I figured this title would be more helpful than, say, The Dildo in the Dodo.
― Nelleee Hooper (Leee), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 17:08 (two years ago) link
Hello Random House? Have I got a spec title for you...
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 19:00 (two years ago) link
Had no idea what one of todays pangrams was until someone in the Hive comments said they didnt think they'd have to refer to Urban Dictionary to get the word.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 00:50 (two years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/09/crosswords/spellingbee-tips.html
― Shower Farts (Leee), Friday, 10 December 2021 00:54 (two years ago) link
Exhausting day today -- genius addy 317!
― Shower Farts (Leee), Thursday, 16 December 2021 19:52 (two years ago) link
has there ever been this many pangrams?!
― scanner darkly, Thursday, 16 December 2021 20:06 (two years ago) link
8 pangrams seems kind of ridiculous!
― Jaq, Thursday, 16 December 2021 22:06 (two years ago) link
Yeah I am fucking stumped, I can only find 3 so far. What the hell
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 16 December 2021 22:08 (two years ago) link
there's 8??? i have 6 and thought i was doing well.
― just sayin, Thursday, 16 December 2021 22:30 (two years ago) link
for those who aren't planning on finishing: CONTROVERSIAL MOD EDIT
― Dan S, Thursday, 16 December 2021 22:41 (two years ago) link
sorry sorry! picked the wrong formatting
― Dan S, Thursday, 16 December 2021 22:42 (two years ago) link
Ah cmon
― fix up luke shawp (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 December 2021 22:49 (two years ago) link
Also two versions of that one word is normal or not?
― fix up luke shawp (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 December 2021 22:51 (two years ago) link
I'm really sorry!
they do accept alternate spellings of some words, e.g. mama/mamma and tepee/teepee. I didn't know they would accept it for this word, just tried it, but I thought I remembered that like traveling/travelling, the word can be spelled two ways
― Dan S, Thursday, 16 December 2021 23:01 (two years ago) link
I forgive you but not him
― fix up luke shawp (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 December 2021 23:02 (two years ago) link
i found 7 pangrams (one by sheer luck), no idea what the eighth is.
fun day! I always prefer it when there are a gazillion words to find
― Roz, Friday, 17 December 2021 01:23 (two years ago) link
thank you mod for deleting my post. I also like it when I can find a lot of words, but sometimes when there are only a few words I do better
― Dan S, Friday, 17 December 2021 01:35 (two years ago) link
i don’t even remember how many pangrams i got. they really should highlight them in the word list
― scanner darkly, Friday, 17 December 2021 01:54 (two years ago) link
Yeah the reddit spelling bee mob are saying the same. Ive now got 4, even using the grid Im stumped. I try to hold off looking at the hive's clues til im close to genius but motherfuck this one's a hard one.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 17 December 2021 02:43 (two years ago) link
we haven’t had indian or italian dishes in a while..
― scanner darkly, Tuesday, 28 December 2021 19:49 (two years ago) link
well we could have. GARAM was there for the taking yesterday.
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 28 December 2021 20:00 (two years ago) link
Italian food makes a slight return with AIOLI.
I need to remind myself sometimes to try things that verge on nonsense - reduplicative words and babytalk like CANCAN, BOOHOO, BOOBOO, MOOLA, GLOB.
― ; (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 29 December 2021 11:45 (two years ago) link
Yesterday's had the stupidest one ive seen in a while, bollix
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 30 December 2021 23:06 (two years ago) link
wordle
first time trying the game4/6
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 30 December 2021 23:16 (two years ago) link
I didn't mind seeing Trayce's word but today's exercise in futilibee was WAHINE but not WADI
― ; (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 31 December 2021 00:16 (two years ago) link
i have a 97% wordle get rate, only missed the first one when i didn't know what i was doing.
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 2 January 2022 19:24 (two years ago) link
never have seen or heard of tommyrot
― Dan S, Tuesday, 4 January 2022 01:27 (two years ago) link
yeah got everything but thatat least today’s single 6-letter wasn’t particularly difficult, thanks to this thread
― scanner darkly, Tuesday, 4 January 2022 03:00 (two years ago) link
my unluckiest ever wordle result:
https://i.imgur.com/wcbjIOI.jpg
the answer was GRIPE.
― two sleeps till brooklyn (ledge), Tuesday, 4 January 2022 12:27 (two years ago) link
TRUSS almost got me yesterday but so far i'm still 100% on wordle
― flopson, Tuesday, 4 January 2022 13:52 (two years ago) link
I had 4/5 with SIEVE and it took a lot of puzzled thinking before I got to SIEGE
― nonsensei (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 4 January 2022 15:33 (two years ago) link
The doubled letter in today's wordle about got me but so far still at 100%
― Jaq, Tuesday, 4 January 2022 16:08 (two years ago) link
my first 3
Wordle 200 3/6
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 19:05 (two years ago) link
someday i want to join the holy "2" club
i’ve done two in my life, both 4s
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 20:17 (two years ago) link
finally started playing Wordle yesterday. crashed and burned as i learned the rules/method. got today's in 3! :D
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 20:19 (two years ago) link
I was disappointed that "hoopoe" wasn't accepted yesterday. I suppose not all birds are deemed worthy.
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 20:34 (two years ago) link
what sucks is that my win streak is now 6 -- which I believe is the world record -- but i've changed devices 3 times so it only says 2. really hard to deal with, but that's life
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 20:57 (two years ago) link
the secret sauce with wordle is that losing is pretty rare so you feel smart every time you play
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 6 January 2022 21:37 (two years ago) link
my wordle starting point is generally meats/steam/atoms
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 6 January 2022 21:38 (two years ago) link
I always go RAISE and unless there's three yellows or something key I go MOUNT or MOUND
If it's still looking bleak I go LINTY (if I did MOUND) or LINDY (if I did MOUNT)
I generally try and do strategic guesses to eliminate letters (instead of trying to solve the puzzle on guesses 2 or 3) so I'm not left with xIRES or something like that and guessing TIRES? FIRES? MIRES? WIRES? fuck I'm out of guesses
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 6 January 2022 21:41 (two years ago) link
I revert to the old print-era shibboleth of ETAION SHRDLU
Hence I like TRAIN, ARISE, TONES as starting points
― nonsensei (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 6 January 2022 21:43 (two years ago) link
Like if I had xIRES all green, I'd probably guess WAFTS before trying to complete so I knew what my prefix was
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 6 January 2022 21:44 (two years ago) link
Tried this for the first time and got it in 3, all downhill from here most likely.
― JoeStork, Thursday, 6 January 2022 21:44 (two years ago) link
i think it's less that than being limited to one per day. if you could go as far as you wanted, i would have played for 35 minutes, lost a couple times, lost a heartbreaker, than quit, all on the first day
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 6 January 2022 21:45 (two years ago) link
instead, I do it as I start my coffee. I have never lost. I am the world record holder
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 6 January 2022 21:46 (two years ago) link
Also if you want to binge instead of waiting 24 hours, somebody built a practice version
https://octokatherine.github.io/word-master/
My current streak is 48
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 6 January 2022 21:47 (two years ago) link
km, why not both?
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 6 January 2022 22:00 (two years ago) link
I also do RAISE! or sometimes RATIO
― donna rouge, Thursday, 6 January 2022 22:06 (two years ago) link