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🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ AMONG / YYYBB
🟩🟨🟩🟩🟨 MOCHA / GYGGY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MACHO / Correct
With G = 1, Y = ½, & B = 0, I scored 1½, 1½, 4, and 5.
I spent about four minutes solving this one... but very little time was spent on turn 4 ;-)
My streak is at 33. Only 235 away from a new personal high.
Connections Puzzle #696 May 7: perfect
🟩🟩🟩🟩 GGGG
🟨🟨🟨🟨 YYYY
🟪🟪🟪🟪 PPPP
Today I saw all the Connections.
My streak is at 19.
Dog Hand
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ trial
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ cones
🟨🟩⬜🟨🟨 havoc
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 macho
Connections
Puzzle #696
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
Puzzle #696
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩
Connections
Puzzle #696
🟦🟪🟦🟪
🟪🟪🟦🟪
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟨🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
Wordle 1,418 5/6
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
IMBUE
MASON
MACHO
What a guess!

⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 CORAL / BBBYY
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 DALLY / BGGBG
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BALMY / Correct
With G = 1, Y = ½, & B = 0, I scored 1, 1, 3, and 5.
I spent about five minutes solving this one... most of it on turn 4.
My streak is at 34. Only 234 away from a new personal high.
Connections Puzzle #697 May 8: 2 errors
🟩🟩🟩🟩 GGGG
🟪🟦🟪🟦 pbpb
🟦🟪🟦🟦 bpbb
🟦🟦🟦🟦 BBBB
🟪🟪🟪🟪 PPPP
Today I saw two Connections.
My streak is at 20.
Dog Hand
Quote: avianrandyThinking tonight it's been a bit one of our regular wordlers has posted. He always started with posit then mulch usually. He would set his browser a day ahead and occasionally let us know if a certain person would do good based on their starting word or if the next days would be tough or interesting. Just to lazy do search through this thread. Doghand,wizard,hot blonde...anyone remember this user? Hope something hasn't happened...maybe he is just on a cruise or something with no Internet access. Thanks for anyone's help
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avianrandy,
You are thinking of ams288. According to his profile:
https://wizardofvegas.com/member/ams288/
He last visited WoV on April 30th.
His last post in Wordle was Feb. 20th:
https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/questions-and-answers/casual-corner/36983-wordle/172/#post949485
He subsequently posted twice in other threads, with his last contribution nearly two months ago on Mar. 13th in the I Love Cats thread:
https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/off-topic/off-topic/37531-i-love-cats/18/#post950843
His Dec. 29th post with the "gleeful anticipation" meme hinted that yours truly would do VERY well on the Dec. 30th puzzle:
https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/questions-and-answers/casual-corner/36983-wordle/165/#post945034
I also wonder what became of him.
Dog Hand
Wordle 1,419 4/6*
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 prism
🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ match
⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ gamed
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 balmy
Connections
Puzzle #697
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦
Puzzle #697
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩
⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
LOUSY
DRYLY
PATTY
GABBY
BALKY
BALMY
I forgot the L in attempts 3 and 4!
Connections
Puzzle #697
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪
$10,000 Pyramid-style speaking helped me figure out purple.
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,420 5/6*
⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ staid
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 tribe
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 trite
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 trice
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 tripe
Connections
Puzzle #698
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 MITER / BYYYY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRIPE / Correct
With G = 1, Y = ½, & B = 0, I scored 1, 2, and 5.
I spent more than ten minutes solving this one. I took a chance on MITER, which is not on the list of 2,309 Wordle words, in honor of the pope.
A "no green until the end" day for me.
My streak is at 35. Only 233 away from a new personal high.
Connections Puzzle #698 May 9: perfect
🟩🟩🟩🟩 GGGG
🟪🟪🟪🟪 PPPP
🟨🟨🟨🟨 YYYY
Today I saw all the Connections.
My streak is at 21.
Dog Hand
Puzzle #698
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ TRIAL
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ TRICK
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRIPE
Connections
Puzzle #698
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
Wordle 1,420 2/6
🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩
⬜🟨🟩🟨🟩
🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
IMBUE
CHIDE
SPIRE
PRIZE
GRIPE
TRIPE
I can tolerate eating a small amount of tripe.
Connections
Puzzle #698
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
The yellow connection is easy if you're OLD!
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST / Correct
With G = 1, Y = ½, & B = 0, I scored 4 and 5.
I spent about one minute solving this one. My first two choices, FEAST and BEAST, are past answers.
A "no yellow" day and Eagle #95 for this old dog.
My streak is at 36. Only 232 away from a new personal high.
Connections Puzzle #699 May 10: perfect
🟨🟨🟨🟨 YYYY
🟦🟦🟦🟦 BBBB
🟪🟪🟪🟪 PPPP
Today I did not see the purple ___ STRIP Connection.
My streak is at 22.
Dog Hand
🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ TRIAL
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 CONES
🟨🟨🟩⬜🟨 STAVE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST
Connections
Puzzle #699
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦
Puzzle #699
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
Puzzle #698
🟪🟨🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨
⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
LOUSY
TRYST
YEAST
Darn. I could almost taste that eagle!
Connections
Puzzle #699
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟦🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟩🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦

⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ FILER / BBYGB
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 BOWEL / BGGGG
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 VOWEL / BGGGG
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DOWEL / Correct
With G = 1, Y = ½, & B = 0, I scored 1, 1½, 4, 4 and 5.
I spent about five minutes solving this one.
My streak is at 37. Only 231 away from a new personal high.
Connections Puzzle #700 May 11: perfect
🟨🟨🟨🟨 YYYY
🟪🟪🟪🟪 PPPP
🟦🟦🟦🟦 BBBB
Today I saw all the Connections.
My streak is at 23.
Dog Hand
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 TRIAL
⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ CONES
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 HOVEL
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 BOWEL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DOWEL
A no yellow day. I doubt I've had a 5 with no yellows before.
Connections
Puzzle #700
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
Puzzle #700
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟨🟩⬜🟩🟨
⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Phew!
IMBUE
PERCH
STEAK
LOVED
YODEL
DOWEL
Connections
Puzzle #700
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
I saw the green group first, but along the way I noticed what was possibly purple, so I switched!
🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ WRECK / BBYYB
🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 CHIDE / YBYBY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BICEP / Correct
With G = 1, Y = ½, & B = 0, I scored ½, 1, 1½, and 5.
I spent more than ten minutes solving this one.
A "no greens until the end" day for me.
My streak is at 38. Only 230 away from a new personal high.
Connections Puzzle #701 May 12: 1 error
🟦🟦🟦🟦 BBBB
🟪🟪🟪🟪 PPPP
🟩🟩🟩🟩 GGGG
🟨🟨🟨🟨 YYYY
Today I eventually saw all the Connections.
My streak is at 24.
Dog Hand
Puzzle #701
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
Puzzle #701
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ TRIAL
🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ CONES
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BICEP
Connections
Puzzle #701
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
Having played it very few times, my stats are based solely on Wordle skills.
Anyone who has played it a lot, success becomes more and more based on "this possible word was already in a prior Wordle so it can't be in this one again" such that the game doesn't mean as much anymore. That's at least one fatal or at least ongoing flaw with this, that people who have played it a lot are playing a different game from those just starting.
🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨
🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜
🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
IMBUE
BEGIN
BIDET
BIKER
BICEP
Connections
Puzzle #701
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨
Quote: MDawg
Anyone who has played it a lot, success becomes more and more based on "this possible word was already in a prior Wordle so it can't be in this one again" such that the game doesn't mean as much anymore. That's at least one fatal or at least ongoing flaw with this, that people who have played it a lot are playing a different game from those just starting.
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Seems like different folks here play differently. I don't attempt to memorize previously used words, though I sometimes have an inkling. Like "musty." 😁
Quote: avianrandySo what was your score for may 12? Please put your game in a spoiler for those who haven't played it yet.
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I got it in 3. And as you may see, I don't take the game very seriously and play it very quickly, for example on the second line I didn't even bother to put in a letter that I knew was in it, I just made up a word to be able to move on.
I wouldn't care if I got it in 3 or never got it, is my attitude. It could be months before I play it again.

A game like Sudoku does not present that self limitation.
It's like if the word regatta is on the SAT, and the East coast rich kids all get it right but the black underprivileged do not, not necessarily because they have an inferior vocabulary but because they never got to go to events like that. Same sort of bias.
Standardized exams like the LSAT, SAT, GMAT, etc. are designed to be unbiased. So should games like these not be biased towards any group.
Wordle therefore defeats its primary purpose of training the mind to be adept at logic, deduction, vocabularly, etc. if it eventually becomes just a rote memory exercise in what wasn't used before. How many five letter words are there in English anyway? Scrabble says only 9000.
Quote: MDawgAnyone who has played it a lot, success becomes more and more based on "this possible word was already in a prior Wordle so it can't be in this one again" such that the game doesn't mean as much anymore. That's at least one fatal or at least ongoing flaw with this, that people who have played it a lot are playing a different game from those just starting.
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I have a friend who says looking at a list of previous solutions is cheating. I disagree. However, it makes the game less fun. It seems about half of the viable five-letter words have been already used. Eventually, they will have to repeat. I think the game will be better once they allow for repeats.
When I play on my phone on the road, I do not consult the list of previous solutions.
But within reason, someone playing should be able to remember prior solutions.
Wordle 1,423 3/6*
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ quart
🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ coded
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 bicep
Connections
Puzzle #701
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨

Wordle 1,424 3/6*
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 spire
⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 glare
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 aware
Connections
Puzzle #702
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦