Wordle

[Sniffer]

Managed to get it in 4 based on this. Knew it would be an Americanism without a u after an o.

No spoilers!

 

[The Bear]

No spoliers!

No wonder you're rubbish at Wordle.

 

[PPB]

Try solving Lingo with me mother in the same room. So frustrating.

Coats
You can't have coats, there's no A.
Carry
YOU CAN'T HAVE CARRY, THERES NO FUCKING A.
Clamp
THERE'S NO FUCKING A!! IT'S IN BLUE, IT HAS TO LIGHT UP GREEN.

And on and on it goes. And if a letter shows up orange we are totally fucked!

 

[BillyDee]

Grr... Got it in 5, but it ain't spelt proper.

 

[Alan]

Can’t we all just agree that English is kind of a nonsense language regardless of which style of it we speak?

 

[Newbridge Wolf]

Managed to get it in 4 based on this. Knew it would be an Americanism without a u after an o.

I definitely have a different word, I'm on android so might be that.

 

[Tom Hark]

3, with Bear's spoiler. It's been bought by the NY Times - what did you expect?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

It's had Americanisms since forever tbf.

 

[Sniffer]

Tactics - Do you use the same starting word? Do you use as many vowels as possible in the first couple of guesses so that you know what they are?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Can’t we all just agree that English is kind of a nonsense language regardless of which style of it we speak?

It is, much like the UK Parliamentary system it's a hotchpotch of cobbled together customs that constantly contradict each other or get ignored when it suits, rather than a set of rigid rules that one can pick up and learn.

It's a nightmare to teach as a foreign language on a structural level.

 

[Tom Hark]

It's had Americanisms since forever tbf.

Oh, OK. I only heard about it a week or so ago. I didn't find it very challenging, tbh, so I haven't been keeping up. And I certainly won't bother now.

 

[Tony Towner]

Tactics - Do you use the same starting word? Do you use as many vowels as possible in the first couple of guesses so that you know what they are?

I don't, I use the first word that comes into my mind. There are websites that will tell you the best words to use, but I've never read them. Seems like taking the fun out of it for me.
My son always starts with canoe

 

[Tom Hark]

Tactics - Do you use the same starting word? Do you use as many vowels as possible in the first couple of guesses so that you know what they are?

Use a starting word with 3 vowels in. Gets you off to a good start.

 

[BillyDee]

I have settled on suite as my starter. I'm going to stick with it, as I've known people who've switched their starter, and it's then been the word the next day...

 

[Tredman]

Soare for me

 

[Tredman]

I definitely have a different word, I'm on android so might be that.

Its a website though

 

[Lupo]

Tactics - Do you use the same starting word? Do you use as many vowels as possible in the first couple of guesses so that you know what they are?

Generally a word with a few key letters in - Slate, Space I have been using. I have done it in 2 guesses (including the first word) a few times

 

[Alan]

I've heard that CRANE is the scientifically superior starting word.

ADIEU is great for knocking out vowels. I do play on Hard Mode tho so my first word can be make-or-break.

 

[Alan]

It is, much like the UK Parliamentary system it's a hotchpotch of cobbled together customs that constantly contradict each other or get ignored when it suits, rather than a set of rigid rules that one can pick up and learn.

It's a nightmare to teach as a foreign language on a structural level.

Case in point: in American English, for reasons best known to... Someone? Anyway...

"Hotchpotch" has morphed into "Hodgepodge" over here.

 

[Newbridge Wolf]

Its a website though

Ah, I play mine on an app, totally different word to the online one which I've just googled