and again today because I had the bookmark set for the original UK site.

So far there has been only one word which I didn't recognize when it was shown to be the winning one, and I did a quick google to get the definition.

 

[Herdfan]

Today was hard. Hard to break out the pencil and paper.

Wordle 241 5/6

 

[Alli]

Wordle 241 3/6

 

[Edd]

I’m on a roll with barely getting it.

Wordle 242 6/6

 

[DT]

3rd guess was the check for the 5th vowel option, and whether it was a combo.


Wordle 242 5/6

 

[Runs For Fun]

Made a stupid mistake on try 4
Wordle 242 5/6

 

[Clix Pix]

I'm refining my strategy a bit and I think it'll pay off!

Wordle 242 5/6

 

[Zoidberg]

How are you guys still accessing the original site? I’m always redirected.

I downloaded the Wordle page as a webarchive file. Lmk if you want it.

You can also play previous words here:

Word Guess – Metzger Media Games

Have you ever finished your Wordle puzzle and wished you could play more? Here you can play past Wordle puzzles from earlier days.

metzger.media

 

[Pumbaa]

Phew. With a touch of ridiculous.

Wordle 243 6/6

 

[DT]

Wordle 243 4/6

 

[Edd]

https://www.Twitter or X not allowed/i/web/status/1494204831308947460/

 

[Clix Pix]

Today's was easy!!! My new strategy -- working with different "starter" words now -- is paying off nicely.

Wordle 243 4/6

 

[Runs For Fun]

Looks like I’m not the only one that had this problem LOL. I came very close on the last try though.
Wordle 243 X/6

 

[Pumbaa]

Ah, so that’s what caused Agoragate…

"Pussy", "pupal" and "agora" among words removed from Wordle after move to New York Times

Wordle's old home at powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/ now redirects to nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html, its perch after the Old Gray Lady bought the New Gray Game. The design is a little different—the "Wordle" logo is…

boingboing.net

 

[Deleted member 215]

Don’t laugh at my third guess

Wordle 244 5/6







I really “dodged” a bullet..

 

[Pumbaa]

Don’t laugh at my third guess

If you hadn’t mentioned it I would just have assumed that it was intentional in order to conveniently eliminate some extra letters.

Now that you did mention it, however:

 

[Deleted member 215]

I mean I did end up eliminating some important letters with that guess, but I have a strict policy of never abandoning a green letter, no matter what. That's just my personal strategy.