Off to a good start!
Wordle 898 2/6*
arise
Difficult, but figuring out whelp allowed me to avoid what I thought were two unavoidable 50/50s
Daily Rescue Octordle #679
Score: 9
Bread category seemed too easy. Thought it might be a trick.
Connections
Puzzle #176
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Came out of the gate strong!Off to a good start!
Wordle 898 2/6*
arise
Difficult, but figuring out whelp allowed me to avoid what I thought were two unavoidable 50/50s
Daily Rescue Octordle #679
Score: 9
Bread category seemed too easy. Thought it might be a trick.
Connections
Puzzle #176
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That's a heck of a way to start. The only way to do better would be to ace the first guess! Nice work
Utter eliminated Stale as a solution. But I went rumor over humor.
Repost, also pasted into the spreadsheetAnyone interested in doing a 1-week tournament of wordle/rescue/connections? My thought is lowest score wins, and we could invert the rescue scores, so 9=1, 8=2, etc, and for connections 4=1, 5=2, … Wordle guesses would be 1 to 1.
I though it was Kelsey Grammer shows, but beyond the 2 obvious ones, didn’t know if he was in felicity, euphoria or glee.The Frazier Cheers combo was a neat trick. Initially, I thought it might be TV shows set in Boston, but then remembered that Felicity was set in New York.
I thought the TV show connection was a red herring. I thought they were looking for happy words. Turns out it was both. Didn't know there was a TV show called Euphoria.I though it was Kelsey Grammer shows, but beyond the 2 obvious ones, didn’t know if he was in felicity, euphoria or glee.The Frazier Cheers combo was a neat trick. Initially, I thought it might be TV shows set in Boston, but then remembered that Felicity was set in New York.
I only know because of my daughter.i think it’s some kind of teenage angst show.I thought the TV show connection was a red herring. I thought they were looking for happy words. Turns out it was both. Didn't know there was a TV show called Euphoria.I though it was Kelsey Grammer shows, but beyond the 2 obvious ones, didn’t know if he was in felicity, euphoria or glee.The Frazier Cheers combo was a neat trick. Initially, I thought it might be TV shows set in Boston, but then remembered that Felicity was set in New York.
I only know because of my daughter.i think it’s some kind of teenage angst show.I thought the TV show connection was a red herring. I thought they were looking for happy words. Turns out it was both. Didn't know there was a TV show called Euphoria.I though it was Kelsey Grammer shows, but beyond the 2 obvious ones, didn’t know if he was in felicity, euphoria or glee.The Frazier Cheers combo was a neat trick. Initially, I thought it might be TV shows set in Boston, but then remembered that Felicity was set in New York.
I think we’d all appreciate it if you would screw up every now and then.Wordle 900 4/6*
arise
thank
bacon
Burner word - foist
Daily Rescue Octordle #681
Score: 8
I didn’t realize there were two related categories until I only had four words left.
Connections
Puzzle #178
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I think we’d all appreciate it if you would screw up every now and then.Wordle 900 4/6*
arise
thank
bacon
Burner word - foist
Daily Rescue Octordle #681
Score: 8
I didn’t realize there were two related categories until I only had four words left.
Connections
Puzzle #178
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I expected this from a musician.didn’t realize there were two related categories until I only had four words left.
Connections
Puzzle #178
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Surprised to see so many four guess connections today. Maybe I was rushing, but I thought today's was the most difficult in a while.
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Puzzle #178
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That was my burner word too! I corrected it above.burn stoic
Daily Rescue Octordle #681
Score: 8
Surprised to see so many four guess connections today. Maybe I was rushing, but I thought today's was the most difficult in a while.
Burner = Joist. But went Lower instead of Lover and my day was cooked.
Daily Rescue Octordle #681
Score: 7
Yup, once I was able to lump Virgin with the record companies, the other categories resolved themselves.Surprised to see so many four guess connections today. Maybe I was rushing, but I thought today's was the most difficult in a while.
Connections
Puzzle #178
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Knowing the record companies is key. In case you are interested in how I got there - I reviewed all the words and the word "clef" really only has one meaning. So I started looking for other words related to sheet music - note, rest and staff were really the only words that fit. Scales was a possibility, but the other words were actually items on sheet music, while a scale is more like a melody or composition. Once that category was solved, I next saw the zodiac signs. But there were five. Whenever there are five of a category, you have to start looking to see if one of them crosses over to another category. I saw capitol and columbia and the record company thing clicked along with virgin and island. Once that was solved, there were only 4 zodiac signs left. I had no idea what the connection was on the last four (three letter words maybe?) until the category was revealed.
Burner = Joist. But went Lower instead of Lover and my day was cooked.
Daily Rescue Octordle #681
Score: 7
Interesting. You left wedge for last, but that was my first word, even before the burner.
Regarding the scoring - are we just going to keep a indefinite running tally, or reset weekly/monthly/whatever ... or both? My thought to reset weekly (Mon-Fri), then have a separate list showing weekly winners and associated scores. I mean, it will just say bigbottom every week, but I'm ok with that.
Regarding the scoring - are we just going to keep a indefinite running tally, or reset weekly/monthly/whatever ... or both? My thought to reset weekly (Mon-Fri), then have a separate list showing weekly winners and associated scores. I mean, it will just say bigbottom every week, but I'm ok with that.
I say we end it today!
I inevitably miss a day here and there and suspect others may as well. So maybe one week a month rather than every week?
Regarding the scoring - are we just going to keep a indefinite running tally, or reset weekly/monthly/whatever ... or both? My thought to reset weekly (Mon-Fri), then have a separate list showing weekly winners and associated scores. I mean, it will just say bigbottom every week, but I'm ok with that.
I say we end it today!
I inevitably miss a day here and there and suspect others may as well. So maybe one week a month rather than every week?
What do you mean by "one week a month"?
I agree about missing days. I'm pretty good during the week, but have missed occasionally. One way to account for that would be to make a higher score a winner rather than a lower score. Basically make six points a perfect score on all games, and deduct from there. I don't know ... just kinda thinking and typing and am open to nearly anything ....
Regarding the scoring - are we just going to keep a indefinite running tally, or reset weekly/monthly/whatever ... or both? My thought to reset weekly (Mon-Fri), then have a separate list showing weekly winners and associated scores. I mean, it will just say bigbottom every week, but I'm ok with that.
I say we end it today!
I inevitably miss a day here and there and suspect others may as well. So maybe one week a month rather than every week?
What do you mean by "one week a month"?
I agree about missing days. I'm pretty good during the week, but have missed occasionally. One way to account for that would be to make a higher score a winner rather than a lower score. Basically make six points a perfect score on all games, and deduct from there. I don't know ... just kinda thinking and typing and am open to nearly anything ....
I mean we keep scores and have a competition one week each month. Instead of every week. I would think the likelihood of the six or so participants we have being able to commit to one week in a month is higher than doing it every week.