The great WORDLE topic (Part 1)

It took me an embarrassingly long time to think of vinyl

Daily Quordle #58
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same, and it’s literally a thing i have the most of, by a mile :roll_eyes:

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Yeah, I literally have a bunch in the same room I’m in.

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It’s been a couple days since I got an Octordle.

Daily Octordle #58
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My best Octordle yet.

Daily Octordle #58
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No, but that’s a good idea. I usually do wordle, then Quordle, then spelling bee. So the “ordles” are my warm up for spelling bee instead of the other way around.

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Wordle 277 4/6

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do you try to get the crossword daily? i kinda wish there was a thread for that. i’m on my best streak ever and have nowhere to brag about it :triumph:

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Wordle 277 6/6*

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That was embarrassing. I mixed up on my third guess by hitting the enter key instead of the backspace. Threw me off!

Daily Quordle #58
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:seven::four:

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I do. And Su Doku. Though, if I have to choose I’ll do Su Doku because the crossword is still accessible the next day, but Su Doku and Spelling Bee are lost forever to the tides of time. :slight_smile:

I’m pretty sure as a member you have the permission needed to start a thread. If you’re on the bbs.boingboing.net screen do you see the option over to the right for “New Topic” ?

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Today was a case of exhaustively checking for the two letters in every position until I finally got it right. :slight_smile:
Wordle 277 5/6

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yeah i can make new topics but i was gone for awhile and i’m kinda shy and wanted to gauge the room…

and for some reason i can’t get any other games on my app, just the crossword and bee (i get the mini crossword too but i never do those, it’s like finding bubble wrap that’s already popped.) i tried talking to customer service (apparently this is a thing for ios users) but that solved nothing so i gave up. :man_shrugging:t2: i’m mostly in it for the crossword anyway- getting to the point where i could regularly finish saturday is one of my greatest accomplishments :medal_sports:

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IME, the worst that happens is you start a thread and it fizzles. (I’ve had a couple like that.) But just like losing at Wordle, there are no real-world implications :wink:

That is the most perfect description of the mini that I’ve ever seen. Or maybe finding one that looks full, but there are only 2 bubbles left. :joy:

Congrats! I have little happy songs to sing when I sit down to do the weekend ones. Say what you will about the NYT editorially, but Will Shortz is a genius puzzle editor. The clues are so clever sometimes!

So, in case it’s not obvious, I would totally check in on a crossword puzzle thread.

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haha indeed, if only the awareness of that fact led to action! unfortunately however it only comes in fits and spurts. c’est la vie. i’ll mull it over :thinking::upside_down_face:

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If you start one, post a link here so we see it even if it doesn’t show up on the short lists.

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i will :blush:

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Wordle 277 2/6

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(You know, it would be totally easy to fake one’s results here…)
(not that any of us would, I’m sure)

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Like this?

Wordle 277 1/6

:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

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Did you fake that? I mean, you could have gotten it in one guess.

Oh, but wait, you already posted your score for today’s Wordle. So yeah, like that :smile: :upside_down_face:

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Wordle 277 6/6

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