Wordle

[watervole]

 Does anyone else play Wordle?  https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/

I'm getting quite fond of it, as a morning brain teaser.

It's guessing a five letter world with the rules of Mastermind (if you ever played that as a kid, which I did)

You make a guess, right letters in the right place are marked in one colour, right letters in the wrong place are marked in another colour.

You get a maximum of six guesses.

I got it in three this morning.

There's a new one every day. No flashy graphics, no adverts, just a nice little puzzle.

Comments

[kotturinn]

Many of the CatsOfTwitter seem to... I am resisting on account of having quite enough things to use as procrastination!

[pensnest]

I like Wordle - I also got it in 3 this morning, perhaps it was the same word? But sometimes the words are *really* strange.

[vera_j]

Now this sounds very tempting but I have no experience, my knowledge is limited and I have really no time. This sounds like "sour grapes" but maybe later!

[watervole]

ROBOT -I believe everyone gets the same word.

[watervole]

Well, it's easy to try one and see if you like it. And it's free.

[murphys_lawyer]

Most days I like it (Some I can't be bothered about anything, it's nothing specific).

What I really like about the concept is all the Tech Bros going, "But where's the money?" and the creator replying "There is none, it's just for fun", and the Tech Bros all go "DOES NOT COMPUTE!!!1!"

[rpdom]

I've seen others playing it, so I gave it a go. I've played three so far and got it in four goes every time.

I remember the first time someone showed me the "Mastermind" game. They explained the rules. I put my coloured pegs in the holes. They looked at me oddly, and then carefully put four little white pegs next to my guess!

[watervole]

Today was the first day I didn't get it in four - but I've only been doing it for a week. Took me five today. I've done a couple in three, but I gather some of the words can be much harder.

Absurdle

[frith]

Try Absurdle: https://qntm.org/files/wordle/index.html It will take more than three guesses. ^_^

Re: Absurdle

[watervole]

It's not as interesting, because you don't have the ongoing clues.

Re: Absurdle

[frith]

Oh well. Apparently there is a French version, so I suspect that there are other language versions as well. I have not looked for them. 8^)

Re: Absurdle

[watervole]

I was browsing your profile out of curiosity. I've never seen Centaurworld, but I'm currently role-playing a race of centaurs in a game I'm GMing.

They're rather philosophical in nature as I borrowed a bit from Plato's Republic.

They're All Mad

[frith]

While Centaurworld is a riot, the characters there bear no resemblance to Plato's centaurs. ^_^ They are more like a troupe of circus clowns with a mission than thoughtful philosophers. And they sing.