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avianrandy
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January 28th, 2026 at 7:57:47 PM permalink
4 tonight January 28
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January 28th, 2026 at 7:59:30 PM permalink
You ever play thrice game smooth grh?
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January 28th, 2026 at 8:27:41 PM permalink
Got it in 2 today!

Wordle 1,684 2/6

🟨⬜⬜🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
OFFICIALLY and justifiably reclaimed my title as SuperHotBlonde!
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January 28th, 2026 at 10:55:04 PM permalink
Quote: HotBlonde

Got it in 2 today!

Wordle 1,684 2/6

🟨⬜⬜🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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awesome job considering this word does not describe you at all
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January 28th, 2026 at 11:46:48 PM permalink
Wordle #1685 January 29: 3/6 birdie

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ PARSE / BYBBB
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ CLANG / BGGBB
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLAKY / Correct

With G = 1, Y = ½, & B = 0, I scored ½, 2, and 5.

I spent about five minutes solving this one.

My streak is at a new personal high of 300.

Connections Puzzle #963 January 29: 1 error

🟩🟩🟩🟩 GGGG
🟦🟦🟦🟦 BBBB
🟪🟪🟪🟨 pppy
🟪🟪🟪🟪 PPPP
🟨🟨🟨🟨 YYYY

Today I did not see the purple HOMOPHONES OF WORDS MEANING "BRUTAL" Connection. I thought we were going for children's book authors.

My streak is at 2.

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January 29th, 2026 at 1:41:09 AM permalink

⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ROAST
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ CLINE
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ GLAMP
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLAKY


No yellow day.

Connections
Puzzle #963
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟦🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦

I have never seen grim spelled with to m's. A search seems to back me up on this.


#Worldle #1469 (29.01.2026) 1/6 (100%)
🔥 Current Win Streak: 46 days
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉

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Thrice Game #945 → 9 points!
🎲: 2️⃣1️⃣1️⃣3️⃣2️⃣
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Last edited by: Wizard on Jan 29, 2026
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January 29th, 2026 at 6:18:05 AM permalink
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Puzzle #963
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨

I thought the purples had to do with stories; I assumed "scarry" and "grimm" were names, and while I know about Edward Gorey's illustrations, I assumed he was a writer as well
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January 29th, 2026 at 6:42:47 AM permalink
I'm taking the Thursday Thirty Quiz Week 3! 🧠

Take the quiz: https://t30.teuteuf.fr

My score was 22 out of 30. It says that puts me at the 94% point on the curve.
"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplace of existence. These little problems help me to do so." -- Sherlock Holmes
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January 29th, 2026 at 8:55:25 AM permalink
Wordle 1,685 4/6

⬛🟩⬛🟨⬛
⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

BLOAT
CLASS
FLAKE
FLAKY


Connections
Puzzle #963
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
Last edited by: smoothgrh on Jan 29, 2026
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January 29th, 2026 at 2:17:13 PM permalink
Quote: avianrandy

You ever play thrice game smooth grh?
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I haven’t. No more items on my to-do list, please! 😁
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January 29th, 2026 at 5:08:20 PM permalink
4 tonight January 29
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January 29th, 2026 at 9:02:22 PM permalink
Wordle 1,685 4/6

⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
OFFICIALLY and justifiably reclaimed my title as SuperHotBlonde!
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January 29th, 2026 at 10:30:07 PM permalink
Wordle #1686 January 30: 5/6 bogey

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ PARSE / BBBBB
🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ MOUND / YYYBB
🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 OPIUM / YBBYY
🟨🟩⬜🟨🟨 BUXOM / YGBYY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 JUMBO / Correct

With G = 1, Y = ½, & B = 0, I scored 0, 1½, 1½, 2½, and 5.

I spent about ten minutes solving this one. Not my finest moment.

My streak is at a new personal high of 301.

Connections Puzzle #964 January 30: 2 errors

🟩🟩🟩🟩 GGGG
🟪🟪🟪🟪 PPPP
🟦🟦🟨🟦 bbyb
🟦🟨🟦🟦 bybb
🟦🟦🟦🟦 BBBB
🟨🟨🟨🟨 YYYY

Today I had trouble separating the blues and yellows.

My streak is at 3.

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January 30th, 2026 at 12:33:30 AM permalink

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ROAST
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ CLINE
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 DUMBO
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 GUMBO
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 JUMBO


Connections
Puzzle #964
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟨🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪

Not crazy about "poker hand." I've never once used or heard that expression. I might say, "the poker value of a hand."


#Worldle #1470 (30.01.2026) 3/6 (100%)
🔥 Current Win Streak: 47 days
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟨➡️
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟨↙️
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉

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Thrice Game #946 → 7 points.
🎲: 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣❌1️⃣
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Last edited by: Wizard on Jan 30, 2026
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January 30th, 2026 at 6:31:56 AM permalink
Connections
Puzzle #964
🟦🟦🟨🟦
🟩🟩🟦🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟦🟦🟩

How do I keep finding three of everything?

I had the blues, but with patch instead of lint roller;
I had the greens, but with lint roller instead of compact;
I had the yellows, but with helping (as in "a heaping helping of hospitality") instead of patch
smoothgrh
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January 30th, 2026 at 8:54:59 AM permalink
Wordle 1,686 3/6

🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛
⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

BLOAT
EBONY
JUMBO
After my first attempt, I immediately thought of JUMBO but then dismissed that word, sensing it was recently used. Then after considering several non-words, I came up with EBONY, which was a major screw-up. Frustrated, I went with JUMBO and was surprised that it wasn’t used before. Memory cells deteriorating!


Connections
Puzzle #964
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟪🟨🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
Shoulda gotten yellow faster!
avianrandy
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January 30th, 2026 at 6:39:57 PM permalink
3 tonight January 30
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January 30th, 2026 at 11:19:13 PM permalink
Wordle #1687 January 31: 4/6 par

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ PARSE / BYBBB
⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ CLACK / BGYBB
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ ALIGN / GGBBB
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALLOT / Correct

With G = 1, Y = ½, & B = 0, I scored ½, 1½, 2, and 5.

I spent about five minutes solving this one.

My streak is at a new personal high of 302.

Connections Puzzle #965 January 31: perfect

🟦🟦🟦🟦 BBBB
🟩🟩🟩🟩 GGGG
🟨🟨🟨🟨 YYYY
🟪🟪🟪🟪 PPPP

Today I did not see the purple WHAT "SHIFT" MIGHT REFER TO Connection.

My streak is at 4.

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January 31st, 2026 at 6:30:50 AM permalink
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Puzzle #965
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪

What does "dress" have to do with "shift"?
smoothgrh
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January 31st, 2026 at 9:11:02 AM permalink
Wordle 1,687 5/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛
⬛🟩🟨⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟨⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

WRING
HAUTE
BLAST
ALOFT
ALLOT
Looks like I picked a bad day to switch up my starting word!

Add: Wordlebot says had I used my usual starting word BLOAT, there’d have been only one possible word remaining. Oh well.


Connections
Puzzle #965
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟨🟩🟨
🟩🟨🟨🟪
🟩🟩🟪🟩
🟩🟨🟩🟪
No patience today!
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January 31st, 2026 at 11:33:06 AM permalink
Wordle 1,687 3/6

⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩
⬜🟩🟨🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
OFFICIALLY and justifiably reclaimed my title as SuperHotBlonde!
avianrandy
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January 31st, 2026 at 3:26:04 PM permalink
3 tonight January 31
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February 1st, 2026 at 12:28:18 AM permalink
Wordle #1688 February 1: 2/6 eagle

🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ PARSE / YBBYB
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPINY / Correct

With G = 1, Y = ½, & B = 0, I scored 1 and 5.

I spent about one minute solving this one.

SPINY was a lucky guess. I was just looking for unplayed SP___ words, and SPINY was the first one I found.

Eagle #125 for this old dog. Also, a "no greens until the end" day for me.

My streak is at a new personal high of 303.

Connections Puzzle #966 February 1: perfect

🟨🟨🟨🟨 YYYY
🟩🟩🟩🟩 GGGG
🟪🟪🟪🟪 PPPP
🟦🟦🟦🟦 BBBB

Today I did not see the blue ANTHEM Connection. I must be getting old: the blue clues are all unfamiliar to me.

My streak is at 5.

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February 1st, 2026 at 2:57:24 AM permalink

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ROAST
⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ CLINE
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 SHINY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPINY


Connections
Puzzle #966
🟩🟦🟨🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟦🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦

#Worldle #1472 (01.02.2026) 1/6 (100%)
🔥 Current Win Streak: 49 days
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Thrice Game #948 → 5 points.
🎲: 2️⃣❌2️⃣❌1️⃣
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February 1st, 2026 at 6:52:15 AM permalink
Connections
Puzzle #966
🟩🟦🟨🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦

Other than "jam" (as in, "That's My Jam"), I did not recognize how any of those blues fit the category
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February 1st, 2026 at 10:38:42 AM permalink
Wordle 1,688 2/6

⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

WRING
SPINY

Changing my starting word paid off—one day later!


I’m on the verge of failing today’s Commections!
Last edited by: smoothgrh on Feb 1, 2026
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February 1st, 2026 at 4:44:31 PM permalink
3 tonight February 1
radio...spike...spiny
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February 2nd, 2026 at 12:00:23 AM permalink
Wordle #1689 February 2: 5/6 bogey

Today marks a black day for Wordle. According to https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/crosswords/wordle-review-1689.html#:~:text=Today%27s%20word%20is%20CIGAR%2C%20a,today%2C%20please%20refresh%20your%20page.

Quote:

By New York Times Games
Feb. 1, 2026
Hey, Wordlers! We have some exciting news to share. Starting today, we will begin adding previously run words back into play. There are still many first-time answers to debut, but also more chances for those magical, serendipitous moments when Wordle overlaps with real life. Happy solving!


This means that Wordle will now be much harder, since past answer lists can no longer be used to eliminate possibilities. In a way, it's like the difference between playing blackjack from a shoe as opposed to a CSM 😠

⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ PARSE / BYYBB
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ DRAWL / BYYBB
⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 VICAR / BGYGG
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 CIMAR / GGBGG
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CIGAR / Correct

With G = 1, Y = ½, & B = 0, I scored 1, 1, 3½, 4, and 5.

I spent more than ten minutes solving this one. After VICAR, I knew the answer was CI_AR. Since CIGAR is a past answer (in fact, it was the very first Wordle answer on June 19, 2021), I played the obscure word CIMAR, which was close but no CIGAR 😉

My streak is at a new personal high of 304.

Connections Puzzle #967 February 2: perfect

🟩🟩🟩🟩 GGGG
🟨🟨🟨🟨 YYYY
🟪🟪🟪🟪 PPPP
🟦🟦🟦🟦 BBBB

Today I saw all the Connections.

My streak is at 6.

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