Defend The Indefensible: Wordle

my american colleague says "an american regionalism... very New York. “Would you like that on a hero or a roll?”"

Which may explain why a NYT puzzle setter would think that’s well known. I’m in Minnesota and have never heard it.

There are definitely regionalisms in terms of words and associations in Connections! Idk I consider both to be part of the assumed cultural capital… as in, even if you don’t live in/near NYC, you should know these NYC-isms… the “purple” ones also assumed certain cultural capital

The descriptions for the connections are often not how I would articulate the connection…

my american colleague says "an american regionalism... very New York. “Would you like that on a hero or a roll?”"

idk, what about a sub or a hoagy?

jfc it was bad enough having to know about american sports!

i get it, it's basically revenge on all those cricketing terms in uk cryptic crosswords.

Xp … yes a sub and a hoagy and a hero and a grinder… I see as different names for the same thing?

Xp ledge … it took me way too long to figure out what a “spag bol” was … i thought it referred to a bowl of spaghetti

See I would consider the hero bread to be a kind of roll!

That’s my issue with this. It’s a hero roll, some people are just skipping the “roll” part. “Do you want that sandwich made as a roll or a hero?” The bread itself is not a hero. But whatever. Sandwiches, that’s where I’m a Viking!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoagie_roll

But it’s the description of the connection that is the problem, as opposed to being able to identify a hero as a type of sandwich that is connected to the other three terms as “sandwich related “

At least that’s my issue

I love all of the fronting as if the UK doesn't pack five different bread-roll-based shibboleths in an area the size of NYC.

yeah exactly; meanwhile the UK has more words for "bread roll" than any other word in the English language and this didn't have any of them

How many ilxors playing connections got the purple one first today? I am guessing a lot of you did too

yes

Yes

yep

Haha, yes!

I got the green and yellow no problem but couldn't get the blue and purple! I swore loudly when I rushed into getting it wrong so I could see the solution. I'm almost ashamed to show my face around here tbh.

I didn’t believe purple was what it was and did yellow first

yes, I got purple first as well

For me the tipoff was seeing Nicks and Mercury. I always see if I can figure out what to do with the oddball words.

yup

I did wonder if GALL was also part of the group though

pretty straight forward one today (though I’m kicking myself I subbed in an option from the yellow line to the blue line)
https://i.postimg.cc/Ghv92JqL/IMG-0602.jpg

today's is ridiculous...got in 6 and guess-learned a whole new word en route

Wait did we have the same puzzle? Because I thought it was average

Yeah I got it in 4, was pretty straightforward once I had 4 letters

I had a lucky combination of things in the second word and got it in 3. Hitting the right consonant early makes such a huge difference.

are we talking about today's wordle? they told me I had higher skill level but worse luck, like often, and that I didn't even solve it as well as the NYT average person, which is insulting.

these wordlebot comments and NYT averages are depressing and I'm coming think are meant to intimidate

if we are talking about today's connections, I only got the blue tier because it was the only category left

lol wordlebot can be so enraging but I can't help myself.

I got today's in 4. Might've been able to get it in 3 if I hadn't spaced and played that move as if my last two letters were yellow instead of green.

I got it in 4 -- might have gotten it in 3 but I perversely tried PUBIC for that guess.

Xp DanS … that was me except the green tier … I had 3 of the 4 at first and then moved on to a different connection because I didn’t want to waste guesses on figuring out the fourth… my initial 4th included “duck (duck goose)”

spoiler for today's...never had this happen before

https://i.imgur.com/13pA9t1.png

Nice!

7 words to find on WordAll today! luckily I got the main format quickly.

xpost was that word association football, there?

"leachy" = "lychee"? fuck off.

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/31+479fhOqL._AC_.jpg

is leachy pronounced lie or lychee prounced lee? google tells me the fruit is lie in both uk & us english.

also who has ever in their lives used the word leachy?

Leechy is a word I have used… Leachy sounds like a person’s name

I pronounce lychee "lee-chee."

ok that's last time i take pronunciation advice from google.

https://www.pronounceitright.com/pronunciation/lychee-15199

i'd like to see a US map of lie vs lee.

still mad at the puzzle though.

Yeah that was dumb

I mean why didn’t they just go with plumb

rip my babby

Lol mookie otm