WORDLE
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I have been busy, so forgotten to play for several days, got 4/6 for today's
I'm not sure there's a deeper meaning beyond "They are using Wordle to help a dying language, neat!" and "Haha, Facebook is broken."
"Pussy", "pupal" and "agora" among words removed from Wordle after move to New York Times | Boing Boing
Wordle’s old home at powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/ now redirects to nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html, its perch after the Old Gray Lady bought the New Gray Game. The design is a little diffe…
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--Patrick
I can understand some of the choices. I mean, I think it's ridiculous to remove Pussy or Slave, but I can understand the reasoning even if I don't agree."Pussy", "pupal" and "agora" among words removed from Wordle after move to New York Times | Boing Boing
Wordle’s old home at powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/ now redirects to nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html, its perch after the Old Gray Lady bought the New Gray Game. The design is a little diffe…
--Patrick
But what the everloving bananaboat is wrong with Agora? Or Fibre?
Wordle 239 3/6
I think it's just chance. MindDetective previously posted a link showing the game has years worth of answers already hard coded. I have a copy of the game saved to my computer from before the switch, and today's answers matched.Wordle 240 4/6
I mean, I'm still getting it, but damn, the words definitely seem to be less common words than previous. The wife said "F this, I don't want to spend all morning puzzling it out, I liked it being a 5 minute escape"
Wordle 240 5/6
Thought I'd give it a try once because I keep seeing this thread in my "new posts" filter. I won. 100% win streak. Now I can never play again, or risk breaking breaking my perfect score.
Thought I'd give it a try once because I keep seeing this thread in my "new posts" filter. I won. 100% win streak. Now I can never play again, or risk breaking breaking my perfect score.
Wordle 240 4/6
I mean, I'm still getting it, but damn, the words definitely seem to be less common words than previous. The wife said "F this, I don't want to spend all morning puzzling it out, I liked it being a 5 minute escape"
Here’s how The New York Times changed Wordle
Handful of “obscure” and “insensitive” words no longer valid as guesses or solutions.
arstechnica.com
According to ArsTechnica, the words list essentially unchanged except for a small handful of racially or sexually insensitive terms.
GTK, confirmation bias then.Here’s how The New York Times changed Wordle
Handful of “obscure” and “insensitive” words no longer valid as guesses or solutions.
According to ArsTechnica, the words list essentially unchanged except for a small handful of racially or sexually insensitive terms.
Just checking....What other letter would people expect there? Or do you mean that Americans would expect that word without the -u-? They're totally different words.
I also got it in four, but could have easily gotten it in 3.
I knew it would have to be either Chalk or caulk and guessed chalk first because it's more common
They must have found out that @GasBandit was using the same words for both Wordle and Lewdle. Pervy, indeed.Here’s how The New York Times changed Wordle
Handful of “obscure” and “insensitive” words no longer valid as guesses or solutions.
According to ArsTechnica, the words list essentially unchanged except for a small handful of racially or sexually insensitive terms.
Dave
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Warning! Spoilers in the article.
news.yahoo.com
‘That’s not even a word’: Twitter users stumped by today’s Wordle
Everyone’s saying the same thing about Wordle 242
Yeah, makes me think Wordle's player base skews young.
I'm more confused about yesterday's apparent answer.Warning! Spoilers in the article.
‘That’s not even a word’: Twitter users stumped by today’s Wordle
Everyone’s saying the same thing about Wordle 242
Amora/agora
What? I know I did yesterday's, and that was not the answer.
What? I know I did yesterday's, and that was not the answer.
GasBandit
Staff member
Or extremely bougie.