Anyone playing wordle?

[slip]

A quick 4 to start off the New Year.

 

[tombanjo]

I don't mean to complain, but I am going to complain about the word chosen to propel us into the new year.

Wordle 561 4/6

 

[Patri]

Four. Helpful starting word, then you know, that same old problem.

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[Sandi Bo]

A three for me, if I went with my first guess, I'd have had a two...

Happy New Year, Wordle Tuggers!

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I thought it better to eliminate the L than the N. I did not choose wisely.

 

[Rolltydr]

Three to start the new year.

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I started with LIGHT for no particular reason. Found an H and I both out of position, I put those away and tried some common consonants and a couple vowels with SCARE. It was very helpful to find the ending E. That made me think the H and I probably belonged in positions 2 and 3. So, I’m looking for xHIxE. I can only WHINE with the letters I have remaining.

Happy NEW Year to my fellow TUG Wordlers!
!

 

[clifffaith]

A pathetic six to start the year.

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["Roger"]

Four. A thought my opening word was a 'great' way to start, but it was only so so. The Times is slipping. There were only two possible first letters instead of their usual four. Of course, as always, I chose the wrong one first.

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[LannyPC]

Five for me, although I got three greens on my second try and four greens on my third and fourth tries.

 

[VacationForever]

Four and quick. Love my starter words as it takes some of the options off the table.

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[DaveNV]

A pathetic six to start the year.

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I knew we were friends for a reason. Took six painful tries for me, too. At least I solved the dang thing.

Dave

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Three today.

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I used three guesses to hit on SKIRT. Do any of our Wordle players sew?

When I was a lad, my Mother and my sisters made many of their own clothes. The three of them would make trips to fabric stores, which always had boxes and drawers full of patterns. They would come back and be all gushy about the patterns they had bought and the fabrics they had purchased. At some point, I realized that them going to pattern shops was like my Dad and I going to a hardware store.

DW grew up in that world. One very fond memory I have of our first year of marriage is when I went to a fabric store with her, and I picked a pattern for western-styled shirt I liked, as well as some fabric and trim that the pattern required. A month later she presented me with a shirt she had made, and I proudly and often wore it until it fell apart. Now I wish I still had it, even though it was tattered.

 

[Patri]

A quick three. (Yes, I sew. Of course, less now than in the past. I learned from my mom, and then in Home Ec. Very fulfilling hobby.)

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[tombanjo]

Dress it up as you like, still a 5

Wordle 562 5/6

 

[Rolltydr]

Three.

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SPENT (I’m tired and broke from the holidays) seemed like a good starting word this morning. I got the bookends. I debated using an elimination word but the pull was too strong so I tried to solve it. SHOUT didn’t get anything. However, I had eliminated quite a few possibilities. The vowel, which I assumed had to go in 3rd position had to be an A or I, SxAxT or SxIxT. I couldn’t think of any A words right off so I started trying I words and SKIRT came to me pretty quickly.

 

["Roger"]

Five. Typical. With four letters correctly placed, I guessed wrong on the fifth letter on my first try.

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[Sandi Bo]

I would call it a solid 4, which I'll take. I was concerned about the many possibilities there could be.

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And yes I sew, but was never great at it. I'm happy I can mend things. I would never be able to make a mans shirt. I have a sister-in-law who is the most amazing seamstress, embroiders, etc. Absolute perfection - I would give some credit to 4H for her - such a great program! Even as an adult, she was entering beautiful clothing at the fair that she was making for my infant niece. I can get by, my kids, not so much. My grandson (and son-in-law) have taken up an interest, kind of fun to watch (and I gave them an old sewing machine to get started).

 

[Sandi Bo]

Three today.

Spoiler: ¡Prospero año nuevo a todos!

With the New Years ball having dropped, I thought that Wordle might use a more New Years themed word today. So after some thought to find what might be a suitable word, and came up with PARTY. Which fell flat - I hope it's not an omen for the year.

NOISE was just looking for vowels. It turned out to be a good try - after catching I and E in position, with the eliminated letters, the only remaining words I could come up with were WHINE and KNIFE. I went with WHINE because under NY Times curation, WORDLE seems to avoid words that tinge of topics such as sex, violence, disability, discrimination, etc.

And so much for the thought they might use a word connected to a holiday. Unless WHINE is in there as a pun.

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I wanted find a whiny music video to include, but I didn't like anything that came up with WHINE or WHINY in the title. So I thought back to my youth, and was there a TOP 40 song I thought of as WHINY? I first thought of Roy Orbison's "Mean Woman Blues", but he isn't really whining. "Hit the Road Jack" was also a thought, but didn't really hit the mark. Then it came to me - "Tell Laura I Love Her". Even as a 10-yr old, I knew this was nothing but terrible, whiny dreck. Don't click on the link unless you have a streak of morbid curiosity that needs slaking.

I figured I should wait until today to comment. Was it the genre of the time, or what? Made me start thinking of other songs from that time - all during yoga -- trying to come up with the song about the guy and the sweater -- 'Laurie (Strange Things Happen)', then there was 'Teen Angel' and 'Leader of the Pack'. Was this stuff just prepping us for country music?

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

I figured I should wait until today to comment. Was it the genre of the time, or what? Made me start thinking of other songs from that time - all during yoga -- trying to come up with the song about the guy and the sweater -- 'Laurie (Strange Things Happen)', then there was 'Teen Angel' and 'Leader of the Pack'. Was this stuff just prepping us for country music?

Don't forget "Where oh Where Can My Baby Be?". Catchy tune with morbid lyrics.

 

[clifffaith]

Four today.

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[VacationForever]

Three, a rarity for me since I usually use 3 starter words before figuring it on the fourth.

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[slip]

A fast 4.

 

[DaveNV]

Don't forget "Where oh Where Can My Baby Be?". Catchy tune with morbid lyrics.

I think that song title was "Last Kiss."

Dave

 

[DaveNV]

Felt a bit of a reprieve. Got it in three.

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Dave

 

[LannyPC]

Four today.

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Me too.

 

[10spro]

Three, a rarity for me since I usually use 3 starter words before figuring it on the fourth.

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Same for me, got it in 3 today, usually have 3 starter words then get it on the 4th.