Wordle 998 6/6*
RAISE QUOTA MODAL VOCAL FOCAL LOCAL
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La palabra del día #797 3/6
(VOILA DUEÑO CRUDO)
Wordle 998 3/6
(VOILÀ CORAL LOCAL)
Fortunately, I remembered that FOCAL was already used as an answer on the very first week of Wordle.
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Wordle 998 6/6
ADIEU BLAME SALTY VOCAL FOCAL LOCAL
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Wordle 998 4/6
(SHEAR → ABOUT → LOAMY → LOCAL)
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Wordle 998 3/6*
OFTEN BLOCK LOCAL
I was going to make my third guess be COLOR, but decided at the last moment to do LOCAL.
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Wordle 998 5/6
← d’oh
TRACE CANDY SCAMP VOCAL LOCAL
(I literally hit my head hard and said “d’oh” when I saw I had already used the middle letter in the same position on 3.)
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Wordle 999 5/6
(SOAPY → SLUNG → SHEEN → SNIDE → SINCE)
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La palabra del día #798 4/6
(PECAN JUSTO GUSTO BUSTO)
Wordle 999 3/6
(PECAN CRINE SINCE)
Yes, I used PECAN as my first word in honor of today. Happy Pi Day! 
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Wordle 999 5/6
ADIEU MERIT HINGE WINCE SINCE
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Wordle 999 3/6*
raise singe since
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Wordle 999 6/6*
GRUFF PLANK TONIC MINCE WINCE SINCE
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Tomorrow wille be puzzle 1000. Any guesses on a solution, if a theme is being used?
KILOS
METER
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Wordle 999 3/6
TRACE POUND SINCE
@NukeML: GRAND
Although I think after people were upset over a couple of Thanksgiving-related words, they stopped doing theme puzzles. I could be wrong though. I like that, though I also like that Connections sometimes goes heavily into themes. E.g. PIE DAY were the first two words in the grid today. I guess I like it there because the theme appears in the setting of the puzzle, and almost never in the solution. That is, you can bet PIE and DAY won’t be in the same group.
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You’re right. Here’s from an article on CNN today:
Yes, player feedback makes a difference
Wordle’s 1000th puzzle was one of the words switched out from Wardle’s original lineup, but more because the original was “a little boring,” Mason [Everdeen Mason, the editorial director for NYT Games] said.
The Times didn’t theme the new word either, after Bennett [dedicated editor for Wordle, Tracy Bennett] experimented with a themed Wordle related to Thanksgiving — FEAST — in her first month on the job.
“We got a resounding response from the audience that they did not like that at all,” said Mason. “I think it just made it too easy.”
Bennett said that some solvers enjoyed the thematic nod, but others felt it broke the rules of Wordle because it added an element of guessing what the editor might pick.
While the Times sometimes has a nod to current events in its other games, such as the crossword, there’s more context overall. “With Wordle, it’s just one word,” Mason said. “We were actually surprised that people were so mad about it.”
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For my initial word, I have sometimes attempted a theme, like on today’s Wordle. But in general, for the actual Wordle solution, I like randomness more than any thematic attempt. On December 19th, 2022, the Spanish version really broke the rules when the solution was the family name of a soccer player (albeit an important player on an important event, for those interested in the sport).
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Wordle 1000! Woo! 
Wordle 1 000 3/6
(GREAT → ERGOT → ERUPT)
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La palabra del día #799 4/6
(FESTA CURIO ROMBO BROMO)
Wordle 1,000 3/6
(FESTA TREND ERUPT)
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Wordle 1,000 3/6
ADIEU PULSE ERUPT
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Wordle 1,000 3/6*
RAISE CREDO ERUPT
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Wordle 1,000 4/6*
BINGO PLEAD SPRUE ERUPT
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