Octopus Overlords

Kraken wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 12:11 am Fun fact: Back when people still said "thee" and "thou," "you" was plural, presumably because nobody thought of "thouse."

And thee rhymed with three (including the th sound), and thou had that th and rhymed with 'you', ie, 'thoo.'

Ye did not exist.

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:56 pm New day is apparently tied to timezone, which sucks.

I was today years old when I learned this.

If Absurdle doesn't do it for some of you, I present Letterle.

https://edjefferson.com/letterle/

Letterle 13/26

Whew. My first 6/6 today...

Wordle 209 4/6

Zaxxon wrote:Whew. My first 6/6 today...

Spoiler:

Wordle 209 6/6

Gets a little stressful when you cut it close

Wordle 209 5/6

Wordle 209 4/6





Please don't ask me how my brain works.

Wordle 209 4/6






Played for about a week or two so far. Haven't missed yet. Fun little daily puzzle.

Not bad today. This is only my third, so I'm starting to get a strategy down.

Wordle 209 5/6

Zaxxon wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 8:44 am Whew. My first 6/6 today...

Spoiler:

Wordle 209 6/6

That's the part you don't need to spoiler.

I thought I may be in some trouble today but managed to pull out a 4/6. The streak continues!

Actually, the grids are mildly spoilery, especially in batches.

I suppose if you knew somebody's opening words, yeah. But you'd have to actively try to figure it out. I don't look too closely at the thread until after my attempt for just that reason - after all, there's nothing to see in this thread before you've played.

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 9:30 am I suppose if you knew somebody's opening words, yeah. But you'd have to actively try to figure it out. I don't look too closely at the thread until after my attempt for just that reason - after all, there's nothing to see in this thread before you've played.

I agree they prob don't need to be spoilered, as active effort is needed to make much out of the grids. But whether you know their opening or not, seeing a group of grids does provide hints.

Missed my first one today playing on Hard.

Wordle 209 X/6

Wordle 209 4/6

Wordle 209 4/6

stessier wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 9:54 am Missed my first one today playing on Hard.

Wordle 209 X/6

Spoiler:

ADIEU
COATS
TARRY
TAFFY
TALKY
TAWNY

I didn't realize there was a hard mode. Looks like that just forces you to use confirmed letters in guesses? Like once you know that the word starts with an S or B or what have you all subsequent guesses need to have that letter in the right position?

El Guapo wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 10:28 am

stessier wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 9:54 am Missed my first one today playing on Hard.

Wordle 209 X/6

Spoiler:

ADIEU
COATS
TARRY
TAFFY
TALKY
TAWNY

I didn't realize there was a hard mode. Looks like that just forces you to use confirmed letters in guesses? Like once you know that the word starts with an S or B or what have you all subsequent guesses need to have that letter in the right position?

Yes, once a letter is green, you must have it in that spot in all future guesses. I read quickly and saw that you had to use the clues it gives in all future guesses. I thought that meant if you got a yellow letter, you had to include the yellow letter in the next guess in a new spot (because you already know it can't go there). I was wrong - you just have to use the letter, but you can repeat the wrong spot. I might still do it the harder way, though, to add to the challenge.

Wordle 209 3/6

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 9:30 am I suppose if you knew somebody's opening words, yeah. But you'd have to actively try to figure it out. I don't look too closely at the thread until after my attempt for just that reason - after all, there's nothing to see in this thread before you've played.

Yeah, I don't look here until after I've played for the day since I don't even want to know if other people thought it was hard or easy- that messes with my head.

stessier wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 10:31 am

El Guapo wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 10:28 am

stessier wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 9:54 am Missed my first one today playing on Hard.

Wordle 209 X/6

Spoiler:

ADIEU
COATS
TARRY
TAFFY
TALKY
TAWNY

I didn't realize there was a hard mode. Looks like that just forces you to use confirmed letters in guesses? Like once you know that the word starts with an S or B or what have you all subsequent guesses need to have that letter in the right position?

Yes, once a letter is green, you must have it in that spot in all future guesses. I read quickly and saw that you had to use the clues it gives in all future guesses. I thought that meant if you got a yellow letter, you had to include the yellow letter in the next guess in a new spot (because you already know it can't go there). I was wrong - you just have to use the letter, but you can repeat the wrong spot. I might still do it the harder way, though, to add to the challenge.

Wordle 209 4/6*






Yeah, I held myself to that final 'hard' rule... and frankly it forces you to be stuck - or - improve...

Wordle 209 4/6

Wordle 209 5/6

Wordle 209 3/6





That was surprisingly quick.

Wordle 209 5/6







My only complaint about Wordle is when I hit the backspace button and it takes me back to the home page So annoying

HARD MODE OR DIE

Wordle 209 3/6*

I think most of us play hard mode effectively anyway. I only break the hard mode rules by accident.

Carpet_pissr wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 3:04 pm HARD MODE OR DIE

coopasonic wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 3:06 pm I think most of us play hard mode effectively anyway. I only break the hard mode rules by accident.

Yeah, that was why I asked about it initially. I guess it just depends on the way you play and how MUCH you want to "game" it...if that makes sense. I think "hard mode" is a misnomer, but whatevs.

"Hard' mode, more like 'I already forgot from the line above which of these letters were correct' mode.


Wordle 209 6/6*

Archinerd wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 3:23 pm "Hard' mode, more like 'I already forgot from the line above which of these letters were correct' mode.

I was in a spicy mood.

I brought shame upon my family by missing today's word.

That is what makes playing "hard" hard IMO. If you hit three yellow off the bat, you are only looking at like 15 total letters and that's barring duplicates or being able to come up with words where you don't duplicate known bad letters. ( OK maybe that's just me). I've hit three letters on the first try and lost twice now hitting a brick wall of just subbing in letters (not sometimes hoping things that look like they might be word are actually words, If you got dinged for "not a word" I don't think I'd have won but maybe a few times. )

I found out today that "AZTEC" is not a word.
Tomorrow, I'm going to see if "IDAHO" is a word.

I don't understand "current streak" and "max streak." I've played 8 games. I won 4 of them in 4 tries and the other 4 (including today) in 5 tries. It says my current streak is 3 and max streak is 4.

I really only care about keeping my win percentage at 100, but those streak numbers baffle me.

I solved one, I displayed here:

Wordle 209 4/6