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Wordle virgin - help!

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Rosiebee Sat 28-Dec-24 23:12:23

I enjoy doing puzzles and would like to have a go at Wordle but don't know how / where to get into it. Can someone point me in the right direction and explain what you have to do? Thanks

Lovetopaint037 Sun 29-Dec-24 00:26:48

Just google New York Wordle. It will open up the option to play. It shows a grid of 5 squares across and six rows down. This allows you to select your first five letter word. The letters found in the Wordle word of the day will come up green if they are in the correct place. If correct but not in the right place they are yellow. If not correct will be blacked out on the grid and also on the keyboard. So playing about with possible words until you guess correctly or continue for six goes. If you haven’t got it the correct word flashes up.

Lovetopaint037 Sun 29-Dec-24 00:29:21

Good luck. A new word comes up at midnight. You can paste your attempt on our thread if you want to. Look forward to seeing your name.

NotSpaghetti Sun 29-Dec-24 00:35:51

If you are colour blind (or just prefer it) you can choose a different colourway.

Lovetopaint037 Sun 29-Dec-24 22:31:26

Didn’t know that Not Spaghetti. Very useful.

OldFrill Mon 30-Dec-24 03:21:20

I just changed the colours and it's fried my brain 😎😎

JackyB Mon 30-Dec-24 08:12:35

You can a!so set it so that you HAVE to use the !letters that turn up yellow and you HAVE to leave the green ones in their place. I used to always play completely different letters each go to get the maximum chance of finding all five letters. It is counter-intuitive but by fixing the letters in the way described above, I get there in fewer guesses.

Rosiebee Mon 30-Dec-24 14:30:31

Thanks all. Can't quite get my head around it but going to give it a go.

Lovetopaint037 Tue 31-Dec-24 00:17:09

Rosiebee I would recommend you just play it and leave different colours unless you really want to. Keep it simple. I use the same first word every time .It contains three vowels which is a help. The idea is really simple and I am sure you will enjoy it.

keepingquiet Tue 31-Dec-24 00:33:20

Just go to google game store and download the NYT wordle app. I've been playing almost daily for a long time and still love playing. There are other games too, but I only play the connections and the mini crossword as well as wordle.