Might as well give it its own thread.

And a link to Octordle

sarahs mum said:

What do the round symbols mean?

dv said:

sarahs mum said:

What do the round symbols mean?

Scores

At the end of the game, the number of guesses per word are displayed as emojis for easy sharing and as a numeric score for the whole game. For example, if 6️⃣ is shown, that board took 6 guesses to find the right word. A 🔟 means 10 guesses were needed to find the right word.

Lower scores are better in the Daily and Sequence Games. Higher scores are better in Rescue games.

The numeric score is designed intentionally and does not penalize missed words very much. Instead the numeric score is designed to show overall performance in the game. It rewards answering words earlier more than it penalizes missing words. Answering more words than somebody else is obviously better and deserving of bragging rights. The score offers a way to see who was more efficient with their guesses.

Many people have opinions and suggestions on these scores but they are unlikely to be changed at this time.
Clocks 🕚 🕛 🕐

Clocks are used to show scores higher than 10. Any word that takes 11, 12, or 13 guesses will be displayed as a clock. One reason for this is because there are no emojis for 11, 12 or 13, so a clock showing 11 o’clock, 12 o’clock, and 1 o’clock (13 in a 24 hour clock) is used instead.

Another reason is because clocks indicate time, and the 11th, 12th and 13th guesses are the last guesses you have and so the time pressure is high!

Challenge! Can you win a game with no clocks?

🕚 – 11 guesses 🕛 – 12 guesses 🕐 – 13 guesses

Numeric Score – Lower is Better

A numeric score like “Score: 65” is shown at the end. This adds the number of guesses taken for each word. A score of 14 is used for any word not guessed.

For example, the following guesses would add up to a score of 75. The red block is 14 points, and the answered words add up to 61 points.
🕛🟥
7️⃣5️⃣
3️⃣🔟
🕚🕐

sarahs mum said:

dv said:

sarahs mum said:

What do the round symbols mean?

Scores

At the end of the game, the number of guesses per word are displayed as emojis for easy sharing and as a numeric score for the whole game. For example, if 6️⃣ is shown, that board took 6 guesses to find the right word. A 🔟 means 10 guesses were needed to find the right word.

Lower scores are better in the Daily and Sequence Games. Higher scores are better in Rescue games.

The numeric score is designed intentionally and does not penalize missed words very much. Instead the numeric score is designed to show overall performance in the game. It rewards answering words earlier more than it penalizes missing words. Answering more words than somebody else is obviously better and deserving of bragging rights. The score offers a way to see who was more efficient with their guesses.

Many people have opinions and suggestions on these scores but they are unlikely to be changed at this time.
Clocks 🕚 🕛 🕐

Clocks are used to show scores higher than 10. Any word that takes 11, 12, or 13 guesses will be displayed as a clock. One reason for this is because there are no emojis for 11, 12 or 13, so a clock showing 11 o’clock, 12 o’clock, and 1 o’clock (13 in a 24 hour clock) is used instead.

Another reason is because clocks indicate time, and the 11th, 12th and 13th guesses are the last guesses you have and so the time pressure is high!

Challenge! Can you win a game with no clocks?

🕚 – 11 guesses 🕛 – 12 guesses 🕐 – 13 guesses

Numeric Score – Lower is Better

A numeric score like “Score: 65” is shown at the end. This adds the number of guesses taken for each word. A score of 14 is used for any word not guessed.

For example, the following guesses would add up to a score of 75. The red block is 14 points, and the answered words add up to 61 points.
🕛🟥
7️⃣5️⃣
3️⃣🔟
🕚🕐

Okay so, like in quordle and wordle, you get as many as five misses.

but I got pasty out…

sarahs mum said:

but I got pasty out…

Good effort.

AussieDJ said:

sarahs mum said:

but I got pasty out…

Good effort.

oh it was miner i did not get out.

So I failed to octordle again.

11

12

Not sure I’ll be a regular octordler but I’ll try it. What is a good score?

dv said:

Not sure I’ll be a regular octordler but I’ll try it. What is a good score?

I’ve read their scoring but i don’t understand. But you got to get 8 out in13 goes.3 starter words and 8 words equals 11.

Getting it out in 10 would be a good game i reckon.

Scores

At the end of the game, the number of guesses per word are displayed as emojis for easy sharing and as a numeric score for the whole game. For example, if 6️⃣ is shown, that board took 6 guesses to find the right word. A 🔟 means 10 guesses were needed to find the right word.

Lower scores are better in the Daily and Sequence Games. Higher scores are better in Rescue games.

The numeric score is designed intentionally and does not penalize missed words very much. Instead the numeric score is designed to show overall performance in the game. It rewards answering words earlier more than it penalizes missing words. Answering more words than somebody else is obviously better and deserving of bragging rights. The score offers a way to see who was more efficient with their guesses.

Many people have opinions and suggestions on these scores but they are unlikely to be changed at this time.
Clocks 🕚 🕛 🕐

Clocks are used to show scores higher than 10. Any word that takes 11, 12, or 13 guesses will be displayed as a clock. One reason for this is because there are no emojis for 11, 12 or 13, so a clock showing 11 o’clock, 12 o’clock, and 1 o’clock (13 in a 24 hour clock) is used instead.

Another reason is because clocks indicate time, and the 11th, 12th and 13th guesses are the last guesses you have and so the time pressure is high!

Challenge! Can you win a game with no clocks?

🕚 – 11 guesses 🕛 – 12 guesses 🕐 – 13 guesses

Numeric Score – Lower is Better

A numeric score like “Score: 65” is shown at the end. This adds the number of guesses taken for each word. A score of 14 is used for any word not guessed.

For example, the following guesses would add up to a score of 75. The red block is 14 points, and the answered words add up to 61 points.
🕛🟥
7️⃣5️⃣
3️⃣🔟
🕚🕐

sarahs mum said:

dv said:

Not sure I’ll be a regular octordler but I’ll try it. What is a good score?

I’ve read their scoring but i don’t understand. But you got to get 8 out in13 goes.3 starter words and 8 words equals 11.

Getting it out in 10 would be a good game i reckon.

I mean I get how they work out the score, it’s just all eight game scores added up. I mean what’s an average kind of score to get. 60?

dv said:

ooh. one clock.

pretty clumsy octordle

just.

only just.

only just

only just managed to…

failed

Bubblecar said:

ooo.

one clock day.

best ever.

sarahs mum said:

best ever.

Brilliant.

Last word was a tossup between PRIDE and BRIDE and I was just about to type PRIDE but then remembered: comes before a fall… so typed BRIDE.

And of course it was PRIDE.