| HOW TO Do you do Wordle? (Game purchased by the NY Times for seven figures.)

[TerryP]

Wordle, the viral daily word game, is harder than it looks; here's how to play

For those looking to improve their daily scores, here are some strategies to win Josh Wardle's popular online game

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How was your Wordle today? Mine was rough, to say the least.

Wordle — a once-a-day guessing game that asks users to identify a five-letter word in six tries — has taken the internet by storm since creator Josh Wardle's personal gift to his partner went public late last year. Now, people are finding their Twitter timelines filled with black, gold and green emojis as users share their winning (or losing) scores.

The premise is simple: players have six tries to guess a five-letter word. If they select a letter in the word in its correct spot, the letter will turn green. If they select a letter in the word, but it's in the wrong spot, the letter will turn yellow. If they select a letter that doesn't appear in the word at all, it will turn gray.

After six tries, the game reveals users' results and gives them option to share their emoji-filled messages on social media. It also alerts them to when the next game will be posted.

Seems easy, right? Well, not always.

The game, which has spawned several Twitter and Reddit threads on the best strategies for winning each day, has become its own sub-community on social media in recent weeks. On Nov. 1, just 90 people played. On New Year's Day, Wordle had over 300,000 users, and it seems to be growing.

 

[TerryP]

I've seen people refer to the game for a few weeks now...decided to find out what the hell they were talking about today.

Neat concept. Great brain twister.

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

Pretty cool. Got today's in 5 tries. It is simple enough, but you have to pay attention.

 

[TerryP]

Pretty cool. Got today's in 5 tries. It is simple enough, but you have to pay attention.

Plays per day should hit in the millions soon.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Plays per day should hit in the millions soon.

"Some 1.8 million people played on Jan. 7, Mr. Wardle said, whereas just 90 played on Nov. 1, 2021."

That's a pretty good growth rate.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

I know I'm tired of seeing people constantly post their daily results on Twitter. It's worse than, "hey, let me tell you about my fantasy football results!" guy.

 

[bama alum]

Just played my first wordle. I, uhm, failed miserably. I like this though. I'll give it another try.

 

[TerryP]

Just played my first wordle. I, uhm, failed miserably. I like this though. I'll give it another try.

I got REAL lucky yesterday having TV guide pulled up and saw the movie The Panic Room.

 

[TerryP]

That's a pretty good growth rate.

I have a theory as to why.

I know I'm tired of seeing people constantly post their daily results on Twitter. It's worse than, "hey, let me tell you about my fantasy football results!" guy.

There's two things I've noticed about seeing other peoples results.

It's so simple, how they do their emojis, but it tells a story each time. Look at yesterday's where mine was all green on the first line. If you saw that you knew I was lucky! If you see someone with a little yellow and a lot of gray on the fourth and fifth line you know they were struggling.

Going right along with that when you see others results and how long it took for them to get their vowels, get them in the right order, and on down the line: that emoji telling a story. It's a quick recap of how they solved it versus just seeing a timed event, or a high score.

 

[bama alum]

I got REAL lucky yesterday having TV guide pulled up and saw the movie The Panic Room.

Two in a row! To quote the Texas Minister of Culture: All right, all right, all right!

 

[AFF]

Just tried it.

Reminds me of Solve a Cypher...good to wake up your brain in the morning.
Except you can do Solve a Cypher as many times as you like without waiting. And, it's not just one word. It's an entire sentence.

https://www.cryptogram.org/resource-area/solve-a-cipher/

Got Wordle in 5 tries the first time. Second time I went to settings and put in "hard" mode and got it in 4. Not sure what "hard" mode does. Says it forces you to use previous clues - but I assume you'd be doing that anyway. I mean, why would you ignore the clues?

 

[bama alum]

Here's a take off of Wordle: Absurdle. No limits on attempts and the number of times a day you can play.

Absurdle

An adversarial version of Wordle

qntm.org

 

[TerryP]

 

[bama alum]

Which means either we're going to have to start paying for it or we're going to be inundated with ads...Well, at least that's great news for Wardle.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Here's a take off of Wordle: Absurdle. No limits on attempts and the number of times a day you can play.

Absurdle

An adversarial version of Wordle

qntm.org

And it's combative, changing solution word midgame based upon your selections.

The purity of the game (once daily) probably was an equal draw for the Times as much as its mushrooming popularity. If only they insisted on purity in reporting...

 

[TerryP]

Here's a take off of Wordle: Absurdle. No limits on attempts and the number of times a day you can play.

Absurdle

An adversarial version of Wordle

qntm.org

Why didn't you tell us about your first love, Lewdle? I ran across this the other day. It's five letter words, but all lewd. Ironically, from a writer on Star Wars.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Absurdle isn't easy.

 

[TerryP]

The purity of the game (once daily) probably was an equal draw for the Times as much as its mushrooming popularity. If only they insisted on purity in reporting...

Pure, until you get code writers involved. His set is simple, so simple the answers are found in the code itself. There are a lot of sites I enjoy looking at the source code: here it didn't even cross my mind until I saw others talking about the answers are within the JS code.

Lesson learned? One can cheat on anything?

 

[It Takes Eleven]

All it take is two devices to cheat daily, but who are you cheating?

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

Which means either we're going to have to start paying for it or we're going to be inundated with ads...Well, at least that's great news for Wardle.

You should be using uBlock Origin on every browser and only allowing ads for sites you want to support. And, if you have the ability, you should put up a Pihole or Adguard Home server on your home network and use it for DNS instead of using whatever your ISP provides you. I haven't had ads on games on my phone at home in years.